Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder Cattle mostly steady. Slaughter Cows and Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Quality and demand fair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $318.62/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −74.20 against this barn's trailing median of $392.82.

Average price

$318.62

57 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$23.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.37

vs TN average

−28.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	322.66	1,797	47
Medium and Large 2-3	550	299.61	1,646	10thin

One grade step is worth $23.05/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale57 hd

318.62

—

TN average14 barns · 586 hd

343.99

−25.37

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−28.88

This barn, trailing median34 sales

392.82

−74.20

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	1,567	187.46	2,938	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	166.98	2,500	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,374	160.19	2,201	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,201	143.15	1,719	44

Every lot, as filed

94 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 2-3	700–750	745	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,937	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	419	352.66/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,478	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	950	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,948	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,052	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	297.10/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,551	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	351.78/cwt	300.00–400.00	1,196	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	479	315.06/cwt	280.00–340.00	1,509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	258.69/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	612	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	367	400.03/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,468	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	309.87/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	369	350.57/cwt	315.00–385.00	1,294	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	274.96/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,677	2
Bulls	—	—	1,103	174.90/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,929	2
Bulls	—	—	1,908	202.13/cwt	200.00–204.00	3,857	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	143.73/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,703	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,415	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,641	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	164.69/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,510	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	163.66/cwt	155.00–173.00	2,244	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,201	132.67/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,593	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,455	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,397	145.91/cwt	138.00–153.00	2,038	11
Bulls	—	—	1,590	187.07/cwt	180.00–192.00	2,974	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	174.36/cwt	174.00–175.00	2,302	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,214	153.97/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,869	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	324.53/cwt	275.00–350.00	1,233	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	334	361.23/cwt	315.00–400.00	1,207	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	302.12/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	304.22/cwt	272.50–330.00	1,442	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	309.90/cwt	275.00–340.00	1,317	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	330.58/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	425.63/cwt	422.50–430.00	1,617	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	535	315.82/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	473	342.62/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	528	327.72/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,730	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	319.51/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,288	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	376.72/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,386	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	489	334.98/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,638	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	518	384.83/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,993	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	421	348.12/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,466	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	380.14/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	435.08/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	385.06/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	448.72/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,454	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	418	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	355.04/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,988	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	430.09/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	284.33/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,899	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	248.26/cwt	240.00–260.00	2,036	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	588	308.10/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,812	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	320.03/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,987	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	269.98/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,565	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	357	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	329.36/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	359.21/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,681	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	282.09/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,023	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	428.39/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	325.04/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,866	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	273.30/cwt	265.00–285.00	2,003	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	386.45/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	419	369.54/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,548	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	531	313.99/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,165	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	331.90/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,922	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	530	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,027	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	302.18/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,441	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	288.48/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,639	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	683	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,169	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	296.63/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,851	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	316.24/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	350.11/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,381	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	302.49/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	260	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	456	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,733	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	413.89/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	371.15/cwt	365.00–372.00	2,149	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	750–800	785	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	613	334.56/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,051	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	382.49/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	331.13/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,728	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	3

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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