Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 15.00 higher. Feeder Bulls steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter Cows 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls 15.00 higher. Good quality and demand throughout sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.19/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −60.63 against this barn's trailing median of $392.82.

Average price

$332.19

61 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,818

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$23.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.40

vs TN average

−7.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	334.09	1,825	56
Medium and Large 2-3	559	310.98	1,740	5thin

One grade step is worth $23.11/cwt here — about $86 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale61 hd

332.19

—

TN average16 barns · 831 hd

322.79

+9.40

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−7.69

This barn, trailing median34 sales

392.82

−60.63

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	—	Average	1,852	191.44	3,545	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,434	163.17	2,339	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,336	160.59	2,146	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,199	138.94	1,666	35

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,157	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	405.58/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,744	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	377.63/cwt	362.00–390.00	2,145	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	413	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	401.40/cwt	401.00–405.00	2,131	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	424.98/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,458	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	305.58/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,885	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	939	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,441	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	441.20/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	398.28/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,880	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	419.23/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,555	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	374.08/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,799	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	351.39/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,147	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	336.52/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,238	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	243.54/cwt	240.00–247.00	2,362	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	391.93/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,666	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,067	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	292.84/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,936	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	318.95/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,997	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	380	365.26/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	333.45/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,901	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	334.82/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,738	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,074	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	342.49/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,004	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	523	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,674	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	361.85/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,900	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	379.37/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,832	8
Bulls	Small 1-2	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	500–550	515	257.65/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,327	2
Heifers	Small 1-2Fleshy	350–400	380	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	297.09/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,976	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	275.15/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	416.32/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,803	15
Steers	Small 1-2	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	134.00/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,608	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,287	156.75/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,017	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	149.73/cwt	148.00–152.00	2,303	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	172.52/cwt	169.00–178.00	2,070	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	163.12/cwt	154.00–166.00	2,375	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	143.33/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,621	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,269	116.99/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,485	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	174.61/cwt	170.00–187.00	2,240	16
Bulls	—	—	1,879	188.28/cwt	184.00–193.00	3,538	10
Bulls	—	—	1,683	170.41/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,868	3
Bulls	—	—	1,885	204.97/cwt	197.00–219.00	3,864	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	157.74/cwt	147.00–169.00	2,120	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	435	369.94/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	590	344.45/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,032	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,424	141.13/cwt	137.00–146.00	2,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	374.13/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,590	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	338.96/cwt	280.00–370.00	1,630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	650	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	288.21/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,945	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	264.52/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	303.72/cwt	285.00–335.00	1,740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	282.54/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Guaranteed Open	850–900	864	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,151	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	628	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	388	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	268	409.91/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,099	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	333.78/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	454	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	424	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	612	294.88/cwt	260.00–325.00	1,805	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	353.71/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	933	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,221	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	402	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,953	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	715	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,952	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	387.36/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,034	20

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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