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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 7
● Final110 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
872 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 883▼ 85 vs year ago 957 · −8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 128▼ 24 vs year ago 212 · −11.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
206 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 212▲ 114 vs year ago 92 · +123.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers and Heifers under 500lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 500lbs mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder Bulls 10.00 higher. Slaughter Cows mostly steady, Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher. Quality and demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.52/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −68.84 against this barn's trailing median of $390.36.
Average price
$321.52
79 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.16
vs TN average
−62.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550324.091,78467
Medium and Large 2-3548307.161,68312thin
One grade step is worth $16.93/cwt here — about $100 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 sale79 hd
321.52
—
TN average15 barns · 707 hd
345.68
−24.16
National average182 barns · 15,418 hd
384.39
−62.87
This barn, trailing median34 sales
390.36
−68.84
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—Low1,790192.533,44526
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,450166.232,41023
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,365161.192,20155
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,173139.391,63647

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,320$2,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,360$2,9001thin

Every lot

110 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2266480.13/cwt450.00–505.001,2778
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3278339.19/cwt310.00–370.009432
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3322378.48/cwt335.00–410.001,2198
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328445.56/cwt425.00–460.001,4618
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed365490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,7891
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365386.05/cwt365.00–400.001,4093
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy372418.06/cwt415.00–425.001,5555
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383443.30/cwt430.00–455.001,6989
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy405425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420373.08/cwt345.00–415.001,5677
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422459.09/cwt450.00–465.001,9376
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470412.04/cwt410.00–435.001,93712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy495375.00/cwt370.00–380.001,8562
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505355.00/cwt350.00–360.001,7932
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed508400.99/cwt400.00–405.002,0375
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy523345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532382.21/cwt370.00–390.002,03334
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed563376.61/cwt370.00–385.002,1203
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3567325.02/cwt315.00–330.001,8433
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy567318.47/cwt305.00–325.001,8063
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576353.73/cwt345.00–365.002,0374
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615298.20/cwt280.00–317.001,8342
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629344.43/cwt330.00–357.502,16616
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683335.26/cwt320.00–343.002,29015
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3713304.91/cwt300.00–310.002,1742
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731330.02/cwt320.00–335.002,4125
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0761
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768331.69/cwt330.00–340.002,5476
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,5991
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2293375.17/cwt355.00–395.001,0992
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324419.41/cwt395.00–435.001,3595
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed335457.57/cwt455.00–460.001,5332
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3337383.42/cwt375.00–390.001,2923
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed355452.46/cwt450.00–455.001,6062
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3369372.41/cwt350.00–400.001,3744
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375432.66/cwt420.00–445.001,62218
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy378401.74/cwt400.00–410.001,5196
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3Value Added405370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4994
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed418437.51/cwt435.00–440.001,8292
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3424332.72/cwt300.00–355.001,41116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy429368.76/cwt365.00–370.001,5824
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430408.24/cwt385.00–425.001,75522
Heifers450–500Small 1-2465245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1391
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Value Added469395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed470403.59/cwt400.00–415.001,8974
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472321.21/cwt300.00–340.001,5167
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473370.25/cwt350.00–385.001,75125
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy479335.02/cwt320.00–340.001,6057
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8981
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526334.40/cwt325.00–350.001,75920
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy526307.82/cwt295.00–320.001,61911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3531301.68/cwt290.00–310.001,6026
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3Value Added548337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,8473
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565330.21/cwt320.00–340.001,86622
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3582288.27/cwt280.00–300.001,6783
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy586308.50/cwt295.00–315.001,80813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3608287.47/cwt272.50–300.001,7483
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy616293.82/cwt285.00–297.501,8104
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620315.53/cwt305.00–325.001,9569
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667320.43/cwt310.00–322.002,13714
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy670283.12/cwt275.00–287.501,8974
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3674279.93/cwt260.00–305.001,8874
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720297.44/cwt285.00–305.002,1424
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725277.50/cwt275.00–280.002,0122
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753295.02/cwt290.00–300.002,2222
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3848245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0782
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5081
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3970185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7951
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3376384.76/cwt345.00–400.001,4476
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2389426.10/cwt410.00–460.001,6587
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417458.02/cwt450.00–470.001,91010
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed423390.21/cwt385.00–395.001,6512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425342.42/cwt320.00–370.001,45511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2431422.16/cwt400.00–445.001,82016
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy463431.18/cwt425.00–440.001,9964
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471394.94/cwt380.00–412.001,86039
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3474351.71/cwt330.00–370.001,66712
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy519385.97/cwt380.00–390.002,0035
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528362.77/cwt355.00–375.001,91516
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3530315.29/cwt290.00–345.001,67113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy558367.07/cwt360.00–370.002,0487
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568335.02/cwt325.00–355.001,90315
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3583299.66/cwt285.00–315.001,7479
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619309.87/cwt300.00–320.001,91823
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3637288.74/cwt285.00–297.501,8396
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3650275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7881
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670300.69/cwt290.00–317.002,01512
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710296.67/cwt295.00–305.002,1066
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3723268.86/cwt255.00–285.001,9449
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2766292.39/cwt285.00–300.002,2404
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3773257.52/cwt255.00–260.001,9912
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805284.97/cwt280.00–290.002,2942
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3825260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1451
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2860270.03/cwt265.00–275.002,3222
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,634179.11/cwt165.00–186.002,9277
Bulls——1,840196.50/cwt190.00–200.003,61616
Bulls——1,883202.66/cwt202.00–203.003,8163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,116117.46/cwt111.00–120.001,3114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,147158.59/cwt155.00–167.001,8196
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,183144.15/cwt140.00–153.001,70521
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,185131.43/cwt122.00–137.001,55716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,260153.61/cwt153.00–155.001,9353
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273173.86/cwt170.00–185.002,21317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,386159.47/cwt150.00–169.002,21029
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,413176.64/cwt172.00–187.002,4966
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,474142.83/cwt137.00–149.002,1059
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,506164.47/cwt156.00–168.002,47714
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3202,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3602,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.