Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $379.08/cwt on 109 head, down $25.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −17.41 against this barn's trailing median of $396.49.

Average price

$379.08

▼ 25.84 vs prior sale

109 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$166

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

$23.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.54

vs TN average

−16.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	386.20	2,152	76
Medium and Large 2-3	548	362.67	1,986	33

One grade step is worth $23.54/cwt here — about $166 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

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.31, low $360.80, median $396.49 across 8 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 sale109 hd

379.08

—

TN average16 barns · 846 hd

385.62

−6.54

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−16.97

This barn, trailing median8 sales

396.49

−17.41

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

31 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 2-3	350–400	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	480.89/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	470.68/cwt	470.00–471.00	2,132	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	326.77/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,108	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	557	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,083	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	556	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,174	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	539	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,897	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	2,105	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	549	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,020	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,177	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	348.53/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,241	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,447	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,768	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	340.53/cwt	331.50–343.00	2,578	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,965	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,417	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,258	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	659	363.68/cwt	355.00–366.50	2,397	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	452	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	600–650	621	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,031	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,610	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,529	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,403	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	372.25/cwt	372.25–372.25	2,289	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,551	79

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 Jul 16, 2026

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

Receipts 969Last week 650Year ago 851

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 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	365	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	450	425.00	425.00
17	500–550	539	352.00	352.00
16	550–600	557	374.00	374.00
11	600–650	645	320.00–335.00	326.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	520.00	520.00
2	350–400	393	465.00	465.00
14	450–500	457	430.00	430.00
29	500–550	527	399.50	399.50
47	550–600	576	378.00	378.00
109	600–650	643	345.00–350.00	348.53
33	800–850	838	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	600–650	615	372.25	372.25
69	700–750	710	338.50	338.50
12	750–800	756	334.50	334.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	465.00–485.00	480.89
1	400–450	400	460.00	460.00
3	450–500	452	435.00	435.00
6	500–550	549	368.00	368.00
31	550–600	556	391.00	391.00
25	650–700	659	355.00–366.50	363.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	515.00	515.00
32	450–500	453	470.00–471.00	470.68
22	500–550	524	431.00	431.00
51	550–600	581	416.00	416.00
56	750–800	757	331.50–343.00	340.53
55	850–900	876	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	621	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	600–650	649	393.00	393.00
18	650–700	671	389.00	389.00

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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