Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, May 22, 2021

1,885 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.42/cwt ≈ $751/hd at 576 lb · 88 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.90/cwt ≈ $649/hd at 481 lb · 86 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.75/cwt ≈ $924/hd at 642 lb · 85 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,885	1,503	2,281
Feeder cattle	1,422	—	1,933
Slaughter cattle	263	—	230
Replacement cattle	200	—	118

Market comments — USDA reporter

Carthage - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Greeneville - Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 5.00 to 8.00 lower, with feeder heifers 1.00 higher and feeder bulls 1.00 lower overall. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher overall with slaughter bulls holding mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
260	260	2	159.00	$159.00	$413
335	335	2	164.00	$164.00	$549
380	380	2	165.00–167.00	$166.00	$631
415 thin fleshed	415	1	140.00	$140.00	$581
405–447	440	22	148.00–166.50	$162.34	$714
445	445	1	142.50	$142.50	$634
480 thin fleshed	480	2	137.00	$137.00	$658
465–497	484	55	142.00–163.00	$156.19	$756
507 value added	507	9	162.00	$162.00	$821
505–543	529	22	133.00–156.00	$143.81	$761
571 value added	571	45	152.25	$152.25	$869
565–590	576	27	137.00–149.50	$145.54	$838
600 thin fleshed	600	1	129.00	$129.00	$774
600–647	643	84	138.00–145.50	$143.93	$925
650–688	664	23	120.00–139.50	$134.05	$890
715–733	732	19	127.00–135.00	$134.59	$985
765–768	767	4	127.00	$127.00	$974
800–801 value added	801	8	127.50	$127.50	$1,021
893	893	2	108.00	$108.00	$964
950	950	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,045

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623
502–545	514	8	120.00–138.00	$124.45	$640
585–595	590	2	120.00–131.00	$125.45	$740
625–643	637	3	108.00–123.00	$112.91	$719
755	755	1	115.00	$115.00	$868
870	870	1	100.00	$100.00	$870

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1355–1360	1358	2	84.00–90.00	$87.01	$1,182

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
455	455	1	132.50	$132.50	$603

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
245	245	1	145.00	$145.00	$355
255–285	269	7	135.00–145.00	$141.27	$380
304–325 value added	306	12	160.00–165.00	$160.44	$491
300–345	317	7	130.00–138.00	$134.72	$427
340 fancy	340	1	150.00	$150.00	$510
370	370	1	121.00	$121.00	$448
375 value added	375	2	151.00	$151.00	$566
350–395	382	27	130.00–143.00	$136.30	$521
400–446	438	46	131.00–140.00	$133.08	$583
460–490	475	2	120.00–124.00	$121.94	$579
450–498	481	84	127.00–138.50	$135.21	$650
500–548	529	76	123.00–132.50	$127.29	$673
560 fancy	560	1	128.00	$128.00	$717
560	560	1	108.00	$108.00	$605
572 value added	572	48	135.75	$135.75	$776
565–595	582	38	116.00–130.00	$124.35	$724
605–635	620	10	114.00–120.50	$118.14	$732
630	630	1	110.00	$110.00	$693
650–691	674	59	109.00–123.75	$120.06	$809
700–740	728	8	110.00–114.00	$110.50	$804
764–793	769	16	101.00–110.00	$108.78	$837
800	800	1	101.00	$101.00	$808
853–870	858	7	100.50–106.00	$104.41	$896
943	943	2	97.00	$97.00	$915

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
400–432	427	12	115.00–127.00	$125.23	$535
478–493	484	7	115.00–122.00	$118.05	$571
575–583	581	4	102.00–117.00	$113.29	$658
690	690	2	105.00	$105.00	$724

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
355	355	1	122.50	$122.50	$435
450	450	1	113.00	$113.00	$508

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
230–235	233	2	160.00–167.50	$163.71	$381
255–270	262	5	160.00–175.00	$167.07	$438
305–340	318	9	157.50–172.50	$165.72	$527
325–338 fancy	334	3	175.00–177.50	$176.69	$590
350–375 fancy	358	4	168.00–170.00	$169.48	$607
360–398	385	16	150.00–166.00	$160.47	$618
400–446	435	34	143.00–158.00	$152.90	$665
460 fancy	460	1	152.00	$152.00	$699
450–495	469	27	136.00–149.00	$141.55	$664
500–540	521	40	132.00–152.00	$143.32	$747
550–595	580	45	130.00–140.25	$138.30	$802
600–645	621	18	126.00–135.00	$130.56	$811
635 fancy	635	1	138.00	$138.00	$876
650–690	668	18	117.00–132.00	$123.54	$825
710–735	717	8	114.00–119.00	$116.38	$834
752–770	759	13	107.00–117.00	$113.52	$862
805–820	811	4	105.00–111.00	$107.49	$872
855–885	872	3	95.00–101.00	$97.66	$852
910–915	914	6	84.00–104.00	$88.66	$810
1015–1025	1020	2	90.00–99.00	$94.48	$964

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
329	329	5	147.50	$147.50	$485
395	395	3	130.00	$130.00	$514
410	410	2	127.00	$127.00	$521
523–535	527	3	127.00–128.00	$127.34	$671
588	588	2	117.00	$117.00	$688
610–635	627	3	111.00–116.00	$113.03	$709
750	750	1	101.00	$101.00	$758

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
305	305	1	150.00	$150.00	$458
350	350	1	145.00	$145.00	$508
435	435	1	135.00	$135.00	$587
475–485	480	2	126.00–129.00	$127.52	$612

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,310.00	$1,310.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1025	968	85-90%	4	65.00–73.00	$70.21	$680
965–1025	990	85-90%	3	46.00–51.00	$48.28	$478
765–1385	994	85-90%	36	52.00–70.00	$61.60	$612

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100–1780	1375	75-80%	36	66.00–75.00	$69.61	$957
1360–1565	1456	75-80%	5	74.00–81.00	$77.67	$1,131

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1120	1120	1	82.00	$82.00	$918
1450–1645	1548	2	82.00–86.00	$83.87	$1,298
1265–2475	1672	30	85.00–101.00	$93.30	$1,560

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	630.00	$630.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1050	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–875.00	$862.50
1050–1100	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	755.00–925.00	$840.00
1150–1200	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–885.00	$817.50
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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.