Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum of 60 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.46/cwt on 108 head, down $13.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 9 comparable sales and sits +10.06 against this barn's trailing median of $433.40.

Average price

$443.46

▼ 13.21 vs prior sale

108 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.36

vs TN average

−15.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	443.46	2,457	108

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale108 hd

443.46

—

TN average16 barns · 557 hd

430.10

+13.36

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

−15.59

This barn, trailing median9 sales

433.40

+10.06

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

30 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 1-2	750–800	763	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,743	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,287	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,486	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	951	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,805	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,289	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	739	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,646	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	647	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,177	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	652	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,530	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,910	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	851	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,425	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	651	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,239	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,032	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,295	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,188	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	456.50/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,118	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,916	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,062	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,986	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,716	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	507.55/cwt	487.00–514.00	2,370	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	406.93/cwt	390.50–415.00	2,682	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	440.50/cwt	440.50–440.50	2,691	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	443.46/cwt	436.00–445.25	2,457	108

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 Jun 18, 2026

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

Receipts 650Last week 1,341Year ago 766

All cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum of 60 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	512.50	512.50
38	450–500	464	445.00–460.00	456.50
33	500–550	521	420.00	420.00
20	550–600	579	395.00	395.00
25	600–650	641	358.00	358.00
23	700–750	740	336.00	336.00
3	750–800	763	335.00	335.00
9	850–900	852	322.00	322.00
4	900–950	929	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	373	437.50	437.50
6	500–550	538	355.00	355.00
13	600–650	613	331.50	331.50
7	650–700	651	344.00	344.00
6	850–900	851	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	470.00	470.00
7	450–500	455	503.00	503.00
17	600–650	647	336.50	336.50
20	650–700	652	388.00	388.00
7	700–750	739	358.00	358.00
4	950–1000	951	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	620.00	620.00
35	450–500	467	487.00–514.00	507.55
108	550–600	554	436.00–445.25	443.46
83	600–650	611	440.50	440.50
78	650–700	659	390.50–415.00	406.93
29	700–750	744	365.00	365.00
5	800–850	849	343.50	343.50
15	850–900	858	348.00	348.00
12	950–1000	960	319.00	319.00

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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