Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2026-11-12

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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Nov 12

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Oct 8Nov 12latest

Receipts

1,110 head

▲ 139 vs last sale 971▼ 212 vs year ago 1,322 · −16.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Nov 11, 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 $364.99/cwt on 126 head, down $13.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −69.26 against this barn's trailing median of $434.25.

Average price

$364.99

▼ 13.33 vs prior sale

126 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

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

$43.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.23

vs GA average

−53.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	389.50	2,150	55
Medium and Large 2	547	346.00	1,893	71

One grade step is worth $43.50/cwt here — about $257 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 sale126 hd

364.99

—

GA average14 barns · 404 hd

367.21

−2.23

National average131 barns · 16,955 hd

418.64

−53.65

This barn, trailing median9 sales

434.25

−69.26

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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.06, low $364.99, median $434.25 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

21 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,954	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,893	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	389.50/cwt	389.50–389.50	2,150	55
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,064	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,281	169
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	742	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,285	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,474	135
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	857	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,682	63
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	867	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,558	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,764	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,759	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,850	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,995	90
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,007	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,148	70
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,093	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	736	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,024	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	749	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,247	64
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	847	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,202	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,393	23

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 12, 2026

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

Receipts 1,110Last week 971Year ago 1,322

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	550–600	558	357.50	357.50
12	600–650	637	315.00	315.00
70	650–700	652	329.50	329.50
23	850–900	867	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	468	377.00	377.00
64	700–750	749	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	548	321.00	321.00
20	550–600	554	334.00	334.00
23	600–650	640	295.00	295.00
24	650–700	654	320.00	320.00
6	700–750	736	275.00	275.00
4	800–850	847	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	463	422.00	422.00
55	550–600	552	389.50	389.50
169	600–650	648	352.00	352.00
135	750–800	752	329.00	329.00
63	850–900	857	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	500–550	547	346.00	346.00
62	600–650	639	323.00	323.00
21	700–750	742	308.00	308.00
17	850–900	867	295.00	295.00

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.