Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 19, 2021

2,175 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $140.34/cwt +5.07 vs last sale · ≈ $738/hd at 526 lb · 107 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.07/cwt +11.90 vs last sale · ≈ $918/hd at 675 lb · 100 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $162.07/cwt +8.78 vs last sale · ≈ $857/hd at 529 lb · 86 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,175	1,760	1,041
Feeder cattle	1,937	1,326	911
Slaughter cattle	201	321	88
Replacement cattle	37	113	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 500 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 500 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Bulls mostly steady. Quality fair to fancy. Demand strong. Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers mostly steady to 3.00 higher; Feeder Bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls 3.00-5.00 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
220	220	2	185.00	$185.00	$407	+27.50
250–290	269	9	162.50–190.00	$177.54	$478	+10.04
305–348	330	17	170.00–182.50	$172.43	$569	—
355–398	387	22	165.00–180.00	$169.67	$657	—
400–446	423	25	160.00–175.00	$167.10	$707	+14.10
455–495	480	20	154.00–165.00	$161.92	$777	+8.59
510 value added	510	5	170.00	$170.00	$867	—
500–545	530	81	155.00–167.00	$161.58	$856	+9.27
559 value added	559	8	164.00	$164.00	$917	—
550–595	572	51	150.00–160.00	$154.45	$883	+8.74
602–646	620	56	141.00–154.00	$149.21	$925	+2.54
631–649 value added	645	17	155.00–158.00	$157.31	$1,015	—
655 value added	655	10	151.00	$151.00	$989	+3.87
650–695	674	50	135.00–147.00	$141.06	$951	-0.62
703 value added	703	3	141.00	$141.00	$991	—
700–745	720	35	128.00–142.00	$137.91	$993	+1.77
771 value added	771	8	134.00	$134.00	$1,033	-6.50
753–790	777	32	130.00–140.00	$136.01	$1,057	-2.27
815–830	823	2	131.00–133.00	$132.01	$1,086	-1.76
855	855	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,146	—
905–945	925	2	115.00–120.00	$117.45	$1,086	-3.05
1005–1040	1023	2	95.00–105.00	$99.91	$1,022	-14.07

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	180.00	$180.00	$441	—
268	268	2	150.00	$150.00	$402	—
300	300	2	140.00–150.00	$145.00	$435	—
400–440	422	13	145.00–164.00	$154.69	$653	—
455–495	482	11	140.00–160.00	$148.89	$718	+10.89
500–545	517	18	138.00–155.00	$147.62	$763	—
550–583	565	13	133.00–152.00	$140.46	$794	+7.47
608–638	631	16	130.00–141.00	$134.87	$851	+9.87
655–690	675	5	119.00–134.00	$127.17	$858	+4.17
725	725	1	127.00	$127.00	$921	—
770–790	780	2	113.00–117.00	$115.03	$897	—
820–840	830	2	106.00–110.00	$107.98	$896	-3.02
870	870	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,009	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	137.00	$137.00	$726	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	140.00	$140.00	$574	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	150.00	$150.00	$322	—
270–298	291	14	145.00–170.00	$147.71	$430	+15.96
325–348	337	8	147.50–156.00	$152.49	$514	+17.40
350–399	383	23	139.00–156.00	$148.55	$569	+14.91
400–445	422	39	140.00–157.00	$149.98	$633	+13.02
450–495	473	78	139.00–151.00	$145.06	$686	+7.78
518 value added	518	2	144.00	$144.00	$746	+0.75
500–545	526	105	133.00–147.00	$140.27	$738	+5.98
550–599	572	67	130.00–144.00	$135.81	$777	+5.84
613 value added	613	40	144.00	$144.00	$883	+9.25
600–645	622	43	120.00–134.00	$127.13	$791	+6.49
650–693	666	25	120.00–130.00	$124.28	$828	+0.24
678 value added	678	75	140.00	$140.00	$949	+8.00
700–735	714	17	111.00–130.00	$120.35	$859	+9.69
760–795	784	11	110.00–121.00	$116.71	$915	—
815–845	826	7	108.00–118.00	$111.89	$924	—
895	895	1	110.00	$110.00	$984	±0.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–385	373	3	130.00–144.00	$137.92	$514	+9.92
400–429	412	8	132.00–140.00	$137.10	$565	+15.10
455–480	466	7	124.00–145.00	$131.84	$614	+8.67
500–545	528	20	118.00–136.00	$130.16	$687	+2.16
550–565	558	3	110.00–133.00	$123.93	$692	+5.19
600–630	615	2	113.00–116.00	$114.46	$704	-0.54
660	660	1	102.00	$102.00	$673	—
810	810	1	104.00	$104.00	$842	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–580	568	2	110.00	$110.00	$625	—
600–635	618	2	100.00–116.00	$107.77	$666	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	124.00	$124.00	$570	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	371	10	160.00–165.00	$163.99	$608	+0.37
425–449	439	12	155.00–172.00	$165.89	$728	+18.26
450–495	472	21	148.00–164.00	$158.26	$747	+9.88
500–543	511	22	138.00–157.00	$149.44	$764	+21.44
550–595	568	40	131.00–158.00	$145.48	$826	+12.58
600–642	621	31	128.00–144.00	$133.47	$829	+2.67
650–697	665	23	123.00–134.00	$129.65	$862	-0.16
700–725	712	5	119.00–127.00	$124.42	$886	+4.42
750–790	765	11	104.00–125.00	$121.23	$927	-0.77
830–843	839	3	107.00–118.00	$110.63	$928	-8.37
860	860	1	92.00	$92.00	$791	-7.00
910–915	913	3	91.00–99.00	$94.32	$861	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	372	5	137.50–157.50	$145.52	$541	—
405–440	424	8	136.00–156.00	$143.76	$610	+5.76
460–485	472	5	134.00–146.00	$140.64	$664	+16.82
520–540	529	12	128.00–150.00	$140.33	$742	+13.33
550–595	571	11	118.00–136.00	$128.29	$733	+6.69
640	640	1	118.00	$118.00	$755	-1.00

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	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1355	1210	80-85%	6	56.00–66.00	$60.74	$735	-15.47
835–1830	1255	80-85%	62	61.50–75.00	$68.79	$863	—
1165–1470	1340	80-85%	6	75.00–78.00	$76.60	$1,026	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1145	949	85-90%	6	50.00–52.00	$50.58	$480	—
820–1260	1013	85-90%	41	54.00–65.00	$59.51	$603	-9.85

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1805	1411	75-80%	35	65.00–76.50	$71.41	$1,008	-0.22
1210–1805	1516	75-80%	6	77.00–81.00	$78.31	$1,187	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1505	1332	3	79.00–93.00	$88.99	$1,185	—
1295–2200	1718	12	90.00–106.00	$99.80	$1,715	—
1805–2010	1924	6	103.00–108.00	$105.45	$2,029	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00

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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	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	81.00	$81.00	$522	—
680	680	1	80.00	$80.00	$544	—
765	765	1	84.00	$84.00	$643	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	80.00	$80.00	$584	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	60.00	$60.00	$438	—

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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.