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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Jul 14
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
863 head
▲ 197 vs last sale 666▼ 165 vs year ago 1,028 · −16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 135▼ 75 vs year ago 236 · −31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 145▼ 14 vs year ago 146 · −9.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder Cattle unevenly steady to spotty. With summer trends of light calves and heavy weight Feeder Bulls receiving most discounts. There was increased buyer presence resulting in good demand in specific weight classes. Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $392.97/cwt on 101 head, up $14.26 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 35 comparable sales and sits +3.40 against this barn's trailing median of $389.58.
Average price
$392.97
▲ 14.26 vs prior sale
101 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$310
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$62.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.39
vs TN average
−3.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544400.802,18088
Small 1-2500360.001,8001thin
Medium and Large 2-3553338.311,87012thin
One grade step is worth $62.50/cwt here — about $310 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale101 hd
392.97
—
TN average15 barns · 803 hd
393.36
−0.39
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
−3.08
This barn, trailing median35 sales
389.58
+3.40
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

35 sales
443397352306median 389.5803/0304/2807/0709/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.07, low $319.92, median $389.58 across 35 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—Low1,633216.193,53111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,431186.062,66214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,307183.492,39977
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,210141.661,71522

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)1,272$3,1715
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,242$2,94115
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,222$2,88310
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,088$2,4345
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,091$2,3854thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,047$2,3254thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,149$2,2835
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,065$1,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,005$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$3,8252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,143$3,4752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,100$3,4503thin

Every lot

121 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed270585.33/cwt550.00–595.001,5805
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280493.52/cwt480.00–520.001,38213
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3283414.20/cwt335.00–460.001,1724
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2317513.77/cwt500.00–550.001,6297
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3328417.93/cwt320.00–470.001,3717
Steers350–400Small 1-2350350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3372410.82/cwt345.00–450.001,5285
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed385535.13/cwt525.00–545.002,0602
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390498.75/cwt480.00–500.001,94515
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428478.88/cwt460.00–505.002,0509
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3429380.96/cwt270.00–455.001,6349
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed433521.62/cwt515.00–525.002,2593
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added453495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,2422
Steers450–500Small 1-2465360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6741
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3471397.29/cwt305.00–440.001,8718
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476462.30/cwt450.00–470.002,20113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3522351.21/cwt300.00–405.001,83311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528470.81/cwt460.00–480.002,48612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529443.83/cwt425.00–455.002,34820
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3563355.04/cwt340.00–385.001,9993
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574434.75/cwt415.00–445.002,49518
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628399.43/cwt380.00–415.002,50824
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3361
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2941
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693355.02/cwt350.00–360.002,4602
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added698370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5832
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717343.37/cwt325.00–355.002,4623
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2263511.88/cwt490.00–515.001,34616
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3278392.34/cwt330.00–435.001,0914
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3328414.26/cwt380.00–445.001,3593
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342487.28/cwt455.00–495.001,6665
Heifers350–400Small 1-2355310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1011
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3367401.61/cwt400.00–405.001,4743
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed373502.62/cwt500.00–505.001,8752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375448.94/cwt435.00–465.001,68411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added404501.00/cwt501.00–501.002,0249
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3416393.27/cwt305.00–420.001,6369
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424432.07/cwt425.00–450.001,83221
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480424.38/cwt400.00–445.002,03749
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3481338.23/cwt300.00–380.001,6277
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy495381.67/cwt375.00–395.001,8893
Heifers500–550Small 1-2500360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8001
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523354.99/cwt345.00–370.001,8575
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525426.20/cwt420.00–430.002,23811
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525402.21/cwt390.00–417.002,11243
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572393.10/cwt370.00–403.502,24925
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3574326.39/cwt275.00–345.001,8737
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1245
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8611
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617335.59/cwt330.00–355.002,0717
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626376.76/cwt370.00–380.002,3596
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678299.74/cwt290.00–310.002,0322
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683337.34/cwt320.00–350.002,3044
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718328.02/cwt320.00–331.002,35512
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3718301.65/cwt300.00–305.002,1663
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added772333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,57165
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825297.92/cwt280.00–315.002,4582
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added840336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,82264
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3915250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed331520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7218
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2374475.37/cwt460.00–500.001,77814
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3375413.44/cwt325.00–455.001,5507
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,9951
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy417507.47/cwt500.00–515.002,1164
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3419391.23/cwt360.00–435.001,6396
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428477.60/cwt465.00–495.002,04413
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,2331
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3473393.36/cwt330.00–425.001,86117
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2478445.32/cwt430.00–460.002,12922
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy515450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3185
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3526358.24/cwt325.00–385.001,8849
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528414.84/cwt400.00–430.002,1907
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy553440.03/cwt430.00–445.002,4333
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565383.83/cwt370.00–405.002,1699
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3581333.60/cwt315.00–340.001,9384
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy584355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0735
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy613386.96/cwt375.00–390.002,3725
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3625310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9381
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2629338.94/cwt335.00–350.002,1329
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3668306.66/cwt300.00–310.002,0483
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2669329.92/cwt320.00–340.002,20713
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2722310.19/cwt295.00–330.002,24011
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2762303.36/cwt300.00–305.002,3123
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835291.14/cwt280.00–305.002,4314
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2910270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4571
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,300205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,6651
Bulls——1,508195.06/cwt185.00–205.002,9423
Bulls——1,540238.00/cwt238.00–238.003,6651
Bulls——1,767224.99/cwt219.00–230.003,9766
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,121153.54/cwt145.00–160.001,7219
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,193168.42/cwt164.00–172.002,0093
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,270105.47/cwt101.00–112.501,3393
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297196.08/cwt190.00–210.002,54323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,299181.05/cwt167.50–189.002,35246
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,307130.44/cwt120.00–135.001,7057
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,384161.33/cwt151.00–166.002,2338
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425167.50/cwt167.50–167.502,3871
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430183.58/cwt180.00–189.002,62510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435200.51/cwt192.00–206.002,8773
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows16 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29201,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0051,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0422,332.80/head2,300.00–2,400.002,3333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0602,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0651,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0682,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0902,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1022,523.05/head2,200.00–2,700.002,5233
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1482,647.24/head2,200.00–3,350.002,6473
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1642,329.22/head2,100.00–2,500.002,3294
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1692,454.99/head2,400.00–2,700.002,4556
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2242,936.96/head2,650.00–3,100.002,9379
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2683,328.98/head2,950.00–3,800.003,3293
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2782,934.83/head2,700.00–3,200.002,9352
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2903,265.81/head2,750.00–3,950.003,2669
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0753,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1003,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2103,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2553,825.10/head3,800.00–3,850.003,8252

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.