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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-16

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Thu, Jul 16

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3792

← Jun 18Jul 16Aug 20 →

Receipts

969 head

▲ 319 vs last sale 650▲ 118 vs year ago 851 · +13.9%

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 $379.08/cwt on 109 head, down $25.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −10.15 against this barn's trailing median of $389.23.

Average price

$379.08

▼ 25.84 vs prior sale

109 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$23.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.54

vs TN average

−16.97 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	386.20	2,152	76
Medium and Large 2-3	548	362.67	1,986	33

One grade step is worth $23.54/cwt here — about $166 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 sale109 hd

379.08

—

TN average16 barns · 846 hd

385.62

−6.54

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−16.97

This barn, trailing median8 sales

389.23

−10.15

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

31 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 2-3	365	480.89/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,755	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,906	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	400	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,840	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	452	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,966	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	470.68/cwt	470.00–471.00	2,132	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,258	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	549	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,020	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	556	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,174	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,417	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3-4	621	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,031	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,551	79
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	659	363.68/cwt	355.00–366.50	2,397	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,610	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	340.53/cwt	331.50–343.00	2,578	56
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,768	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	255	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,326	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	315	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,339	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,827	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,965	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	2,105	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	539	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,897	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	557	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,083	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,177	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	372.25/cwt	372.25–372.25	2,289	157
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	348.53/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,241	109
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	326.77/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,108	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,403	69
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,529	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,447	33

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 Jul 16, 2026

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

Receipts 969Last week 650Year ago 851

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 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	365	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	450	425.00	425.00
17	500–550	539	352.00	352.00
16	550–600	557	374.00	374.00
11	600–650	645	320.00–335.00	326.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	520.00	520.00
2	350–400	393	465.00	465.00
14	450–500	457	430.00	430.00
29	500–550	527	399.50	399.50
47	550–600	576	378.00	378.00
109	600–650	643	345.00–350.00	348.53
33	800–850	838	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	600–650	615	372.25	372.25
69	700–750	710	338.50	338.50
12	750–800	756	334.50	334.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	465.00–485.00	480.89
1	400–450	400	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	452	435.00	435.00
6	500–550	549	368.00	368.00
31	550–600	556	391.00	391.00
25	650–700	659	355.00–366.50	363.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	515.00	515.00
32	450–500	453	470.00–471.00	470.68
22	500–550	524	431.00	431.00
51	550–600	581	416.00	416.00
56	750–800	757	331.50–343.00	340.53
55	850–900	876	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	621	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	600–650	649	393.00	393.00
18	650–700	671	389.00	389.00

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.