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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Jan 7

● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060

← Dec 17Jan 7Jan 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

754 head

▲ 230 vs last sale 524▲ 754 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

112 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 138▲ 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold herePreconditioned SaleThu Oct 15, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to no sale in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.30/cwt on 165 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −108.05 against this barn's trailing median of $390.36.

Average price

$282.30

165 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,516

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$315

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

$42.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.95

vs TN average

−22.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	287.07	1,540	140
Medium and Large 2-3	542	256.08	1,387	24
Small 1-2	500	245.00	1,225	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.07/cwt here — about $315 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale165 hd

282.30

—

TN average10 barns · 535 hd

268.35

+13.95

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−22.94

This barn, trailing median34 sales

390.36

−108.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.07, low $319.92, median $390.36 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	—	High	1,783	173.95	3,101	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,403	133.27	1,869	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,322	133.27	1,762	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,309	120.15	1,572	13

Every lot

91 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	972	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	245	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	833	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	938	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,218	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	309	397.87/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,229	15
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	331	300.82/cwt	280.00–360.00	996	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	339.63/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,406	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	434	355.49/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,543	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	266.09/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,171	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	471	275.75/cwt	235.00–300.00	1,299	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	340.52/cwt	339.00–345.00	1,611	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	323.57/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,569	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	517	280.93/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,452	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	518	272.54/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,412	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	305.74/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,608	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	532	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,702	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	316.71/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,789	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	568	265.67/cwt	245.00–290.00	1,509	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	306.86/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,752	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	602	306.66/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,846	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	285.48/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,747	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	629	247.55/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,557	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	283.36/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,882	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	682	234.79/cwt	210.00–250.00	1,601	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	269.93/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,925	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	258.08/cwt	250.00–275.00	2,008	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	795	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,948	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	232.46/cwt	225.00–240.00	2,011	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	960	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,776	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	281	288.71/cwt	280.00–300.00	811	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	969	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	332.28/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,070	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	330	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,205	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	334	284.36/cwt	235.00–315.00	950	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	363	269.75/cwt	225.00–300.00	979	7
Heifers	350–400	Small 1-2	365	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,040	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	320.72/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,219	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	385	331.07/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,275	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	277.55/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,180	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	428	332.49/cwt	331.50–337.50	1,423	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	309.50/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,325	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	478	268.39/cwt	245.00–285.00	1,283	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	293.32/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,437	17
Heifers	500–550	Small 1-2	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	278.39/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,456	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	256.55/cwt	225.00–270.00	1,347	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	292.23/cwt	290.00–292.25	1,569	94
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	272.64/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,532	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	255.41/cwt	225.00–265.00	1,443	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,410	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	257.04/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,576	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	643	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,511	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	248.30/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,636	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	221.35/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,472	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	700	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,435	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	217.51/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,649	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	376	295.74/cwt	260.00–315.00	1,112	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	324.47/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,379	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	268.69/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,155	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	462	288.92/cwt	250.00–305.00	1,335	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	317.46/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,533	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	314.21/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,596	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	529	272.94/cwt	235.00–290.00	1,444	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	569	259.54/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,477	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	256.31/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,592	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	231.64/cwt	215.00–247.50	1,459	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,428	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	252.50/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,730	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	242.37/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,777	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	830	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,743	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	880	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,716	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	925	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,480	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	968	177.53/cwt	165.00–190.00	1,718	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,730	175.72/cwt	170.00–180.00	3,040	4
Bulls	—	—	1,772	188.59/cwt	185.00–200.00	3,342	5
Bulls	—	—	1,836	157.88/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,899	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,243	127.26/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,582	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,275	104.73/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,335	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	143.26/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,849	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,296	132.85/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,722	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,398	149.00/cwt	144.00–157.00	2,083	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,401	117.79/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,650	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,402	132.23/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,854	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,408	121.90/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,716	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,443	122.07/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,761	8

