Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle on vaccination program and minimum 60 days weaned.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $381.90/cwt on 121 head, up $21.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −11.69 against this barn's trailing median of $393.59.

Average price

$381.90

▲ 21.10 vs prior sale

121 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$39.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.39

vs TN average

−31.58 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	386.84	2,154	106
Medium and Large 2-3	561	347.00	1,947	15thin

One grade step is worth $39.84/cwt here — about $207 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

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.31, low $360.80, median $393.59 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 sale121 hd

381.90

—

TN average16 barns · 770 hd

369.52

+12.39

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−31.58

This barn, trailing median9 sales

393.59

−11.69

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

36 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	1050–1100	1,093	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,601	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,570	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,513	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,394	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,976	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,862	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	561	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,947	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	876	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	452.00/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,215	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	746	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,257	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	343.92/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,947	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	355.40/cwt	344.00–365.50	2,221	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	291	603.67/cwt	585.00–610.00	1,757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,205	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	362	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	356.66/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,340	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,351	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	361.99/cwt	358.00–366.50	2,621	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,463	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,059	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	3,092	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	345.33/cwt	325.00–348.00	2,258	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	474.84/cwt	454.00–490.00	2,189	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	378.58/cwt	376.00–383.00	2,162	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	326.10/cwt	314.00–328.00	2,544	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	434.54/cwt	420.50–456.00	2,325	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,886	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,321	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,718	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	369.25/cwt	369.25–369.25	2,751	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,589	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	934	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,288	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	398.94/cwt	397.00–400.00	2,138	43

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 Jan 15, 2026

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

Receipts 1,485Last week 1,187Year ago 0

All cattle on vaccination program and minimum 60 days weaned.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1050–1100	1,093	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	600–650	617	388.00	388.00
76	650–700	663	379.00	379.00
66	800–850	807	318.50	318.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	477.50	477.50
15	550–600	561	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	650.00	650.00
9	350–400	368	512.50	512.50
62	450–500	461	454.00–490.00	474.84
43	500–550	536	397.00–400.00	398.94
63	550–600	571	376.00–383.00	378.58
147	600–650	625	344.00–365.50	355.40
90	650–700	654	325.00–348.00	345.33
79	750–800	780	314.00–328.00	326.10
7	900–950	934	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	650–700	657	394.00	394.00
71	700–750	745	369.25	369.25
67	750–800	755	360.00	360.00
63	850–900	874	327.50	327.50
57	900–950	917	324.50	324.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	434.00	434.00
5	450–500	490	440.00–460.00	452.00
10	550–600	566	327.50–360.00	343.92
7	700–750	746	302.50	302.50
4	850–900	876	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	291	585.00–610.00	603.67
2	300–350	318	610.00	610.00
2	350–400	360	552.50	552.50
12	400–450	441	500.00	500.00
16	450–500	468	496.00	496.00
70	500–550	535	420.50–456.00	434.54
39	550–600	585	421.00	421.00
29	600–650	646	364.00	364.00
23	650–700	656	355.00–360.00	356.66
29	700–750	724	358.00–366.50	361.99
49	1050–1100	1,059	292.00	292.00

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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