Northeast Georgia Livestock Market Report, Athens, GA

Athens, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 3, 2025

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light 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $455.36/cwt +10.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,917/hd at 421 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	276	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,930	+43.99
475–495	485	2	415.00–425.00	$420.10	$2,037	-8.63
545	545	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,180	—
555	555	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,164	-7.24
615–630	622	5	350.00–375.00	$363.47	$2,261	—
725–735	730	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,409	—
760–790	775	2	320.00–325.00	$322.55	$2,500	+5.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,852	—
470–490	485	4	400.00–485.00	$446.57	$2,166	+64.11
505–540	522	3	370.00–390.00	$381.88	$1,993	+21.94
555	555	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,026	-1.51
650	650	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,080	-37.50
715	715	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,109	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,348	—
470	470	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,762	+30.00
670	670	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,910	-20.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	435.00–450.00	$442.50	$1,460	+83.04
350–370	361	4	385.00–420.00	$400.87	$1,447	+30.87
405–425	415	2	360.00–395.00	$377.08	$1,565	+11.31
450–495	467	5	340.00–365.00	$356.22	$1,664	+16.85
500–545	526	4	330.00–350.00	$342.38	$1,801	+14.38
590	590	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,918	-2.72
605–625	615	2	310.00–320.00	$314.92	$1,937	—
670	670	2	285.00–290.00	$287.50	$1,926	-6.08
700	700	2	260.00–270.00	$265.00	$1,855	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	420.00–435.00	$427.50	$1,154	—
315–335	323	3	355.00–365.00	$358.45	$1,158	—
355–385	364	4	340.00–355.00	$347.65	$1,265	—
405–430	416	4	320.00–340.00	$326.14	$1,357	+8.64
485	485	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,455	-17.50
525	525	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,496	-20.00
560–580	570	2	275.00–300.00	$287.72	$1,640	-7.41
600	600	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,710	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–410	405	2	445.00–455.00	$449.94	$1,822	+56.78
450	450	2	405.00–418.00	$411.50	$1,852	—
500–515	508	2	360.00–370.00	$364.93	$1,854	+14.53
600–625	615	4	325.00–345.00	$331.15	$2,037	-0.37
770–795	778	3	270.00–295.00	$283.19	$2,203	+5.65

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,431	-5.00
320–340	330	2	470.00–480.00	$474.85	$1,567	+89.85
360–385	378	4	440.00–460.00	$449.83	$1,700	+69.83
425–440	433	4	390.00–420.00	$412.63	$1,787	+24.86
450–495	473	6	380.00–400.00	$392.47	$1,856	+27.47
525	525	2	350.00–365.00	$357.50	$1,877	-10.03
555–590	569	4	330.00–355.00	$342.49	$1,949	-10.13
605–645	625	7	315.00–335.00	$326.37	$2,040	—
655–695	675	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,059	-15.89

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,568	+10.00
310–330	320	2	495.00–510.00	$502.27	$1,607	+77.27
350–380	368	4	475.00–485.00	$478.78	$1,762	+41.77
400–440	421	10	440.00–470.00	$455.36	$1,917	+10.37
455–480	467	6	410.00–435.00	$420.84	$1,965	+11.42
500–525	510	3	380.00–405.00	$396.75	$2,023	+1.53
595	595	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,231	-22.66
745	745	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,347	+6.34

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	258	2	445.00–450.00	$447.57	$1,155	+107.57
310–345	329	4	435.00–440.00	$436.22	$1,435	—
365–385	375	2	380.00–405.00	$392.83	$1,473	+45.58
400–445	415	5	355.00–385.00	$365.89	$1,518	+60.89
490	490	3	355.00–370.00	$363.33	$1,780	—
505–545	525	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,706	—
570	570	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,738	+1.30
680	680	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,904	-15.77
795	795	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,027	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1400	1203	80-85%	13	160.00–169.00	$164.93	$1,984	—
1115–1360	1228	80-85%	6	156.00–159.00	$157.46	$1,934	—
1035–1440	1263	80-85%	4	170.00–180.00	$175.51	$2,217	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1405	1398	75-80%	2	155.00–161.00	$158.02	$2,209	—
1365–1625	1476	75-80%	9	162.00–174.00	$167.63	$2,474	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1295	1192	85-90%	3	147.00–149.00	$148.02	$1,764	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1620	1335	2	180.00–187.00	$184.25	$2,460	—
1360–1740	1550	2	202.00–209.00	$205.07	$3,179	—
1405–1785	1608	4	194.00–198.00	$195.98	$3,151	-9.62

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1600	1051	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	2,500.00–3,175.00	$2,862.39
895–1305	1053	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	2,500.00–3,157.00	$2,790.33
945–1335	1116	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	2,775.00–3,400.00	$3,019.46

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1030	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,775.00–2,475.00	$2,123.03
920–1615	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	2,073.00–2,575.00	$2,411.59
1310	1310	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
810–980	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,475.00	$1,475.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00	±0.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
515	515	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.