Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 3.00 higher, with feeder heifers 3.00 lower, and feeder bulls mostly steady overall. Slaughter cows remaining mostly steady overall and slaughter bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.75/cwt on 231 head.

Average price

$108.75

231 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.05

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	540	108.75	587	231

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale231 hd

108.75

—

TN average11 barns · 2,152 hd

108.80

−0.05

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	1,769	73.12	1,293	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,444	51.10	738	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	50.68	639	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,127	45.21	510	27
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,180	67.21	793	3thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	84.43/cwt	81.00–88.00	691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	109.31/cwt	104.00–112.00	679	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	123.76/cwt	118.00–126.00	766	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	123.80/cwt	117.00–128.00	708	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	112.25/cwt	107.00–119.00	535	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	124.37/cwt	118.00–133.00	405	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	153.76/cwt	148.00–160.00	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	583	114.01/cwt	113.00–115.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	119.82/cwt	116.00–124.00	794	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	836	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	82.86/cwt	82.00–86.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	117.53/cwt	110.00–127.00	327	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	131.35/cwt	124.00–140.00	684	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	696.67/cwt	600.00–730.00	7,893	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	131.38/cwt	124.00–136.00	564	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	97.78/cwt	90.00–107.00	655	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	129.66/cwt	124.00–140.00	604	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	108.50/cwt	107.00–110.00	857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	655	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	642	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	887.50/cwt	825.00–950.00	11,209	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	132.81/cwt	127.00–139.00	568	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	113.81/cwt	107.00–117.00	809	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,256	935.63/cwt	850.00–1,070.00	11,752	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	152.49/cwt	149.00–157.00	442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	704	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	669	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	505	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	571	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	646.92/cwt	600.00–750.00	7,291	13
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,100	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,050	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	735	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	885	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	531	1
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,680	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	1,461	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	50.22/cwt	47.00–55.50	634	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,255	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	740	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	80.04/cwt	79.50–80.50	1,365	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	56.95/cwt	56.50–57.50	882	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	114.68/cwt	109.50–121.00	702	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	120.54/cwt	114.00–126.00	645	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	128.03/cwt	124.00–134.00	603	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,180	67.21/cwt	63.00–71.00	793	3
Bulls	—	—	1,757	74.20/cwt	69.00–78.50	1,304	12
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,125	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	731	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	571	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	799	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	492	143.82/cwt	142.00–145.00	708	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	45.21/cwt	42.50–50.50	510	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	50.76/cwt	47.00–55.50	730	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	908	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	114.19/cwt	110.00–121.00	651	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	145.34/cwt	141.00–151.00	549	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	93.11/cwt	87.00–100.00	666	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	650.00/cwt	625.00–675.00	6,175	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	675.00/cwt	650.00–710.00	6,635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	149.34/cwt	149.00–150.00	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	102.30/cwt	95.00–107.50	635	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	87.95/cwt	83.50–92.00	592	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	547	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	107.06/cwt	100.00–110.00	612	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	107.49/cwt	100.00–110.00	564	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	85.31/cwt	80.00–91.00	604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	120.39/cwt	113.00–126.00	510	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	124.01/cwt	120.00–131.00	456	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	152.92/cwt	145.00–160.00	341	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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