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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-17

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Thu, Jul 17

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3792

← Jun 19Jul 17Aug 21 →

Receipts

851 head

▲ 85 vs last sale 766▲ 851 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereFeeder CattleTue Oct 27, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum of 60 days.

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 $359.75/cwt on 257 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −29.49 against this barn's trailing median of $389.23.

Average price

$359.75

257 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$37.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.02

vs TN average

+21.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	383.50	2,036	94
Medium and Large 1-2	568	346.05	1,965	163

One grade step is worth $37.45/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale257 hd

359.75

—

TN average16 barns · 1,085 hd

330.73

+29.02

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

+21.01

This barn, trailing median8 sales

389.23

−29.49

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

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.31, low $332.10, median $389.23 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

31 lots · USDA AMS · Athens Regional Stockyard Preconditioned Sale - 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	346	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,557	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	445	363.75/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,619	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	460	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,734	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	477	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,860	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	531	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,859	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	532	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,091	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	583	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,245	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	608	353.69/cwt	336.00–357.00	2,150	65
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,309	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	775	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,499	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	780	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,387	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	781	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,429	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	952	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,647	7
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,095	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,650	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	379	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,516	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	440	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,646	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	464	368.94/cwt	351.00–370.00	1,712	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	485	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,513	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,839	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	531	383.50/cwt	383.50–383.50	2,036	94
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	569	345.75/cwt	337.00–353.00	1,967	160
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	604	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,174	83
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	648	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,100	71
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	740	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,035	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	795	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,047	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	835	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,879	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	899	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,243	18
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,048	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,279	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 Preconditioned Sale - Athens, TN

Thu Jul 17, 2025

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

Receipts 851Last week 766Year ago 0

Cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum of 60 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
94	500–550	531	383.50	383.50
83	600–650	604	360.00	360.00
18	850–900	899	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	374.00	374.00
37	450–500	464	351.00–370.00	368.94
3	500–550	508	362.00	362.00
160	550–600	569	337.00–353.00	345.75
71	600–650	648	324.00	324.00
14	700–750	740	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	795	257.50	257.50
2	1000–1050	1,048	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
4	350–400	379	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	485	312.00	312.00
2	800–850	835	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	600–650	645	358.00	358.00
53	750–800	775	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	450.00	450.00
13	450–500	477	390.00	390.00
23	500–550	532	393.00	393.00
25	550–600	583	385.00	385.00
5	750–800	781	311.00	311.00
7	950–1000	952	278.00	278.00
2	1050–1100	1,095	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	357.50–365.00	363.75
13	450–500	460	377.00	377.00
4	500–550	531	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	600	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	670	315.00	315.00
12	750–800	780	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	600–650	608	336.00–357.00	353.69

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.