Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2025-02-13

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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Feb 13

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Jan 9Feb 13Mar 13 →

Receipts

1,357 head

▲ 266 vs last sale 1,091▲ 1,357 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.93/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −97.87 against this barn's trailing median of $377.80.

Average price

$279.93

174 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$1.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.14

vs GA average

−17.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	280.50	1,560	74
Medium and Large 2	545	279.50	1,523	100

One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about $36 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 sale174 hd

279.93

—

GA average16 barns · 555 hd

262.78

+17.14

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−17.07

This barn, trailing median8 sales

377.80

−97.87

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.88, low $332.51, median $377.80 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,537	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,667	91
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,765	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,873	77
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,731	59
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,910	45
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	746	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,887	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	759	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,920	44
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,158	119
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	880	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,059	40
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,378	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,523	100
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,560	74
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,637	117
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,662	73
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,637	58
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,754	59
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,829	130
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	867	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,938	45

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 Feb 13, 2025

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

Receipts 1,357Last week 1,091Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	400–450	446	309.00	309.00
74	550–600	556	280.50	280.50
59	700–750	748	234.50	234.50
130	750–800	775	236.00	236.00
45	850–900	867	223.50	223.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	600–650	648	256.50	256.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
100	500–550	545	279.50	279.50
117	600–650	647	253.00	253.00
58	650–700	651	251.50	251.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	450–500	452	340.00	340.00
91	500–550	544	306.50	306.50
77	600–650	648	289.00	289.00
119	850–900	872	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	550–600	556	317.50	317.50
45	700–750	746	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	650–700	658	263.00	263.00
30	700–750	746	253.00	253.00
44	750–800	759	253.00	253.00
40	850–900	880	234.00	234.00

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.