Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2026-07-09

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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-09

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Jul 9

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Jun 11Jul 9Aug 13 →

Receipts

606 head

▼ 88 vs last sale 694▼ 384 vs year ago 990 · −38.8%

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 $454.88/cwt on 120 head, up $20.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +17.35 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$454.88

▲ 20.63 vs prior sale

120 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$45.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.94

vs GA average

−4.60 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	465.50	2,588	92
Medium and Large 2	543	420.00	2,281	28

One grade step is worth $45.50/cwt here — about $308 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 sale120 hd

454.88

—

GA average14 barns · 399 hd

442.94

+11.94

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−4.60

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

+17.35

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,295	78
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,281	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	465.50/cwt	465.50–465.50	2,588	92
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,476	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,712	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,705	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	350.44/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,611	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,703	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,873	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,982	19
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	925	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,006	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,139	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	542	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,157	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,103	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,251	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,283	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,102	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	649	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,265	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	742	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,360	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,424	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	761	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,405	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,815	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	945	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,835	1

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 Jul 9, 2026

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

Receipts 606Last week 694Year ago 990

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	553	407.00	407.00
21	600–650	636	359.00	359.00
2	700–750	748	324.00	324.00
5	900–950	908	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	460	465.00	465.00
38	550–600	552	381.00	381.00
25	600–650	637	330.00	330.00
14	750–800	761	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	542	398.00	398.00
9	600–650	649	349.00	349.00
7	700–750	742	318.00	318.00
1	900–950	945	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	735	368.00	368.00
10	750–800	788	343.00	343.00
19	900–950	905	329.50	329.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	450–500	450	510.00	510.00
92	550–600	556	465.50	465.50
76	650–700	655	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	543	420.00	420.00
29	600–650	643	385.00	385.00
16	700–750	745	330.00–355.00	350.44
5	850–900	855	336.00	336.00
4	900–950	925	325.00	325.00

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.