Athens Regional Stockyard Market Report

Athens, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 13, 2020

1,035 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $115.66/cwt ≈ $597/hd at 516 lb · 46 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.34/cwt ≈ $577/hd at 480 lb · 31 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $123.48/cwt ≈ $651/hd at 527 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,035	1,361	1,322
Feeder cattle	724	—	951
Slaughter cattle	194	—	245
Replacement cattle	117	—	126

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 2.00 higher, with feeder heifers and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower overall. Slaughter cows gauging 4.00 lower, with slaughter bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
305	305	1	145.00	$145.00	$442
360–398	385	3	143.00–149.00	$147.13	$566
410 fancy	410	1	150.00	$150.00	$615
410–430	420	2	135.00–144.00	$139.39	$585
460 fancy	460	1	148.00	$148.00	$681
458–490	467	13	134.00–144.00	$140.38	$656
505–540	515	14	124.50–138.00	$132.34	$682
550–580	564	22	117.00–128.00	$124.93	$705
580 fancy	580	1	132.00	$132.00	$766
600–640	614	20	115.00–127.00	$122.93	$755
650–685	673	4	116.00–123.00	$120.06	$808
713–740	715	11	118.00–124.50	$123.89	$886
786	786	6	124.00	$124.00	$975

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
400	400	1	125.00	$125.00	$500
470	470	1	121.00	$121.00	$569
638–645	640	3	110.00	$110.00	$704

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
265–295	288	8	127.00–139.00	$132.92	$383
315 fancy	315	2	140.00	$140.00	$441
305–340	330	8	118.50–135.00	$120.47	$398
355–395	375	8	121.00–131.00	$128.52	$482
405 fancy	405	1	133.00	$133.00	$539
400–440	418	19	118.00–129.00	$123.38	$516
453–495	478	26	115.00–124.00	$119.06	$569
488 value added	488	5	127.00	$127.00	$620
501–545	516	46	110.00–121.00	$115.66	$597
555–595	569	13	104.00–115.00	$108.82	$619
603 value added	603	3	111.50	$111.50	$672
600–645	612	18	101.00–108.00	$105.86	$648
650–690	669	11	101.00–107.50	$105.54	$706
700–736	720	16	96.00–108.00	$104.37	$751
755	755	1	95.00	$95.00	$717
810–838	829	3	91.00	$91.00	$754

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	1	117.00	$117.00	$322
345	345	1	110.00	$110.00	$380
370	370	1	112.00	$112.00	$414
495	495	1	102.00	$102.00	$505
560	560	1	92.00	$92.00	$515

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
280	280	1	121.00	$121.00	$339
365	365	1	115.00	$115.00	$420
440	440	1	110.00	$110.00	$484
475	475	1	110.00	$110.00	$522

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
210–245	222	3	150.00–155.00	$153.16	$340
285	285	3	140.00–149.00	$146.00	$416
325–340	333	2	141.00–142.50	$141.77	$472
350–370	360	9	132.00–141.00	$137.48	$495
400–410 fancy	405	2	148.00–152.00	$150.02	$608
405–445	422	11	128.00–144.00	$134.16	$566
455 fancy	455	1	141.00	$141.00	$642
450–495	472	14	121.00–134.00	$125.47	$592
510–545	527	24	117.00–129.00	$123.48	$651
550–595	576	24	114.00–123.00	$118.03	$680
600–625	608	18	106.00–117.00	$110.96	$675
660–690	671	6	100.00–105.00	$103.15	$692
688 thin fleshed	688	2	90.00	$90.00	$619
700–705	701	6	91.00–100.00	$98.49	$690
760	760	1	96.00	$96.00	$730

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
345	345	1	133.00	$133.00	$459
435–445	442	3	123.00–124.00	$123.67	$547
545	545	1	113.00	$113.00	$616
570–575	572	3	105.00–106.00	$105.66	$604

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
255	255	1	132.50	$132.50	$338
420	420	1	115.00	$115.00	$483
475	475	1	120.00	$120.00	$570
545	545	1	110.00	$110.00	$600

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1900	1700	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,200.00–1,750.00	$1,533.33

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1010–1230	1090	80-85%	3	55.00–58.00	$56.44	$615
1000–1535	1256	80-85%	46	42.00–52.00	$46.34	$582

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1210–1455	1337	75-80%	3	56.00–59.50	$58.18	$778
1145–1960	1546	75-80%	31	40.00–50.00	$42.99	$665
1595–1760	1678	75-80%	2	37.00–38.50	$37.79	$634

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1020	1020	85-90%	1	54.50	$54.50	$556
805–1320	1080	85-90%	21	37.00–48.50	$42.45	$458

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1310–2135	1728	13	68.00–75.50	$72.04	$1,245

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–900	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	590.00–630.00	$606.67
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	620.00	$620.00
1100–1200	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	635.00–660.00	$647.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1100	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	710.00	$710.00
1050–1200	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00–925.00	$850.00
950–1450	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	650.00–785.00	$716.67
1150–1250	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–840.00	$795.00
950–1500	1217	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–700.00	$681.67
1050–1400	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–930.00	$861.00
1200–1600	1414	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	680.00–825.00	$779.29
1400–1450	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	835.00–925.00	$880.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	840.00	$840.00
900	900	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
950	950	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,220.00	$1,220.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,110.00	$1,055.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,112.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
303	303	2	92.00	$92.00	$279
1155	1155	1	71.00	$71.00	$820

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1025	1025	1	77.00	$77.00	$789

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.