Athens Regional Stockyard Market Report

Athens, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 20, 2021

1,263 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.01/cwt -13.84 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 475 lb · 51 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.89/cwt -8.73 vs last sale · ≈ $573/hd at 421 lb · 49 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $148.85/cwt -9.06 vs last sale · ≈ $702/hd at 472 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,263	1,103	1,045
Feeder cattle	884	845	712
Slaughter cattle	167	158	217
Replacement cattle	212	100	116

Market comments — USDA reporter

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.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 fancy	305	1	190.00	$190.00	$580	—
315–345	334	4	170.00–185.00	$176.88	$591	-4.12
355–390	372	9	170.00–180.00	$174.56	$649	-11.44
401 value added	401	4	174.00	$174.00	$698	—
425 fancy	425	1	177.00	$177.00	$752	—
400–445	432	14	159.00–171.00	$165.50	$715	-8.19
463–470 fancy	467	4	172.00–177.00	$173.76	$811	—
470–497	481	12	151.00–166.00	$160.82	$774	+1.34
500–510 fancy	505	2	169.00–170.00	$169.50	$856	—
525 value added	525	4	166.00	$166.00	$872	+4.00
505–548	526	8	147.00–161.00	$154.06	$810	+2.85
550–585	570	9	131.00–145.00	$139.20	$793	-15.33
590 fancy	590	1	152.00	$152.00	$897	—
615 value added	615	1	144.00	$144.00	$886	—
605–645	621	4	131.00–138.00	$134.65	$836	-9.35
660–685	670	5	131.00–138.00	$134.20	$899	-3.15
725–745	730	4	123.00–135.00	$127.97	$934	-13.00
755–795	779	5	115.00–119.00	$117.41	$915	-19.59
810	810	1	112.00	$112.00	$907	-16.00
1020–1035	1028	2	98.00–99.00	$98.50	$1,013	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	4	155.00–160.00	$156.72	$588	—
505	505	3	136.00	$136.00	$687	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	147.50	$147.50	$502	—
395	395	1	140.00	$140.00	$553	—
490	490	1	140.00	$140.00	$686	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203	203	2	150.00	$150.00	$304	-10.40
265	265	1	135.00	$135.00	$358	-37.22
250–295	268	5	140.00–155.00	$144.87	$388	-27.35
315 fancy	315	5	167.50	$167.50	$528	—
315 value added	315	1	162.50	$162.50	$512	—
300–330	319	6	140.00–150.00	$144.96	$462	-13.42
325	325	1	137.50	$137.50	$447	-20.88
363 value added	363	2	150.00	$150.00	$544	-11.67
353–388	370	20	135.00–145.00	$141.15	$522	-5.71
400–445	421	47	130.00–143.00	$136.47	$575	-6.31
420–445	433	2	117.50–127.50	$122.36	$530	-20.42
455–460	457	3	115.00–128.00	$123.52	$564	-23.12
450–499	476	48	130.00–139.00	$134.67	$641	-11.97
523	523	2	116.00	$116.00	$607	-25.09
500–545	527	22	120.00–130.00	$125.12	$659	-15.97
555–596	572	23	120.00–129.00	$125.13	$716	-8.18
605–638	627	7	108.00–117.00	$114.13	$716	-14.11
660–693	673	11	104.00–112.00	$107.78	$725	-19.41
710–715	713	2	106.00–108.00	$107.00	$763	-18.63

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	273	2	130.00–132.50	$131.19	$358	—
425–435	430	2	120.00–125.00	$122.53	$527	+2.53
455–480	472	3	121.00–124.00	$121.96	$576	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	120.00	$120.00	$414	—
355–395	375	2	120.00–130.00	$124.73	$468	-8.63

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	235	4	170.00–180.00	$173.26	$407	-7.99
260 fancy	260	1	185.00	$185.00	$481	-10.00
250–285	270	8	162.50–180.00	$172.01	$464	-8.52
305–325 fancy	319	6	180.00–185.00	$181.22	$578	-13.78
305–340	324	9	160.00–175.00	$167.55	$543	-12.21
358–375 fancy	361	5	179.00–180.00	$179.21	$647	-9.79
355–397	379	19	155.00–166.00	$161.44	$612	-14.32
405–435	419	10	155.00–170.00	$162.09	$679	-2.02
435 fancy	435	1	177.50	$177.50	$772	+3.50
450–495	471	28	140.00–156.00	$147.96	$697	-6.87
475–485 fancy	480	2	160.00–162.50	$161.24	$774	-8.21
505–535 fancy	512	5	152.50–155.00	$153.32	$785	—
500–545	516	17	135.00–150.00	$143.22	$739	-8.16
555 fancy	555	1	151.00	$151.00	$838	-3.00
550–595	570	18	130.00–137.50	$133.46	$761	-7.21
580	580	1	128.00	$128.00	$742	-12.67
600–635	619	7	127.00–136.50	$133.62	$827	-1.13
668–680	672	3	119.00–133.00	$128.28	$862	-4.24
710–745	727	3	111.00–121.00	$116.61	$848	-3.61
760	760	1	115.00	$115.00	$874	+3.24

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	155.00	$155.00	$333	—
275	275	1	147.50	$147.50	$406	—
370–380	375	2	145.00–152.50	$148.80	$558	-6.20
435	435	2	132.50–147.00	$139.75	$608	-5.25

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	232	3	160.00–162.50	$161.64	$375	—
355	355	1	142.50	$142.50	$506	—
440	440	1	125.00	$125.00	$550	-22.50
505	505	1	131.00	$131.00	$662	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1500	1500	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500	1500	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,140	—
1205–1880	1509	75-80%	57	60.00–69.00	$64.83	$978	—
1680	1680	75-80%	1	57.00	$57.00	$958	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1470	1183	80-85%	35	62.00–72.00	$66.68	$789	-9.51
1090–1450	1250	80-85%	11	73.00–77.00	$74.26	$928	+6.62

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1140	988	85-90%	16	55.00–62.00	$58.64	$579	—
1025	1025	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$666	+4.07

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–2225	1701	10	82.00–90.00	$87.28	$1,485	—
1985	1985	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,866	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	690.00	$690.00
750–1050	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	650.00–700.00	$673.89
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–960.00	$880.00
1000–1300	1061	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	665.00–825.00	$727.78
1050–1400	1129	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,150.00	$971.43
1000–1300	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00–850.00	$762.50
1100–1200	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	825.00–885.00	$855.00
1100–1250	1158	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	875.00–1,050.00	$946.67
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	935.00	$935.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–700.00	$687.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–950	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–900.00	$825.00

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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
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,150.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,295.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,080.00	$1,080.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,075.00	$1,062.50	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	105.00	$105.00	$520	—
535	535	1	98.00	$98.00	$524	—

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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.