Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2025-04-10

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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Apr 10

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Mar 13Apr 10May 8 →

Receipts

825 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 789▼ 84 vs year ago 909 · −9.2%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $347.72/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −89.80 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$347.72

128 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$32.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.90

vs GA average

−6.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	372.18	2,069	32
Medium and Large 2	585	339.57	1,986	96

One grade step is worth $32.61/cwt here — about $83 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 sale128 hd

347.72

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GA average13 barns · 371 hd

344.83

+2.90

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−6.58

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

−89.80

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,841	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,944	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	372.18/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,069	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	591	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,992	83
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,038	74
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,110	61
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	752	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,993	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,257	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,608	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,681	96
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,864	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,664	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,660	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	271.81/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,775	43
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	784	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,929	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,985	48

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 Apr 10, 2025

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

Receipts 825Last week 789Year ago 909

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	500–550	537	313.00	313.00
9	600–650	628	265.00	265.00
31	650–700	651	255.00	255.00
21	750–800	784	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	453	355.00	355.00
34	550–600	563	331.00	331.00
43	650–700	653	266.00–276.00	271.81
48	750–800	786	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	448	411.00	411.00
32	550–600	556	360.00–375.00	372.18
74	600–650	648	314.50	314.50
61	700–750	747	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	546	356.00	356.00
83	550–600	591	337.00	337.00
28	750–800	752	265.00	265.00
59	850–900	885	255.00	255.00

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.