Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2024-08-08

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Aug 8

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Jul 11Aug 8Sep 12 →

Receipts

1,300 head

▲ 337 vs last sale 963▼ 144 vs year ago 1,444 · −10.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.02/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −159.51 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$278.02

244 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$14.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.67

vs GA average

+2.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	284.92	1,590	99
Medium and Large 2	559	280.00	1,565	48
Medium and Large 3	538	270.00	1,453	97

One grade step is worth $14.92/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale244 hd

278.02

—

GA average14 barns · 443 hd

269.35

+8.67

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+2.94

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

−159.51

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

19 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,334	57
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,453	97
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	284.92/cwt	276.00–285.50	1,590	99
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,565	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	252.49/cwt	248.00–259.00	1,629	118
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,742	79
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,788	68
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	747	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,681	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,784	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,967	46
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	875	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,916	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	1,182	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,278	86
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	254.22/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,401	92
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,367	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,523	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	240.26/cwt	240.15–241.50	1,559	75
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,432	62
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	757	218.60/cwt	205.00–225.25	1,655	103

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 Aug 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,300Last week 963Year ago 1,444

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	550–600	559	280.00	280.00
118	600–650	645	248.00–259.00	252.49
40	700–750	747	225.00	225.00
27	850–900	875	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	450–500	457	292.00	292.00
99	550–600	558	276.00–285.50	284.92
79	650–700	656	265.50	265.50
68	700–750	739	242.00	242.00
12	750–800	793	225.00	225.00
46	850–900	874	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
97	500–550	538	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	455	259.75	259.75
92	550–600	551	245.00–255.00	254.22
75	600–650	649	240.15–241.50	240.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	550–600	558	245.00	245.00
48	600–650	644	236.50	236.50
62	650–700	651	220.00	220.00
103	750–800	757	205.00–225.25	218.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
86	500–550	525	243.50	243.50

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.