Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder Cattle 10.00 to 12.00 lower with instances 20.00 lower. Slaughter Cows steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.50/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −49.32 against this barn's trailing median of $392.82.

Average price

$343.50

59 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$48.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.22

vs TN average

−24.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	350.09	1,903	51
Medium and Large 2-3	553	301.50	1,667	8thin

One grade step is worth $48.59/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale59 hd

343.50

—

TN average16 barns · 1,111 hd

359.72

−16.22

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

−24.84

This barn, trailing median34 sales

392.82

−49.32

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	1,799	193.63	3,483	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,610	164.68	2,652	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,333	162.81	2,171	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,200	142.54	1,711	57

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)	1,275	$3,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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	750–800	753	322.46/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	320.84/cwt	320.00–321.00	2,487	6
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	378.52/cwt	372.00–395.00	1,904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	435.01/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,897	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	352.79/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,219	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	365.42/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,108	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	294.36/cwt	282.00–300.00	2,370	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	435.81/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,408	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	482.53/cwt	455.00–510.00	1,303	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	422.65/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	408.04/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,522	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	362.55/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,929	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	352.06/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,876	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	412.31/cwt	397.00–425.00	1,711	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	408.52/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,965	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	318.55/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,943	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	312.39/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,077	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	383.38/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	304.32/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,045	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,608	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	343.20/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,991	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	312.79/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,955	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	440.53/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,260	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	284.91/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,322	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	427.33/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,598	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	400.07/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,864	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	227	510.81/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,160	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	264.67/cwt	260.00–272.00	2,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	308.63/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,204	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	425.86/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,814	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	319.56/cwt	312.00–330.00	2,301	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	351.14/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,984	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	254.46/cwt	252.00–257.00	2,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	425.49/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,957	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	570	375.09/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	413.34/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,393	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	388.26/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,813	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	166.99/cwt	160.00–173.00	2,769	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	177.99/cwt	177.00–179.00	2,604	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	163.00/cwt	157.00–170.00	2,124	32
Bulls	—	—	1,502	179.31/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,693	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	126.06/cwt	110.00–138.00	1,379	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	158.85/cwt	154.00–166.00	1,836	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	145.78/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,822	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	153.30/cwt	148.00–158.00	2,293	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,428	149.33/cwt	141.00–155.00	2,132	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	174.78/cwt	171.00–181.00	2,307	13
Bulls	—	—	1,889	209.29/cwt	202.00–214.00	3,953	5
Bulls	—	—	1,828	191.28/cwt	184.00–198.00	3,497	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	296.25/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,314	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	472	363.32/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	567	316.88/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	540	315.09/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	617	293.28/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,810	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	723	285.05/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	287.36/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,819	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	367.24/cwt	325.00–385.00	1,249	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	803	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	589	331.49/cwt	312.50–345.00	1,952	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	378.37/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	310.30/cwt	292.50–327.00	1,654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	318.35/cwt	295.00–345.00	1,649	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	292.69/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	362.50/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	581	318.85/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,853	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	329.94/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,389	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	303.60/cwt	290.00–312.50	2,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	509	425.02/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,163	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	490	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	365.92/cwt	335.00–410.00	1,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	332.09/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	377.62/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	310.11/cwt	275.00–330.00	1,963	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	430.96/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	385.69/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,414	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	432	372.50/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,609	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,025	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	392	354.66/cwt	325.00–395.00	1,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	422	333.38/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	360.19/cwt	315.00–375.00	1,733	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	405.21/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,135	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	491	329.04/cwt	300.00–370.00	1,616	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	624	284.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	385.01/cwt	310.00–405.00	1,059	5

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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