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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Feb 25

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

492 head

▼ 329 vs last sale 821▲ 492 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

198 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 275▲ 198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

41 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 73▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle measuring 2.00 to 3.00 lower overall, with exception of 3-weight heifers sharply lower. Slaughter cows gauging 2.00 lower overall, with exception of breaker cows 5.00 lower, and slaughter bulls 4.00 higher.

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 $132.65/cwt on 175 head.

Average price

$132.65

175 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$11.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.41

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	463	133.18	617	167
Medium and Large 2-3	401	121.77	488	8thin

One grade step is worth $11.40/cwt here — about $129 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 sale175 hd

132.65

—

TN average10 barns · 2,092 hd

130.25

+2.41

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	—	Average	1,833	88.27	1,618	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	64.79	853	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,471	61.61	906	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	54.92	632	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,285	79.00	1,015	1thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,660	68.50	1,137	1thin

Every lot

82 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	210	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	420	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	220	177.63/cwt	172.50–183.00	391	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	175.69/cwt	170.00–185.00	501	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	315	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	606	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	164.97/cwt	155.00–171.00	528	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	169.57/cwt	164.00–173.00	643	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	406	159.67/cwt	156.00–170.00	648	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	425	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	748	2
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	430	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	624	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	431	146.82/cwt	145.00–148.00	633	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	157.66/cwt	157.00–158.00	744	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	865	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	660	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	146.17/cwt	140.00–148.00	795	7
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	553	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	719	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	139.93/cwt	130.00–140.50	861	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	126.33/cwt	125.00–127.00	825	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	948	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	820	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,033	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	932	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	933	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	255	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	398	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	351	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	143.60/cwt	140.00–150.00	392	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	310	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	465	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	134.51/cwt	130.00–141.00	440	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	133.69/cwt	130.00–139.00	508	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	386	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	579	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	390	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	460	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	410	139.35/cwt	138.00–140.00	571	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	131.72/cwt	123.00–136.00	560	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	440	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	519	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	130.79/cwt	128.00–135.00	615	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	473	115.59/cwt	110.00–121.00	547	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	476	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	683	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	485	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	126.69/cwt	121.00–133.00	659	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	129.41/cwt	115.00–131.75	739	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	119.84/cwt	117.00–124.00	744	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	797	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	468	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	315	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	605	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	168.54/cwt	160.00–180.00	544	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	168.49/cwt	167.00–170.00	620	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	160.52/cwt	151.00–163.00	685	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	440	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	737	1
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	455	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	582	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	153.08/cwt	150.00–160.00	715	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	143.52/cwt	135.00–150.00	741	16
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	520	125.79/cwt	118.00–133.00	654	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	138.59/cwt	132.00–144.00	793	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	129.51/cwt	126.00–133.00	815	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	123.30/cwt	121.00–125.00	829	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	695	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	799	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	756	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	104.49/cwt	104.00–105.00	813	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	90.34/cwt	88.00–93.00	743	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	89.00/cwt	87.00–91.00	783	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	809	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	695	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	563	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	832	72.67/cwt	70.00–74.00	605	3
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,660	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	1,137	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,285	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,015	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,723	94.83/cwt	93.00–96.50	1,634	2
Bulls	—	—	1,857	86.81/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,612	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	54.92/cwt	51.00–60.00	632	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	55.88/cwt	50.00–57.50	648	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,320	64.65/cwt	60.00–71.50	853	53
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,345	52.58/cwt	48.00–55.00	707	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,434	73.53/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,054	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,489	62.94/cwt	57.00–68.50	937	34
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	850	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	5,185	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	825	547.50/cwt	530.00–565.00	4,517	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,560	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	10,530	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,475	875.00/cwt	870.00–880.00	12,906	2

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 Feb 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 492Last week 821Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 198Last week 275Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 41Last week 73Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	87.00–91.00	89.00
16	—	516	135.00–150.00	143.52
15	—	427	151.00–163.00	160.52
7	—	629	126.00–133.00	129.51
6	—	572	132.00–144.00	138.59
5	—	467	150.00–160.00	153.08
5	—	323	160.00–180.00	168.54
3	—	823	88.00–93.00	90.34
3	—	672	121.00–125.00	123.30
3	—	275	170.00	170.00
2	—	778	104.00–105.00	104.49
2	—	368	167.00–170.00	168.49
1	—	930	87.00	87.00
1	—	700	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	167.50	167.50
1	—	315	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	118.00–133.00	125.79
1	—	455	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	157.00–158.00	157.66
2	—	863	108.00	108.00
2	—	220	172.50–183.00	177.63
1	—	915	102.00	102.00
29	—	615	130.00–140.50	139.93
9	—	379	164.00–173.00	169.57
8	—	406	156.00–170.00	159.67
7	—	544	140.00–148.00	146.17
5	—	320	155.00–171.00	164.97
4	—	285	170.00–185.00	175.69
3	—	735	129.00	129.00
3	—	653	125.00–127.00	126.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	192.50	192.50
1	—	210	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	130.00	130.00
1	—	430	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	431	145.00–148.00	146.82
1	—	500	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	176.00	176.00
1	—	820	126.00	126.00
1	—	500	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	130.00	130.00
2	—	473	110.00–121.00	115.59
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
1	—	440	118.00	118.00
1	—	380	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	476	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	571	115.00–131.75	129.41
31	—	380	130.00–139.00	133.69
23	—	425	123.00–136.00	131.72
13	—	470	128.00–135.00	130.79
11	—	520	121.00–133.00	126.69
7	—	621	117.00–124.00	119.84
7	—	327	130.00–141.00	134.51
3	—	273	140.00–150.00	143.60
1	—	675	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	118.00	118.00
1	—	390	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	386	150.00	150.00
3	—	410	138.00–140.00	139.35
1	—	310	150.00	150.00
1	—	255	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	832	70.00–74.00	72.67
1	—	695	81.00	81.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	610.00	610.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	825	530.00–565.00	547.50

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,475	870.00–880.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	720.00	720.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	68.50	68.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,150	51.00–60.00	54.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,489	57.00–68.50	62.94
5	—	1,345	48.00–55.00	52.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,320	60.00–71.50	64.65
8	—	1,434	72.00–75.00	73.53
7	—	1,160	50.00–57.50	55.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,857	82.00–92.00	86.81
2	—	1,723	93.00–96.50	94.83

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.