Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder Cattle sold unevenly steady. With stronger demand for Value Added and thinner fleshed. Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Quality fair to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.06/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −42.76 against this barn's trailing median of $392.82.

Average price

$350.06

123 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$52.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.92

vs TN average

−40.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	533	357.31	1,905	106
Medium and Large 2-3	554	304.89	1,689	17thin

One grade step is worth $52.42/cwt here — about $216 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 sale123 hd

350.06

—

TN average17 barns · 1,100 hd

360.99

−10.92

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−40.76

This barn, trailing median34 sales

392.82

−42.76

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	1,614	187.23	3,022	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	169.51	2,538	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,434	161.56	2,316	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,232	138.15	1,702	56

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,235	$3,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,307	$3,341	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,320	$3,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

121 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 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,284	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	333.74/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,433	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	360.66/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,027	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	369.04/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,919	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	433.09/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,884	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	307.88/cwt	295.00–322.50	2,685	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	392.47/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,876	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	412.09/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,751	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	293.55/cwt	285.00–302.00	2,686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	437.56/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,100	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	515.09/cwt	470.00–560.00	1,432	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	376.90/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,182	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	352.35/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,973	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	508	426.27/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,165	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	380.89/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,415	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	472.23/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,554	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	465	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,934	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	340.20/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	402.66/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,905	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	563	404.01/cwt	395.00–412.50	2,275	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	324.06/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,311	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	395.35/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,048	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	414.94/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,631	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	459.88/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,886	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	338.56/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,140	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	427.09/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,414	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	578	326.86/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,889	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	374.37/cwt	365.00–378.00	2,010	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	305.09/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	326.81/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,039	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	438.40/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,846	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	453.02/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,712	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	303.50/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,158	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	421.69/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,560	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	290.03/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,198	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	668	302.84/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,023	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	527	339.30/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,788	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	640	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,952	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	325.22/cwt	310.00–332.50	2,185	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	304.12/cwt	285.00–312.00	2,348	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	307.81/cwt	300.00–322.00	2,213	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	360	210.00/cwt	190.00–230.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	750–800	785	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	432	378.30/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	392.15/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,902	66
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	298.72/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,867	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	298.33/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,026	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	300–350	333	303.78/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,012	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	163.74/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,265	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,268	146.44/cwt	140.00–158.00	1,857	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	109.74/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,372	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	174.63/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,249	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	132.22/cwt	120.00–139.00	1,610	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	163.68/cwt	159.00–167.50	1,740	4
Bulls	—	—	1,558	188.29/cwt	184.00–197.00	2,934	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,481	146.25/cwt	141.00–149.00	2,166	6
Bulls	—	—	1,933	202.53/cwt	199.00–206.00	3,915	4
Bulls	—	—	1,464	168.74/cwt	166.00–173.00	2,470	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,116	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,471	159.90/cwt	150.00–169.00	2,352	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	670	343.51/cwt	335.00–347.00	2,302	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	510	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,989	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,307	3,340.91/head	3,250.00–3,450.00	3,341	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	174.69/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,676	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	323	342.14/cwt	250.00–415.00	1,105	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	358	380.21/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	300.77/cwt	205.00–360.00	1,426	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	299.64/cwt	250.00–325.00	1,729	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	481	359.91/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	267.98/cwt	210.00–305.00	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	663	312.64/cwt	280.00–325.00	2,073	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	272.18/cwt	235.00–290.00	1,688	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	339.25/cwt	260.00–370.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	330.37/cwt	285.00–375.00	1,744	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	324	358.86/cwt	320.00–380.00	1,163	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	828	219.77/cwt	195.00–245.00	1,820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	667	269.30/cwt	245.00–285.00	1,796	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	250.68/cwt	200.00–280.00	1,792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	521	312.39/cwt	265.00–340.00	1,628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	359.56/cwt	352.00–367.00	2,600	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	363.14/cwt	350.00–374.00	2,448	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	652	320.72/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,091	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	413	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,032	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	418.03/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	344.94/cwt	290.00–362.50	2,001	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	383.50/cwt	376.00–385.50	2,539	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	356.78/cwt	300.00–415.00	1,520	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	962	219.90/cwt	210.00–225.00	2,115	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	491.72/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	329.04/cwt	250.00–365.00	1,546	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	308.84/cwt	265.00–340.00	1,791	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	281	359.75/cwt	285.00–420.00	1,011	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	362.78/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	717	287.98/cwt	245.00–310.00	2,065	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	890	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	779	266.35/cwt	250.00–275.00	2,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	817	271.43/cwt	250.00–285.00	2,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	925	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	381	363.47/cwt	300.00–400.00	1,385	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	306.40/cwt	230.00–340.00	1,602	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	262.66/cwt	250.00–275.00	2,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	267.39/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,765	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	258.37/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,860	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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