Sale reports / Tennessee / Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN / 2019-08-27

Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 27
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
723 head
133 vs last sale 856 723 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
230 head
40 vs last sale 190 230 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
22 vs last sale 89 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold herePreconditioned SaleThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers weighing up to 500 lbs. 8.00 higher, with those weighing over 500 lbs. remaining mostly steady. Feeder heifers measuring 2.00 higher overall with feeder bulls 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 2.00 lower overall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.84/cwt on 175 head.
Average price
$118.84
175 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$9.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.02
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516119.68618159
Medium and Large 2-3462110.5951114thin
Small and Medium 1-2393110.004322thin
One grade step is worth $9.68/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale175 hd
118.84
TN average11 barns · 2,340 hd
118.86
−0.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,56277.531,21126
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48255.9182926
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24754.93685105
CowsLean 85-90%Average99846.0345917

Every lot, as filed

86 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2333120.70/cwt116.00–127.004025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369121.98/cwt115.00–128.004508
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485126.72/cwt123.00–128.006154
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2635104.00/cwt104.00–104.006601
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2458117.46/cwt115.00–120.005382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy380134.00/cwt134.00–134.005091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy565129.00/cwt129.00–129.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy630128.00/cwt128.00–128.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200142.50/cwt142.50–142.502851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287096.00/cwt96.00–96.008351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2263125.38/cwt122.50–128.003302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2795115.00/cwt115.00–115.009142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666111.79/cwt105.00–119.0074511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434126.14/cwt118.00–131.0054715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622113.92/cwt107.00–125.0070917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564117.45/cwt109.00–124.0066224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522117.14/cwt110.00–125.0061132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469123.56/cwt115.00–130.0057934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added530128.00/cwt128.00–128.006784
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3245121.00/cwt121.00–121.002961
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3360110.00/cwt110.00–110.003961
BullsMedium and Large 2-3653110.00/cwt110.00–110.007182
BullsMedium and Large 2-370096.00/cwt96.00–96.006721
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375130.00/cwt130.00–130.004881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2574129.54/cwt121.00–135.0074425
BullsMedium and Large 1-2471136.44/cwt130.00–145.0064314
BullsMedium and Large 1-2422148.50/cwt140.00–154.0062714
BullsMedium and Large 1-277898.09/cwt90.00–103.007638
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675119.95/cwt115.00–127.008108
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623121.58/cwt115.00–126.007578
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523129.50/cwt128.00–133.006778
BullsMedium and Large 1-2712104.42/cwt100.00–113.007435
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378152.72/cwt150.00–156.005775
BullsMedium and Large 1-2328148.43/cwt145.00–150.004873
BullsMedium and Large 1-2282158.28/cwt150.00–167.504463
BullsMedium and Large 1-285085.00/cwt85.00–85.007231
BullsMedium and Large 1-282086.00/cwt86.00–86.007051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy455151.52/cwt150.00–153.006892
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy413157.98/cwt157.00–159.006522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy315170.48/cwt170.00–171.005372
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2855.00/cwt855.00–855.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2875.00/cwt875.00–875.001
CowsLean 85-90%99846.41/cwt43.50–52.5046316
CowsLean 85-90%99040.00/cwt40.00–40.003961
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47256.21/cwt50.00–61.5082725
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73048.50/cwt48.50–48.508391
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,08663.98/cwt62.00–67.506954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24754.40/cwt49.00–61.0067891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40963.21/cwt62.00–64.508916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16445.45/cwt41.50–48.505294
Bulls1,54878.52/cwt72.00–84.001,21523
Bulls1,66869.94/cwt69.50–70.501,1673
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2917589.17/cwt490.00–630.005,4036
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3800600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,8001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3950690.00/cwt690.00–690.006,5551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050887.50/cwt875.00–900.009,3192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,000.00/cwt950.00–1,050.0011,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,267756.67/cwt700.00–850.009,5873
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,125636.25/cwt500.00–750.007,1588
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100606.67/cwt525.00–670.006,6733
Dairy HeifersLarge 351069.00/cwt69.00–69.003521
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2263137.43/cwt135.00–140.003612
SteersMedium and Large 2-3645126.00/cwt126.00–126.008132
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3533105.48/cwt104.00–107.005622
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3462109.70/cwt108.00–111.005073
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3565106.35/cwt105.00–107.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430114.52/cwt113.00–115.004924
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2350110.00/cwt110.00–110.003851
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2435110.00/cwt110.00–110.004791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy520150.00/cwt150.00–150.007801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340171.00/cwt171.00–171.005811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900107.00/cwt107.00–107.009631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2890109.00/cwt109.00–109.009702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2807110.00/cwt110.00–110.008883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2371161.02/cwt153.00–166.005975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469145.11/cwt139.00–149.006815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666137.77/cwt133.00–141.009185
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524136.44/cwt133.00–146.007156
SteersMedium and Large 1-2782121.14/cwt118.00–126.009477
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430153.17/cwt150.00–156.006598
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575132.96/cwt128.00–144.0076513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2614138.27/cwt131.00–145.0084946
SteersMedium and Large 2-3695122.00/cwt122.00–122.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2-3480134.00/cwt134.00–134.006432
SteersMedium and Large 2-3570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006842

How this sale compares

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.