Athens Regional Stockyard Market Report

Athens, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, June 10, 2025

1,081 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $332.40/cwt +1.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,745/hd at 525 lb · 36 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $384.38/cwt -5.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,807/hd at 470 lb · 33 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $355.04/cwt -17.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,494/hd at 421 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,081	906
Feeder cattle	700	653
Slaughter cattle	187	155
Replacement cattle	194	98

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 500lbs 10.00 lower, over 500lbs steady. Feeder Heifers under 400lbs 10.00 lower, over 400lbs steady. Feeder Bulls under 550lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower, over 550 steady. Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 higher and Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher. Quality and demand fair to good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,081	-20.00
275–290	284	5	435.00–455.00	$448.06	$1,272	-11.76
303–335	314	5	420.00–465.00	$438.38	$1,377	+10.93
355 thin fleshed	355	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,526	—
365–395	383	3	370.00–395.00	$381.65	$1,462	-73.35
400–440	413	5	375.00–395.00	$383.86	$1,585	-19.29
430	430	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,634	-23.15
400–445 thin fleshed	438	6	410.00–420.00	$411.52	$1,802	—
460 thin fleshed	460	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,955	—
462–490	468	7	385.00–405.00	$394.95	$1,848	+5.00
460–485	471	25	375.00–380.00	$379.79	$1,789	-10.16
532 value added	532	5	390.00	$390.00	$2,075	—
515–548	537	19	360.00–375.00	$362.12	$1,945	+2.09
560–595	575	8	340.00–360.00	$346.72	$1,994	-1.83
565–590	575	4	325.00–335.00	$329.98	$1,897	-18.57
616–634	625	19	325.00–335.00	$328.20	$2,051	-10.69
662–670	663	7	310.00–330.00	$318.02	$2,108	-11.67
655–680	665	3	290.00–305.00	$298.42	$1,984	-31.27
703	703	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,250	+6.25
835–840	837	3	277.00–277.50	$277.33	$2,321	+2.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,092	—
328–345	336	5	340.00–412.00	$395.20	$1,328	—
375–395	385	2	315.00–355.00	$334.48	$1,288	-40.52
415–430	425	3	310.00–380.00	$347.10	$1,475	—
450–495	475	3	310.00–370.00	$346.00	$1,644	+4.70
505–535	521	8	275.00–327.00	$312.71	$1,629	-5.26
550–598	582	3	310.00–315.00	$313.42	$1,824	-5.77
600–630	616	5	265.00–315.00	$299.99	$1,848	-11.29
735	735	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,132	-4.97
756 value added	756	28	313.00	$313.00	$2,366	—
785	785	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,237	—
875	875	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,406	—
980	980	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,548	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,229	—
535	535	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,444	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,174	+15.00
320–335	326	4	400.00–440.00	$424.98	$1,385	+28.52
320–340	332	3	375.00–380.00	$378.29	$1,256	-18.17
370 thin fleshed	370	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,443	—
365–395	381	5	365.00–380.00	$371.98	$1,417	-34.64
386–395	387	8	350.00–355.00	$354.36	$1,371	-52.26
400 thin fleshed	400	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,560	-5.00
413–425 value added	415	7	370.00	$370.00	$1,536	—
405–435	420	2	325.00–335.00	$330.18	$1,387	-37.10
403–440	424	20	340.00–360.00	$350.54	$1,486	-16.74
450–473 thin fleshed	460	5	360.00–370.00	$364.01	$1,674	—
455–490	478	3	305.00–325.00	$318.17	$1,521	-23.93
457–498	484	12	335.00–355.00	$346.48	$1,677	+4.38
513–533 value added	520	17	340.00–345.00	$341.17	$1,774	+1.17
520–535	529	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,693	-7.70
500–545	530	13	325.00–340.00	$326.65	$1,731	-1.05
550–590	577	14	317.00–325.00	$321.33	$1,854	+13.84
565–590	578	2	305.00–310.00	$307.55	$1,778	+0.06
600–607	606	8	305.00–320.00	$311.24	$1,886	+13.56
638	638	4	287.00–295.00	$291.00	$1,857	-6.68
650–685	661	9	275.00–290.00	$284.79	$1,882	+8.80
705–745	713	8	260.00–277.00	$271.79	$1,938	—
1030	1030	2	240.00	$240.00	$2,472	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	325.00–360.00	$342.04	$985	-30.39
310	310	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,147	+9.92
375–385	380	2	305.00–360.00	$332.14	$1,262	-3.77
405–435	425	5	300.00–325.00	$315.20	$1,340	-0.62
470–495	485	3	310.00–325.00	$318.47	$1,545	+15.53
500–545	521	7	205.00–310.00	$281.74	$1,468	-25.03
563–593	579	5	235.00–312.00	$290.31	$1,681	+25.23
620–636	628	4	250.00–290.00	$267.40	$1,679	-7.45
658 value added	658	29	309.00	$309.00	$2,033	—
695	695	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,807	-10.96
750–755	753	2	215.00–230.00	$222.48	$1,675	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,749	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	8	370.00–425.00	$387.18	$1,464	-13.35
400–440	424	12	355.00–405.00	$375.60	$1,593	-21.51
450–496	484	11	345.00–370.00	$357.11	$1,728	-21.09
505–540	515	11	330.00–365.00	$343.34	$1,768	-4.13
550–595	576	4	315.00–340.00	$328.67	$1,893	-0.76
605–630	616	8	295.00–310.00	$306.12	$1,886	+4.51
650–665	656	8	290.00–300.00	$296.37	$1,944	+15.58
718–735	720	8	255.00–267.00	$265.47	$1,911	+2.59
760–785	776	5	245.00–260.00	$250.82	$1,946	-14.18
800–840	817	5	235.00–255.00	$246.05	$2,010	-2.46
940	940	1	237.00	$237.00	$2,228	-8.01
965	965	1	232.00	$232.00	$2,239	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,228	-20.00
400–440	421	9	305.00–350.00	$337.85	$1,422	+0.97
465–480	473	2	300.00–320.00	$310.16	$1,467	-9.86
530	530	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,590	+16.80
570–590	583	3	270.00–300.00	$289.89	$1,690	-25.15
635	635	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,746	+0.16
710–725	718	2	230.00–250.00	$240.10	$1,724	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,140	-100.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1495	1201	80-85%	7	138.00–151.00	$146.10	$1,755	—
915–1805	1254	80-85%	30	171.00–184.00	$175.96	$2,207	+0.18
1020–1810	1315	80-85%	50	154.00–170.00	$165.08	$2,171	+4.04

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	85-90%	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,018	-13.00
915–1375	1098	85-90%	20	140.00–153.00	$145.38	$1,596	+35.38
880–1585	1180	85-90%	17	110.00–138.00	$127.79	$1,508	—
1080–1540	1246	85-90%	7	154.00–165.00	$158.74	$1,978	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	75-80%	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,747	—
1215–1615	1446	75-80%	23	160.00–171.00	$168.54	$2,437	+28.54
1340–1780	1530	75-80%	8	173.00–180.00	$175.60	$2,687	+0.73

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1600	1426	4	160.00–174.00	$167.21	$2,384	-9.07
1250–1720	1471	7	182.00–199.00	$190.82	$2,807	—
1725–2060	1899	9	200.00–217.00	$209.57	$3,980	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,660.00	$1,660.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	428	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,455	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.