Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum 60 days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.33/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −33.07 against this barn's trailing median of $433.40.

Average price

$400.33

120 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$16.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.23

vs TN average

−4.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	407.46	2,305	68
Medium and Large 2	560	391.00	2,190	52

One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about $115 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

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 sale120 hd

400.33

—

TN average15 barns · 601 hd

381.09

+19.23

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−4.31

This barn, trailing median9 sales

433.40

−33.07

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

29 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 2Value Added	250–300	288	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,332	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	560	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,190	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	545	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	368	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	569	352.45/cwt	351.00–354.00	2,005	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	651	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,233	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	2,727	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	721	315.25/cwt	315.25–315.25	2,273	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,996	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	621	352.37/cwt	343.00–356.00	2,188	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	442	375.32/cwt	365.00–420.00	1,659	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	773	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,644	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,227	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	938	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,251	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	381.78/cwt	380.25–383.25	2,195	170
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1050–1100	1,094	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	3,279	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	465	425.30/cwt	423.00–426.00	1,978	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	385.60/cwt	385.60–385.60	2,360	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	402.25/cwt	402.25–402.25	2,345	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	988	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,964	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	349.57/cwt	342.00–351.00	2,692	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	669	387.34/cwt	375.00–389.50	2,591	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	648	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,440	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	378.25/cwt	378.25–378.25	2,307	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,375	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	785	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,575	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	402.02/cwt	379.00–407.00	2,139	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,875	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	4

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 Sep 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,367Last week 1,647Year ago 0

Cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum 60 days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	462.50	462.50
15	400–450	442	365.00–420.00	375.32
53	550–600	569	351.00–354.00	352.45
36	700–750	721	315.25	315.25
2	900–950	938	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	545	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
22	450–500	464	404.00	404.00
43	500–550	532	379.00–407.00	402.02
170	550–600	575	380.25–383.25	381.78
85	600–650	610	378.25	378.25
69	650–700	667	356.00	356.00
65	750–800	785	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
84	600–650	612	385.60	385.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	368	440.00	440.00
13	450–500	465	423.00–426.00	425.30
52	550–600	560	391.00	391.00
21	600–650	621	343.00–356.00	352.37
42	650–700	651	343.00	343.00
15	750–800	773	342.00	342.00
47	1050–1100	1,094	299.75	299.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	463	431.00	431.00
24	500–550	534	417.00	417.00
44	550–600	583	402.25	402.25
79	600–650	648	376.50	376.50
87	650–700	669	375.00–389.50	387.34
70	700–750	738	369.50	369.50
143	750–800	770	342.00–351.00	349.57
6	950–1000	988	300.00	300.00

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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