Sale reports / Tennessee / Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN / 2020-01-14

Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Jan 14
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
455 head
278 vs last sale 733 455 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
36 vs last sale 181 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
21 vs last sale 68 89 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 holding mostly steady overall, with feeder heifers 1.00 higher, and feeder bulls weighing up to 400 lbs. sharply higher with those weighing over 400 lbs. 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher overall and slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.46/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 68.20 against this barn's trailing median of $206.67.
Average price
$138.46
133 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small and Medium 1-2
$18.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.33
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3260150.6439224
Medium and Large 1-2509135.90691106
Small and Medium 1-2214131.682823thin
One grade step is worth $18.96/cwt here — about $110 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

32 sales
239214189164median 206.6712/1602/2404/2106/1608/11
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $225.05, low $177.90, median $206.67 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale133 hd
138.46
TN average10 barns · 1,210 hd
126.14
+12.33
This barn, trailing median32 sales
206.67
−68.20
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
BullsAverage1,79771.301,28111
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49650.8476122
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31550.4266362
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11442.7447629

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1-279393.99/cwt92.00–96.007452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431151.48/cwt144.00–155.0065310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480142.21/cwt139.00–149.006838
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618134.45/cwt134.00–135.008317
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2380111.00/cwt111.00–111.004221
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2315107.00/cwt107.00–107.003371
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3375110.00/cwt105.00–115.004132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515135.10/cwt127.00–139.006967
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370153.07/cwt147.00–157.005664
SteersMedium and Large 1-2873115.51/cwt113.00–118.001,0082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720128.41/cwt124.00–133.009252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575133.50/cwt133.00–134.007682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335155.45/cwt152.00–159.005212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,8781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2950560.00/cwt560.00–560.005,3202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810123.00/cwt123.00–123.009961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285152.50/cwt152.50–152.504351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2230172.50/cwt172.50–172.503971
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,125761.25/cwt750.00–790.008,5644
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,8751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,500665.00/cwt665.00–665.009,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3838687.50/cwt650.00–750.005,7614
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2967941.67/cwt925.00–975.009,1063
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,03457.00/cwt57.00–57.005897
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050591.67/cwt550.00–635.006,2133
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625123.47/cwt115.00–127.0077213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573127.33/cwt124.00–134.0073013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2324155.13/cwt150.00–159.0050313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425149.99/cwt146.00–154.006377
BullsMedium and Large 1-2262170.06/cwt160.00–174.004465
BullsMedium and Large 1-2870104.00/cwt104.00–104.009053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full780105.00/cwt105.00–105.008191
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy1,700750.00/cwt750.00–750.0012,7501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy530141.00/cwt141.00–141.007471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008461
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235136.03/cwt132.50–140.003203
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3275121.00/cwt121.00–121.003331
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3515107.00/cwt107.00–107.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3323115.00/cwt115.00–115.003712
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2475100.00/cwt100.00–100.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474122.68/cwt118.00–127.5058224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521119.68/cwt110.00–125.0062426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315128.69/cwt124.00–132.004054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614113.25/cwt110.00–119.006954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2684108.48/cwt107.00–110.007424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705102.00/cwt102.00–102.007191
CowsLean 85-90%1,11442.74/cwt38.00–47.5047629
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38560.97/cwt57.50–63.008443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265130.88/cwt127.50–135.003479
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423123.66/cwt120.00–127.5052312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570116.60/cwt111.00–121.0066513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2364124.52/cwt120.00–127.5045319
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2214131.68/cwt130.00–135.002823
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34742.96/cwt40.00–45.005797
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30750.81/cwt46.00–55.5066452
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49558.50/cwt58.50–58.508751
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46343.07/cwt41.00–45.006302
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50051.25/cwt47.00–55.5076919
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531129.51/cwt124.00–134.006889
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473142.35/cwt136.00–150.0067317
BullsMedium and Large 2-3385140.70/cwt135.00–147.005423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2713107.66/cwt107.00–109.007683
BullsMedium and Large 2-3266151.91/cwt148.00–155.004049
BullsMedium and Large 2-3225152.17/cwt150.00–158.0034212
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0017,5501
Bulls1,85969.47/cwt62.00–73.501,2916
Bulls1,88576.50/cwt76.50–76.501,4421
Bulls1,64054.95/cwt50.00–61.009012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2664118.84/cwt117.00–124.007897
BullsMedium and Large 1-2363156.83/cwt152.50–160.005698
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed540116.00/cwt116.00–116.006266
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added588140.00/cwt140.00–140.008232
BullsReturn to Feed1,72390.55/cwt87.00–95.001,5602

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.