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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Thu, Sep 17

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3792

← Aug 20Sep 17Oct 15 →

Receipts

883 head

▼ 355 vs last sale 1,238▼ 484 vs year ago 1,367 · −35.4%

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 $383.17/cwt on 179 head, up $1.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −38.20 against this barn's trailing median of $421.37.

Average price

$383.17

▲ 1.65 vs prior sale

179 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.15

vs TN average

−20.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	383.17	2,101	179

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 sale179 hd

383.17

—

TN average14 barns · 688 hd

372.02

+11.15

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−20.19

This barn, trailing median8 sales

421.37

−38.20

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

25 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,564	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	443.52/cwt	425.00–444.00	1,810	39
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	448	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,635	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	408.66/cwt	404.00–410.00	1,896	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	402.74/cwt	385.50–406.50	2,155	116
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	347.14/cwt	340.00–350.50	1,989	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	630	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,865	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,190	73
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	320.52/cwt	317.50–322.50	2,115	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,486	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,445	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	953	291.75/cwt	291.75–291.75	2,780	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	369	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,236	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	388.22/cwt	372.50–397.50	1,460	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	359.35/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,667	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	467	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,611	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,801	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	550	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,713	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	330.28/cwt	330.00–330.50	1,853	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	654	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,126	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,463	65
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	809	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,265	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,353	63

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 Sep 17, 2026

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

Receipts 883Last week 1,238Year ago 1,367

All cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum of 60 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	600–650	648	338.00	338.00
65	750–800	781	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	425.00	425.00
39	400–450	408	425.00–444.00	443.52
27	450–500	464	404.00–410.00	408.66
116	500–550	535	385.50–406.50	402.74
63	550–600	573	340.00–350.50	347.14
35	650–700	660	317.50–322.50	320.52
29	750–800	777	320.00	320.00
28	950–1000	953	291.75	291.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
5	400–450	448	365.00	365.00
23	600–650	630	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	376	372.50–397.50	388.22
33	450–500	464	357.00–360.00	359.35
25	500–550	519	347.00	347.00
35	550–600	561	330.00–330.50	330.28
41	650–700	654	325.00	325.00
65	750–800	782	315.00	315.00
63	800–850	810	290.50	290.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	335.00	335.00
13	450–500	467	345.00	345.00
15	550–600	550	311.50	311.50
12	650–700	665	305.00	305.00
35	800–850	809	280.00	280.00

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.