Athens Regional Stockyard Market Report

Athens, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 6, 2021

1,103 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.62/cwt +4.60 vs last sale · ≈ $625/hd at 432 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $157.91/cwt +5.88 vs last sale · ≈ $753/hd at 477 lb · 38 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.85/cwt +8.71 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 474 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,103	1,194	912
Feeder cattle	845	951	757
Slaughter cattle	158	138	82
Replacement cattle	100	105	73

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to sale two weeks ago, feeder heifers and bulls 6.00 higher overall, with steers mostly steady- with exception of a sharply higher undertone on a light test of steers weighing over 700 lbs. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 2.00 higher overall and slaughter bulls 9.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–280	275	3	180.00–185.00	$181.69	$500	—
310	310	1	181.00	$181.00	$561	-1.24
350	350	2	186.00	$186.00	$651	+20.51
405–440	427	15	163.00–175.50	$173.69	$742	+2.25
464–480 value added	469	6	169.00	$169.00	$793	—
450–492	482	20	154.00–165.00	$159.48	$769	-1.42
500–515 value added	510	3	162.00	$162.00	$826	—
500–533	518	12	148.00–156.00	$151.21	$783	-1.78
550–590	574	15	147.00–159.00	$154.53	$887	+4.74
605–625	615	5	142.00–146.00	$144.00	$886	+3.58
680–690	687	3	134.00–139.00	$137.35	$944	—
703–740	715	3	139.00–142.00	$140.97	$1,008	+14.76
765	765	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,048	+18.00
815	815	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,043	+9.59
990	990	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,030	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	160.00	$160.00	$520	—
570	570	1	127.50	$127.50	$727	-2.50
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–242	232	7	152.50–165.00	$160.40	$372	+9.82
260–294	290	8	170.00–172.50	$172.22	$499	+24.18
300–343	319	14	145.00–162.50	$158.38	$505	+7.86
355–375	369	10	144.00–152.50	$146.86	$542	+6.12
375 value added	375	3	160.00–162.50	$161.67	$606	+9.17
400–445	430	31	135.00–149.00	$142.78	$614	+4.88
432–448 fancy	441	8	151.00–153.00	$151.76	$669	—
450–495	473	28	136.00–151.00	$146.64	$694	+7.50
458–489 value added	477	7	152.00–154.00	$152.69	$728	—
500–540	519	30	135.00–147.00	$141.09	$732	+7.29
550–595	575	22	127.00–139.00	$133.31	$767	+4.35
600–645	619	22	121.00–131.00	$128.24	$794	+9.69
675–690	681	10	122.00–128.00	$127.19	$866	+10.39
700–718	713	5	120.00–128.00	$125.63	$896	+19.15
755–758	757	3	120.00	$120.00	$908	+14.00
810	810	2	101.00–112.00	$106.50	$863	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	137.50	$137.50	$468	—
395	395	1	132.50	$132.50	$523	—
425	425	1	120.00	$120.00	$510	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1370	1200	2	79.00–94.00	$85.44	$1,025	—
1230	1230	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,082	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	370	2	131.00–136.00	$133.36	$493	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220 fancy	220	1	195.00	$195.00	$429	—
200–240	224	5	177.50–190.00	$181.25	$406	-8.75
250–280	268	6	175.00–190.00	$180.53	$484	+1.70
285–295 fancy	290	2	195.00	$195.00	$566	+3.78
305 fancy	305	1	195.00	$195.00	$595	—
305–345	329	14	174.00–190.00	$179.76	$591	-0.57
355 fancy	355	1	189.00	$189.00	$671	+15.29
350–393	365	16	169.00–185.00	$175.76	$642	+15.74
400–445	422	20	155.00–171.00	$164.11	$693	+12.22
425 fancy	425	1	174.00	$174.00	$740	+1.00
455–495 fancy	476	8	165.00–176.00	$169.45	$807	+6.15
450–498	477	30	150.00–161.00	$154.83	$739	+5.34
500–543	524	22	143.00–160.00	$151.38	$793	+5.34
555 fancy	555	1	154.00	$154.00	$855	+8.67
550–590	572	25	134.00–149.00	$140.67	$805	+4.96
603 fancy	603	2	144.00	$144.00	$868	—
615–645	631	14	126.00–140.00	$134.75	$850	-0.92
650–690	662	15	129.00–141.00	$132.52	$877	+3.37
700–738	725	5	110.00–125.00	$120.22	$872	+7.96
750–785	762	5	108.00–115.00	$111.76	$852	—
825–830	828	2	107.00–111.00	$109.01	$903	—
855	855	1	109.00	$109.00	$932	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	155.00	$155.00	$589	+2.50
400–430	423	4	145.00	$145.00	$613	—
455	455	1	147.50	$147.50	$671	+12.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	170.00	$170.00	$484	—
325–330	328	2	145.00–150.00	$147.48	$484	—
440	440	1	147.50	$147.50	$649	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1550–1900	1725	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,540.00–2,100.00	$1,820.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1300	1194	80-85%	7	74.00–80.00	$76.19	$910	—
880–1675	1281	80-85%	31	64.00–73.00	$67.64	$866	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1840	1496	75-80%	33	60.00–70.00	$65.52	$980	+2.60
1790	1790	75-80%	1	73.00	$73.00	$1,307	—
1930	1930	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$1,119	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1355	1021	85-90%	17	54.00–64.00	$60.93	$622	+3.20

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,432	—
1475–2065	1762	9	88.00–98.00	$93.41	$1,646	—
1425–1885	1763	6	100.00–106.50	$102.85	$1,813	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	730.00	$730.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	980.00	$980.00
1000–1050	1017	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	950.00–975.00	$966.67
950–1200	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	710.00–800.00	$753.75
1100–1450	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	825.00–850.00	$835.00
1150–1400	1268	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	925.00–1,150.00	$1,052.27
1150–1350	1283	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	790.00–1,000.00	$930.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1550	1550	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00

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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	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,237.50	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,200.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1107	1107	9	72.50	$72.50	$803	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	6	95.00	$95.00	$556	—

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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.