Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2024-11-14

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Nov 14
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252
Receipts
1,135 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 1,004▼ 1,486 vs year ago 2,621 · −56.7%
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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 $281.16/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −156.37 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.
Average price
$281.16
190 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.82
vs GA average
−24.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556286.251,59287
Medium and Large 2555276.861,537103
One grade step is worth $9.39/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale190 hd
281.16
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GA average15 barns · 415 hd
271.34
+9.82
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−24.28
This barn, trailing median8 sales
437.53
−156.37
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
491446401356median 437.5303/1205/1407/0909/1010/08
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

16 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,47043
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555276.86/cwt276.00–278.001,537103
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556286.25/cwt286.25–286.251,59287
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,67277
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,65254
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2646241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,55751
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,81377
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2746224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,67528
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,96665
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2451270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,21851
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2548237.25/cwt237.25–237.251,30071
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,41089
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2648231.39/cwt230.00–233.751,499118
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,55264
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,70262
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,75652

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.