Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 2.00 to 3.00 higher overall, with feeder heifers and bulls remaining mostly steady. 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 $118.76/cwt on 185 head.

Average price

$118.76

185 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$5.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.96

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	487	119.09	580	173
Medium and Large 2-3	429	113.92	488	12thin

One grade step is worth $5.17/cwt here — about $92 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 sale185 hd

118.76

—

TN average9 barns · 1,699 hd

117.80

+0.96

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	—	Low	1,580	92.73	1,465	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,202	59.51	715	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,562	58.31	911	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	950	55.80	530	14

Every lot, as filed

93 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	354	155.67/cwt	155.00–156.00	551	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	509	136.44/cwt	136.00–136.50	694	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	485	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	92.01/cwt	90.00–94.00	660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	155.46/cwt	151.00–162.50	511	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	106.26/cwt	105.00–110.00	692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	226	162.44/cwt	160.00–167.50	367	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	152.45/cwt	150.00–157.50	425	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	122.16/cwt	119.00–126.00	689	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	118.39/cwt	113.00–123.00	742	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	135.07/cwt	130.00–142.00	567	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	139.45/cwt	137.00–148.00	534	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	132.72/cwt	128.50–138.00	625	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	125.15/cwt	120.00–134.00	665	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	371	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	308	137.56/cwt	135.00–140.00	424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	121.93/cwt	120.00–124.00	518	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	432	116.73/cwt	114.00–118.00	504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	550	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	445	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	320	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	118.72/cwt	113.00–121.00	451	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	481	109.49/cwt	107.00–112.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	513	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	1,103	95.49/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	1,150	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	1,010	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	123.49/cwt	118.00–131.00	530	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	113.25/cwt	110.00–117.00	592	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	111.33/cwt	106.00–114.50	630	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	119.60/cwt	114.00–124.50	565	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	131.40/cwt	127.00–138.00	490	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	140.99/cwt	135.00–147.50	453	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	101.27/cwt	99.00–104.00	640	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	144.49/cwt	135.00–152.50	393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	97.01/cwt	96.00–98.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	92.53/cwt	91.00–94.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	614	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,405	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	881.67/cwt	845.00–900.00	9,848	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	857.50/cwt	825.00–890.00	9,218	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	800.00/cwt	750.00–850.00	8,600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	817.50/cwt	810.00–825.00	9,810	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,367	898.33/cwt	850.00–925.00	12,280	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	741.00/cwt	700.00–770.00	8,892	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	787.50/cwt	775.00–800.00	8,072	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	8,220	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	945.00/cwt	890.00–1,000.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	—	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	139.09/cwt	131.00–142.00	727	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	135.52/cwt	130.00–143.00	648	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	139.63/cwt	137.00–143.00	595	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	124.64/cwt	120.00–126.50	769	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	132.46/cwt	129.00–136.00	755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	148.23/cwt	140.00–154.00	547	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	151.36/cwt	147.00–157.50	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	605	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	420	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	559	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	4,080	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,390	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	4,680	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	5,138	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,725	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	7,320	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	567.50/cwt	560.00–575.00	4,682	2
Bulls	—	—	1,120	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	896	1
Bulls	—	—	1,930	97.49/cwt	95.50–102.00	1,882	5
Bulls	—	—	1,522	88.67/cwt	83.00–94.00	1,350	11
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,365	103.92/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,419	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	65.24/cwt	65.00–65.50	799	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	50.30/cwt	47.00–53.00	683	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	59.61/cwt	56.00–63.50	706	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,108	69.98/cwt	67.00–73.00	775	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,755	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,220	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,775	50.47/cwt	47.00–53.50	896	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,541	58.47/cwt	55.00–64.00	901	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	853	62.57/cwt	62.00–63.00	534	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	53.73/cwt	51.00–57.00	518	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	985	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	773	2

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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