Cattle Market Tennessee cattle prices & auction market reports
USDA market reports from 23 Tennessee auction markets, most recently Saturday, October 24, 2026. Every report in full — prices by weight, grade, and class, with head counts and the reporter's comments.
What cattle are bringing in Tennessee
Head-weighted average across 6,603 head at the 19 Tennessee markets that sold these classes by the hundredweight, Sep 26, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026.
| Class | $/cwt | Avg wt (lb) | ≈ $/hd est. | Head | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers | $331.17 | 668 | $2,212 | 1,383 | 17 |
| heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers | $326.28 | 873 | $2,848 | 1,270 | 9 |
| light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers | $324.19 | 835 | $2,707 | 1,107 | 5 |
| heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers | $343.62 | 571 | $1,962 | 1,002 | 15 |
| light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers | $414.16 | 515 | $2,133 | 946 | 5 |
| light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers | $332.88 | 623 | $2,074 | 895 | 16 |
Head-weighted average of per-hundredweight lots only — per-head classes such as bred cows and cow-calf pairs are excluded, never converted. The ≈ $/hd column is an estimate: that row's average price × its average weight ÷ 100.
| Market | Town | Last sale | Head |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Regional Stockyard | Athens | Tue · Oct 20, 2026 | 1,327 |
| Athens Regional Stockyard Preconditioned Sale | Athens | Thu · Oct 15, 2026 | 797 |
| Smith County Commission Co. | Carthage | Sat · Oct 17, 2026 | 743 |
| Crossville Stockyard | Crossville | Sat · Oct 24, 2026 | 403 |
| Dickson Regional Livestock Center | Dickson | Mon · Oct 19, 2026 | 1,170 |
| United Producers Inc | Fayetteville | Tue · Oct 20, 2026 | 461 |
| East Tennessee Cattle Alliance Preconditioned Graded Feeder Sale | Greeneville | Thu · Sep 10, 2026 | 152 |
| Volunteer Stockyards | Greeneville | Sat · Oct 17, 2026 | 345 |
| Dickson Regional Livestock West | Huntingdon | Tue · Oct 20, 2026 | 230 |
| Knoxville Livestock Center | Knoxville | Tue · Oct 20, 2026 | 1,031 |
| Browning Livestock Market | Lafayette | Wed · Oct 21, 2026 | 723 |
| Warren Co. Livestock Auction | McMinnville | Mon · Oct 19, 2026 | 220 |
| Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale | McMinnville | Wed · Oct 7, 2026 | 1,005 |
| Pulaski Stockyard | Pulaski | Tue · Oct 20, 2026 | 410 |
| Hardin County Stockyard | Savannah | Wed · Oct 21, 2026 | 691 |
| East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Feeder Cattle Sale | Sweetwater | Fri · Oct 16, 2026 | 667 |
| East Tennessee Livestock Center Graded Holstein Steer Sale | Sweetwater | Fri · Oct 9, 2026 | 206 |
| East Tennessee Livestock Center | Sweetwater | Wed · Oct 21, 2026 | 139 |
| Trenton Regional Stockyards | Trenton | Wed · Oct 21, 2026 | 289 |
| Mid-South Livestock Regional Center LLC | Unionville | Mon · Oct 19, 2026 | 1,022 |
| Southeast Direct Cattle Report (AL/AR/FL/GA/LA/MS/TN) | — | Mon · Oct 19, 2026 | 2,785 |
| Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary | — | Wed · Oct 21, 2026 | 775 |
| Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary | — | Mon · Oct 12, 2026 | 7,748 |