Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-20

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 $381.53/cwt on 105 head, down $27.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −51.87 against this barn's trailing median of $433.40.

Average price

$381.53

▼ 27.81 vs prior sale

105 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

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

$40.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.41

vs TN average

−7.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	383.45	2,126	100
Medium and Large 2-3	546	343.00	1,873	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.45/cwt here — about $254 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

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 sale105 hd

381.53

—

TN average17 barns · 405 hd

377.12

+4.41

National average130 barns · 4,978 hd

388.91

−7.38

This barn, trailing median9 sales

433.40

−51.87

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

35 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	750–800	797	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,479	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	325.75/cwt	325.75–325.75	2,095	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,231	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,352	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	318.72/cwt	311.50–326.00	2,789	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,875	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	973	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,133	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,974	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	650–700	662	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,155	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	542	338.48/cwt	329.00–346.00	1,835	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	393.38/cwt	335.00–425.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	546	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,873	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,016	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	913	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,739	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	335.86/cwt	332.00–358.00	2,254	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,801	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	723	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,227	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	413.98/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,937	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	325.19/cwt	325.00–327.00	2,592	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	390.49/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,097	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	391.00/cwt	370.00–403.00	2,002	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,411	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	374.85/cwt	374.00–375.00	2,159	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	326.26/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,506	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,833	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,859	32

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 1,238Last week 969Year ago 1,647

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$ per cwt · actual wt
77	600–650	643	325.75	325.75
79	650–700	662	337.00	337.00
61	750–800	797	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	360.00	360.00
17	450–500	469	384.00	384.00
36	500–550	542	329.00–346.00	338.48
10	700–750	723	308.00	308.00
2	950–1000	973	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	298	422.50	422.50
4	350–400	368	421.00	421.00
23	450–500	457	401.00	401.00
76	500–550	512	370.00–403.00	391.00
37	550–600	576	350.00	350.00
2	950–1000	970	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	600–650	648	363.00	363.00
27	650–700	657	367.00	367.00
134	750–800	768	325.00–327.50	326.26
119	850–900	875	311.50–326.00	318.72
20	1000–1050	1,016	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	415.00	415.00
3	350–400	370	335.00–425.00	393.38
1	400–450	400	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	490	372.50	372.50
5	500–550	546	343.00	343.00
8	900–950	913	300.00	300.00
47	1100–1150	1,133	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
41	650–700	662	325.50	325.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	373	465.00	465.00
32	400–450	448	415.00	415.00
29	450–500	468	400.00–415.00	413.98
55	500–550	537	375.00–407.00	390.49
45	550–600	576	374.00–375.00	374.85
67	650–700	671	332.00–358.00	335.86
42	750–800	797	325.00–327.00	325.19

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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