Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle on vaccination program and weaned minimum 60 days.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.22/cwt on 281 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +5.73 against this barn's trailing median of $396.49.

Average price

$402.22

281 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$519

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

$85.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.76

vs TN average

+4.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	405.25	2,283	271
Medium and Large 2-3	551	320.00	1,763	10thin

One grade step is worth $85.25/cwt here — about $519 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

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 sale281 hd

402.22

—

TN average16 barns · 928 hd

367.46

+34.76

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

+4.36

This barn, trailing median8 sales

396.49

+5.73

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

30 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 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	832	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,754	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	720	362.66/cwt	357.25–368.00	2,611	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	631	398.61/cwt	393.00–404.00	2,515	242
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,020	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,532	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,706	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	600–650	616	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,285	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	550–600	593	392.17/cwt	378.00–401.00	2,326	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	449.56/cwt	449.00–450.00	2,081	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	380.52/cwt	380.00–381.00	2,329	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,838	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,763	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,890	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,213	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	419.44/cwt	416.00–420.50	2,227	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	417.44/cwt	410.00–434.00	2,450	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	460.17/cwt	445.00–463.50	2,444	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,980	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	976	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,835	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	544	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	702	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,036	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	493	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,787	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	551	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,763	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	876	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,593	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 Oct 16, 2025

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

Receipts 1,395Last week 1,367Year 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 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
242	600–650	631	393.00–404.00	398.61
139	700–750	720	357.25–368.00	362.66
54	800–850	832	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	377	452.50	452.50
15	450–500	459	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
141	550–600	593	378.00–401.00	392.17
85	600–650	616	371.00	371.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	330.00	330.00
7	450–500	493	362.50	362.50
10	550–600	551	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	405.00	405.00
13	450–500	491	385.00	385.00
130	500–550	531	416.00–420.50	419.44
16	700–750	745	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	650–700	651	389.00	389.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	535.00	535.00
5	400–450	445	445.00	445.00
25	450–500	463	449.00–450.00	449.56
110	500–550	531	445.00–463.50	460.17
105	550–600	587	410.00–434.00	417.44
27	600–650	612	380.00–381.00	380.52
66	750–800	776	356.00	356.00
65	800–850	805	352.50	352.50
15	950–1000	976	290.50	290.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	544	337.50	337.50
14	700–750	702	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	795	320.00	320.00
4	850–900	876	296.00	296.00

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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