Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers/ Bulls 10.00 to 14.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 9.00 to 12.00 higher; Slaughter Cows2.00 to 4.00 lower with pour to fair quality; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 to 6.00 higher with good quality. Feeder Calf quality good with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.65/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −140.17 against this barn's trailing median of $392.82.

Average price

$252.65

88 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$29.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.10

vs TN average

−30.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	263.71	1,396	55
Medium and Large 2-3	560	234.22	1,311	33

One grade step is worth $29.49/cwt here — about $84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.07, low $318.98, median $392.82 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale88 hd

252.65

—

TN average8 barns · 390 hd

244.55

+8.10

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−30.67

This barn, trailing median34 sales

392.82

−140.17

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	1,725	156.27	2,695	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,545	121.08	1,870	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,353	118.11	1,599	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,228	104.06	1,277	38

Every lot, as filed

100 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 1-2Value Added	450–500	459	288.76/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,325	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	312.49/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,328	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	274.55/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,444	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	259.19/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,464	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	410	297.32/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,219	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	726	235.41/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,709	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	266.45/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,537	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	317.22/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,481	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	231.00/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,414	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	285.49/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,624	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,712	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	263.27/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,740	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	352.89/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,352	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	223.23/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	259.30/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,351	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	270.16/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,310	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	257.52/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	247.27/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,508	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	353.44/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,304	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	274.69/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,176	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	233.26/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	289.11/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,544	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	217.54/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	356.27/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,147	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	337.45/cwt	335.00–340.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	239.57/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,612	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	272.43/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	227.90/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,538	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	337	333.48/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,124	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	281.50/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,436	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	318.36/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	234.52/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,794	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	590	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	236.27/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,337	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	288	266.61/cwt	255.00–270.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	387	277.09/cwt	240.00–295.00	1,072	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	272.56/cwt	235.00–300.00	1,161	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	243.33/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,034	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,347	116.22/cwt	113.00–122.00	1,565	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	110.93/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,500	16
Bulls	—	—	1,658	143.83/cwt	135.00–150.00	2,385	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	120.78/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,669	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,840	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,392	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	114.45/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,574	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	132.86/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,606	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	121.76/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,897	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	91.21/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,076	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	105.84/cwt	99.00–112.00	1,267	18
Bulls	—	—	1,731	158.82/cwt	153.00–165.00	2,749	10
Bulls	—	—	1,825	171.65/cwt	170.00–176.00	3,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	265.07/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,516	3
Steers	Small 1-2	400–450	415	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,017	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	460	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,127	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	222.34/cwt	200.00–245.00	1,534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	853	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	226.62/cwt	190.00–235.00	1,217	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	476	243.16/cwt	232.50–255.00	1,157	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	182.84/cwt	165.00–200.00	1,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	687	230.01/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	222.46/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	264.66/cwt	240.00–285.00	1,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	734	195.71/cwt	190.00–207.00	1,437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	245.09/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,505	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	309.99/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,184	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	319.17/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,025	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	283.09/cwt	200.00–335.00	1,056	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	281.39/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,359	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	934	158.16/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	519	245.28/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,273	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	242.48/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	852	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	257.57/cwt	247.50–275.00	1,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	267.07/cwt	215.00–290.00	1,253	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	294.19/cwt	265.00–325.00	1,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	288	322.52/cwt	320.00–325.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	247.45/cwt	245.00–257.50	1,735	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	309.99/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	757	201.27/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	329	313.43/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,031	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	275.16/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,720	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	437	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,464	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	975	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,560	1

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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