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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Thu, Sep 18

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3792

← Aug 21Sep 18Oct 16 →

Receipts

1,367 head

▼ 280 vs last sale 1,647▲ 1,367 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 60 days.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.33/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −21.04 against this barn's trailing median of $421.37.

Average price

$400.33

120 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$16.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.23

vs TN average

−4.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	407.46	2,305	68
Medium and Large 2	560	391.00	2,190	52

One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale120 hd

400.33

—

TN average15 barns · 601 hd

381.09

+19.23

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−4.31

This barn, trailing median8 sales

421.37

−21.04

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.47, low $362.78, median $421.37 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

29 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	368	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,619	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	463	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,996	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	465	425.30/cwt	423.00–426.00	1,978	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	534	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,227	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	560	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,190	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	583	402.25/cwt	402.25–402.25	2,345	44
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	621	352.37/cwt	343.00–356.00	2,188	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,440	79
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	651	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,233	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	669	387.34/cwt	375.00–389.50	2,591	87
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	738	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	2,727	70
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	770	349.57/cwt	342.00–351.00	2,692	143
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	773	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,644	15
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	988	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,964	6
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1,094	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	3,279	47
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Value Added	288	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,332	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	442	375.32/cwt	365.00–420.00	1,659	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	464	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,875	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	532	402.02/cwt	379.00–407.00	2,139	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	545	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,703	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	569	352.45/cwt	351.00–354.00	2,005	53
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	575	381.78/cwt	380.25–383.25	2,195	170
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	378.25/cwt	378.25–378.25	2,307	85
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	385.60/cwt	385.60–385.60	2,360	84
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	667	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,375	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	721	315.25/cwt	315.25–315.25	2,273	36
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	785	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,575	65
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2Value Added	938	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,251	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 Sep 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,367Last week 1,647Year ago 0

Cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum 60 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	462.50	462.50
15	400–450	442	365.00–420.00	375.32
53	550–600	569	351.00–354.00	352.45
36	700–750	721	315.25	315.25
2	900–950	938	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	545	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
22	450–500	464	404.00	404.00
43	500–550	532	379.00–407.00	402.02
170	550–600	575	380.25–383.25	381.78
85	600–650	610	378.25	378.25
69	650–700	667	356.00	356.00
65	750–800	785	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	600–650	612	385.60	385.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	440.00	440.00
13	450–500	465	423.00–426.00	425.30
52	550–600	560	391.00	391.00
21	600–650	621	343.00–356.00	352.37
42	650–700	651	343.00	343.00
15	750–800	773	342.00	342.00
47	1050–1100	1,094	299.75	299.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	463	431.00	431.00
24	500–550	534	417.00	417.00
44	550–600	583	402.25	402.25
79	600–650	648	376.50	376.50
87	650–700	669	375.00–389.50	387.34
70	700–750	738	369.50	369.50
143	750–800	770	342.00–351.00	349.57
6	950–1000	988	300.00	300.00

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.