Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle on vaccination program and minimum of 60 days weaned.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $393.59/cwt on 91 head, up $11.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −2.90 against this barn's trailing median of $396.49.

Average price

$393.59

▲ 11.69 vs prior sale

91 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,114

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$59.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.77

vs TN average

−35.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	405.33	2,172	73
Medium and Large 2-3	543	346.00	1,879	18thin

One grade step is worth $59.33/cwt here — about $293 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 sale91 hd

393.59

—

TN average17 barns · 970 hd

403.36

−9.77

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−35.58

This barn, trailing median8 sales

396.49

−2.90

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

35 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	450–500	457	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,262	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,528	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,551	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,453	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,327	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,294	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,085	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	348.38/cwt	347.25–350.50	2,745	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	534.90/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,455	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	426.55/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,018	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	2,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	595.91/cwt	570.00–601.00	2,253	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,880	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,794	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	456.99/cwt	448.00–460.50	2,600	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,713	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	611	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,481	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	597	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,603	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,402	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	483.11/cwt	477.50–485.00	2,319	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	403.03/cwt	393.00–416.00	2,148	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,548	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	378.07/cwt	370.00–386.50	2,378	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,923	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	875	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	3,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	837	340.00/cwt	339.00–341.00	2,846	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	543	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,879	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,660	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,595	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	439	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,965	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,167	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,224	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,064	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 Feb 19, 2026

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

Receipts 1,523Last week 1,485Year ago 0

All cattle on vaccination program and minimum of 60 days weaned.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	450–500	457	495.00	495.00
88	600–650	602	407.50	407.50
78	650–700	673	379.00	379.00
74	700–750	709	356.50	356.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	377	510.00	510.00
23	450–500	487	445.00	445.00
61	500–550	533	393.00–416.00	403.03
12	550–600	550	417.00	417.00
160	600–650	629	370.00–386.50	378.07
79	650–700	660	352.50	352.50
58	750–800	784	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	800–850	837	339.00–341.00	340.00
4	850–900	875	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	425.00	425.00
15	400–450	439	447.50	447.50
18	500–550	543	346.00	346.00
3	600–650	635	325.00	325.00
23	650–700	668	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	378	570.00–601.00	595.91
8	450–500	480	477.50–485.00	483.11
51	500–550	525	457.50	457.50
73	550–600	569	448.00–460.50	456.99
13	650–700	652	408.00	408.00
87	750–800	788	347.25–350.50	348.38
57	950–1000	958	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	810.00	810.00
37	450–500	459	520.00–545.00	534.90
35	600–650	649	418.00	418.00
78	650–700	662	422.00	422.00
68	750–800	766	376.00	376.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	420.00–460.00	426.55
2	500–550	545	437.50	437.50
87	550–600	597	436.00	436.00
32	600–650	611	406.00	406.00
23	700–750	745	342.00	342.00

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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