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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 15
● Final135 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
982 head
▲ 520 vs last sale 462▲ 91 vs year ago 891 · +10.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
172 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 124▲ 24 vs year ago 148 · +16.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 107▼ 94 vs year ago 240 · −39.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers mostly steady to 15.00 higher. Feeder Bulls steady to 10.00 lower. Slaughter Cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower. 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 $337.55/cwt on 90 head, up $7.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −52.81 against this barn's trailing median of $390.36.
Average price
$337.55
▲ 7.74 vs prior sale
90 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,854
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.90
vs TN average
−16.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550342.361,88276
Medium and Large 2-3548311.401,70614thin
One grade step is worth $30.96/cwt here — about $176 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 sale90 hd
337.55
—
TN average14 barns · 484 hd
335.65
+1.90
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
−16.76
This barn, trailing median34 sales
390.36
−52.81
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—Average1,706186.663,18418
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,562157.462,4607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,310146.121,91457
CowsLean 85-90%High1,177119.371,40541

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)1,255$3,1537
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,090$2,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,68715
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,167$2,3223thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)980$2,3132thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,158$2,03311
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,116$3,1564thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,137$2,6993thin

Every lot

135 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2250565.00/cwt550.00–580.001,4132
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy275475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,3061
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3293344.96/cwt340.00–350.001,0112
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed310520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335471.42/cwt450.00–490.001,5793
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3336366.40/cwt250.00–430.001,2315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4001
Steers350–400Small 1-2355350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2431
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1101
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9441
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423426.67/cwt405.00–450.001,8055
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3437364.57/cwt325.00–395.001,5937
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473410.52/cwt380.00–435.001,94220
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy482355.09/cwt350.00–365.001,7123
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3486328.47/cwt310.00–360.001,5968
Steers450–500Small 1-2495345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7081
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500402.00/cwt400.00–402.502,01010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520375.22/cwt355.00–390.001,95123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525335.29/cwt325.00–345.001,7602
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy550385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582356.71/cwt340.00–365.002,07644
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585331.78/cwt315.00–337.001,9414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615342.30/cwt330.00–355.002,10531
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625322.95/cwt315.00–325.002,0185
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy625317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9841
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672338.25/cwt325.00–350.002,27314
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675308.53/cwt307.00–310.002,0832
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added694357.41/cwt355.00–358.002,48010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708336.87/cwt327.00–342.002,38512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715289.69/cwt275.00–305.002,0712
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added743355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6387
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763326.68/cwt325.00–330.002,4933
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added774343.75/cwt342.00–355.002,6619
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2814310.01/cwt300.00–320.002,5234
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860317.41/cwt310.00–325.002,7302
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2942289.96/cwt270.00–300.002,7313
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2951300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8536
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy250570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,4251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2261469.52/cwt450.00–500.001,2254
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275352.55/cwt325.00–400.009703
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3318326.67/cwt300.00–370.001,0394
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325413.74/cwt400.00–430.001,3453
Heifers350–400Small 1-2370290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372391.85/cwt375.00–410.001,4585
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy385351.65/cwt350.00–355.001,3543
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385306.82/cwt300.00–315.001,1813
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added395415.76/cwt415.00–416.001,6424
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy416400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6644
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420308.80/cwt270.00–345.001,2977
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423366.25/cwt355.00–385.001,5498
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed458395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8096
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465382.00/cwt380.00–385.001,77610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478318.15/cwt300.00–340.001,5217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486366.96/cwt350.00–375.001,78336
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy488336.27/cwt330.00–340.001,6414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added504380.37/cwt376.00–383.001,9178
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed507366.65/cwt365.00–367.501,8593
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3516312.51/cwt290.00–325.001,6138
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522346.11/cwt330.00–360.001,80721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy543325.29/cwt320.00–327.001,7664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575333.98/cwt320.00–347.001,92032
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy577314.97/cwt305.00–320.001,8174
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590309.93/cwt305.00–315.001,8296
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added595340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0234
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620292.80/cwt280.00–305.001,8152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625342.47/cwt340.00–343.002,14011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy627300.21/cwt290.00–305.001,8823
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632324.43/cwt310.00–335.002,05020
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added657348.25/cwt348.25–348.252,28880
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9801
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663329.75/cwt310.00–332.002,18621
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy678300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0342
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718318.98/cwt310.00–330.002,29019
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752316.65/cwt310.00–320.002,3813
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added757335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5363
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,5581
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7911
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,6262
Feeder Cattle · Bulls31 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2371415.59/cwt400.00–435.001,5425
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3382323.96/cwt275.00–375.001,2386
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8101
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427412.57/cwt395.00–425.001,76210
Bulls400–450Small 1-2428317.37/cwt310.00–325.001,3582
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3430341.22/cwt305.00–390.001,46711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy441441.23/cwt440.00–445.001,9464
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy467424.39/cwt420.00–435.001,9828
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470403.32/cwt390.00–410.001,8969
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3476334.38/cwt300.00–370.001,5929
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy507378.96/cwt375.00–385.001,9215
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527349.84/cwt335.00–370.001,84421
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3527295.00/cwt250.00–320.001,5555
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3563299.79/cwt285.00–310.001,6883
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy568361.01/cwt360.00–365.002,0515
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575332.43/cwt320.00–350.001,91114
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy610325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9831
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2611310.44/cwt305.00–315.001,89710
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3614294.91/cwt280.00–300.001,8116
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3658282.47/cwt280.00–285.001,8592
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2667301.26/cwt295.00–310.002,00916
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy675335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2611
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710299.95/cwt295.00–310.002,1306
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3724279.34/cwt240.00–290.002,0225
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2760286.32/cwt280.00–290.002,1766
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3790260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0541
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2002
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3817263.28/cwt260.00–265.002,1513
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2865270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3361
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3870245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1321
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2900240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,311177.00/cwt170.00–181.002,3204
Bulls——1,798193.72/cwt186.00–200.003,48310
Bulls——1,871178.67/cwt174.00–181.003,3434
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108115.68/cwt110.00–120.001,28212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,153140.82/cwt140.00–142.001,6242
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16394.25/cwt85.00–105.001,0967
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215161.78/cwt158.00–171.001,96610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,225128.23/cwt122.00–138.001,57120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,326132.25/cwt128.00–138.001,75415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,332147.72/cwt140.00–156.001,96832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1561
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555168.77/cwt166.00–172.002,6243
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,577151.97/cwt148.00–154.002,3973
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0053,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1102,648.65/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6492
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1102,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1753,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1902,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29151,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0201,708.09/head1,400.00–1,900.001,7083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0452,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0902,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1652,687.21/head2,300.00–3,200.002,68715
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1672,321.79/head2,200.00–2,400.002,3223
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2102,154.62/head1,725.00–2,650.002,1558
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2553,152.56/head2,600.00–3,700.003,1537

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.