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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 22
● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
725 head
▼ 303 vs last sale 1,028▲ 725 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
215 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 236▲ 215 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
276 head
▲ 130 vs last sale 146▲ 276 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder Cattle 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances of 30.00 higher. Slaughter Cows mostly steady, with Lean Cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls 5.00 Lower. Quality and demand good for all classes of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.37/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −71.99 against this barn's trailing median of $390.36.
Average price
$318.37
67 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$393
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$93.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.99
vs TN average
−21.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542333.601,80948
Medium and Large 2-3550282.091,55018thin
Small and Medium 1-2590240.001,4161thin
One grade step is worth $93.60/cwt here — about $393 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale67 hd
318.37
—
TN average14 barns · 943 hd
335.35
−16.99
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−21.81
This barn, trailing median34 sales
390.36
−71.99
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—Average1,661188.833,13719
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,465174.972,56435
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,354163.832,21980
CowsLean 85-90%High1,195135.871,62447

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
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,120$3,5001thin

Every lot

116 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3233425.00/cwt425.00–425.009906
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2269455.24/cwt435.00–475.001,2255
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3272373.01/cwt360.00–380.001,0153
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325366.67/cwt340.00–390.001,1926
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327446.54/cwt430.00–460.001,46010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed360445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6021
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370384.80/cwt370.00–400.001,4242
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382413.49/cwt405.00–425.001,5803
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419399.03/cwt395.00–410.001,6726
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425362.92/cwt340.00–385.001,5423
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462371.63/cwt365.00–375.001,7176
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3479331.87/cwt300.00–355.001,5905
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed480405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9441
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy505340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7173
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3519321.46/cwt300.00–335.001,6687
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526365.52/cwt355.00–370.001,92312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0529
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553378.76/cwt375.00–380.002,0958
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy558344.97/cwt337.50–347.501,9255
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3564314.13/cwt300.00–335.001,7728
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567358.38/cwt350.00–370.002,03210
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623329.74/cwt325.00–342.502,05410
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy624316.47/cwt310.00–320.001,9758
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3624301.15/cwt290.00–307.001,8794
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628363.63/cwt361.00–365.002,28414
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655351.65/cwt350.00–352.502,3033
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659329.87/cwt320.00–335.002,1746
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680284.93/cwt280.00–290.001,9382
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy692313.00/cwt312.00–315.002,1663
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710329.01/cwt322.00–332.002,33610
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3718283.80/cwt255.00–312.002,0382
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added755315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3781
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775292.29/cwt290.00–295.002,2653
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4481
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3890245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1811
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0821
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,005235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,3621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2233413.40/cwt410.00–420.009636
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3270375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2284413.37/cwt405.00–430.001,1743
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3320311.33/cwt295.00–340.009963
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed335375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343347.52/cwt345.00–350.001,1922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed360420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5121
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370389.59/cwt380.00–400.001,4412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3383337.98/cwt295.00–380.001,2946
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3422303.34/cwt270.00–345.001,2807
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428369.43/cwt360.00–380.001,58115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy435343.22/cwt340.00–350.001,4933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added445387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7243
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed469370.97/cwt362.50–375.001,7407
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474343.01/cwt340.00–355.001,6265
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy478326.37/cwt320.00–330.001,5607
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3484305.26/cwt280.00–322.001,4776
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed513361.75/cwt355.00–365.001,8563
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3519284.25/cwt250.00–305.001,4759
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523335.29/cwt330.00–340.001,75423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy528320.27/cwt310.00–325.001,6913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565329.02/cwt320.00–335.001,85910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9696
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580279.92/cwt265.00–300.001,6249
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy583308.36/cwt300.00–315.001,7983
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2590240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4161
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613311.54/cwt300.00–317.001,91013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed620330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0461
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3629271.81/cwt250.00–285.001,7104
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668300.99/cwt295.00–307.002,01112
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy673288.79/cwt285.00–292.001,9447
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3682261.75/cwt255.00–270.001,7853
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721286.39/cwt275.00–292.502,0655
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7371
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2203
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3815235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9151
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820268.33/cwt265.00–270.002,2003
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,3391
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8301
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375426.04/cwt400.00–440.001,5986
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3375369.93/cwt355.00–395.001,3874
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed415416.75/cwt410.00–430.001,7303
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2419393.70/cwt375.00–405.001,6509
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3424337.17/cwt305.00–365.001,4307
Bulls400–450Small 1-2430320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3761
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed453410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3475311.46/cwt270.00–345.001,47915
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480373.74/cwt360.00–385.001,7944
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2513360.56/cwt350.00–370.001,8509
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3516311.28/cwt290.00–325.001,6066
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed551359.01/cwt355.00–365.001,9785
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568318.64/cwt310.00–330.001,8107
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3571273.42/cwt225.00–295.001,5614
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3615271.73/cwt260.00–280.001,6713
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2627291.80/cwt285.00–295.001,8307
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670292.84/cwt270.00–297.501,9629
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1601
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3730260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8981
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2774251.92/cwt245.00–257.501,9504
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3780207.53/cwt205.00–210.001,6192
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815237.50/cwt235.00–240.001,9362
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3845180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5211
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3850205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7431
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2883235.97/cwt227.00–245.002,0842
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,399172.27/cwt168.00–176.002,4105
Bulls——1,657190.14/cwt186.00–197.003,1519
Bulls——1,932203.02/cwt198.00–212.003,9225
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,139107.07/cwt100.00–114.001,2207
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,141153.37/cwt149.00–163.001,75014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,222140.39/cwt137.00–147.001,71613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254177.82/cwt172.00–187.002,23016
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,257128.00/cwt116.00–135.001,60913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,352164.08/cwt155.00–171.002,21850
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,462147.86/cwt141.00–155.002,16213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463179.16/cwt175.00–186.002,62120
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468169.39/cwt164.00–174.002,48715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,675135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,2611
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1203,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001

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.