Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2024-04-11

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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Apr 11

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Mar 14Apr 11May 9 →

Receipts

909 head

▼ 183 vs last sale 1,092▼ 576 vs year ago 1,485 · −38.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.97/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −136.56 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$300.97

179 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.11

vs GA average

−4.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	312.00	1,735	85
Medium and Large 2	548	291.00	1,595	94

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale179 hd

300.97

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GA average14 barns · 479 hd

293.87

+7.11

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−4.50

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

−136.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.06, low $370.38, median $437.53 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

14 lots · USDA AMS · Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	1,456	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,595	94
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,735	85
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,764	61
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,615	45
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	775	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,755	54
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 3	916	202.72/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,857	97
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	543	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,349	93
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,496	51
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	243.75/cwt	243.75–243.75	1,587	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	651	222.25/cwt	222.25–222.25	1,447	50
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	787	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,653	61
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	801	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,602	59

This sale against other markets

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

Thu Apr 11, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Receipts 909Last week 1,092Year ago 1,485

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
45	650–700	655	246.50	246.50
54	750–800	775	226.50	226.50
97	900–950	916	201.00–205.00	202.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	500–550	548	291.00	291.00
61	650–700	651	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	450–500	450	323.50	323.50
85	550–600	556	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
93	500–550	543	248.50	248.50
50	650–700	651	222.25	222.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	650–700	651	243.75	243.75
61	750–800	787	210.00	210.00
59	800–850	801	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
51	550–600	554	270.00	270.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.