Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers mostly steady to 15.00 higher. Feeder Bulls steady to 10.00 lower. Slaughter Cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower. Quality and demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.55/cwt on 90 head, up $7.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −55.43 against this barn's trailing median of $392.97.

Average price

$337.55

▲ 7.74 vs prior sale

90 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$30.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.90

vs TN average

−16.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	342.36	1,882	76
Medium and Large 2-3	548	311.40	1,706	14thin

One grade step is worth $30.96/cwt here — about $176 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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.07, low $326.23, median $392.97 across 33 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 sale90 hd

337.55

—

TN average14 barns · 484 hd

335.65

+1.90

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

−16.76

This barn, trailing median33 sales

392.97

−55.43

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	1,706	186.66	3,184	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,562	157.46	2,460	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,310	146.12	1,914	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,177	119.37	1,405	41

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)	1,255	$3,153	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$2,687	15
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,167	$2,322	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,313	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$2,033	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,116	$3,156	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,137	$2,699	3thin

Every lot, as filed

135 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 1-2Fancy	650–700	675	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,261	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	610	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	467	424.39/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,982	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	482	355.09/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,712	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	441	441.23/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,946	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	625	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	678	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	627	300.21/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	577	314.97/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,817	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	375.22/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,951	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	250	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	951	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	550	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	416	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	410.52/cwt	380.00–435.00	1,942	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	338.25/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,273	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	543	325.29/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	488	336.27/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	342.30/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,105	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	391.85/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,458	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	336.87/cwt	327.00–342.00	2,385	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	250–300	275	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,306	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	310.01/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,523	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	2,154.62/head	1,725.00–2,650.00	2,155	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	350–400	385	351.65/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,354	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	2,687.21/head	2,300.00–3,200.00	2,687	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,167	2,321.79/head	2,200.00–2,400.00	2,322	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	507	378.96/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	348.25/cwt	348.25–348.25	2,288	80
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	568	361.01/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	331.78/cwt	315.00–337.00	1,941	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	3,152.56/head	2,600.00–3,700.00	3,153	7
Bulls	—	—	1,871	178.67/cwt	174.00–181.00	3,343	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	292.80/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	352.55/cwt	325.00–400.00	970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	318	326.67/cwt	300.00–370.00	1,039	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	289.69/cwt	275.00–305.00	2,071	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	322.95/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,018	5
Bulls	—	—	1,798	193.72/cwt	186.00–200.00	3,483	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	168.77/cwt	166.00–172.00	2,624	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,156	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	151.97/cwt	148.00–154.00	2,397	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	115.68/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,282	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	94.25/cwt	85.00–105.00	1,096	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,110	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	382.00/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,776	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	293	344.96/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	500	402.00/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,010	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	694	357.41/cwt	355.00–358.00	2,480	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	395	415.76/cwt	415.00–416.00	1,642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	295.00/cwt	250.00–320.00	1,555	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	336	366.40/cwt	250.00–430.00	1,231	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	1,708.09/head	1,400.00–1,900.00	1,708	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	915	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,110	2,648.65/head	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,649	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	341.22/cwt	305.00–390.00	1,467	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	309.93/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	306.82/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,181	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	476	334.38/cwt	300.00–370.00	1,592	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	308.53/cwt	307.00–310.00	2,083	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	335.29/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	282.47/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,859	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	382	323.96/cwt	275.00–375.00	1,238	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	724	279.34/cwt	240.00–290.00	2,022	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	614	294.91/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	478	318.15/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,521	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	308.80/cwt	270.00–345.00	1,297	7
Heifers	Small 1-2	350–400	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	486	328.47/cwt	310.00–360.00	1,596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	437	364.57/cwt	325.00–395.00	1,593	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	516	312.51/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,613	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	817	263.28/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,151	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	400–450	428	317.37/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,358	2
Steers	Small 1-2	450–500	495	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,708	1
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	132.25/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,754	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	140.82/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,624	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	128.23/cwt	122.00–138.00	1,571	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	161.78/cwt	158.00–171.00	1,966	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	147.72/cwt	140.00–156.00	1,968	32
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,311	177.00/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	317.41/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	356.71/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,076	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	403.32/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,896	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	366.96/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,783	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	289.96/cwt	270.00–300.00	2,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	326.68/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	426.67/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,805	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	565.00/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	324.43/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,050	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	329.75/cwt	310.00–332.00	2,186	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	346.11/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,807	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	261	469.52/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,225	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	316.65/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	471.42/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	318.98/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,290	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,558	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	299.95/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,130	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	415.59/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,542	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	413.74/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,345	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	366.25/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	333.98/cwt	320.00–347.00	1,920	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	412.57/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,762	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,809	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	774	343.75/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,661	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	301.26/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,009	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	286.32/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,176	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	332.43/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,911	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	507	366.65/cwt	365.00–367.50	1,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	342.47/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,140	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	349.84/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,844	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	310	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	310.44/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,897	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	299.79/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	743	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,638	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	757	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	504	380.37/cwt	376.00–383.00	1,917	8

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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