Athens Regional Stockyard Market Report

Athens, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 9, 2021

2,122 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.84/cwt +10.80 vs last sale · ≈ $566/hd at 420 lb · 97 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.32/cwt +9.17 vs last sale · ≈ $613/hd at 474 lb · 83 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.24/cwt +25.59 vs last sale · ≈ $782/hd at 476 lb · 70 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,122	878	1,377
Feeder cattle	1,771	698	1,096
Slaughter cattle	266	119	197
Replacement cattle	85	61	84

Market comments — USDA reporter

**No comparisons available due to temporary market closure, however, market trends will be available beginning in two weeks on a bi-weekly basis.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205	203	2	170.00–182.50	$176.17	$358	—
275–290	283	2	167.50–172.50	$170.07	$481	—
315 fancy	315	1	190.00	$190.00	$598	—
330–345	340	5	162.50–180.00	$169.70	$577	+25.58
360–390	376	22	160.00–176.00	$166.09	$624	+30.66
380 fancy	380	1	180.00	$180.00	$684	+22.00
400–445	424	31	155.00–169.00	$162.28	$688	+17.40
440 fancy	440	1	174.00	$174.00	$766	—
453–493	475	62	155.00–169.00	$163.24	$775	+24.59
484 value added	484	8	172.00	$172.00	$832	—
500–533 value added	517	6	158.00–163.00	$160.42	$829	+23.92
500–545	532	49	142.00–156.00	$148.69	$791	+17.64
555–560 value added	558	3	152.00–157.00	$155.34	$867	+21.34
550–595	582	32	135.00–150.00	$144.23	$839	+17.59
600–645	621	29	127.00–142.00	$134.74	$837	+15.08
650–690	669	9	123.00–133.00	$130.18	$871	+13.18
700–745	715	30	119.00–129.00	$126.28	$903	+11.28
765–790	778	2	111.00–116.00	$113.54	$883	—
805–835	820	2	108.00–115.00	$111.56	$915	—
880	880	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,012	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	3	132.50–142.50	$138.29	$329	+3.29
270–295	284	5	136.00–144.00	$139.96	$397	+5.41
300–335 fancy	309	4	150.00–151.00	$150.73	$466	—
305–342	326	24	132.50–145.00	$138.52	$452	+4.80
350–360 fancy	355	2	145.00–151.00	$148.04	$526	—
350–395	379	55	130.00–143.00	$136.78	$518	+16.55
407–445 value added	413	9	142.00–144.00	$142.78	$590	+10.28
400–440 fancy	414	5	143.00–156.00	$147.15	$609	+15.41
400–448	421	83	125.00–140.00	$133.24	$561	+11.10
450–498	474	75	124.00–135.00	$128.21	$608	+9.32
453–482 value added	474	7	139.00	$139.00	$659	+10.00
475 fancy	475	1	145.00	$145.00	$689	—
503 value added	503	8	136.50	$136.50	$687	+17.50
500–545	521	61	118.00–132.00	$124.35	$648	+14.55
555 fancy	555	1	128.00	$128.00	$710	—
550–595	568	27	113.00–125.00	$119.37	$678	+11.64
604 value added	604	4	124.00	$124.00	$749	—
600–630	613	14	108.00–119.00	$114.62	$703	+14.72
704–727	713	11	94.00–105.00	$98.61	$703	+14.11

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–293	283	5	165.00–177.50	$171.13	$484	—
305–345	328	17	155.00–171.00	$161.88	$531	—
355–365 fancy	362	3	178.00–181.00	$179.65	$650	—
350–395	374	38	157.00–176.00	$165.84	$620	+20.34
400–448	423	44	150.00–166.00	$157.53	$666	+20.05
420–435 fancy	428	2	170.00–175.00	$172.54	$738	+24.55
450–496	472	58	144.00–161.00	$152.87	$722	+21.05
455–483 fancy	474	3	165.00–168.00	$165.96	$787	—
500 fancy	500	2	157.00–158.00	$157.50	$788	—
500–545	526	44	130.00–150.00	$141.27	$743	+14.62
550–555 fancy	553	2	145.00–148.00	$146.51	$810	—
550–599	582	40	129.00–143.00	$133.74	$778	+21.74
600 fancy	600	1	131.00	$131.00	$786	—
600–640	621	37	117.00–127.00	$123.35	$766	+16.37
650–660 fancy	655	2	128.00–130.00	$128.99	$845	—
650–698	669	21	112.00–126.00	$119.45	$799	+10.98
705–720	715	5	111.00–122.00	$116.43	$832	+7.43
755–790	775	4	98.00–108.00	$101.93	$790	—
775 fancy	775	1	112.00	$112.00	$868	—
835–840	838	3	94.00–103.00	$97.99	$821	—
850–895	875	3	94.00–98.00	$95.99	$840	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1800	1800	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1325	1211	80-85%	6	67.00–70.00	$68.34	$828	+18.17
875–1520	1213	80-85%	53	58.00–66.00	$62.58	$759	+12.41

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1350	1071	85-90%	46	53.00–63.00	$57.08	$611	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1825	1472	75-80%	30	57.00–65.00	$60.25	$887	+11.57

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	1	75.00	$75.00	$836	—
1305–1895	1670	12	81.00–91.00	$85.06	$1,421	—
1470–1875	1728	3	93.50–95.00	$94.46	$1,632	+24.83
2315	2315	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,806	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1100	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	775.00–840.00	$807.50
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
900–1400	1081	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	710.00–850.00	$782.50
1050–1200	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00	$950.00
1050–1200	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–845.00	$822.50
1000–1450	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	875.00–1,150.00	$995.00
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1000–1400	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–900.00	$800.00
1100–1500	1257	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	775.00–1,000.00	$892.14

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–900	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	825.00–950.00	$887.50
900–950	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	950.00–1,025.00	$987.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–800	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	625.00–825.00	$725.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	106.00	$106.00	$392	—
560	560	2	96.00	$96.00	$538	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	101.00	$101.00	$449	—

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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.