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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 4

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2060

← Feb 25Mar 4Mar 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,297 head

▲ 114 vs last sale 1,183▲ 1,297 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

227 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 166▲ 227 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Calves mostly steady with good quality and strong buyer presence throughout the sale; Slaughter Cows 5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 t0 4.00 lower.

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 $297.55/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −92.81 against this barn's trailing median of $390.36.

Average price

$297.55

97 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

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

$69.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.49

vs TN average

−7.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	304.70	1,670	86
Medium and Large 2-3	546	242.31	1,323	10thin
Small 1-2	555	235.00	1,304	1thin

One grade step is worth $69.70/cwt here — about $366 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale97 hd

297.55

—

TN average13 barns · 905 hd

289.06

+8.49

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−7.47

This barn, trailing median34 sales

390.36

−92.81

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	—	Low	1,760	171.88	3,025	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,385	139.60	1,933	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,597	139.26	2,224	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,147	122.61	1,407	48

Every lot

90 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	225	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	810	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	266	416.91/cwt	405.00–455.00	1,109	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	295	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,047	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	322	358.09/cwt	270.00–385.00	1,153	25
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	411.20/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,345	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	406.06/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,494	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	419	344.43/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,443	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	393.76/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,654	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	469	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,871	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	368.87/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,789	43
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	491	314.31/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,543	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	336.91/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,762	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	362.75/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,933	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	267.02/cwt	240.00–295.00	1,535	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	324.84/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,881	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	581	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,039	35
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	317.07/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,921	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	296.69/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,828	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	642	267.50/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,717	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	281.51/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,923	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	685	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,781	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	262.59/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,906	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	253.02/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,979	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,230	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	380.17/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,007	8
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	280	318.78/cwt	270.00–340.00	893	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	311	347.92/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,082	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	387.16/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,278	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	375	328.08/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,230	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	368.80/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,387	41
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	413	274.39/cwt	255.00–295.00	1,133	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	427	346.07/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,478	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	330.75/cwt	310.00–341.00	1,422	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	467	282.37/cwt	240.00–305.00	1,319	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	471	341.87/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,610	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	317.73/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,528	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	291.67/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,493	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	320.01/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,645	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	524	254.55/cwt	220.00–275.00	1,334	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	41
Heifers	550–600	Small 1-2	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	287.17/cwt	260.00–310.00	1,628	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	568	230.07/cwt	210.00–250.00	1,307	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	261.65/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,620	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	644	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,513	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,532	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	246.75/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,631	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	668	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,570	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	238.11/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,595	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	715	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,823	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	244.56/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,751	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	225.90/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,751	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	818	223.19/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,826	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	232.46/cwt	230.00–235.00	2,011	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,111	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	386.27/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,495	12
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	387	363.28/cwt	305.00–370.00	1,406	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	332.34/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,396	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	381.67/cwt	355.00–410.00	1,614	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	357.63/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,656	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	331.00/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,566	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	335.12/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,726	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	299.84/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,574	8
Bulls	500–550	Small 1-2	525	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,273	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	337.49/cwt	310.00–365.00	1,887	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	579	285.03/cwt	245.00–300.00	1,650	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	289.35/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,823	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	259.76/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,636	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	656	262.74/cwt	225.00–350.00	1,724	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	247.63/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,803	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	247.48/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,868	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	234.92/cwt	220.00–260.00	1,896	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	218.32/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,926	3
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	940	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,504	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	975	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,755	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,579	155.72/cwt	145.00–164.00	2,459	9
Bulls	—	—	1,774	174.38/cwt	168.00–182.00	3,094	22
Bulls	—	—	1,981	186.97/cwt	184.00–196.00	3,704	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	131.47/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,482	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	118.94/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,386	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	108.75/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,270	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,306	132.12/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,725	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	151.51/cwt	151.00–152.00	2,068	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,425	142.72/cwt	138.00–149.00	2,034	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,298	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,578	138.78/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,190	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,730	130.83/cwt	126.00–137.00	2,263	2

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 Mar 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,297Last week 1,183Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 227Last week 166Year ago 0

