Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2025-11-13

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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Nov 13

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Oct 9Nov 13Dec 11 →

Receipts

1,322 head

▲ 229 vs last sale 1,093▲ 187 vs year ago 1,135 · +16.5%

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 $361.97/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −75.56 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$361.97

182 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$17.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.38

vs GA average

−62.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	371.00	2,096	86
Medium and Large 2	551	353.88	1,950	96

One grade step is worth $17.13/cwt here — about $147 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 sale182 hd

361.97

—

GA average14 barns · 392 hd

370.35

−8.38

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−62.90

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

−75.56

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

22 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,930	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,956	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	1,940	40
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,096	86
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,083	78
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	344.75/cwt	344.75–344.75	2,265	77
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	657	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,168	66
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	330.25/cwt	330.25–330.25	2,454	71
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	749	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,374	62
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,333	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	786	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,330	69
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	851	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,413	45
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,503	38
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,708	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,707	57
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,834	80
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,987	70
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,972	67
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,055	78
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,220	73
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,425	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,488	10

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 Nov 13, 2025

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

Receipts 1,322Last week 1,093Year ago 1,135

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	500–550	548	357.00	357.00
40	550–600	555	349.50	349.50
66	650–700	657	330.00	330.00
62	700–750	749	317.00	317.00
69	750–800	786	296.50	296.50
45	850–900	851	283.50	283.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	465	415.00	415.00
78	650–700	651	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	550–600	565	371.00	371.00
77	650–700	657	344.75	344.75
71	700–750	743	330.25	330.25
35	750–800	775	301.00	301.00
38	850–900	869	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	464	368.00	368.00
80	550–600	559	328.00	328.00
78	650–700	684	300.50	300.50
73	750–800	763	291.00	291.00
6	800–850	845	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	600–650	640	310.50	310.50
10	850–900	852	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	500–550	549	311.00	311.00
67	650–700	653	302.00	302.00

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.