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East Tennessee Cattle Alliance Preconditioned Graded Feeder Sale Market Report

Greeneville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Thursday, January 14, 2021

711 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest East Tennessee Cattle Alliance Preconditioned Graded Feeder Sale report →

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $120.25/cwt -8.75 vs last sale · ≈ $904/hd at 752 lb · 67 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $122.77/cwt -14.48 vs last sale · ≈ $835/hd at 680 lb · 61 head
light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $129.75/cwt -11.25 vs last sale · ≈ $812/hd at 626 lb · 47 head
HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 711 494 0
Feeder cattle 711 494 0

**All cattle included in this sale follow a strict protocol of weaning, double-vaccinating and deworming, with all heifers receiving Lutalyse.

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Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 2 164.00 $164.00 $566
360 360 2 163.00 $163.00 $587
418 418 2 161.00 $161.00 $673 +6.00
478–479 479 10 155.00–157.00 $156.60 $750 +7.60
520–530 529 26 147.00–149.25 $149.08 $789 -3.92
583–590 583 41 132.00–137.75 $137.19 $800 -7.31
613–627 626 47 129.75 $129.75 $812 -11.25
665–681 680 61 118.00–123.00 $122.77 $835 -14.48
715–730 727 10 115.50 $115.50 $840 -13.50
752 752 67 120.25 $120.25 $904 -8.75
831–840 831 29 109.00–112.75 $112.62 $936 -13.38
854 854 5 109.50 $109.50 $935 -16.50
928 928 14 102.50 $102.50 $951 -15.00
1103 1103 2 89.50 $89.50 $987
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
253 253 2 180.00 $180.00 $455
345 345 1 174.00 $174.00 $600 +54.00
395 395 2 166.00 $166.00 $656
443 443 6 156.00 $156.00 $691 +18.00
460–495 478 6 140.00–148.00 $145.34 $695 +3.34
531 531 20 136.00 $136.00 $722 -13.00
576 576 8 125.00 $125.00 $720 -20.00
633 633 8 130.00 $130.00 $823 -4.00
655–683 680 8 120.00–123.00 $122.64 $834 -0.36
737 737 10 118.00 $118.00 $870
760 760 1 118.00 $118.00 $897 +3.00
854 854 5 105.00 $105.00 $897 -9.00

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Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
365–385 382 6 137.00–138.00 $137.84 $527 +1.84
427–433 429 5 134.00–135.00 $134.40 $577 -3.10
483–487 486 11 123.00–125.00 $124.46 $605 -11.54
522–531 530 33 116.50 $116.50 $617 -10.00
575–581 581 44 114.75 $114.75 $667 -7.75
620–628 620 33 108.00 $108.00 $670 -11.35
663–670 670 43 120.50 $120.50 $807 -3.45
737 737 28 106.00 $106.00 $781 -9.00
765 765 2 105.50 $105.50 $807 -4.18
854 854 5 99.00 $99.00 $845
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
332 332 3 120.00 $120.00 $398
373 373 3 115.00 $115.00 $429
425–435 427 9 117.00 $117.00 $500 -15.00
481–495 483 8 102.00 $102.00 $493 -29.00
510–523 522 14 105.00 $105.00 $548 -12.50
573 573 8 105.00 $105.00 $602 -12.00
629 629 4 101.00 $101.00 $635 -15.00
691 691 5 102.50 $102.50 $708 -12.50
738 738 3 102.00 $102.00 $753 -8.18

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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.