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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Thu, Mar 19

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3792

← Feb 19Mar 19Apr 16 →

Receipts

1,370 head

▼ 153 vs last sale 1,523▲ 1,370 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 minimum of 60 days weaned.

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 $402.37/cwt on 194 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +13.14 against this barn's trailing median of $389.23.

Average price

$402.37

194 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$443

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

$47.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

vs TN average

−13.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	411.00	2,445	86
Medium and Large 1-2	559	399.81	2,233	95
Medium and Large 2-3	550	364.00	2,002	13thin

One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about $443 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 sale194 hd

402.37

—

TN average15 barns · 553 hd

401.53

+0.84

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−13.75

This barn, trailing median8 sales

389.23

+13.14

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

32 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,168	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,034	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,412	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	462	505.48/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,335	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,535	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,584	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	416.25/cwt	413.00–423.00	2,468	118
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,688	74
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	725	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,494	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	360.24/cwt	359.50–361.00	2,799	133
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	346.29/cwt	345.00–348.00	2,718	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	801	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,647	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,793	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,049	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	276	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	1,608	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	330	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,733	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,929	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,127	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,004	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,300	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	472	465.90/cwt	462.50–467.50	2,199	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	422.77/cwt	410.00–436.00	2,262	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	550	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,002	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,200	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,445	86
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	364.81/cwt	349.00–367.00	2,324	180
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	639	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,173	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	383.62/cwt	383.00–384.25	2,586	153
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	686	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,302	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,551	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	781	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,499	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	992	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,708	5

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 Mar 19, 2026

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

Receipts 1,370Last week 1,523Year ago 0

All cattle on vaccination program minimum of 60 days weaned.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	550–600	595	411.00	411.00
153	650–700	674	383.00–384.25	383.62
61	750–800	765	333.50	333.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	582.50	582.50
2	300–350	330	525.00	525.00
5	350–400	380	507.50	507.50
6	400–450	438	457.50	457.50
42	450–500	472	462.50–467.50	465.90
13	550–600	550	364.00	364.00
18	600–650	639	340.00	340.00
15	650–700	686	335.50	335.50
5	750–800	781	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	552.50	552.50
29	450–500	459	501.00	501.00
44	500–550	535	410.00–436.00	422.77
51	550–600	579	380.00	380.00
180	600–650	637	349.00–367.00	364.81
5	950–1000	992	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	515.00	515.00
30	450–500	462	480.00–510.00	505.48
1	700–750	725	344.00	344.00
15	800–850	801	330.50	330.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	575.00	575.00
33	450–500	455	530.00	530.00
31	500–550	526	482.00	482.00
118	550–600	593	413.00–423.00	416.25
14	750–800	785	345.00–348.00	346.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	578	447.00	447.00
74	650–700	654	411.00	411.00
133	750–800	777	359.50–361.00	360.24
65	800–850	805	347.00	347.00
30	950–1000	968	315.00	315.00

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.