Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.67/cwt on 110 head, down $23.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +18.24 against this barn's trailing median of $438.43.

Average price

$456.67

▼ 23.80 vs prior sale

110 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$27.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.82

vs TN average

−17.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	462.99	2,614	85
Medium and Large 1-2	549	435.20	2,390	25

One grade step is worth $27.79/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale110 hd

456.67

—

TN average15 barns · 627 hd

459.49

−2.82

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−17.81

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.43

+18.24

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

34 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	500–550	523	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,270	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,580	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	2,583	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,556	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,006	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,631	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,675	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	536.00/cwt	536.00–536.00	2,519	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,874	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	400.29/cwt	398.00–404.00	2,606	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	364.75/cwt	364.75–364.75	2,987	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	480.81/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,217	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	386.14/cwt	376.00–390.00	2,213	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	358.26/cwt	358.00–360.00	2,730	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,732	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,563	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	356.94/cwt	351.50–362.50	2,399	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,627	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,344	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,627	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	898	327.25/cwt	327.25–327.25	2,939	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	942	272.10/cwt	271.00–275.00	2,563	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,208	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,078	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,202	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	503.47/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,316	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,983	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	600–650	644	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,254	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,433	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,272	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	761	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,492	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,988	2

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 May 21, 2026

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

Receipts 1,341Last week 1,513Year 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
33	500–550	523	434.00	434.00
80	600–650	625	409.00	409.00
73	650–700	699	369.50	369.50
72	700–750	702	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	565.00	565.00
31	450–500	461	455.00–485.00	480.81
57	550–600	573	376.00–390.00	386.14
152	650–700	672	351.50–362.50	356.94
11	750–800	768	342.00	342.00
7	850–900	881	320.00	320.00
11	900–950	942	271.00–275.00	272.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	430.00	430.00
8	550–600	565	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	750–800	761	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	470	536.00	536.00
29	500–550	523	490.00	490.00
56	550–600	586	449.00	449.00
78	600–650	649	421.00	421.00
34	650–700	651	398.00–404.00	400.29
15	700–750	733	365.00	365.00
77	750–800	762	358.00–360.00	358.26
121	800–850	819	364.75	364.75
46	900–950	925	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	590.00	590.00
13	450–500	460	495.00–505.00	503.47
12	500–550	545	430.00	430.00
13	550–600	553	440.00	440.00
20	750–800	757	347.00	347.00
7	800–850	844	340.50	340.50
48	850–900	898	327.25	327.25
48	1050–1100	1,078	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	560.00	560.00
2	450–500	480	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
49	600–650	644	350.00	350.00

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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