Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 9, 2021

1,001 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.20/cwt +1.11 vs last sale · ≈ $688/hd at 524 lb · 36 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.99/cwt +6.16 vs last sale · ≈ $801/hd at 626 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.86/cwt -2.99 vs last sale · ≈ $770/hd at 521 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,001	1,089	1,646
Feeder cattle	729	832	1,285
Slaughter cattle	199	170	246
Replacement cattle	73	87	115

Market comments — USDA reporter

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 750 lbs 2.00 to 10.00 lower, over 750 lbs steady. Heifers under 650 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 650 lbs steady. Bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 3.00 higher overall, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls and feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	170.00	$170.00	$502	+1.00
355–365	360	6	160.00–162.50	$161.27	$581	-3.92
415–425	416	10	155.00–162.50	$161.73	$673	-3.74
455–480	468	6	142.00–165.00	$152.11	$712	-2.08
500–545	521	25	138.00–158.00	$147.86	$770	-2.99
550	550	1	134.00	$134.00	$737	-9.91
568 value added	568	8	148.00	$148.00	$841	+5.00
550–595	573	2	136.00–143.00	$139.64	$800	-4.27
602–645	638	22	131.00–139.00	$133.55	$852	-14.95
660–689	677	14	130.00–137.50	$134.16	$908	+3.51
725	725	1	120.00	$120.00	$870	-4.00
755	755	1	121.00	$121.00	$914	±0.00
820	820	1	112.50	$112.50	$922	-9.50
1050 value added	1050	25	110.00	$110.00	$1,155	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–260	255	3	157.50–162.50	$159.17	$406	+3.17
330–345	338	2	142.50–145.00	$143.78	$486	-12.93
350–395	373	2	142.50–160.00	$150.72	$562	-0.47
405 thin fleshed	405	1	158.00	$158.00	$640	—
450	450	1	150.00	$150.00	$675	+3.54
540	540	1	127.50	$127.50	$688	-8.50
568–590	579	2	130.00–132.50	$131.27	$760	+1.63
655–660	658	2	122.50–130.00	$126.24	$831	—
710–748	743	15	110.00–120.00	$111.47	$828	-11.57
775	775	1	114.00	$114.00	$884	—
875	875	11	110.00	$110.00	$962	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	145.00	$145.00	$609	—
495	495	1	133.00	$133.00	$658	—
680	680	1	112.50	$112.50	$765	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	145.00	$145.00	$392	+5.52
330–345	335	4	130.00–147.50	$137.07	$459	-0.88
350–395	374	7	130.00–143.00	$136.84	$512	-3.03
400–445	423	12	132.50–140.00	$135.76	$574	+0.82
455–480	471	14	124.00–137.50	$133.44	$629	-1.76
475 fancy	475	1	140.00	$140.00	$665	—
500–535	519	28	120.00–136.00	$128.97	$669	-1.21
543 value added	543	8	139.00	$139.00	$755	—
550–585	565	19	117.50–132.50	$130.20	$736	+6.29
570–595	585	3	108.00–115.00	$112.73	$659	-11.18
624 value added	624	17	131.00	$131.00	$817	—
615–638	630	8	110.00–128.00	$121.59	$766	-0.24
650–694	677	16	108.00–121.00	$114.88	$778	-5.12
712–725	714	6	106.00–110.00	$106.68	$762	-7.37
740	740	1	100.00	$100.00	$740	-14.05
750–755	753	2	100.00–102.50	$101.25	$762	-5.03

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	132.50	$132.50	$384	-8.50
300–345	328	3	132.50–137.50	$135.11	$443	-0.21
355–360	358	2	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$474	-8.17
410–448	433	11	119.00–132.50	$126.74	$549	-5.86
460–490	477	5	122.50–125.00	$122.99	$587	-4.46
525–530	528	2	115.00–122.50	$118.77	$627	—
550–575	560	3	117.50–120.00	$119.17	$667	+7.51

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	122.50	$122.50	$318	—
410	410	1	122.50	$122.50	$502	+5.05
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	+2.55
470	470	1	120.00	$120.00	$564	-5.00
520	520	1	112.50	$112.50	$585	—
660	660	1	105.00	$105.00	$693	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	335	3	158.00–170.00	$162.12	$543	+2.12
360–390	375	3	148.00–149.00	$148.67	$558	-12.08
405–445	434	5	130.00–139.00	$134.21	$582	-20.97
435 fancy	435	1	151.00	$151.00	$657	—
450	450	1	130.00	$130.00	$585	-20.21
455–485	470	2	145.00–152.50	$148.87	$700	-1.34
505–535	520	10	127.00–140.00	$132.84	$691	-6.32
555–595	573	12	124.00–136.00	$129.47	$742	-5.15
600–635	616	6	121.00–134.00	$126.88	$782	+0.37
630	630	1	117.50	$117.50	$740	-9.01
650–680	668	8	116.00–127.50	$122.12	$816	-0.29
705–715	711	4	104.00–117.50	$110.11	$783	-7.87
750–790	770	2	100.00–112.50	$106.09	$817	-6.89
800–805	803	2	92.50–95.00	$93.75	$753	-8.12

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–446	442	7	140.00–147.50	$145.75	$644	+4.75
470–495	482	6	132.50–142.50	$134.55	$649	+9.55
535	535	2	125.00–128.00	$126.50	$677	-5.50
550–565	558	2	125.00–130.00	$127.47	$711	—
630–640	635	2	112.00–117.50	$114.73	$729	—
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	—
745	745	1	102.50	$102.50	$764	—
755–785	770	2	95.00–107.50	$101.13	$779	—
810	810	1	92.50	$92.50	$749	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	148.00	$148.00	$459	+24.28
400–430	415	2	130.00–140.00	$134.82	$560	-5.18
455	455	1	137.50	$137.50	$626	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	132.50	$132.50	$623	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1230	1095	80-85%	5	57.00–62.00	$59.08	$647	+0.08
930–1440	1204	80-85%	49	62.00–76.50	$68.93	$830	—
1090–1390	1229	80-85%	9	71.00–85.00	$76.86	$945	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1005	910	85-90%	2	46.00–50.00	$48.21	$439	—
860–1235	1048	85-90%	35	51.00–71.00	$59.04	$619	-7.58

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$958	—
1150–1910	1391	75-80%	27	64.00–77.50	$69.97	$973	—
1470	1470	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$911	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260	1260	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,008	—
1290–1945	1537	10	82.00–106.00	$94.17	$1,447	—
1625–1990	1822	9	95.00–111.50	$103.87	$1,893	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	880.00	$880.00
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1230–1350	1272	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,150.00	$972.28

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
985–1300	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	720.00–925.00	$837.96
1155–1180	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	835.00–925.00	$879.52

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1235	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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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
950–1050	1028	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	900.00–1,275.00	$1,090.62	—
980–1310	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,375.00	$1,195.18	-79.82

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	75.00	$75.00	$285	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	80.00	$80.00	$364	—

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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.