Compared to last week Feeder Calves mostly steady with good quality and strong buyer presence throughout the sale; Slaughter Cows 5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 t0 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	345.00–350.00	346.07
16	450–500	471	340.00–355.00	341.87
3	500–550	514	315.00–330.00	320.01
41	550–600	550	320.00	320.00
37	700–750	715	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	265	375.00–405.00	380.17
9	300–350	330	360.00–410.00	387.16
41	350–400	376	350.00–395.00	368.80
22	400–450	430	310.00–341.00	330.75
36	450–500	481	300.00–337.50	317.73
14	500–550	512	280.00–302.50	291.67
28	550–600	567	260.00–310.00	287.17
28	600–650	619	250.00–275.00	261.65
9	650–700	661	240.00–250.00	246.75
12	700–750	716	235.00–250.00	244.56
5	750–800	775	220.00–230.00	225.90
3	800–850	818	215.00–230.00	223.19
2	850–900	865	230.00–235.00	232.46
2	1000–1050	1,005	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	270.00–340.00	318.78
7	300–350	311	340.00–355.00	347.92
11	350–400	375	300.00–345.00	328.08
2	400–450	413	255.00–295.00	274.39
9	450–500	467	240.00–305.00	282.37
5	500–550	524	220.00–275.00	254.55
5	550–600	568	210.00–250.00	230.07
1	600–650	645	237.50	237.50
4	650–700	670	237.50–240.00	238.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	290.00	290.00
8	600–650	644	235.00	235.00
2	650–700	668	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	387	380.00–420.00	386.27
11	400–450	423	355.00–410.00	381.67
19	450–500	463	340.00–385.00	357.63
13	500–550	515	320.00–360.00	335.12
8	550–600	559	310.00–365.00	337.49
5	600–650	630	285.00–305.00	289.35
2	700–750	728	235.00–260.00	247.63
4	750–800	755	245.00–255.00	247.48
3	800–850	807	220.00–260.00	234.92
3	850–900	882	215.00–220.00	218.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	387	305.00–370.00	363.28
17	400–450	420	300.00–350.00	332.34
5	450–500	473	325.00–335.00	331.00
8	500–550	525	275.00–310.00	299.84
14	550–600	579	245.00–300.00	285.03
2	600–650	630	250.00–270.00	259.76
7	650–700	656	225.00–350.00	262.74
1	700–750	715	230.00	230.00
1	900–950	940	160.00	160.00
1	950–1000	975	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	399.00	399.00
9	500–550	533	360.00–370.00	362.75
35	550–600	581	351.00	351.00
16	600–650	606	305.00–320.00	317.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	355.00	355.00
25	300–350	322	270.00–385.00	358.09
4	400–450	419	320.00–365.00	344.43
42	450–500	491	310.00–345.00	314.31
1	500–550	505	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	575	240.00–295.00	267.02
5	600–650	642	262.50–275.00	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	360.00	360.00
5	250–300	266	405.00–455.00	416.91
11	300–350	327	390.00–435.00	411.20
3	350–400	368	390.00–415.00	406.06
5	400–450	420	380.00–415.00	393.76
43	450–500	485	355.00–380.00	368.87
7	500–550	523	320.00–345.00	336.91
8	550–600	579	315.00–340.00	324.84
6	600–650	616	280.00–305.00	296.69
29	650–700	683	280.00–295.00	281.51
7	700–750	726	255.00–274.00	262.59
5	750–800	782	245.00–260.00	253.02
1	900–950	910	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,306	125.00–136.00	132.12
2	—	1,365	151.00–152.00	151.51
38	—	1,425	138.00–149.00	142.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,168	95.00–110.00	108.75
23	—	1,127	125.00–138.00	131.47
14	—	1,165	114.00–123.00	118.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,730	126.00–137.00	130.83
1	—	1,445	159.00	159.00
6	—	1,578	135.00–145.00	138.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,579	145.00–164.00	155.72
6	—	1,981	184.00–196.00	186.97
22	—	1,774	168.00–182.00	174.38

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.