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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 29
● Final118 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
822 head
▲ 152 vs last sale 670▲ 822 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 155▲ 166 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
198 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 224▲ 198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher with Lean Cows 10.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder Steers 12.00 lower. Feeder Heifers under 600lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 600lbs 4.00 lower. Feeder Bulls steady to 6.00 lower. Quality fair with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.86/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −71.49 against this barn's trailing median of $390.36.
Average price
$318.86
86 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.24
vs TN average
−10.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533325.411,73673
Medium and Large 2-3555282.081,56713thin
One grade step is worth $43.33/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale86 hd
318.86
—
TN average12 barns · 647 hd
316.63
+2.24
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
−10.48
This barn, trailing median34 sales
390.36
−71.49
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

34 sales
443397352306median 390.3603/0304/2807/0709/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.07, low $319.92, median $390.36 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,684174.362,93626
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,472150.822,22010
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,394149.652,08678
CowsLean 85-90%High1,125126.291,42137

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,045$3,0001thin

Every lot

118 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3230400.00/cwt400.00–400.009201
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy250420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3270420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1342
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2282476.01/cwt445.00–500.001,3423
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3317385.68/cwt350.00–405.001,2233
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322441.20/cwt420.00–475.001,42119
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365384.86/cwt380.00–390.001,4052
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6024
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy393385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5133
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy412360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4833
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3417339.11/cwt310.00–360.001,4145
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added435425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8491
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440401.28/cwt395.00–410.001,7664
Steers450–500Small 1-2455310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468386.22/cwt380.00–395.001,8084
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy479368.17/cwt360.00–370.001,7648
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3479329.80/cwt295.00–360.001,5804
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507373.36/cwt370.00–380.001,89312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527356.15/cwt350.00–365.001,87717
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527309.33/cwt300.00–340.001,6308
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy533335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7862
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy558315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7582
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571351.96/cwt340.00–365.002,01016
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3577313.42/cwt305.00–325.001,8083
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added602340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,04710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5731
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627312.10/cwt300.00–320.001,9575
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy638285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8183
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1942
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7361
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658308.29/cwt305.00–310.002,0293
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715292.60/cwt285.00–300.002,0922
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1701
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3775235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8211
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9802
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3235380.00/cwt380.00–380.008931
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3278372.27/cwt360.00–380.001,0354
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2281409.72/cwt395.00–435.001,1518
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328396.79/cwt380.00–430.001,3014
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3338342.24/cwt325.00–360.001,1574
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy340355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2071
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3367335.06/cwt300.00–360.001,2309
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy368341.39/cwt325.00–350.001,2565
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added379416.22/cwt415.00–420.001,5774
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382368.97/cwt365.00–370.001,4095
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed403388.31/cwt385.00–395.001,5653
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy413336.65/cwt335.00–340.001,3903
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3421294.69/cwt275.00–325.001,2416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433365.83/cwt350.00–375.001,58420
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468354.20/cwt340.00–365.001,65820
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470327.55/cwt300.00–350.001,5394
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy491308.56/cwt305.00–310.001,5157
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512323.80/cwt315.00–330.001,65841
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525291.58/cwt270.00–305.001,5314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543342.50/cwt340.00–345.001,86010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565336.97/cwt335.00–340.001,9045
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568322.66/cwt310.00–330.001,83313
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3569277.86/cwt260.00–300.001,5819
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy577293.75/cwt290.00–295.001,6954
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,83013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623249.90/cwt245.00–255.001,5572
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634276.67/cwt270.00–285.001,7546
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660267.48/cwt265.00–270.001,7652
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3666249.99/cwt220.00–265.001,6654
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722249.50/cwt240.00–257.501,80120
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774246.32/cwt235.00–255.001,9074
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3825210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7331
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2878227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9972
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915217.42/cwt210.00–225.001,9892
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3940200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8801
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0531
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3315372.49/cwt355.00–405.001,1733
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3374341.61/cwt300.00–385.001,27813
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6134
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy389374.98/cwt370.00–380.001,4596
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2419403.77/cwt375.00–435.001,69224
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3422340.64/cwt285.00–390.001,4387
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy432360.00/cwt350.00–365.001,5558
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed467395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8459
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3473334.08/cwt310.00–352.501,5806
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480373.22/cwt360.00–385.001,79115
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512344.10/cwt325.00–350.001,76212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed521370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9285
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3531299.85/cwt260.00–315.001,5926
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3567310.03/cwt295.00–325.001,7585
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572345.04/cwt320.00–355.001,97416
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy600260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5602
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3618267.08/cwt250.00–275.001,6515
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619293.76/cwt285.00–300.001,8184
Bulls600–650Small 1-2635235.08/cwt225.00–245.001,4932
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3655235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5391
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2678281.26/cwt270.00–290.001,9078
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2712280.05/cwt270.00–285.001,9943
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy740260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9241
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3755245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8501
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2760280.00/cwt275.00–285.002,1282
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9601
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3805235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8921
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2910215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9571
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3933193.74/cwt192.50–195.001,8082
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3985205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0191
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,488186.74/cwt186.00–188.002,7793
Bulls——1,548156.97/cwt142.00–168.002,4304
Bulls——1,743176.07/cwt170.00–183.003,06919
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,081128.42/cwt125.00–134.001,38817
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,151137.77/cwt135.00–143.001,58611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160113.74/cwt107.50–120.001,3197
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23389.05/cwt85.00–92.501,0982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259134.97/cwt130.00–139.001,6997
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296163.95/cwt160.00–171.002,12513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9671
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,419149.85/cwt140.00–159.002,12655
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483151.02/cwt145.00–156.002,2408
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,682118.18/cwt115.00–120.001,9883
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0453,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.