Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to sale two weeks ago, feeder steers weighing up to 550 lbs. 1.00 lower, with those weighing over 550 lbs. sharply lower. Feeder heifers sharply lower overall, with feeder bulls weighing up to 400 lbs. sharply lower and those weighing over 400 lbs. 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 lower with slaughter bulls 6.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.21/cwt on 220 head.

Average price

$132.21

220 head · 464 lb average

Value per head Derived

$613

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$9.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.05

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	467	132.59	620	210
Medium and Large 2-3	403	124.76	503	7thin
Small and Medium 1-2	365	123.15	450	3thin

One grade step is worth $9.44/cwt here — about $170 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 sale220 hd

132.21

—

TN average7 barns · 1,968 hd

134.27

−2.05

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	—	High	1,727	87.89	1,518	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	68.49	821	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,512	64.89	981	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	59.01	584	17

Every lot, as filed

113 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	64.83/cwt	60.00–69.00	978	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	136.47/cwt	130.00–143.00	575	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	305	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	467	173.76/cwt	172.00–177.00	811	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	590	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	897	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	505	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	134.20/cwt	131.00–138.00	899	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	401	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	139.20/cwt	131.00–145.00	793	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	125.13/cwt	120.00–129.00	716	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	134.67/cwt	130.00–139.00	641	48
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	340	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	128.28/cwt	119.00–133.00	862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	505	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	872	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	363	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	315	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	125.12/cwt	120.00–130.00	659	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	134.65/cwt	131.00–138.00	836	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	174.56/cwt	170.00–180.00	649	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	154.06/cwt	147.00–161.00	810	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	160.82/cwt	151.00–166.00	774	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	117.41/cwt	115.00–119.00	915	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	319	181.22/cwt	180.00–185.00	578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	203	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	305	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	124.73/cwt	120.00–130.00	468	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	355	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	315	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	512	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	12,155	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	345	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	414	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	232	161.64/cwt	160.00–162.50	375	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	958	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,140	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	687.50/cwt	675.00–700.00	5,500	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	74.26/cwt	73.00–77.00	928	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	66.68/cwt	62.00–72.00	789	35
Bulls	—	—	1,985	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,866	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,975	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	825.00/cwt	750.00–900.00	7,631	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	855.00/cwt	825.00–885.00	9,833	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	880.00/cwt	800.00–960.00	8,360	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	5,865	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,250	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	850	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	21,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	673.89/cwt	650.00–700.00	6,166	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	762.50/cwt	675.00–850.00	8,769	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	946.67/cwt	875.00–1,050.00	10,962	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,061	727.78/cwt	665.00–825.00	7,722	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,129	971.43/cwt	900.00–1,150.00	10,967	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	156.72/cwt	155.00–160.00	588	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	1,062.50/cwt	1,050.00–1,075.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,080.00/cwt	1,080.00–1,080.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,295.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,350.00	—	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	260	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	481	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,110.00/cwt	1,110.00–1,110.00	—	1
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	—	—	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	—	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	555	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	838	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	535	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	524	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	495	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	520	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	58.64/cwt	55.00–62.00	579	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	666	1
Bulls	—	—	1,701	87.28/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,485	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	523	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	121.96/cwt	121.00–124.00	576	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	148.80/cwt	145.00–152.50	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	133.46/cwt	130.00–137.50	761	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	215	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	172.01/cwt	162.50–180.00	464	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	457	123.52/cwt	115.00–128.00	564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	273	131.19/cwt	130.00–132.50	358	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	361	179.21/cwt	179.00–180.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	107.78/cwt	104.00–112.00	725	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	161.24/cwt	160.00–162.50	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	143.22/cwt	135.00–150.00	739	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	147.96/cwt	140.00–156.00	697	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	139.75/cwt	132.50–147.00	608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	435	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	127.97/cwt	123.00–135.00	934	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	265	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	141.15/cwt	135.00–145.00	522	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	173.26/cwt	170.00–180.00	407	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	325	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	133.62/cwt	127.00–136.50	827	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	144.87/cwt	140.00–155.00	388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	114.13/cwt	108.00–117.00	716	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	176.88/cwt	170.00–185.00	591	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	167.55/cwt	160.00–175.00	543	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	161.44/cwt	155.00–166.00	612	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	162.09/cwt	155.00–170.00	679	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	165.50/cwt	159.00–171.00	715	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	512	153.32/cwt	152.50–155.00	785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	116.61/cwt	111.00–121.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	433	122.36/cwt	117.50–127.50	530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	144.96/cwt	140.00–150.00	462	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	580	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	98.50/cwt	98.00–99.00	1,013	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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