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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-18

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Thu, Jun 18

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3792

← May 21Jun 18Jul 16 →

Receipts

650 head

▼ 691 vs last sale 1,341▼ 116 vs year ago 766 · −15.1%

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.46/cwt on 108 head, down $13.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +22.09 against this barn's trailing median of $421.37.

Average price

$443.46

▼ 13.21 vs prior sale

108 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.36

vs TN average

−15.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	443.46	2,457	108

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale108 hd

443.46

—

TN average16 barns · 557 hd

430.10

+13.36

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

−15.59

This barn, trailing median8 sales

421.37

+22.09

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

30 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,108	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,289	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	507.55/cwt	487.00–514.00	2,370	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	443.46/cwt	436.00–445.25	2,457	108
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	440.50/cwt	440.50–440.50	2,691	83
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	647	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,177	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	652	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,530	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	406.93/cwt	390.50–415.00	2,682	78
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	739	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,646	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,716	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	849	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,916	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	858	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,986	15
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	951	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,805	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	960	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,062	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,450	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	373	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,632	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,927	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	456.50/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,118	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,188	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	538	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,910	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,287	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	613	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,032	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,295	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	651	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,239	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,486	23
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,556	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	851	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,425	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	852	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,743	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	929	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,824	4

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 Jun 18, 2026

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

Receipts 650Last week 1,341Year ago 766

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
6	350–400	376	512.50	512.50
38	450–500	464	445.00–460.00	456.50
33	500–550	521	420.00	420.00
20	550–600	579	395.00	395.00
25	600–650	641	358.00	358.00
23	700–750	740	336.00	336.00
3	750–800	763	335.00	335.00
9	850–900	852	322.00	322.00
4	900–950	929	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	373	437.50	437.50
6	500–550	538	355.00	355.00
13	600–650	613	331.50	331.50
7	650–700	651	344.00	344.00
6	850–900	851	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	470.00	470.00
7	450–500	455	503.00	503.00
17	600–650	647	336.50	336.50
20	650–700	652	388.00	388.00
7	700–750	739	358.00	358.00
4	950–1000	951	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	620.00	620.00
35	450–500	467	487.00–514.00	507.55
108	550–600	554	436.00–445.25	443.46
83	600–650	611	440.50	440.50
78	650–700	659	390.50–415.00	406.93
29	700–750	744	365.00	365.00
5	800–850	849	343.50	343.50
15	850–900	858	348.00	348.00
12	950–1000	960	319.00	319.00

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.