Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $337.86/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −100.57 against this barn's trailing median of $438.43.

Average price

$337.86

74 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,872

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$32.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.33

vs TN average

−34.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	354.68	1,947	36
Medium and Large 2-3	559	321.93	1,800	38

One grade step is worth $32.75/cwt here — about $148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.47, low $399.26, median $438.43 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 sale74 hd

337.86

—

TN average15 barns · 642 hd

361.19

−23.33

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

−34.06

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.43

−100.57

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

22 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	700–750	738	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,155	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	638	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,074	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	409.50/cwt	406.00–414.00	1,933	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	543	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,792	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	471	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,710	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	336.33/cwt	314.00–343.00	2,200	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,068	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	750–800	750	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,988	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	559	321.93/cwt	291.00–332.00	1,800	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	355	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,955	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1050–1100	1,052	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	2,698	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	925	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,516	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	350.81/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,842	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	778	297.61/cwt	282.00–300.00	2,315	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,928	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,785	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	454	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,698	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	939	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,216	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	374	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	812	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,241	65

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 19, 2025

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

Receipts 766Last week 0Year ago 0

Cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum of 60 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	559	291.00–332.00	321.93
14	700–750	738	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
2	350–400	355	475.00	475.00
27	450–500	472	406.00–414.00	409.50
19	500–550	525	335.00–360.00	350.81
17	550–600	576	359.00	359.00
6	600–650	643	304.00	304.00
74	650–700	654	314.00–343.00	336.33
75	750–800	778	282.00–300.00	297.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	900–950	925	272.00	272.00
49	1050–1100	1,052	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
80	600–650	638	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	471	363.00	363.00
33	500–550	543	330.00	330.00
8	750–800	750	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	401.00	401.00
18	450–500	454	374.00	374.00
23	500–550	525	340.00	340.00
77	600–650	626	308.00	308.00
5	900–950	939	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	800–850	812	276.00	276.00

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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