Athens Regional Stockyard Market Report

Athens, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 7, 2026

946 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $381.75/cwt -13.99 vs last sale · ≈ $2,182/hd at 572 lb · 50 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $353.08/cwt -15.64 vs last sale · ≈ $2,350/hd at 666 lb · 29 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $411.19/cwt -2.41 vs last sale · ≈ $2,512/hd at 611 lb · 25 head

Athens, TN 5-weight heifers sold at $379/cwt, running $16/cwt below the TN average ($395) and $34/cwt under Huntingdon, TN ($413). TN 5-weight heifers are down $4/cwt from the late-June peak of $399. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	946	1,037	1,164
Feeder cattle	666	779	739
Slaughter cattle	135	105	305
Replacement cattle	145	153	120

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trends established, due to no report previous holiday week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	575.00–580.00	$577.50	$1,675	+8.65
320 thin fleshed	320	4	555.00	$555.00	$1,776	—
325–345	333	6	510.00–540.00	$525.68	$1,751	+5.53
365–375	369	5	520.00–565.00	$547.20	$2,019	+20.64
420 thin fleshed	420	2	500.00	$500.00	$2,100	—
415–430	423	2	445.00–455.00	$450.09	$1,904	-45.16
458–490	474	11	450.00–490.00	$473.74	$2,246	-6.50
505–528	515	11	430.00–465.00	$438.55	$2,259	+38.55
555–595	577	18	390.00–430.00	$410.40	$2,368	-27.58
595	595	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,172	-72.98
605–620	608	11	390.00–415.00	$402.70	$2,448	-10.90
609 value added	609	12	425.00	$425.00	$2,588	—
638	638	2	375.00	$375.00	$2,392	-38.60
652–695	666	16	365.00–390.00	$381.55	$2,541	-18.45
701–745	705	24	350.00–375.00	$368.96	$2,601	+12.31
780	780	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,730	±0.00
803 value added	803	5	356.00	$356.00	$2,859	—
870	870	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,958	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	272	3	400.00–440.00	$420.25	$1,143	—
305–345	323	5	360.00–450.00	$414.67	$1,339	+14.65
350–395	380	3	400.00–500.00	$439.36	$1,670	-14.37
415–435	425	2	380.00–425.00	$403.03	$1,713	-61.97
450–495	485	9	370.00–425.00	$405.42	$1,966	-25.81
515–540	528	2	360.00–395.00	$377.09	$1,991	-28.40
550–585	573	5	350.00–360.00	$355.94	$2,040	-31.06
605	605	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,057	-13.68
655–670	663	2	340.00–355.00	$347.42	$2,303	+52.42
730	730	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,336	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	4	620.00	$620.00	$1,457	+35.15
308	308	10	517.50	$517.50	$1,594	+0.24
365 thin fleshed	365	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,788	—
375–395	383	13	440.00–470.00	$453.07	$1,735	-35.24
395–398	397	3	425.00–430.00	$428.34	$1,701	-59.97
415 thin fleshed	415	1	500.00	$500.00	$2,075	—
400–440	424	12	435.00–465.00	$443.79	$1,882	-9.67
420–443	430	5	420.00–425.00	$422.06	$1,815	-31.40
466 value added	466	5	460.00	$460.00	$2,144	-20.00
450–498	478	14	410.00–440.00	$428.04	$2,046	-12.14
500–545	520	18	380.00–425.00	$402.89	$2,095	-7.26
550–570	560	2	360.00	$360.00	$2,016	-37.34
554–599	572	48	370.00–400.00	$382.66	$2,189	+7.66
608–645	634	18	350.00–360.00	$355.82	$2,256	-29.93
650–699	665	28	340.00–363.00	$354.26	$2,356	-14.46
685	685	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,192	-48.72
705	705	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,397	+3.72
700–735	724	7	325.00–345.00	$332.80	$2,409	-3.48
755	755	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,567	+10.05
828 value added	828	18	328.00	$328.00	$2,716	—
845	845	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,577	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	272	5	340.00–520.00	$412.72	$1,123	-10.74
315–340	325	3	320.00–470.00	$403.15	$1,310	-52.06
355–385	369	4	355.00–420.00	$394.24	$1,455	-31.01
415–443	436	10	335.00–415.00	$386.70	$1,686	+20.60
450–490	471	8	350.00–400.00	$370.50	$1,745	+4.67
500–525	516	5	275.00–340.00	$318.83	$1,645	-29.48
555–585	566	5	245.00–360.00	$316.18	$1,790	-38.83
600–630	623	16	300.00–340.00	$308.13	$1,920	-36.87
660–695	684	5	305.00–345.00	$321.81	$2,201	-13.19

