Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Calves mostly steady with good quality and strong buyer presence throughout the sale; Slaughter Cows 5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 t0 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $297.55/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −95.27 against this barn's trailing median of $392.82.

Average price

$297.55

97 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

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

$69.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.49

vs TN average

−7.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	304.70	1,670	86
Medium and Large 2-3	546	242.31	1,323	10thin
Small 1-2	555	235.00	1,304	1thin

One grade step is worth $69.70/cwt here — about $366 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.07, low $318.98, median $392.82 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale97 hd

297.55

—

TN average13 barns · 905 hd

289.06

+8.49

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−7.47

This barn, trailing median34 sales

392.82

−95.27

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,760	171.88	3,025	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,385	139.60	1,933	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,597	139.26	2,224	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,147	122.61	1,407	48

Every lot, as filed

90 lots · USDA AMS · Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	427	346.07/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,478	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	357.63/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,656	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	380.17/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,007	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	225.90/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,751	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	381.67/cwt	355.00–410.00	1,614	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	341.87/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,610	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	320.01/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	246.75/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,631	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	223.19/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	362.75/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,933	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	469	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,871	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,823	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	335.12/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,726	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	386.27/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,495	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	259.76/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	975	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	940	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,039	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	317.07/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,921	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	238.11/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	318.78/cwt	270.00–340.00	893	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	491	314.31/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,543	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	656	262.74/cwt	225.00–350.00	1,724	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	331.00/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	311	347.92/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	230.07/cwt	210.00–250.00	1,307	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	322	358.09/cwt	270.00–385.00	1,153	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	642	267.50/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	328.08/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,230	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	467	282.37/cwt	240.00–305.00	1,319	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	550–600	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	500–550	525	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,273	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	413	274.39/cwt	255.00–295.00	1,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	419	344.43/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,443	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	267.02/cwt	240.00–295.00	1,535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,515	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	132.12/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,725	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	151.51/cwt	151.00–152.00	2,068	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	142.72/cwt	138.00–149.00	2,034	38
Bulls	—	—	1,579	155.72/cwt	145.00–164.00	2,459	9
Bulls	—	—	1,981	186.97/cwt	184.00–196.00	3,704	6
Bulls	—	—	1,774	174.38/cwt	168.00–182.00	3,094	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	108.75/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,270	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	131.47/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,482	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	118.94/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,386	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	130.83/cwt	126.00–137.00	2,263	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,298	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	138.78/cwt	135.00–145.00	2,190	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	524	254.55/cwt	220.00–275.00	1,334	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	332.34/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,396	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	579	285.03/cwt	245.00–300.00	1,650	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	387	363.28/cwt	305.00–370.00	1,406	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	299.84/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,574	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	411.20/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,345	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	324.84/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,881	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	234.92/cwt	220.00–260.00	1,896	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	247.63/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	685	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	644	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,513	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	218.32/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	253.02/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,979	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	668	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	266	416.91/cwt	405.00–455.00	1,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	368.87/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,789	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	262.59/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,906	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	336.91/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,762	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	337.49/cwt	310.00–365.00	1,887	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	289.35/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,823	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	406.06/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	247.48/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	261.65/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,620	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	393.76/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	330.75/cwt	310.00–341.00	1,422	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	387.16/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,278	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	281.51/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,923	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	368.80/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,387	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	317.73/cwt	300.00–337.50	1,528	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	296.69/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	291.67/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,493	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	244.56/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,751	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	232.46/cwt	230.00–235.00	2,011	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	287.17/cwt	260.00–310.00	1,628	28

How this sale compares

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.

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