Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder Bulls steady. Slaughter Cows and Bulls steady. Quality and demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.17/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −43.65 against this barn's trailing median of $392.82.

Average price

$349.17

91 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

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

$39.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.26

vs TN average

−16.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	355.26	1,944	77
Medium and Large 2-3	556	315.65	1,755	14thin

One grade step is worth $39.61/cwt here — about $188 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 sale91 hd

349.17

—

TN average17 barns · 1,072 hd

350.42

−1.26

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

−16.68

This barn, trailing median34 sales

392.82

−43.65

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	—	High	1,746	194.32	3,392	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	167.52	2,652	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,297	159.09	2,063	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,143	138.25	1,581	44

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,178	$3,050	6

Every lot, as filed

92 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	312.35/cwt	275.00–330.00	1,833	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	350.07/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	414	312.19/cwt	285.00–360.00	1,292	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	389.83/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	343.51/cwt	310.00–375.00	1,807	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	407.86/cwt	407.00–410.00	2,382	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,089	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	377.45/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	310	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	608	296.19/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,801	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	347.50/cwt	300.00–395.00	1,182	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	336.17/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,400	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	637	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,421	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	346.55/cwt	337.50–350.00	2,277	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	318.01/cwt	310.00–327.50	2,293	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	441.03/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,389	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	454.91/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	392.68/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,885	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	324.57/cwt	315.00–328.00	2,191	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	400.33/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,689	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	573	326.14/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,869	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	354.99/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,006	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	359.49/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,887	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	388.45/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,814	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	320.38/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,012	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	474.63/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,514	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	469.61/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	388	465.06/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	347.35/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,615	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	479	338.20/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,620	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	344.22/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,955	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	359.33/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,883	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	314.16/cwt	312.50–317.50	2,450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	417.15/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,710	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	410.17/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,542	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	488	361.67/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,765	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	413.24/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,546	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	628	300.06/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	616	332.99/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,051	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	307.05/cwt	285.00–320.00	2,054	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	433	365.19/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	305.02/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	533	331.55/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,767	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,780	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	3,168	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	167.04/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,629	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	163.67/cwt	155.00–172.00	2,041	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	147.19/cwt	140.00–153.00	2,015	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	115.49/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,253	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	130.72/cwt	120.00–141.00	1,542	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	164.93/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,687	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	149.00/cwt	144.00–157.00	1,673	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	178.68/cwt	176.00–182.00	2,502	2
Bulls	—	—	1,819	207.23/cwt	204.00–212.00	3,770	6
Bulls	—	—	1,842	195.11/cwt	188.00–201.00	3,594	12
Bulls	—	—	1,427	176.92/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,525	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	441	458.19/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,021	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	514	385.63/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,982	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	334.98/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,539	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	352.24/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,202	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	381.64/cwt	365.00–388.00	2,187	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	423.30/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,998	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	457	408.32/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	360	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	561	377.76/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,119	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	403	434.44/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,751	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	318.54/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,985	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	410.05/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,112	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	263	534.43/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,406	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	567	315.42/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,788	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	479	311.42/cwt	282.50–350.00	1,492	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	322.01/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,697	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	621	306.86/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,906	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	529	316.24/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	757	294.94/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,233	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	389	353.35/cwt	325.00–390.00	1,375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	323	378.17/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,221	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	307.49/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	379	375.44/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,423	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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