Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle on vaccination program minimum of 60 days weaned.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $402.37/cwt on 194 head, up $8.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +5.88 against this barn's trailing median of $396.49.

Average price

$402.37

▲ 8.78 vs prior sale

194 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$443

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

$47.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

vs TN average

−13.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	411.00	2,445	86
Medium and Large 1-2	559	399.81	2,233	95
Medium and Large 2-3	550	364.00	2,002	13thin

One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about $443 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

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 sale194 hd

402.37

—

TN average15 barns · 553 hd

401.53

+0.84

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−13.75

This barn, trailing median8 sales

396.49

+5.88

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	750–800	765	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,551	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,445	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	383.62/cwt	383.00–384.25	2,586	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	781	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,004	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	801	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,647	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,412	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,049	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	505.48/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,335	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,584	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	360.24/cwt	359.50–361.00	2,799	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,535	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,168	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,200	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	416.25/cwt	413.00–423.00	2,468	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	346.29/cwt	345.00–348.00	2,718	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,793	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,688	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	639	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,173	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,002	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	364.81/cwt	349.00–367.00	2,324	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	422.77/cwt	410.00–436.00	2,262	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	686	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,302	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	465.90/cwt	462.50–467.50	2,199	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	992	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,300	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	276	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	1,608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,929	5

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 Mar 19, 2026

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

Receipts 1,370Last week 1,523Year ago 0

All cattle on vaccination program 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
86	550–600	595	411.00	411.00
153	650–700	674	383.00–384.25	383.62
61	750–800	765	333.50	333.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	582.50	582.50
2	300–350	330	525.00	525.00
5	350–400	380	507.50	507.50
6	400–450	438	457.50	457.50
42	450–500	472	462.50–467.50	465.90
13	550–600	550	364.00	364.00
18	600–650	639	340.00	340.00
15	650–700	686	335.50	335.50
5	750–800	781	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	552.50	552.50
29	450–500	459	501.00	501.00
44	500–550	535	410.00–436.00	422.77
51	550–600	579	380.00	380.00
180	600–650	637	349.00–367.00	364.81
5	950–1000	992	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	515.00	515.00
30	450–500	462	480.00–510.00	505.48
1	700–750	725	344.00	344.00
15	800–850	801	330.50	330.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	575.00	575.00
33	450–500	455	530.00	530.00
31	500–550	526	482.00	482.00
118	550–600	593	413.00–423.00	416.25
14	750–800	785	345.00–348.00	346.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	578	447.00	447.00
74	650–700	654	411.00	411.00
133	750–800	777	359.50–361.00	360.24
65	800–850	805	347.00	347.00
30	950–1000	968	315.00	315.00

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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