Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 24, 2021

1,495 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.67/cwt -0.23 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 471 lb · 72 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.91/cwt -2.51 vs last sale · ≈ $724/hd at 566 lb · 64 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.33/cwt +2.04 vs last sale · ≈ $680/hd at 526 lb · 59 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,495	1,885	1,940
Feeder cattle	1,287	1,422	1,460
Slaughter cattle	147	263	255
Replacement cattle	61	200	225

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Steers and heifers mostly steady. Bulls steady to 4.00 lower. Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203	203	3	170.00	$170.00	$345	—
305–348	338	8	150.00–185.00	$175.56	$593	+11.56
360–398	380	16	150.00–175.00	$163.35	$621	-2.65
400–449	427	27	150.00–168.00	$162.68	$695	+0.34
455–495	473	31	146.00–160.00	$155.52	$736	-0.67
488 value added	488	5	160.00	$160.00	$781	—
501–503 value added	501	11	158.00–160.00	$159.64	$800	-2.36
500–545	525	36	143.00–156.00	$148.94	$782	+5.13
574–585 value added	580	16	151.00–156.00	$153.80	$892	+1.55
550–596	581	31	139.00–154.00	$146.00	$848	+0.46
612–645 value added	621	14	144.00	$144.00	$894	—
600–645	628	30	130.00–143.00	$137.51	$864	-6.42
650–697	672	35	130.00–137.00	$134.35	$903	+0.30
709–728 value added	719	8	132.00–135.00	$133.48	$960	—
710–740	725	5	122.00–133.00	$126.77	$919	-7.82
753 value added	753	2	127.00	$127.00	$956	—
750–778	765	18	123.00–128.00	$125.68	$961	-1.32
800–848	811	7	115.00–127.00	$122.38	$993	—
831 value added	831	1	120.00	$120.00	$997	-7.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	2	160.00	$160.00	$389	—
290–298	295	3	161.00–171.00	$164.27	$485	—
300–310	305	6	161.00–171.00	$164.16	$501	—
365–395	376	10	146.00–163.00	$158.20	$595	—
387 thin fleshed	387	3	160.00	$160.00	$619	—
400–445	422	13	140.00–159.00	$148.61	$627	+8.61
450–465	458	4	130.00–145.00	$140.70	$644	—
505–515 thin fleshed	510	2	140.00–143.00	$141.51	$722	—
503–545	520	7	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$689	+8.12
550–580	571	11	125.00–135.00	$132.19	$755	+6.74
610–645	621	6	118.00–130.00	$124.76	$775	+11.85
658 thin fleshed	658	3	130.00	$130.00	$855	—
665–685	675	2	124.00	$124.00	$837	—
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	141.00	$141.00	$465	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	118.00	$118.00	$673	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	130.00–134.00	$131.96	$317	-13.04
275–290	283	6	130.00–155.00	$140.34	$397	-0.93
305–345	328	9	131.00–151.00	$143.32	$470	+8.60
350–390	371	18	134.00–150.00	$142.11	$527	+21.11
398 value added	398	4	147.00	$147.00	$585	-4.00
402–445	424	33	127.00–143.00	$137.98	$585	+4.90
461 value added	461	14	142.00	$142.00	$655	—
450–498	473	58	124.00–141.00	$132.90	$629	+10.96
500–547	526	59	119.00–135.00	$129.33	$680	+2.04
563 thin fleshed	563	3	132.00	$132.00	$743	—
550–595	566	47	119.00–131.00	$126.73	$717	+18.73
566–570 value added	568	14	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$744	-4.75
600–618 value added	614	4	128.00	$128.00	$786	—
600–645	624	35	110.00–126.00	$118.20	$738	+0.06
655–661 value added	660	12	120.00–125.00	$124.17	$820	—
655–695	680	19	108.00–121.00	$117.84	$801	-2.22
710–740	724	12	100.00–112.00	$107.74	$780	-2.76
750–790	772	14	102.00–115.00	$111.48	$861	+2.70
805–825	819	7	100.00–111.00	$108.43	$888	+7.43
855	855	2	92.00–99.00	$95.50	$817	-8.91
940	940	1	90.00	$90.00	$846	-7.00
1060	1060	1	93.00	$93.00	$986	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	152.00	$152.00	$350	—
290–292	292	4	134.00–135.00	$134.75	$393	—
300–320	313	4	123.00–145.00	$136.61	$428	—
350	350	1	143.00	$143.00	$500	—
407–448	424	22	124.00–137.00	$130.93	$555	+5.70
428 thin fleshed	428	2	138.00	$138.00	$591	—
450–495	480	13	115.00–134.00	$125.95	$605	+7.90
500–510	503	3	120.00–124.00	$122.65	$617	—
544 thin fleshed	544	5	130.00	$130.00	$707	—
565–595	579	4	110.00–118.00	$114.47	$663	+1.18
625–640	635	4	105.00–109.00	$105.98	$673	—
655–670	665	3	104.00–110.00	$106.31	$707	+1.31

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	2	120.00	$120.00	$322	—
440	440	1	115.00	$115.00	$506	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	422	16	142.00–161.00	$150.54	$635	-2.36
450–495	477	21	138.00–153.00	$145.21	$693	+3.66
500–545	520	19	132.00–146.00	$138.79	$722	-4.53
550–595	573	21	127.00–141.00	$133.39	$764	-4.91
600–635	610	19	124.00–136.00	$131.06	$799	+0.50
650–698	672	10	120.00–130.00	$123.82	$832	+0.28
708–720	712	3	106.00–116.00	$112.63	$802	-3.75
760	760	1	104.00	$104.00	$790	-9.52
865	865	1	85.00	$85.00	$735	-12.66

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–435	430	2	136.00–146.00	$141.06	$607	+14.06
450–495	473	13	127.00–140.00	$134.32	$635	—
500–545	523	4	125.00–133.00	$128.24	$671	+0.90
555–590	574	10	112.00–130.00	$123.60	$709	+6.60
600–620	608	4	111.00–120.00	$115.97	$705	+2.94
650	650	1	108.00	$108.00	$702	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543	543	2	124.00	$124.00	$673	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	480	2	124.00–140.00	$131.75	$632	+4.23

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1545	1150	80-85%	46	60.00–71.50	$65.67	$755	—
945–1300	1206	80-85%	9	68.00–74.00	$70.43	$849	—
1030–1520	1255	80-85%	5	56.00–60.00	$57.67	$724	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–995	875	85-90%	3	46.00–52.50	$49.06	$429	—
880–1205	1039	85-90%	24	52.00–63.00	$58.51	$608	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1825	1522	75-80%	21	63.00–72.50	$67.95	$1,034	—
1540	1540	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,078	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–2065	1579	11	87.00–99.00	$91.78	$1,449	—
1310–1985	1702	6	94.00–105.00	$97.84	$1,665	—
1410–2060	1735	2	83.00–86.00	$84.22	$1,461	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1180–1260	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–850.00	$837.91
1304	1304	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	885.00	$885.00
1398	1398	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	950.00	$950.00
1535–1540	1538	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00–975.00	$962.52

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1370	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–585	582	3	70.00	$70.00	$407	—

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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.