Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All 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 $368.70/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −69.73 against this barn's trailing median of $438.43.

Average price

$368.70

95 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$688

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

$113.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.37

vs TN average

−41.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	371.09	2,066	93
Medium and Large 2-3	535	257.50	1,378	2thin

One grade step is worth $113.59/cwt here — about $688 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 sale95 hd

368.70

—

TN average17 barns · 659 hd

367.33

+1.37

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−41.38

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.43

−69.73

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

33 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	650–700	676	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,217	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,115	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,928	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,525	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,407	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	351.73/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,325	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,310	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,753	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,826	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	381.24/cwt	359.00–387.00	2,002	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	362.37/cwt	333.00–368.00	2,116	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	356.13/cwt	349.00–363.00	1,912	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	301.25/cwt	301.00–301.50	1,886	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	369.17/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,728	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	439	284.34/cwt	277.50–305.00	1,248	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	879	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,373	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	678	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,197	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,435	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	396.04/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,473	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,230	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,787	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	743	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,303	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	2,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	288.49/cwt	287.00–290.00	2,495	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	330.10/cwt	305.00–330.50	2,007	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	367	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,952	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,214	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,988	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,911	23

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 Nov 20, 2025

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

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All 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
75	650–700	676	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	550–600	567	340.00	340.00
80	600–650	641	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	372	392.50–400.00	396.04
55	450–500	468	365.00–372.50	369.17
32	500–550	537	349.00–363.00	356.13
83	550–600	569	321.00	321.00
165	600–650	626	301.00–301.50	301.25
73	650–700	683	291.00	291.00
63	750–800	792	279.50	279.50
16	800–850	826	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	325.00	325.00
16	550–600	582	307.00	307.00
22	650–700	655	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	650–700	661	348.00–354.00	351.73
70	700–750	736	327.00	327.00
65	750–800	773	315.00	315.00
66	800–850	825	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	425.00	425.00
11	400–450	415	422.50	422.50
23	450–500	469	407.50	407.50
43	500–550	525	359.00–387.00	381.24
50	550–600	584	333.00–368.00	362.37
172	600–650	608	305.00–330.50	330.10
23	750–800	791	292.00	292.00
2	800–850	820	288.50	288.50
127	850–900	865	287.00–290.00	288.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	277.50–305.00	284.34
9	450–500	470	402.50	402.50
2	500–550	535	257.50	257.50
6	650–700	678	324.00	324.00
14	700–750	743	310.00	310.00
5	850–900	879	270.00	270.00

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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