This sale against other markets

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Tue Jan 7, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 754Last week 524Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 138Year ago 0

No trends could be established this week due to no sale in observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	405.00	405.00
1	250–300	290	420.00	420.00
15	300–350	309	385.00–420.00	397.87
1	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
13	400–450	414	320.00–345.00	339.63
7	450–500	485	320.00–330.00	323.57
14	500–550	526	300.00–315.00	305.74
8	550–600	571	300.00–310.00	306.86
11	600–650	612	270.00–295.00	285.48
6	650–700	664	277.50–290.00	283.36
8	700–750	713	250.00–275.00	269.93
3	750–800	778	250.00–275.00	258.08
2	850–900	865	225.00–240.00	232.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	340.00	340.00
1	250–300	280	335.00	335.00
10	300–350	331	280.00–360.00	300.82
5	400–450	440	250.00–300.00	266.09
5	450–500	471	235.00–300.00	275.75
5	500–550	517	270.00–295.00	280.93
6	550–600	568	245.00–290.00	265.67
4	600–650	629	240.00–255.00	247.55
3	650–700	682	210.00–250.00	234.79
1	700–750	705	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	795	245.00	245.00
1	950–1000	960	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	434	350.00–357.50	355.49
20	450–500	473	339.00–345.00	340.52
6	500–550	532	320.00	320.00
9	550–600	565	315.00–320.00	316.71
3	600–650	602	305.00–310.00	306.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	270.00–275.00	272.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
6	350–400	376	260.00–315.00	295.74
4	400–450	430	250.00–285.00	268.69
9	450–500	462	250.00–305.00	288.92
20	500–550	529	235.00–290.00	272.94
17	550–600	569	245.00–280.00	259.54
2	600–650	630	215.00–247.50	231.64
1	650–700	680	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	830	210.00	210.00
1	850–900	880	195.00	195.00
1	900–950	925	160.00	160.00
2	950–1000	968	165.00–190.00	177.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
8	400–450	425	315.00–335.00	324.47
2	450–500	483	310.00–325.00	317.46
6	500–550	508	300.00–320.00	314.21
4	600–650	621	250.00–265.00	256.31
2	650–700	685	250.00–255.00	252.50
2	700–750	733	235.00–250.00	242.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	280.00–300.00	288.71
7	300–350	334	235.00–315.00	284.36
7	350–400	363	225.00–300.00	269.75
14	400–450	425	260.00–285.00	277.55
25	450–500	478	245.00–285.00	268.39
14	500–550	525	225.00–270.00	256.55
10	550–600	565	225.00–265.00	255.41
1	600–650	600	235.00	235.00
4	650–700	665	200.00–235.00	221.35
1	700–750	700	205.00	205.00
1	750–800	760	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	643	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	340.00	340.00
6	300–350	322	327.50–345.00	332.28
18	350–400	380	310.00–335.00	320.72
15	400–450	428	300.00–325.00	309.50
17	450–500	490	290.00–305.00	293.32
31	500–550	523	275.00–285.00	278.39
15	550–600	562	270.00–280.00	272.64
12	600–650	613	245.00–265.00	257.04
12	650–700	659	240.00–265.00	248.30
2	700–750	720	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	758	215.00–220.00	217.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	500	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	365.00	365.00
9	350–400	385	330.00–335.00	331.07
29	400–450	428	331.50–337.50	332.49
94	500–550	537	290.00–292.25	292.23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,291	140.00–150.00	143.26
8	—	1,443	116.00–127.00	122.07
25	—	1,296	128.00–138.00	132.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	100.00–110.00	104.73
6	—	1,243	123.00–130.00	127.26
5	—	1,401	115.00–121.00	117.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,408	116.00–126.00	121.90
10	—	1,402	129.00–136.00	132.23
5	—	1,398	144.00–157.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,772	185.00–200.00	188.59
4	—	1,730	170.00–180.00	175.72
5	—	1,836	155.00–160.00	157.88

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.