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,504	—
510	510	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,964	—
605	605	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,845	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	388	8	485.00–515.00	$490.54	$1,903	-5.00
400–445	421	5	480.00–500.00	$488.60	$2,057	+3.78
450–485	466	10	430.00–480.00	$456.07	$2,125	+14.89
488 fancy	488	3	505.00	$505.00	$2,464	+32.57
500–548	529	19	380.00–420.00	$395.70	$2,093	-13.35
560–570 fancy	567	4	405.00–415.00	$411.25	$2,332	-8.75
560–595	579	11	350.00–380.00	$369.66	$2,140	-32.59
600–640	623	4	325.00–345.00	$335.45	$2,090	-36.86
665 fancy	665	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,494	—
660–695	679	10	345.00–360.00	$353.45	$2,400	-14.02
705–725	712	3	350.00–360.00	$353.40	$2,516	+18.40
765–785	775	2	335.00–345.00	$340.06	$2,635	+40.03
800	800	2	325.00–330.00	$327.50	$2,620	+37.50
855–875	867	3	315.00–320.00	$318.32	$2,760	+53.32
915	915	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,699	—
950	950	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,518	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–385	369	5	315.00–480.00	$409.19	$1,510	-52.97
405–420	413	2	395.00–435.00	$415.36	$1,715	+35.71
455–490	472	17	330.00–425.00	$393.25	$1,856	-4.39
525–540	534	5	285.00–360.00	$330.97	$1,767	-42.73
555–595	578	7	305.00–340.00	$325.80	$1,883	-30.24
680–685	683	2	300.00–350.00	$325.09	$2,220	+22.55
725–745	733	4	270.00–310.00	$292.63	$2,145	-7.37
785	785	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,276	+35.00
850	850	1	255.00	$255.00	$2,168	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–525	513	2	300.00–310.00	$304.88	$1,564	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–2025	1330	80-85%	10	189.00–201.00	$193.06	$2,568	—
965–2000	1361	80-85%	26	170.00–187.00	$178.60	$2,431	—
1000–1765	1409	80-85%	12	156.00–169.00	$162.69	$2,292	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1545	1208	85-90%	8	112.50–136.00	$124.72	$1,507	+14.72
940–1725	1301	85-90%	13	140.00–151.00	$145.59	$1,894	—
1110–1500	1309	85-90%	8	159.00–171.00	$162.60	$2,128	—
1130–1600	1368	85-90%	3	100.00–107.50	$102.51	$1,402	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1405	1367	75-80%	5	191.00–199.00	$194.40	$2,657	+12.28
1200–1860	1522	75-80%	11	174.00–188.00	$182.20	$2,773	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1135	1110	2	212.50–220.00	$216.33	$2,401	—
1720–1780	1750	2	209.00–210.00	$209.51	$3,666	-9.86
1565–2025	1823	11	215.00–235.00	$225.01	$4,102	—
1820–2045	1910	3	239.00–243.00	$241.38	$4,610	+7.74

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1295	1152	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	2,450.00–3,000.00	$2,873.36
1160	1160	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1030–1520	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	2,450.00–3,700.00	$3,009.09
1190–1595	1386	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	2,600.00–3,900.00	$3,127.51

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
970–1030	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1018–1100	1039	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,400.00–2,800.00	$2,505.92
1075–1165	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,252.01
1148–1250	1182	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,350.00	$2,332.37
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1160–1378	1268	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,350.00–2,650.00	$2,486.02
1330	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,750.00	$2,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
875	875	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–925	918	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,850.00–2,900.00	$2,874.80

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
975–1020	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,850.00–3,050.00	$2,952.26	—
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,350.00	$4,350.00	—

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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.