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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Thu, Nov 20

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3792

← Oct 16Nov 20Dec 18 →

Receipts

1,663 head

▲ 268 vs last sale 1,395▲ 1,663 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

All 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 $368.70/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −52.66 against this barn's trailing median of $421.37.

Average price

$368.70

95 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$688

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$113.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs TN average

−41.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	371.09	2,066	93
Medium and Large 2-3	535	257.50	1,378	2thin

One grade step is worth $113.59/cwt here — about $688 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 sale95 hd

368.70

—

TN average17 barns · 659 hd

367.33

+1.37

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−41.38

This barn, trailing median8 sales

421.37

−52.66

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

33 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,607	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,753	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	439	284.34/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,248	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,911	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,892	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	381.24/cwt	359.00–387.00	2,002	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,378	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	362.37/cwt	333.00–368.00	2,116	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	330.10/cwt	305.00–330.50	2,007	172
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	351.73/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,325	124
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	678	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,197	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,407	70
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	743	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,303	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,435	65
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	791	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,310	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,366	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,525	66
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	288.49/cwt	287.00–290.00	2,495	127
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	879	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,373	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	367	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,193	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	396.04/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,473	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	369.17/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,728	55
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	356.13/cwt	349.00–363.00	1,912	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,928	93
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,826	83
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	582	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,787	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	301.25/cwt	301.00–301.50	1,886	165
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,115	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,952	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	676	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,217	75
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,988	73
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,214	63
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,230	16

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 Nov 20, 2025

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

Receipts 1,663Last week 1,395Year ago 0

All 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 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
75	650–700	676	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	550–600	567	340.00	340.00
80	600–650	641	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	372	392.50–400.00	396.04
55	450–500	468	365.00–372.50	369.17
32	500–550	537	349.00–363.00	356.13
83	550–600	569	321.00	321.00
165	600–650	626	301.00–301.50	301.25
73	650–700	683	291.00	291.00
63	750–800	792	279.50	279.50
16	800–850	826	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	325.00	325.00
16	550–600	582	307.00	307.00
22	650–700	655	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	650–700	661	348.00–354.00	351.73
70	700–750	736	327.00	327.00
65	750–800	773	315.00	315.00
66	800–850	825	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	425.00	425.00
11	400–450	415	422.50	422.50
23	450–500	469	407.50	407.50
43	500–550	525	359.00–387.00	381.24
50	550–600	584	333.00–368.00	362.37
172	600–650	608	305.00–330.50	330.10
23	750–800	791	292.00	292.00
2	800–850	820	288.50	288.50
127	850–900	865	287.00–290.00	288.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	277.50–305.00	284.34
9	450–500	470	402.50	402.50
2	500–550	535	257.50	257.50
6	650–700	678	324.00	324.00
14	700–750	743	310.00	310.00
5	850–900	879	270.00	270.00

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.