Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2025-01-09

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Jan 9

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Dec 12Jan 9Feb 13 →

Receipts

1,091 head

▼ 340 vs last sale 1,431▼ 550 vs year ago 1,641 · −33.5%

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 $306.23/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −131.30 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$306.23

176 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.24

vs GA average

−35.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	322.50	1,787	93
Medium and Large 2	589	288.00	1,696	83

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $90 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 sale176 hd

306.23

—

GA average15 barns · 473 hd

299.99

+6.24

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−35.85

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

−131.30

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	1,634	93
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,787	93
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	589	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,696	83
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	649	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,840	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,905	77
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	749	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	1,938	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	749	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,895	34
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	752	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,839	35
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	872	234.79/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,047	44
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,176	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,421	84
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	272.99/cwt	271.75–275.50	1,471	86
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,553	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,676	47
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,749	77
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,861	64
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	808	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,866	49

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 Jan 9, 2025

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

Receipts 1,091Last week 1,431Year ago 1,641

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	550–600	589	288.00	288.00
38	600–650	649	283.50	283.50
34	700–750	749	253.00	253.00
35	750–800	752	244.50	244.50
44	850–900	872	230.00–237.00	234.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	450–500	452	361.50	361.50
93	550–600	554	322.50	322.50
77	650–700	658	289.50	289.50
45	700–750	749	258.75	258.75
55	850–900	881	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	500–550	539	271.75–275.50	272.99
47	600–650	647	259.00	259.00
49	800–850	808	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	400–450	444	320.00	320.00
38	500–550	546	284.50	284.50
77	650–700	654	267.50	267.50
64	750–800	766	243.00	243.00

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.