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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2019-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Dec 17

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

622 head

▼ 382 vs last sale 1,004▲ 622 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

119 head

▼ 64 vs last sale 183▲ 119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

54 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 96▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers remaining mostly steady, with feeder heifers under 500 lbs. 3.00 higher and those over 500 lbs. 8.00 to 9.00 higher, and feeder bulls 7.00 higher overall. Slaughter cows remaining mostly steady overall with slaughter bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.43/cwt on 214 head.

Average price

$119.43

214 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$13.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.14

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	487	119.81	584	208
Medium and Large 2-3	483	106.33	513	6thin

One grade step is worth $13.48/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale214 hd

119.43

—

TN average9 barns · 1,412 hd

117.29

+2.14

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,630	68.22	1,112	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	46.78	700	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,249	46.48	581	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,143	38.70	442	24

Every lot

85 lots · USDA AMS · Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

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	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	151.00/cwt	148.00–154.00	506	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	380	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	646	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	143.29/cwt	138.00–152.50	585	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	147.24/cwt	145.00–150.00	694	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	127.74/cwt	124.00–135.00	676	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	121.50/cwt	121.00–122.00	717	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	117.82/cwt	113.00–125.00	738	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	115.59/cwt	115.00–116.00	772	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	801	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	110.09/cwt	107.00–113.00	852	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	825	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	998	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	961	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	925	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,082	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	240	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	288	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	265	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	392	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	266	126.77/cwt	121.00–139.00	337	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	270	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	319	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	327	150.75/cwt	150.00–151.00	493	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	137.08/cwt	128.00–144.00	461	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	131.78/cwt	123.00–136.00	498	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	408	133.49/cwt	132.00–135.00	545	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	121.99/cwt	115.00–127.00	525	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	120.39/cwt	113.00–126.00	569	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	695	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	113.43/cwt	106.00–117.50	584	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	565	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	111.04/cwt	104.00–115.00	631	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	109.97/cwt	100.00–114.00	672	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	94.74/cwt	90.00–101.00	638	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	89.86/cwt	86.00–95.00	645	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	94.06/cwt	90.00–98.00	732	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	885	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	954	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	996	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	961	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	255	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	301	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	268	156.33/cwt	155.00–157.50	419	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	290	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	389	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	315	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	528	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	318	132.73/cwt	125.00–137.50	422	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	331	149.67/cwt	146.50–159.00	495	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	375	134.11/cwt	130.00–138.00	503	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	378	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	643	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	154.21/cwt	150.00–158.50	584	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	410	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	525	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	147.10/cwt	136.00–163.00	621	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	425	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	723	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	143.51/cwt	136.00–147.00	679	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	653	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	125.00/cwt	120.00–134.00	648	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	527	138.50/cwt	137.00–140.00	730	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	535	116.51/cwt	115.00–118.00	623	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	123.12/cwt	115.00–126.00	694	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	577	128.76/cwt	128.50–130.00	743	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	109.67/cwt	106.00–115.00	696	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	108.61/cwt	107.00–111.00	729	5
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	725	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	631	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	780	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	755	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	730	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,003	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	637	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,195	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,004	1
Bulls	—	—	1,656	65.59/cwt	62.00–68.00	1,086	8
Bulls	—	—	1,855	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,363	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	45.23/cwt	45.00–45.50	484	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	31.58/cwt	30.00–33.00	339	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,167	39.55/cwt	36.00–44.00	462	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	46.69/cwt	43.50–52.50	581	46
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,338	41.77/cwt	41.50–42.00	559	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,425	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	570	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,495	46.55/cwt	42.00–51.50	696	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	52.72/cwt	52.50–53.00	812	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	765.00/cwt	765.00–765.00	6,503	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	720.00/cwt	650.00–790.00	8,460	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,425	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	7,840	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,800	3
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,675	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	522.50/cwt	500.00–545.00	5,617	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	—	1

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Tue Dec 17, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 622Last week 1,004Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 183Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 96Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	568	104.00–115.00	111.04
20	—	611	100.00–114.00	109.97
1	—	885	100.00	100.00
1	—	900	106.00	106.00
23	—	378	123.00–136.00	131.78
26	—	473	113.00–126.00	120.39
21	—	336	128.00–144.00	137.08
2	—	778	90.00–98.00	94.06
3	—	673	90.00–101.00	94.74
5	—	718	86.00–95.00	89.86
8	—	266	121.00–139.00	126.77
30	—	515	106.00–117.50	113.43
1	—	240	120.00	120.00
5	—	996	96.50	96.50
30	—	430	115.00–127.00	121.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	100.00	100.00
1	—	270	118.00	118.00
2	—	465	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	132.00–135.00	133.49
2	—	500	139.00	139.00
2	—	660	108.00	108.00
4	—	327	150.00–151.00	150.75
1	—	265	148.00	148.00
1	—	390	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	89.00	89.00
4	—	1,003	63.50	63.50
5	—	671	107.00–111.00	108.61
9	—	331	146.50–159.00	149.67
10	—	379	150.00–158.50	154.21
11	—	518	120.00–134.00	125.00
14	—	564	115.00–126.00	123.12
33	—	422	136.00–163.00	147.10
2	—	268	155.00–157.50	156.33
12	—	473	136.00–147.00	143.51
1	—	750	104.00	104.00
9	—	635	106.00–115.00	109.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	134.00	134.00
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
1	—	410	128.00	128.00
1	—	495	132.00	132.00
2	—	535	115.00–118.00	116.51
1	—	755	96.00	96.00
2	—	375	130.00–138.00	134.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	118.00	118.00
1	—	505	115.00	115.00
1	—	725	87.00	87.00
4	—	318	125.00–137.50	132.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	167.50	167.50
1	—	425	170.00	170.00
3	—	378	170.00	170.00
4	—	527	137.00–140.00	138.50
6	—	577	128.50–130.00	128.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	121.00	121.00
1	—	925	117.00	117.00
1	—	380	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	722	111.00	111.00
6	—	529	124.00–135.00	127.74
6	—	668	115.00–116.00	115.59
4	—	471	145.00–150.00	147.24
1	—	890	108.00	108.00
2	—	335	148.00–154.00	151.00
2	—	590	121.00–122.00	121.50
4	—	774	107.00–113.00	110.09
5	—	408	138.00–152.50	143.29
5	—	626	113.00–125.00	117.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,495	42.00–51.50	46.55
1	—	1,425	40.00	40.00
2	—	1,540	52.50–53.00	52.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	45.00–45.50	45.23
18	—	1,167	36.00–44.00	39.55
4	—	1,073	30.00–33.00	31.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	41.50–42.00	41.77
46	—	1,245	43.50–52.50	46.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	73.50	73.50
8	—	1,656	62.00–68.00	65.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	84.00	84.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	765.00	765.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	560.00	560.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	650.00–790.00	720.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	800	600.00	600.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	550.00	550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	500.00–545.00	522.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	935.00	935.00

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.