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Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN

Name: Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Tennessee · Thu, Oct 15

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3792

← Sep 17Oct 15latest

Receipts

797 head

▼ 86 vs last sale 883▼ 598 vs year ago 1,395 · −42.9%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleTue Oct 27, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.26/cwt on 89 head, up $16.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −40.97 against this barn's trailing median of $389.23.

Average price

$348.26

▲ 16.17 vs prior sale

89 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$325

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

$59.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.82

vs TN average

−24.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	520	365.50	1,901	29
Medium and Large 1	571	355.50	2,030	30
Medium and Large 2	563	335.00	1,886	19thin
Medium and Large 2-3	515	306.00	1,576	11thin

One grade step is worth $59.50/cwt here — about $325 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale89 hd

348.26

—

TN average15 barns · 676 hd

340.44

+7.82

National average193 barns · 18,908 hd

372.76

−24.50

This barn, trailing median8 sales

389.23

−40.97

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.31, low $332.10, median $389.23 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

27 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,825	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	461	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,922	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,977	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,056	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	543	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,754	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,011	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	364.21/cwt	361.00–375.00	2,091	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,086	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	347.84/cwt	328.00–351.50	2,282	90
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,169	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	332.93/cwt	319.00–338.00	2,477	55
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	899	321.25/cwt	321.25–321.25	2,888	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,688	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,914	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	459	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,827	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,659	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,576	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	365.50/cwt	365.50–365.50	1,901	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,886	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,030	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,138	62
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	328.10/cwt	305.00–330.50	2,110	86
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	350.75/cwt	350.75–350.75	2,329	80
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,418	53
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,538	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 Oct 15, 2026

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

Receipts 797Last week 883Year ago 1,395

All cattle on a vaccination program and weaned a 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
3	350–400	388	435.00	435.00
30	550–600	571	355.50	355.50
80	650–700	664	350.75	350.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	466	356.00	356.00
19	550–600	563	335.00	335.00
86	600–650	643	305.00–330.50	328.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	459	398.00	398.00
11	500–550	515	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	453	422.50	422.50
29	500–550	520	365.50	365.50
62	600–650	627	341.00	341.00
53	750–800	764	316.50	316.50
2	1050–1100	1,080	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	463	427.00	427.00
16	500–550	530	388.00	388.00
42	550–600	574	361.00–375.00	364.21
90	650–700	656	328.00–351.50	347.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	455	401.00	401.00
24	550–600	551	365.00	365.00
55	700–750	744	319.00–338.00	332.93
57	850–900	899	321.25	321.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	641	325.50	325.50
7	650–700	680	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	461	417.00	417.00
13	500–550	543	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	340.00	340.00

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.