Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 23, 2021

1,137 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.75/cwt +14.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,152/hd at 831 lb · 135 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.12/cwt +17.80 vs last sale · ≈ $878/hd at 605 lb · 109 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $136.50/cwt +17.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,230/hd at 901 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,137	1,778	2,714
Feeder cattle	932	1,540	1,973
Slaughter cattle	177	238	440
Replacement cattle	28	—	301

Market comments — USDA reporter

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Bulls mostly steady. Quality fair to good. Demand good. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 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
235	235	1	170.00	$170.00	$400	+10.00
285	285	1	175.00	$175.00	$499	+2.10
320–325	323	2	170.00–175.00	$172.52	$557	+2.71
385–395	390	3	162.50–175.00	$168.39	$657	-3.04
405–410 value added	408	2	162.00–164.00	$163.01	$665	—
405–440	424	6	159.00–160.00	$159.83	$678	-7.82
458–495	475	11	148.00–165.00	$157.38	$748	-5.07
500–545	528	12	138.00–157.50	$148.96	$787	-4.32
550–560 value added	555	2	152.00	$152.00	$844	-3.61
560–585	577	15	137.00–155.00	$143.34	$827	-4.23
605–625	620	11	135.00–145.00	$141.82	$879	+1.08
617–621 value added	620	10	145.00–146.00	$145.80	$904	—
655–693 value added	668	12	137.00–146.00	$142.89	$955	—
650–690	669	6	123.00–140.00	$133.14	$891	-5.68
705–742	729	4	121.00–136.00	$131.76	$961	-1.39
780	780	1	127.00	$127.00	$991	-4.15
803–840	810	9	123.00–125.00	$124.77	$1,011	—
832 value added	832	126	139.75	$139.75	$1,163	+15.75
901 value added	901	60	136.50	$136.50	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	162.50–167.50	$165.00	$421	—
300–340	326	7	150.00–160.00	$154.58	$504	+4.08
350	350	1	142.50	$142.50	$499	-12.53
405–445	425	2	147.50–158.00	$152.50	$648	+4.96
465–490	476	7	140.00–152.50	$145.64	$693	+6.71
560	560	1	130.00	$130.00	$728	±0.00
600–610	605	2	127.50–130.00	$128.76	$779	-2.65

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	142.50	$142.50	$492	—
360	360	1	142.50	$142.50	$513	—
435	435	1	132.50	$132.50	$576	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	140.00	$140.00	$448	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	2	140.00–142.50	$141.23	$395	-2.66
335–345	341	4	124.00–152.50	$132.01	$450	-14.55
360–380	373	4	124.00–152.50	$143.09	$534	-2.04
410–445	422	3	130.00–131.00	$130.35	$550	-8.42
400–448	426	12	128.00–151.00	$139.26	$593	+0.49
420–440 fancy	430	2	157.00–159.00	$157.98	$679	—
450–495	471	13	130.00–146.00	$138.51	$652	+3.80
473 value added	473	4	156.00	$156.00	$738	+14.49
490	490	1	122.50	$122.50	$600	-12.21
500–540	524	15	124.00–142.50	$133.21	$698	+0.67
529 value added	529	5	139.00	$139.00	$735	+4.36
554–595	564	22	119.00–138.00	$128.90	$727	-2.11
565 thin fleshed	565	1	112.00	$112.00	$633	—
573–578 value added	577	19	126.00–135.00	$134.06	$774	+0.06
603–610 value added	603	95	123.00–148.00	$147.73	$891	+16.73
600–640	618	13	119.00–134.00	$127.61	$789	+1.04
640	640	1	125.00	$125.00	$800	-1.57
650–670	657	5	109.00–130.00	$122.23	$803	-2.94
665–686 value added	685	23	123.00–132.00	$131.62	$902	—
705–735	723	11	112.00–121.00	$119.65	$865	+1.26
770	770	1	108.00	$108.00	$832	-10.42

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	142.50	$142.50	$292	—
250–270	260	2	122.50–132.50	$127.69	$332	—
305–325	315	2	132.50–137.50	$134.92	$425	+14.68
420–440	430	3	122.50–135.00	$130.10	$559	+5.40
505–520	513	2	115.00–125.00	$119.93	$615	-6.00
555–590	578	4	122.50–125.00	$123.77	$715	+11.06
605	605	1	122.50	$122.50	$741	+9.96

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	122.50	$122.50	$416	—
545	545	1	119.00	$119.00	$649	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	122.50	$122.50	$392	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	353	2	149.00–160.00	$154.46	$545	—
400–415	407	3	134.00–148.00	$138.76	$565	-27.52
460 fancy	460	1	147.00	$147.00	$676	—
455–495	479	7	131.00–160.00	$141.31	$677	-12.27
500 fancy	500	1	141.00	$141.00	$705	—
505–515 value added	510	2	139.00–140.00	$139.50	$711	—
500–545	524	9	124.00–149.00	$142.13	$745	-7.82
555–585	574	10	124.00–140.00	$133.57	$767	-1.91
605 fancy	605	1	133.00	$133.00	$805	—
600–645	615	15	117.00–132.50	$125.72	$773	-4.47
650–690	671	5	113.00–125.00	$119.02	$799	-2.18
725–745	738	4	112.00–119.00	$115.85	$855	-0.19
845	845	1	100.00	$100.00	$845	-5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–435	430	3	132.50–142.50	$137.44	$591	-3.92
490	490	1	132.50	$132.50	$649	—
505–530	514	6	127.50–142.50	$130.82	$672	+2.28
555–585	570	2	122.50–132.50	$127.37	$726	+7.08

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	132.50	$132.50	$643	—
625	625	1	127.50	$127.50	$797	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1450	1450	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	132.50	$132.50	$629	-7.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1380	1134	80-85%	11	60.00–66.00	$62.90	$713	+2.55
880–1525	1151	80-85%	68	64.50–77.00	$71.30	$821	—
1235	1235	80-85%	1	79.00	$79.00	$976	+11.80
1105–1455	1278	80-85%	13	76.00–82.00	$78.63	$1,005	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1400	1236	75-80%	4	75.00–82.00	$78.67	$972	—
1105–1940	1376	75-80%	14	63.50–75.00	$69.80	$960	—
1530–1730	1630	75-80%	2	64.00–66.00	$65.06	$1,060	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–910	825	85-90%	2	50.00	$50.00	$412	—
875	875	85-90%	1	69.00	$69.00	$604	—
855–1280	1078	85-90%	11	58.00–68.00	$62.93	$678	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–2105	1525	3	81.00–86.00	$83.44	$1,272	—
1565–1900	1667	5	102.00–109.00	$105.90	$1,765	+13.12
1250–2165	1726	14	90.00–102.50	$95.29	$1,645	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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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
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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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.