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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Nov 24

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060

← Nov 17Nov 24Dec 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

527 head

▼ 757 vs last sale 1,284▲ 527 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

158 head

▼ 110 vs last sale 268▲ 158 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

157 head

▲ 87 vs last sale 70▲ 157 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 3.00 lower overall, with feeder bulls 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 2.00 lower overall.

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 $112.25/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$112.25

108 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$5.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.85

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	531	112.37	596	103
Medium and Large 2-3	434	110.38	479	4thin
Small and Medium 1-2	420	107.00	449	1thin

One grade step is worth $5.37/cwt here — about $147 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 sale108 hd

112.25

—

TN average9 barns · 2,552 hd

115.09

−2.85

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	1,629	71.68	1,168	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	56.48	700	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,593	56.33	897	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,111	48.46	538	17

Every lot

76 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	339	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	441	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	490	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	347	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	529	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	151.85/cwt	147.50–154.00	582	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	144.56/cwt	143.50–149.00	633	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	139.07/cwt	131.00–141.00	659	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	133.42/cwt	124.00–135.00	704	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	570	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	673	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	129.84/cwt	129.00–134.00	752	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	122.85/cwt	116.00–129.00	781	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	113.57/cwt	111.00–119.00	767	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	930	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	271	139.42/cwt	132.50–145.00	378	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	308	139.19/cwt	135.00–140.00	429	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	122.53/cwt	118.00–127.00	451	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	380	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	428	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	420	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	449	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	121.60/cwt	117.00–127.00	513	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	430	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	482	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	460	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	593	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	119.88/cwt	114.00–126.00	567	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	495	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	520	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	116.29/cwt	110.00–117.00	593	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	580	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	574	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	613	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	97.82/cwt	90.00–105.00	612	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	656	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	646	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	746	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	660	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	733	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	756	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	205	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	318	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	208	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	379	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	257	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	443	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	281	155.32/cwt	145.00–162.50	436	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	324	159.76/cwt	159.00–162.00	518	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	151.77/cwt	140.00–155.00	496	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	148.44/cwt	142.50–150.50	574	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	143.41/cwt	139.00–149.00	598	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	134.29/cwt	129.00–136.00	645	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	127.07/cwt	123.50–133.00	656	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	121.36/cwt	118.00–125.00	705	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	109.40/cwt	105.00–114.00	675	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	729	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 4	366	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	351	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,629	71.68/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,168	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,086	48.60/cwt	48.00–49.50	528	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,111	48.46/cwt	45.00–53.00	538	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	57.02/cwt	52.00–62.00	714	40
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,380	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	918	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,593	56.33/cwt	52.00–60.00	897	40
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,800	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	24,300	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	900	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,092	733.33/cwt	675.00–825.00	8,008	6
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	1,100	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,425	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	710.00/cwt	625.00–800.00	7,952	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	7,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	825.00/cwt	775.00–875.00	10,106	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,233	1,016.67/cwt	900.00–1,125.00	12,536	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	700	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,200	1
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	750	625.00/cwt	600.00–675.00	4,688	3
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,200	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	925.00/cwt	900.00–950.00	8,788	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	812.50/cwt	800.00–825.00	7,922	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,250.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162.50/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	—	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	—	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 Nov 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 527Last week 1,284Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 158Last week 268Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 157Last week 70Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers 3.00 lower overall, with feeder bulls 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 2.00 lower overall.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	142.00	142.00
1	—	230	147.50	147.50
3	—	383	147.50–154.00	151.85
10	—	474	131.00–141.00	139.07
3	—	675	111.00–119.00	113.57
1	—	290	152.00	152.00
11	—	636	116.00–129.00	122.85
18	—	579	129.00–134.00	129.84
1	—	995	93.50	93.50
21	—	528	124.00–135.00	133.42
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
15	—	438	143.50–149.00	144.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	347	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	626	90.00–105.00	97.82
4	—	840	90.00	90.00
4	—	656	98.50	98.50
10	—	746	88.50	88.50
13	—	422	117.00–127.00	121.60
1	—	595	103.00	103.00
25	—	473	114.00–126.00	119.88
14	—	510	110.00–117.00	116.29
4	—	271	132.50–145.00	139.42
2	—	780	94.00	94.00
2	—	368	118.00–127.00	122.53
6	—	308	135.00–140.00	139.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	105.00	105.00
2	—	430	112.00	112.00
1	—	380	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	208	182.00	182.00
5	—	257	172.50	172.50
5	—	324	159.00–162.00	159.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	108.00	108.00
6	—	417	139.00–149.00	143.41
12	—	387	142.50–150.50	148.44
5	—	617	105.00–114.00	109.40
10	—	480	129.00–136.00	134.29
4	—	281	145.00–162.50	155.32
10	—	327	140.00–155.00	151.77
1	—	205	155.00	155.00
18	—	516	123.50–133.00	127.07
6	—	581	118.00–125.00	121.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	366	96.00	96.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,111	45.00–53.00	48.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,593	52.00–60.00	56.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,086	48.00–49.50	48.60
1	—	1,380	66.50	66.50
40	—	1,252	52.00–62.00	57.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,629	70.00–76.00	71.68

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	675.00	675.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,120	625.00–800.00	710.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,233	900.00–1,125.00	1,016.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,225	775.00–875.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,092	675.00–825.00	733.33

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	750.00	750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	750	600.00–675.00	625.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	700	600.00	600.00

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)	2	—	975	800.00–825.00	812.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	900.00–950.00	925.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,800	1,350.00	1,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,285.00	1,285.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,162.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00

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.