Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

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 $383.17/cwt on 179 head, up $1.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −55.26 against this barn's trailing median of $438.43.

Average price

$383.17

▲ 1.65 vs prior sale

179 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+11.15

vs TN average

−20.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	383.17	2,101	179

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $480.47, low $381.53, 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 sale179 hd

383.17

—

TN average14 barns · 688 hd

372.02

+11.15

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−20.19

This barn, trailing median8 sales

438.43

−55.26

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

25 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,190	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,445	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	388.22/cwt	372.50–397.50	1,460	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,801	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	359.35/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,667	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	330.28/cwt	330.00–330.50	1,853	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	467	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,611	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,028	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,865	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	809	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,265	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	369	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,236	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	1,713	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	402.74/cwt	385.50–406.50	2,155	116
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,486	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	320.52/cwt	317.50–322.50	2,115	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	347.14/cwt	340.00–350.50	1,989	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,463	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	443.52/cwt	425.00–444.00	1,810	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	448	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,126	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,353	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	408.66/cwt	404.00–410.00	1,896	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	291.75/cwt	291.75–291.75	2,780	28

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 Sep 17, 2026

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

Receipts 883Last week 1,238Year ago 1,367

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	600–650	648	338.00	338.00
65	750–800	781	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	425.00	425.00
39	400–450	408	425.00–444.00	443.52
27	450–500	464	404.00–410.00	408.66
116	500–550	535	385.50–406.50	402.74
63	550–600	573	340.00–350.50	347.14
35	650–700	660	317.50–322.50	320.52
29	750–800	777	320.00	320.00
28	950–1000	953	291.75	291.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	385.00	385.00
5	400–450	448	365.00	365.00
23	600–650	630	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	376	372.50–397.50	388.22
33	450–500	464	357.00–360.00	359.35
25	500–550	519	347.00	347.00
35	550–600	561	330.00–330.50	330.28
41	650–700	654	325.00	325.00
65	750–800	782	315.00	315.00
63	800–850	810	290.50	290.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	335.00	335.00
13	450–500	467	345.00	345.00
15	550–600	550	311.50	311.50
12	650–700	665	305.00	305.00
35	800–850	809	280.00	280.00

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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