Sale reports / Tennessee / Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN / 2019-09-03

Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 3
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
447 head
276 vs last sale 723 447 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
102 vs last sale 230 128 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
20 vs last sale 67 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers weighing up to 500 lbs. remaining mostly steady overall, with feeder heifers weighing over 500 lbs. 8.00 lower. Feeder bulls measuring 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls holding mostly steady overall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.01/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$112.01
122 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$22.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.45
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538112.59606111
Medium and Large 2-3423107.6945610thin
Small and Medium 1-255590.005001thin
One grade step is worth $22.59/cwt here — about $106 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 sale122 hd
112.01
TN average8 barns · 874 hd
117.45
−5.45
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
BullsAverage1,72076.031,30814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48957.178518thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25954.1668257
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08246.3350113

Every lot, as filed

81 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 2-353397.54/cwt95.00–100.005202
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450110.00/cwt110.00–110.004951
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3362104.29/cwt100.00–110.003783
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325116.00/cwt116.00–116.003771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added428146.00/cwt146.00–146.006254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2621105.20/cwt100.00–110.0065325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473119.65/cwt115.00–124.0056617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576105.83/cwt101.50–112.0061016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530114.42/cwt110.00–118.0060612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662104.08/cwt100.00–108.506898
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421126.37/cwt121.00–132.005327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378124.08/cwt121.00–129.004695
HeifersMedium and Large 1-284481.23/cwt80.00–85.006864
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2273116.48/cwt112.50–123.003184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345129.00/cwt125.00–133.004452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745105.00/cwt105.00–105.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full495100.00/cwt100.00–100.004951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy495104.00/cwt104.00–104.005152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy335140.00/cwt140.00–140.004691
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2420116.73/cwt110.00–123.004902
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006201
BullsSmall and Medium 1-254090.00/cwt90.00–90.004861
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2250130.00/cwt130.00–130.003251
BullsMedium and Large 2-3530112.99/cwt112.50–113.505998
BullsMedium and Large 2-368797.63/cwt96.00–101.006713
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375132.69/cwt132.00–134.004983
BullsMedium and Large 2-3458125.49/cwt123.00–128.005752
BullsMedium and Large 2-384085.00/cwt85.00–85.007141
BullsMedium and Large 2-379092.00/cwt92.00–92.007271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425153.33/cwt150.00–157.506526
BullsMedium and Large 1-2569113.03/cwt109.00–116.006435
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524127.07/cwt125.00–130.006665
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474142.09/cwt137.00–145.006744
BullsMedium and Large 1-2349156.00/cwt156.00–156.005444
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710108.66/cwt108.00–109.007713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2678114.46/cwt107.00–119.007763
BullsMedium and Large 1-2828100.50/cwt99.00–102.008322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385150.13/cwt145.00–155.005782
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,02572.00/cwt72.00–72.007381
CowsLean 85-90%1,08246.33/cwt42.00–52.5050113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48957.17/cwt54.00–61.008518
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,13361.52/cwt61.00–62.006972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24854.58/cwt51.00–61.5068141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28646.68/cwt40.00–50.0060010
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36964.88/cwt63.00–67.508884
Bulls1,75376.03/cwt72.00–82.501,33312
Bulls1,69585.50/cwt85.50–85.501,4491
Bulls1,35066.50/cwt66.50–66.508981
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,167766.67/cwt550.00–875.008,9473
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3850550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050930.00/cwt930.00–930.009,7651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100845.00/cwt790.00–900.009,2952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2800760.00/cwt760.00–760.006,0801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,425840.00/cwt840.00–840.0011,9702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,225757.50/cwt750.00–780.009,2794
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250687.50/cwt675.00–700.008,5942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200730.83/cwt675.00–775.008,7706
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2900.00/cwt900.00–900.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2825.00/cwt825.00–825.001
Dairy SteersLarge 387566.00/cwt66.00–66.005781
Dairy SteersLarge 380068.00/cwt68.00–68.005441
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2530119.00/cwt119.00–119.006311
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2435117.50/cwt117.50–117.505111
SteersMedium and Large 2-3323141.40/cwt130.00–145.004574
SteersMedium and Large 2-3238140.00/cwt140.00–140.003333
SteersMedium and Large 2-3495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570139.61/cwt134.50–148.0079637
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667137.40/cwt130.00–143.0091620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482145.81/cwt138.00–151.0070311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520145.56/cwt137.00–150.007578
SteersMedium and Large 1-2362160.46/cwt155.00–168.005817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616130.41/cwt126.00–135.008035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2829118.50/cwt118.50–118.509824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715131.53/cwt129.00–134.009402
SteersMedium and Large 1-2855117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full575122.50/cwt122.50–122.507041
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-255590.00/cwt90.00–90.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435114.31/cwt114.00–115.004973

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.