Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2026-04-09

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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Apr 9

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Mar 12Apr 9May 14 →

Receipts

616 head

▼ 175 vs last sale 791▼ 209 vs year ago 825 · −25.3%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.06/cwt on 102 head, up $36.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +39.53 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$477.06

▲ 36.25 vs prior sale

102 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$354

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

$53.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.17

vs GA average

−13.77 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	486.50	2,705	84
Medium and Large 2	543	433.00	2,351	18thin

One grade step is worth $53.50/cwt here — about $354 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 sale102 hd

477.06

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GA average14 barns · 513 hd

465.89

+11.17

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−13.77

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

+39.53

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

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,473	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,351	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	486.50/cwt	486.50–486.50	2,705	84
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,587	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	649	410.50/cwt	410.50–410.50	2,664	75
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,524	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	2,745	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	2,794	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,648	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,766	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,942	33
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	922	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,950	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,218	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,054	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,263	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,328	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,364	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,431	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	362.65/cwt	355.00–376.00	2,350	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,528	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,502	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	767	327.94/cwt	321.00–335.50	2,515	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,619	12

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 9, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	458	540.00	540.00
7	600–650	634	408.00	408.00
35	700–750	744	375.50	375.50
11	750–800	760	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	550–600	556	486.50	486.50
75	600–650	649	410.50	410.50
33	850–900	877	335.50	335.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	543	433.00	433.00
27	650–700	654	386.00	386.00
9	700–750	733	374.50	374.50
17	750–800	750	353.00	353.00
11	900–950	922	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	539	381.00	381.00
12	550–600	553	421.00	421.00
44	600–650	648	355.00–376.00	362.65
25	750–800	767	321.00–335.50	327.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	448	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	544	416.00	416.00
33	550–600	555	426.00	426.00
7	600–650	643	378.00	378.00
27	650–700	655	386.00	386.00
17	700–750	738	339.00	339.00
12	850–900	853	307.00	307.00

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.