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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Feb 17
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
842 head
▼ 482 vs last sale 1,324▲ 329 vs year ago 513 · +64.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 205▲ 12 vs year ago 156 · +7.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
181 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 260▲ 51 vs year ago 130 · +39.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder Cattle 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter Cows mostly steady on Breakers and Boners, Leans 5.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls mostly 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 $406.77/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 26 of 34 comparable sales and sits +16.42 against this barn's trailing median of $390.36.
Average price
$406.77
64 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,234
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$553
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$115.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.59
vs TN average
−22.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552415.552,29351
Medium and Large 2-3536378.372,02612thin
Small 1-2580300.001,7401thin
One grade step is worth $115.55/cwt here — about $553 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 sale64 hd
406.77
—
TN average15 barns · 658 hd
401.19
+5.59
National average184 barns · 15,729 hd
429.17
−22.40
This barn, trailing median34 sales
390.36
+16.42
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—High1,747196.073,42522
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,510178.552,69616
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,315169.902,23450
CowsLean 85-90%High1,130145.491,64554

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,156$3,2206
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,046$2,6506
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,180$2,6001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,100$2,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,183$2,55112
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,233$2,5502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,100$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,215$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$2,3672thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$2,0001thin

Every lot

123 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240733.59/cwt720.00–760.001,7613
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270610.74/cwt570.00–660.001,6493
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3273468.81/cwt400.00–550.001,2802
Steers300–350Small 1-2315365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332603.98/cwt570.00–660.002,00510
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3339534.98/cwt460.00–550.001,8147
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed365650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,3732
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375514.85/cwt490.00–540.001,9315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383597.40/cwt560.00–610.002,28813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added403590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,37814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3428472.98/cwt400.00–500.002,0249
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435526.29/cwt510.00–550.002,2898
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475501.33/cwt470.00–520.002,38116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478427.30/cwt395.00–450.002,04210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479538.95/cwt530.00–545.002,58218
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508427.54/cwt420.00–435.002,1722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3522398.86/cwt325.00–450.002,08210
Steers500–550Small 1-2528405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1382
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,7304
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,7501
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565388.81/cwt355.00–405.002,1974
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584446.19/cwt425.00–460.002,60612
Steers600–650Small 1-2610325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617422.77/cwt410.00–450.002,6087
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630361.95/cwt350.00–370.002,2805
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3672355.11/cwt350.00–360.002,3863
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680395.76/cwt380.00–415.002,6917
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,6952
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720357.29/cwt350.00–365.002,5722
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5381
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2794353.35/cwt350.00–355.002,8063
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920335.00/cwt335.00–335.003,0821
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2213710.00/cwt710.00–710.001,5122
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2241
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed260710.00/cwt710.00–710.001,8461
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275557.50/cwt555.00–560.001,5332
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280589.64/cwt580.00–600.001,6512
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3326462.69/cwt350.00–520.001,5087
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334562.75/cwt540.00–585.001,88010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373463.67/cwt400.00–505.001,7298
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377523.27/cwt515.00–540.001,97317
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed390555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,1657
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed413538.06/cwt525.00–545.002,2223
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427494.23/cwt480.00–515.002,11016
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3428440.99/cwt400.00–465.001,8876
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed452523.36/cwt520.00–530.002,3663
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3466392.18/cwt335.00–440.001,8287
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy473438.14/cwt430.00–440.002,0728
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478469.18/cwt450.00–500.002,24340
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Value Added483485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,34312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy510380.20/cwt370.00–390.001,9392
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526438.36/cwt425.00–450.002,30616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3529388.53/cwt350.00–415.002,05510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556431.17/cwt425.00–440.002,3979
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567410.68/cwt390.00–420.002,32919
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568327.58/cwt325.00–330.001,8612
Heifers550–600Small 1-2580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy585347.09/cwt335.00–360.002,0305
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed608385.00/cwt375.00–395.002,3413
Heifers600–650Small 1-2620270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6742
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3622312.01/cwt255.00–335.001,9415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627343.74/cwt335.00–370.002,15513
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy642330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1198
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2451
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680345.49/cwt340.00–355.002,34914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy680310.22/cwt300.00–320.002,1092
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7401
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719328.48/cwt320.00–345.002,36210
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763309.97/cwt300.00–320.002,3652
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3378450.31/cwt390.00–485.001,7024
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380550.69/cwt525.00–590.002,09311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418545.80/cwt545.00–555.002,28112
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2422512.82/cwt490.00–540.002,16423
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425441.95/cwt405.00–485.001,8785
Bulls400–450Small 1-2430470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0211
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472473.45/cwt455.00–505.002,23530
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485392.42/cwt380.00–410.001,9034
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3516402.75/cwt340.00–425.002,07810
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521457.12/cwt430.00–470.002,38230
Bulls550–600Small 1-2560340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576429.37/cwt415.00–445.002,47319
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3579347.68/cwt310.00–385.002,0138
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629399.89/cwt385.00–415.002,5157
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3634340.59/cwt315.00–360.002,1597
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670383.06/cwt360.00–410.002,56712
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3680341.72/cwt335.00–345.002,3243
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2714347.01/cwt340.00–365.002,47810
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3725326.64/cwt320.00–330.002,3683
Bulls700–750Small 1-2745320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3841
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2778335.00/cwt325.00–340.002,60612
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2834314.05/cwt310.00–330.002,6195
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Full835290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4221
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2868292.55/cwt290.00–295.002,5392
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2930275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5581
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965254.95/cwt250.00–260.002,4602
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,020244.80/cwt225.00–265.002,4972
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,483174.16/cwt168.00–179.002,5832
Bulls——1,735194.70/cwt187.00–204.003,37815
Bulls——1,887208.94/cwt207.00–210.003,9435
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,052132.32/cwt121.00–139.001,3929
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,127147.21/cwt141.00–154.001,65930
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,129109.59/cwt100.00–117.501,2374
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,204164.63/cwt157.00–172.001,98211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239165.67/cwt157.00–173.002,05326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,396181.10/cwt175.00–196.002,52819
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,401149.31/cwt136.00–154.002,0925
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465172.40/cwt167.00–177.002,5266
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,505152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,2881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540185.60/cwt180.00–190.002,8589
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29252,367.43/head2,200.00–2,550.002,3672
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29902,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0192,525.40/head2,300.00–2,800.002,5254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0953,189.65/head2,350.00–4,000.003,1903
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1162,399.18/head2,100.00–2,700.002,3996
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1802,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2152,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2173,250.00/head2,800.00–3,500.003,2503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2252,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2402,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2502,703.57/head2,350.00–3,250.002,7046

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.