Sale reports / Tennessee / Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN / 2020-12-15

Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Dec 15
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060
Feeder Cattle receipts
698 head
399 vs last sale 1,097 76 vs year ago 622 · +12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
49 vs last sale 168 0 vs year ago 119 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
38 vs last sale 99 7 vs year ago 54 · +13.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers weighing less than 500 lbs. sharply lower, with those weighing over 500 lbs. 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 6.00 to 7.00 lower overall, with feeder bulls 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 2.00 lower overall, with slaughter bulls 6.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.63/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$117.63
185 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.51
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2478118.11565171
Medium and Large 2-3388111.6543314thin
One grade step is worth $6.47/cwt here — about $132 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
117.63
TN average8 barns · 2,186 hd
117.12
+0.51
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
BullsAverage1,78371.401,2737thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44651.7274816
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21050.1760713
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20844.3653620

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,5001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56561.71/cwt58.00–65.509662
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,21860.00/cwt60.00–60.007312
CowsLean 85-90%1,21043.77/cwt40.00–50.0053019
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,16555.50/cwt55.50–55.506471
Bulls1,73469.63/cwt65.00–74.001,2076
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy355158.00/cwt158.00–158.005611
SteersMedium and Large 1-298097.00/cwt97.00–97.009511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638119.66/cwt118.00–121.007636
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added389133.50/cwt133.50–133.5051924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2695117.00/cwt117.00–117.008131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332144.12/cwt139.00–147.504783
Bulls2,07582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,7021
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2365137.50/cwt137.50–137.505021
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2535111.00/cwt111.00–111.005941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added588113.50/cwt113.50–113.506674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-280892.00/cwt92.00–92.007432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429144.88/cwt135.00–147.0062225
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705109.00/cwt109.00–109.007681
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373145.50/cwt140.00–155.005439
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added515119.00/cwt119.00–119.006135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600127.00/cwt127.00–127.007623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523126.65/cwt122.00–130.0066225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2560126.64/cwt121.00–131.007093
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added83586.00/cwt86.00–86.007182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added560134.00/cwt134.00–134.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added482129.00/cwt129.00–129.006223
BullsMedium and Large 1-2628106.98/cwt105.00–113.0067210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579107.73/cwt102.00–111.0062417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427137.48/cwt133.00–144.0058721
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468131.82/cwt125.00–139.0061721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added502136.50/cwt136.50–136.506859
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added863107.50/cwt107.50–107.509286
BullsMedium and Large 1-2595112.00/cwt112.00–112.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375120.23/cwt118.00–126.004519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680102.00/cwt102.00–102.006941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2220135.00/cwt135.00–135.002971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy413131.74/cwt130.00–133.005444
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46448.68/cwt44.00–55.0071312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21050.17/cwt45.00–56.0060713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427122.14/cwt115.00–126.0052225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474118.89/cwt112.00–126.5056421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365135.43/cwt131.00–139.004949
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3330115.00/cwt115.00–115.003801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3392111.39/cwt110.00–111.5043713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy408147.99/cwt147.00–149.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-270884.50/cwt84.00–85.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313133.72/cwt130.00–137.504192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added392147.50/cwt147.50–147.5057814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2284134.55/cwt131.00–136.003827
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528109.80/cwt103.00–116.0058031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522131.05/cwt128.00–133.0068420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471138.65/cwt134.00–142.0065310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added430132.50/cwt132.50–132.505702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-262099.90/cwt95.00–102.0061911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2668108.47/cwt99.00–112.0072516

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.