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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Thu, Apr 16

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3792

← Mar 19Apr 16May 21 →

Receipts

1,513 head

▲ 143 vs last sale 1,370▲ 1,513 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 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 $418.31/cwt on 204 head, up $15.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +29.07 against this barn's trailing median of $389.23.

Average price

$418.31

▲ 15.94 vs prior sale

204 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,377

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$15.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.25

vs TN average

−9.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	423.06	2,331	73
Medium and Large 1	592	419.50	2,483	88
Medium and Large 2-3	549	407.79	2,239	43

One grade step is worth $15.27/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale204 hd

418.31

—

TN average17 barns · 877 hd

415.06

+3.25

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

−9.08

This barn, trailing median8 sales

389.23

+29.07

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	1,950	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	354	637.50/cwt	637.50–637.50	2,257	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,263	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	538.71/cwt	532.00–541.00	2,473	62
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	471	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,284	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	509.62/cwt	505.00–512.50	2,706	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	453.47/cwt	441.00–457.50	2,544	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,786	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,604	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	430.25/cwt	430.25–430.25	2,810	74
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,669	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	661	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,307	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	354.48/cwt	354.00–355.00	2,683	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	359.13/cwt	358.50–362.50	2,830	79
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	337.58/cwt	336.00–339.50	2,937	22
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,063	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,178	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,750	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	305	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,739	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,075	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,172	42
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	459	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,300	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	445.37/cwt	444.00–450.00	2,320	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	544	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,353	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	557	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,061	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,331	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	419.50/cwt	419.50–419.50	2,483	88
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	359.49/cwt	359.00–361.00	2,312	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	364.91/cwt	356.00–369.75	2,416	234
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	373.73/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,549	150
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	701	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,594	72
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	715	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,417	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,577	70

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 Apr 16, 2026

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

Receipts 1,513Last week 1,370Year ago 0

All 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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	625.00	625.00
8	350–400	364	570.00	570.00
30	500–550	521	444.00–450.00	445.37
43	550–600	572	407.50	407.50
37	600–650	643	359.00–361.00	359.49
234	650–700	662	356.00–369.75	364.91
70	750–800	758	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	570.00	570.00
42	400–450	430	505.00	505.00
23	450–500	459	501.00	501.00
26	500–550	544	432.50	432.50
17	550–600	557	370.00	370.00
26	700–750	715	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	550–600	592	419.50	419.50
150	650–700	682	372.50–375.00	373.73
72	700–750	701	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	531	505.00–512.50	509.62
51	550–600	578	482.00	482.00
74	650–700	653	430.25	430.25
79	750–800	788	358.50–362.50	359.13
14	1050–1100	1,063	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	750.00	750.00
9	350–400	374	605.00	605.00
62	450–500	459	532.00–541.00	538.71
45	550–600	561	441.00–457.50	453.47
39	600–650	643	405.00	405.00
9	650–700	655	407.50	407.50
25	750–800	757	354.00–355.00	354.48
22	850–900	870	336.00–339.50	337.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	637.50	637.50
7	450–500	471	485.00	485.00
35	650–700	661	349.00	349.00

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.