Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum 60 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.39/cwt on 299 head. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −29.01 against this barn's trailing median of $433.40.

Average price

$404.39

299 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,256

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$36.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.65

vs TN average

+4.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	413.64	2,313	223
Medium and Large 2-3	554	377.24	2,090	76

One grade step is worth $36.40/cwt here — about $223 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.47, low $381.53, median $433.40 across 9 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 sale299 hd

404.39

—

TN average16 barns · 816 hd

388.74

+15.65

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+4.50

This barn, trailing median9 sales

433.40

−29.01

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

26 lots · USDA AMS · Athens Regional Stockyard Preconditioned Sale - 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	322	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,481	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	814	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,723	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	781	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,874	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,789	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	464	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,884	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	536	396.40/cwt	382.00–400.50	2,125	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	596	365.15/cwt	348.00–376.50	2,176	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	359.32/cwt	332.00–366.00	2,792	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	646	390.75/cwt	390.75–390.75	2,524	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	370.77/cwt	356.25–385.00	2,336	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,133	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	969	299.38/cwt	290.00–302.00	2,901	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	448	415.73/cwt	415.00–418.00	1,862	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	515	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,039	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	481	365.67/cwt	334.00–396.00	1,759	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	800–850	808	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,529	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	417.74/cwt	413.00–422.25	2,381	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	461	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,038	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	350–400	352	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	1,820	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	639	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,035	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	350–400	375	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	545	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,017	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	388.25/cwt	388.25–388.25	2,562	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	563	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,100	62
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	650–700	651	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,986	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	600–650	609	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,979	47

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Athens Regional Stockyard Preconditioned Sale - Athens, TN

Thu Aug 21, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Receipts 1,647Last week 851Year ago 0

Cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum 60 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	322	460.00	460.00
63	800–850	814	334.50	334.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	409	437.50	437.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	464	406.00	406.00
119	500–550	536	382.00–400.50	396.40
141	550–600	596	348.00–376.50	365.15
158	600–650	630	356.25–385.00	370.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	401.00	401.00
69	450–500	481	334.00–396.00	365.67
44	500–550	545	370.00	370.00
33	600–650	639	318.50	318.50
30	800–850	808	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
91	750–800	781	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	461	442.00	442.00
60	500–550	530	402.50	402.50
163	550–600	570	413.00–422.25	417.74
78	600–650	646	390.75	390.75
78	650–700	660	388.25	388.25
162	750–800	777	332.00–366.00	359.32
9	950–1000	969	290.00–302.00	299.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	352	517.00	517.00
41	400–450	448	415.00–418.00	415.73
14	500–550	515	396.00	396.00
62	550–600	563	373.00	373.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	600–650	609	325.00	325.00
15	650–700	651	305.00	305.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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