Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 12, 2021

2,538 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.48/cwt +7.30 vs last sale · ≈ $914/hd at 615 lb · 113 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.30/cwt +7.35 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 476 lb · 108 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.82/cwt +6.19 vs last sale · ≈ $724/hd at 525 lb · 108 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,538	1,153	1,956
Feeder cattle	2,191	898	1,576
Slaughter cattle	308	169	234
Replacement cattle	39	86	146

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - There were no trends for market due to July 4th last week. There was some positive influence noticed. Unionville - Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	225	3	175.00–200.00	$185.41	$417	—
265–299	290	11	162.50–195.00	$178.35	$517	+22.35
300–345	327	20	162.00–180.00	$173.63	$568	+2.88
355–397	380	27	160.00–181.00	$171.17	$650	+20.92
400–435	414	21	156.00–180.00	$170.73	$707	+22.55
410–445 value added	424	6	175.00–180.00	$177.45	$752	—
455–495	482	50	160.00–174.00	$166.62	$803	+8.33
511–525 value added	514	6	170.00–172.00	$171.33	$881	+10.19
500–546	523	61	150.00–169.00	$158.89	$831	+8.81
550–598	573	60	141.00–162.00	$153.74	$881	+4.24
577 value added	577	10	161.00	$161.00	$929	—
603–625 value added	610	25	153.00–156.00	$155.03	$946	+5.03
600–645	617	88	135.00–153.00	$146.62	$905	+9.85
650–697	680	59	130.00–147.00	$142.30	$968	+1.78
691–694 value added	692	14	141.00–147.00	$142.72	$988	-7.28
710 value added	710	4	140.00	$140.00	$994	—
700–745	719	46	125.00–145.00	$138.20	$994	+10.12
750–795	769	15	120.00–138.00	$134.26	$1,032	+7.28
803–848 value added	824	12	129.00–138.50	$133.78	$1,102	—
820–835	830	3	125.00–134.00	$131.04	$1,088	+11.04
867–870	868	4	128.00–129.00	$128.75	$1,118	—
888 value added	888	59	138.50	$138.50	$1,230	—
910–940	932	11	118.00–126.00	$121.81	$1,135	+1.81
953 value added	953	10	115.00	$115.00	$1,096	—
988	988	5	109.00	$109.00	$1,077	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–298	295	3	158.00–170.00	$161.93	$478	—
330–345	338	2	171.00–175.00	$173.04	$585	+33.83
368–390	374	12	140.00–159.00	$152.19	$569	—
415–440	422	10	142.00–154.00	$152.16	$642	—
465–498	484	12	134.00–160.00	$143.84	$696	+6.10
500–532	526	10	135.00–150.00	$145.23	$764	+5.97
560–595	583	8	127.00–146.00	$134.24	$783	+11.85
605–610	607	3	128.00–130.00	$128.67	$781	—
650	650	2	118.00	$118.00	$767	—
710	710	1	121.00	$121.00	$859	—
750–785	773	3	123.00–125.00	$124.35	$961	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	140.00	$140.00	$553	—
415–440	429	6	125.00–156.00	$145.88	$626	—
503	503	2	136.00	$136.00	$684	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	287	3	152.50–160.00	$155.53	$446	+20.61
300–345	325	11	145.00–167.50	$155.90	$507	+21.37
355–397	376	26	138.00–155.00	$148.46	$558	+11.22
400–445	422	55	134.00–148.00	$142.84	$603	+5.92
425–430 value added	426	4	152.00	$152.00	$648	+4.91
453–460 value added	457	8	145.00–154.00	$150.24	$687	+4.24
450–498	477	100	130.00–149.00	$141.66	$676	+8.36
500–545	525	104	130.00–146.00	$137.66	$723	+6.04
534 value added	534	4	142.00	$142.00	$758	+9.00
563–570 value added	568	6	142.00–144.00	$143.34	$814	+5.84
550–598	576	76	125.00–139.00	$133.81	$771	+6.56
603 value added	603	10	135.00–141.00	$138.00	$832	—
