Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2025-06-12

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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Jun 12

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← May 8Jun 12Jul 10 →

Receipts

973 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 938▼ 18 vs year ago 991 · −1.8%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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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 $363.04/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −74.49 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$363.04

179 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,069

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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single grade reported

vs the market

+2.18

vs GA average

−17.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	363.04	2,069	179

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale179 hd

363.04

—

GA average13 barns · 522 hd

360.86

+2.18

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

−17.97

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

−74.49

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

14 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	375.75/cwt	375.75–375.75	1,676	59
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,855	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	363.04/cwt	340.00–384.00	2,069	179
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	347.96/cwt	339.50–353.50	2,272	117
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,976	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	310.31/cwt	297.50–314.00	2,383	88
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,497	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,966	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	339.61/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,881	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,796	92
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	311.33/cwt	292.50–316.00	2,014	96
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,934	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	761	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,157	55
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	879	240.98/cwt	240.00–244.50	2,118	27

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 Jun 12, 2025

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

Receipts 973Last week 938Year ago 991

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
92	550–600	572	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	546	360.00	360.00
26	550–600	554	335.00–341.00	339.61
96	600–650	647	292.50–316.00	311.33
11	700–750	748	258.50	258.50
55	750–800	761	283.50	283.50
27	850–900	879	240.00–244.50	240.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	740	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	400–450	446	375.75	375.75
56	450–500	457	406.00	406.00
179	550–600	570	340.00–384.00	363.04
117	650–700	653	339.50–353.50	347.96
88	750–800	768	297.50–314.00	310.31
54	850–900	876	285.00	285.00

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.