Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 $359.75/cwt on 257 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −36.74 against this barn's trailing median of $396.49.

Average price

$359.75

257 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$37.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.02

vs TN average

+21.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	383.50	2,036	94
Medium and Large 1-2	568	346.05	1,965	163

One grade step is worth $37.45/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale257 hd

359.75

—

TN average16 barns · 1,085 hd

330.73

+29.02

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

+21.01

This barn, trailing median8 sales

396.49

−36.74

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 1Value Added	850–900	899	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,243	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	604	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,174	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	383.50/cwt	383.50–383.50	2,036	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,499	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,309	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	440	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,095	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,091	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	477	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,860	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	345.75/cwt	337.00–353.00	1,967	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	795	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,048	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,279	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	346	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,557	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	952	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	445	363.75/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,619	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,035	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,245	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	531	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	464	368.94/cwt	351.00–370.00	1,712	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	300–350	345	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	648	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,100	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,839	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	608	353.69/cwt	336.00–357.00	2,150	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	750–800	780	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,387	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	800–850	835	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	350–400	379	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	485	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,513	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	460	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,734	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	600	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,890	1

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 851Last week 766Year 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
94	500–550	531	383.50	383.50
83	600–650	604	360.00	360.00
18	850–900	899	249.50	249.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	374.00	374.00
37	450–500	464	351.00–370.00	368.94
3	500–550	508	362.00	362.00
160	550–600	569	337.00–353.00	345.75
71	600–650	648	324.00	324.00
14	700–750	740	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	795	257.50	257.50
2	1000–1050	1,048	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	405.00	405.00
4	350–400	379	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	485	312.00	312.00
2	800–850	835	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	600–650	645	358.00	358.00
53	750–800	775	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	450.00	450.00
13	450–500	477	390.00	390.00
23	500–550	532	393.00	393.00
25	550–600	583	385.00	385.00
5	750–800	781	311.00	311.00
7	950–1000	952	278.00	278.00
2	1050–1100	1,095	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	357.50–365.00	363.75
13	450–500	460	377.00	377.00
4	500–550	531	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	600	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	670	315.00	315.00
12	750–800	780	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	600–650	608	336.00–357.00	353.69

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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