Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All 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 $360.80/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −35.69 against this barn's trailing median of $396.49.

Average price

$360.80

94 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$34.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.00

vs TN average

−29.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	363.35	2,002	87
Medium and Large 2	550	329.00	1,810	7thin

One grade step is worth $34.35/cwt here — about $193 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 sale94 hd

360.80

—

TN average17 barns · 547 hd

347.79

+13.00

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−29.11

This barn, trailing median8 sales

396.49

−35.69

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

32 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 1	300–350	348	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,999	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	437.87/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,040	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	352.15/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,000	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	360.25/cwt	360.25–360.25	2,363	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,397	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	395.94/cwt	385.00–411.00	2,277	98
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,094	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	327.10/cwt	315.00–336.00	2,502	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,609	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	321.15/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,157	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,119	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,630	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	509.19/cwt	508.00–510.00	1,823	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,495	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	346.17/cwt	320.00–347.53	2,219	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,887	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	702	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,183	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	428.19/cwt	379.00–430.00	2,265	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	891	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,334	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	358.49/cwt	358.00–359.00	2,273	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	337.99/cwt	330.00–346.50	2,112	242
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	436.78/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,062	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,858	3

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 Dec 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,187Last week 1,663Year ago 0

All 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$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	480.00	480.00
3	350–400	387	480.00	480.00
38	450–500	466	430.00–450.00	437.87
35	500–550	526	380.00	380.00
52	550–600	568	350.00–356.00	352.15
156	600–650	634	358.00–359.00	358.49
77	650–700	656	360.25	360.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	435.00	435.00
8	400–450	407	425.00	425.00
8	450–500	466	405.00	405.00
7	550–600	550	329.00	329.00
3	700–750	702	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
242	600–650	625	330.00–346.50	337.99
56	750–800	778	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	273	547.50	547.50
22	400–450	448	467.50	467.50
13	450–500	460	469.00	469.00
28	500–550	529	379.00–430.00	428.19
98	550–600	575	385.00–411.00	395.94
80	650–700	653	367.00	367.00
108	750–800	765	315.00–336.00	327.10
9	950–1000	992	263.00	263.00
4	1000–1050	1,014	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	358	508.00–510.00	509.19
4	400–450	441	440.00	440.00
11	450–500	472	435.00–440.00	436.78
5	500–550	530	305.00–325.00	321.15
1	550–600	585	305.00	305.00
19	600–650	641	320.00–347.53	346.17
1	800–850	845	301.00	301.00
4	850–900	891	300.00	300.00
6	1100–1150	1,119	235.00	235.00

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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