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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Dec 2
● Final117 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
835 head
▲ 535 vs last sale 300▼ 67 vs year ago 902 · −7.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
230 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 174▲ 92 vs year ago 138 · +66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
222 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 358▲ 17 vs year ago 205 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder Cattle 20.00 to 30.00 higher with instances of 50.00 higher. Slaughter Cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls steady. 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 $335.27/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −55.09 against this barn's trailing median of $390.36.
Average price
$335.27
82 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,818
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$774
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$124.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.11
vs TN average
−35.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2559377.502,1086thin
Medium and Large 1-2542339.941,84369
Medium and Large 2-3527252.961,3347thin
One grade step is worth $124.54/cwt here — about $774 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale82 hd
335.27
—
TN average7 barns · 518 hd
342.38
−7.11
National average194 barns · 19,992 hd
370.45
−35.18
This barn, trailing median34 sales
390.36
−55.09
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—High1,651190.583,14716
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,491163.522,43921
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,327153.682,04070
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,142130.311,48857

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)1,105$2,4001thin

Every lot

117 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2277481.40/cwt450.00–510.001,3337
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3278356.47/cwt300.00–400.009916
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2317466.05/cwt455.00–490.001,4773
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3341359.56/cwt285.00–400.001,2264
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3363389.48/cwt375.00–405.001,4142
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377441.94/cwt425.00–465.001,6669
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433438.57/cwt425.00–450.001,89911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0405
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435385.17/cwt335.00–415.001,6759
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added459450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0667
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473414.38/cwt400.00–435.001,9606
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy483360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7392
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483315.53/cwt285.00–370.001,5244
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed510425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3524343.72/cwt335.00–355.001,8018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526398.83/cwt375.00–405.002,09825
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571359.36/cwt340.00–370.002,0529
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3583304.94/cwt300.00–310.001,7782
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added584382.33/cwt380.00–384.002,23316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed605375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2691
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8761
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627347.01/cwt325.00–355.002,17610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656347.22/cwt345.00–350.002,2789
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680272.46/cwt270.00–275.001,8532
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695317.11/cwt305.00–335.002,2047
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733319.59/cwt310.00–330.002,34327
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3816
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815292.27/cwt280.00–305.002,3822
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3Value Added890275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4484
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2893310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7682
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920282.00/cwt255.00–285.002,59410
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,4131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3261326.78/cwt250.00–390.008535
Heifers250–300Small 1-2280220.00/cwt220.00–220.006161
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285423.53/cwt405.00–440.001,2074
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3327317.59/cwt220.00–360.001,0397
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330411.86/cwt385.00–435.001,35910
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added338465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5722
Heifers350–400Small 1-2373230.81/cwt190.00–270.008612
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380307.24/cwt235.00–350.001,1687
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381405.20/cwt370.00–435.001,54416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed414420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7396
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420316.45/cwt245.00–355.001,32910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427389.37/cwt365.00–406.001,66315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added459379.42/cwt370.00–385.001,74217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475300.00/cwt275.00–320.001,4253
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483339.99/cwt330.00–355.001,64212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3507242.15/cwt220.00–260.001,2285
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523327.05/cwt315.00–342.501,71016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526356.85/cwt347.50–365.001,87729
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Replacement532405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1553
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy543292.47/cwt285.00–300.001,5882
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570317.47/cwt300.00–335.001,81012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6182
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Replacement585350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0483
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added587348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,04310
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9647
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624297.40/cwt280.00–315.001,85620
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625252.74/cwt245.00–260.001,5802
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665291.32/cwt280.00–305.001,93719
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670244.85/cwt225.00–265.001,6402
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added694308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1387
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Replacement716375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6854
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728287.00/cwt275.00–300.002,0898
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731304.72/cwt302.00–307.502,22825
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy733257.63/cwt250.00–265.001,8882
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3744187.35/cwt160.00–245.001,3946
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758289.83/cwt270.00–292.502,19716
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3768179.70/cwt130.00–240.001,3803
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3371
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3838225.03/cwt215.00–235.001,8862
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9471
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3908205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8612
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1051
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3985200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9701
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2994220.05/cwt219.00–235.002,18715
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2373454.76/cwt435.00–475.001,6965
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3390314.94/cwt310.00–320.001,2282
Bulls400–450Small 1-2405160.00/cwt160.00–160.006481
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418442.51/cwt440.00–445.001,8502
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420399.96/cwt380.00–425.001,6806
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3431325.13/cwt300.00–355.001,4014
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460435.00/cwt425.00–445.002,0012
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467379.97/cwt360.00–395.001,77410
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3478348.53/cwt335.00–355.001,6667
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy510380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3522334.94/cwt330.00–345.001,7483
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524357.30/cwt355.00–370.001,87211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3565306.63/cwt295.00–325.001,7327
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573349.64/cwt340.00–365.002,00314
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3331
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625318.60/cwt300.00–330.001,9914
Bulls600–650Small 1-2625270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6881
Bulls650–700Small 1-2660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6501
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2669307.34/cwt300.00–325.002,0568
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3680290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9721
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725288.66/cwt275.00–310.002,0934
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3730265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9351
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3750250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8751
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2761273.94/cwt270.00–280.002,0855
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0801
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3935180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6831
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3955147.54/cwt140.00–155.001,4092
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,568178.55/cwt178.00–179.002,8002
Bulls——1,628190.41/cwt181.00–199.003,10012
Bulls——1,875203.59/cwt203.00–204.003,8172
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%973103.64/cwt102.50–105.001,0082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025151.72/cwt150.00–155.001,5553
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,107120.75/cwt110.00–128.001,33719
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,183135.49/cwt130.00–146.001,60333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265171.49/cwt169.00–174.002,1695
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328155.56/cwt144.00–166.002,06653
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,349137.98/cwt129.00–142.001,86112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452161.46/cwt152.00–169.002,34412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,527176.78/cwt172.00–187.002,6996
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,578145.21/cwt142.00–147.002,2913
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1052,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001

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.