Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and bulls weighing up to 500 lbs. sharply higher, with steers over 500 lbs. 4.00 higher and bulls over 500 lbs. 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers measuring 2.00 lower overall. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 3.00 to 4.00 lower overall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.59/cwt on 230 head.

Average price

$110.59

230 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2

$11.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.24

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	499	111.30	556	215
Medium and Large 2-3	461	100.56	464	14thin
Small and Medium 1-2	290	100.00	290	1thin

One grade step is worth $11.30/cwt here — about $266 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 sale230 hd

110.59

—

TN average11 barns · 3,211 hd

115.84

−5.24

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,762	67.52	1,190	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,342	47.16	633	67
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	46.61	707	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,109	38.59	428	47

Every lot, as filed

97 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	408	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	135.26/cwt	134.00–136.00	687	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	403	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	565	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	613	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	135.93/cwt	128.00–138.00	379	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	793	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	136.09/cwt	128.00–140.00	623	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	155.11/cwt	152.00–159.00	593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	149.50/cwt	145.00–154.00	434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	100.46/cwt	96.00–105.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	150.50/cwt	146.50–158.00	644	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	114.35/cwt	110.00–125.00	715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	133.68/cwt	130.00–139.00	696	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	369	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	—	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	—	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	126.14/cwt	125.00–130.00	708	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	225	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	358	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	471	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	539	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,138	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,150	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	9,660	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	745.00/cwt	700.00–790.00	7,264	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	525.00/cwt	500.00–550.00	5,513	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	4,185	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	615.00/cwt	600.00–630.00	6,611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	83.67/cwt	82.00–84.50	717	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	512	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	355	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	391	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	106.67/cwt	105.00–110.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	380	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	314	144.44/cwt	141.00–147.00	454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	513	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	126.51/cwt	126.00–127.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	795	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	710	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	695	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	389	156.55/cwt	156.00–158.00	609	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	457	150.51/cwt	148.00–151.00	688	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	132.50/cwt	132.00–133.00	470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	504	1
Bulls	—	—	1,726	67.10/cwt	63.00–71.50	1,158	7
Bulls	—	—	2,060	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	106.29/cwt	98.00–112.00	659	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	112.98/cwt	106.00–118.00	636	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	141.86/cwt	135.00–150.00	450	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	138.38/cwt	130.00–144.00	653	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	95.68/cwt	92.00–101.00	652	9
Bulls	—	—	1,715	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	1,055	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	124.52/cwt	124.00–125.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	151.28/cwt	139.00–155.00	654	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	145.64/cwt	140.00–150.00	551	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	146.73/cwt	140.00–151.00	415	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	89.49/cwt	86.00–95.00	648	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	85.73/cwt	84.00–88.00	659	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	47.06/cwt	43.00–52.00	631	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	46.20/cwt	41.00–51.00	693	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,915	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	1,072	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	32.55/cwt	30.00–34.00	350	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	118.63/cwt	112.00–123.00	617	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	98.65/cwt	90.00–102.00	478	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	100.46/cwt	91.00–108.00	823	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	39.65/cwt	35.00–46.00	442	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	53.17/cwt	52.50–54.50	746	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	41.15/cwt	40.00–42.50	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	117.88/cwt	110.00–124.00	502	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	101.74/cwt	95.00–108.00	529	30
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	290	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	86.22/cwt	81.00–88.50	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	93.61/cwt	90.00–100.00	593	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	127.27/cwt	120.00–134.00	479	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	115.02/cwt	108.00–118.00	538	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	102.03/cwt	97.00–107.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	102.64/cwt	95.00–106.00	574	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	84.52/cwt	81.00–88.00	638	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	132.55/cwt	125.00–138.00	428	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	91.16/cwt	87.00–95.00	617	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	631	129.32/cwt	129.00–130.00	816	9

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.

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