600–648	630	51	120.00–133.00	$127.59	$804	+5.75
650–693	678	48	120.00–130.00	$126.08	$855	+3.17
700–745	716	14	112.00–122.00	$115.56	$827	+13.56
750–795	767	8	109.00–119.00	$112.75	$865	+1.83
800	800	1	110.00	$110.00	$880	—
863–891	883	7	105.00–106.00	$105.28	$930	-0.72
945	945	1	105.00	$105.00	$992	—
952	952	3	113.00	$113.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–330	318	7	122.50–136.00	$130.74	$416	—
370–395	383	6	125.00–146.00	$132.41	$507	+9.55
400–448	433	17	126.00–140.00	$132.09	$572	+16.15
450–493	477	15	124.00–142.00	$135.30	$645	+8.20
510–545	526	4	115.00–128.00	$119.95	$631	—
550–595	572	6	111.00–124.00	$118.79	$679	—
600–647	632	6	118.00–121.00	$119.82	$757	—
668–675	670	5	108.00–118.00	$114.38	$766	—
775	775	1	98.00	$98.00	$760	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–675	673	2	90.00–110.00	$99.96	$673	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	115.00	$115.00	$546	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	375	3	154.00–156.00	$154.69	$580	-8.74
400–440	421	15	148.00–176.00	$160.06	$674	+14.68
450–499	473	43	146.00–163.00	$155.04	$733	+15.46
500–545	524	24	141.00–159.00	$151.18	$792	+12.11
550–595	574	34	130.00–155.00	$141.00	$809	+9.37
600–645	621	16	128.00–140.00	$134.42	$835	+8.43
650–690	672	27	124.00–135.00	$129.63	$871	+0.39
700–720	706	7	115.00–127.00	$123.69	$873	+8.58
763–770	765	3	120.00–132.00	$124.02	$949	+14.97
805–810	808	2	105.00–117.00	$110.98	$897	+13.99
925	925	1	87.00	$87.00	$805	-11.00
975	975	1	90.00	$90.00	$878	-4.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–438	424	16	138.00–150.00	$145.31	$616	+9.65
455–493	474	14	132.00–151.00	$141.80	$672	+11.80
500–540	523	10	126.00–146.00	$137.30	$718	+12.45
560–590	573	10	124.00–133.00	$130.68	$749	—
610	610	1	126.00	$126.00	$769	—
685–695	690	2	121.00–122.00	$121.50	$838	+3.50
720–745	728	3	116.00–120.00	$118.64	$864	—
810	810	1	98.00	$98.00	$794	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	118.00	$118.00	$596	—
875	875	1	86.00	$86.00	$752	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	118.00	$118.00	$678	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
994–1455	1115	80-85%	7	57.00–64.00	$61.91	$690	—
930–1600	1198	80-85%	67	63.00–73.50	$68.03	$815	-5.23
1065–1620	1342	80-85%	8	71.00–80.00	$75.34	$1,011	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
628–1150	883	85-90%	16	35.00–53.00	$48.41	$427	—
790–1515	1037	85-90%	62	55.00–66.50	$60.71	$630	-2.73
1215–1315	1265	85-90%	2	67.00–68.50	$67.78	$857	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1500	1442	75-80%	3	78.00–80.00	$79.19	$1,142	+7.54
1055–1980	1470	75-80%	30	65.00–77.00	$71.00	$1,044	-4.60

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1855	1424	9	77.00–94.00	$85.31	$1,215	—
1140–2470	1734	17	94.00–103.00	$97.78	$1,696	—
1565–2110	1764	12	104.00–108.00	$105.39	$1,859	+11.89

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	775.00	$775.00
1160–1440	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–940.00	$877.54
1450	1450	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	3	115.00	$115.00	$224	—
555	555	2	90.00	$90.00	$500	—
760	760	1	70.00	$70.00	$532	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	2	85.00	$85.00	$468	—

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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.