Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2024-07-11

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Jul 11

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Jun 13Jul 11Aug 8 →

Receipts

963 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 991▼ 567 vs year ago 1,530 · −37.1%

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 $288.66/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −148.87 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$288.66

123 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$30.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.60

vs GA average

−14.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	308.00	1,700	45
Medium and Large 2	541	277.50	1,501	78

One grade step is worth $30.50/cwt here — about $199 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 sale123 hd

288.66

—

GA average14 barns · 516 hd

286.06

+2.60

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−14.25

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

−148.87

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

17 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,443	64
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,501	78
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,700	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	286.44/cwt	267.00–288.25	1,848	93
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,589	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	738	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,768	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,872	58
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	859	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,950	47
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,044	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	284.25/cwt	284.25–284.25	1,271	68
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,381	71
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	1,503	74
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,525	65
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	1,663	60
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,687	61
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	844	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,646	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,770	7

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 Jul 11, 2024

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

Receipts 963Last week 991Year ago 1,530

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	500–550	541	277.50	277.50
36	600–650	646	246.00	246.00
15	700–750	738	239.50	239.50
47	850–900	859	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	450–500	451	320.00	320.00
45	550–600	552	308.00	308.00
93	600–650	645	267.00–288.25	286.44
58	700–750	743	252.00	252.00
56	850–900	885	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	500–550	548	252.00	252.00
65	600–650	645	236.50	236.50
61	750–800	760	222.00	222.00
9	800–850	844	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	400–450	447	284.25	284.25
74	550–600	556	270.25	270.25
60	600–650	649	256.25	256.25
7	850–900	885	200.00	200.00

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.