Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder Cattle 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Calves under 450lbs receiving most discounts, with instances of 40.00 lower. Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls 10.00 lower. Quality fair to good, with moderate demand on a lighter test of market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $354.80/cwt on 69 head, down $20.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −38.02 against this barn's trailing median of $392.82.

Average price

$354.80

▼ 20.17 vs prior sale

69 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$57.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.21

vs TN average

+3.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	359.78	1,921	63
Medium and Large 2-3	547	302.49	1,655	6thin

One grade step is worth $57.29/cwt here — about $267 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 $326.23, 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 sale69 hd

354.80

—

TN average14 barns · 382 hd

348.59

+6.21

National average160 barns · 5,295 hd

350.92

+3.88

This barn, trailing median34 sales

392.82

−38.02

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	1,935	207.27	4,011	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	168.55	2,401	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,451	165.73	2,405	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,209	137.45	1,662	34

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,800	$3,650	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	795	$1,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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	700–750	730	313.31/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,287	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	470.31/cwt	440.00–500.00	1,514	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	339.91/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,097	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	430.02/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,617	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	399.12/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,509	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,341	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	290.00/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,253	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	310.65/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,234	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,723	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	375.16/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,970	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	260.04/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,231	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	370	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,046	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	270.05/cwt	260.00–275.00	2,196	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	424.17/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,866	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	422.46/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	408.48/cwt	407.50–410.00	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	303.34/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	477	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,099	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	349.88/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	326.81/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,922	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	795	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	353.14/cwt	320.00–385.00	1,317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	369	391.15/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,443	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	282.35/cwt	270.00–295.00	2,033	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	338.19/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,752	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	301.65/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	336.11/cwt	320.00–350.00	907	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	678	279.88/cwt	210.00–320.00	1,898	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	316.66/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,020	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	300.19/cwt	260.00–340.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,409	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	334	396.46/cwt	370.00–425.00	1,324	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,256	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	159.88/cwt	158.00–162.00	1,967	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,252	144.27/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,806	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,191	127.59/cwt	122.00–134.00	1,520	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,457	167.32/cwt	162.00–176.00	2,438	22
Bulls	—	—	1,890	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,761	1
Bulls	—	—	2,025	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	4,455	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	169.83/cwt	168.00–174.00	2,434	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,509	156.18/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,357	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	179.74/cwt	178.00–184.00	2,335	5
Bulls	—	—	1,926	206.38/cwt	200.00–210.00	3,975	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	101.36/cwt	100.00–102.00	988	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,402	160.48/cwt	158.00–162.00	2,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,133	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	367	357.27/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	394.91/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,125	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,564	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	318	445.20/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,416	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	470	457.47/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	410	465.12/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,907	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,800	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	577	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	675	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,025	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	399.97/cwt	370.00–435.00	1,900	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	445.59/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,956	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	363	435.80/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	302.88/cwt	295.00–307.50	2,490	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	650	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,243	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	458.53/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	368.49/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,898	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	373.86/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,776	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	530	340.12/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,803	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	366.05/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,427	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	367.28/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,244	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	345.79/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,947	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	388.19/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,673	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	520.77/cwt	505.00–540.00	1,448	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	374.73/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,994	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	375.04/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	280.27/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	330.42/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,065	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	317.98/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,153	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	357.75/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,068	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	378.68/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,136	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	408.72/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,259	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	262.50/cwt	255.00–270.00	2,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	265.00/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,145	1

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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