Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 20, 2021

1,414 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.72/cwt +9.38 vs last sale · ≈ $776/hd at 519 lb · 93 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $157.58/cwt +7.60 vs last sale · ≈ $683/hd at 433 lb · 87 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.11/cwt +9.05 vs last sale · ≈ $745/hd at 483 lb · 86 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,414	2,175	1,041
Feeder cattle	1,173	1,937	911
Slaughter cattle	172	201	88
Replacement cattle	69	37	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

Knoxville - Compared to last week, feeder classes measuring 3.00 to 5.00 higher overall, with high-quality offerings noted. Slaughter cows gauging 2.00 lower overall with slaughter bulls mostly steady. Pulaski - Compared to the same sale three weeks ago, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and bulls 2.00 to 10.00 higher, mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	181.00	$181.00	$416	-4.00
275	275	1	170.00	$170.00	$468	-7.54
305–345	324	9	164.00–177.00	$169.81	$550	-2.62
365–395	379	12	160.00–171.00	$166.92	$633	-2.75
402–445	419	13	159.00–175.00	$166.21	$696	-0.89
465 fancy	465	1	170.00	$170.00	$790	—
465–490	478	16	150.00–165.00	$156.44	$748	-5.48
501 value added	501	32	170.50	$170.50	$854	+0.50
500–546	521	14	155.00–168.00	$161.55	$842	-0.03
559–572 value added	570	17	166.50–167.00	$166.59	$950	+2.59
555–595	583	18	149.00–159.00	$153.59	$895	-0.86
600–645	622	18	141.00–153.00	$149.22	$928	+0.01
614–646 value added	628	9	155.00–157.00	$156.09	$980	-1.22
662–692 value added	673	8	144.50–155.00	$150.95	$1,016	-0.05
655–693	679	19	136.00–149.00	$144.39	$980	+3.33
700–710	703	17	133.50–147.00	$142.46	$1,001	+4.55
751–775	758	6	134.00–145.00	$141.94	$1,076	+5.93
805–830	817	3	129.00–136.00	$131.98	$1,078	-0.03
851 value added	851	34	146.50	$146.50	$1,247	—
890	890	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,139	-6.00
916 value added	916	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,282	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	145.00–162.00	$153.65	$423	+3.65
355–380	367	3	143.00–163.00	$156.02	$573	—
465–495	480	2	151.00–156.00	$153.58	$737	+4.69
520–540	530	2	132.00–139.00	$135.43	$718	-12.19
560	560	1	149.00	$149.00	$834	+8.54
611	611	4	142.00	$142.00	$868	+7.13

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	157.50	$157.50	$465	—
300–330	315	2	145.00–155.00	$150.24	$473	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	133.00	$133.00	$466	—
495	495	1	149.00	$149.00	$738	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
256–280	262	4	139.00–150.00	$147.06	$385	-0.65
315–346	334	10	140.00–149.00	$143.48	$479	-9.01
350–395	373	23	139.00–152.00	$145.81	$544	-2.74
397 fancy	397	2	160.00	$160.00	$635	—
405	405	1	127.00	$127.00	$514	-22.98
400–440	426	26	138.00–153.00	$145.41	$619	-4.57
402–442 value added	437	60	156.00–164.25	$163.37	$714	—
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604	-15.06
455–497	477	28	133.00–148.00	$142.62	$680	-2.44
452–489 value added	487	57	154.00–160.50	$160.17	$780	—
505 fancy	505	1	149.00	$149.00	$752	—
513–533 value added	516	50	153.50–161.20	$160.09	$826	+16.09
500–545	522	42	127.00–143.00	$137.39	$717	-2.88
555	555	1	126.00	$126.00	$699	-9.81
550–595	570	30	129.00–141.50	$136.09	$776	+0.28
560–586 value added	577	14	145.50–148.00	$146.39	$845	—
605 value added	605	2	144.00	$144.00	$871	±0.00
600–645	615	25	121.00–138.00	$131.59	$809	+4.46
623	623	2	115.00	$115.00	$716	-12.13
650–685	668	16	123.00–132.00	$127.47	$851	+3.19
689–692 value added	690	9	130.00–136.50	$134.33	$927	-5.67
705 value added	705	3	127.00	$127.00	$895	—
700–715	708	2	119.00–120.00	$119.51	$846	-0.84
759–778 value added	770	10	125.00–133.00	$128.56	$990	—
795	795	1	100.00	$100.00	$795	-16.71

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	145.00	$145.00	$420	—
300–325	313	2	137.00–141.00	$138.92	$435	—
350–385	366	4	134.00–139.00	$136.20	$498	-1.72
400–440	418	4	126.00–142.00	$137.04	$573	-0.06
455–490	474	6	122.00–135.00	$128.56	$609	-3.28
510–530	518	6	126.00–133.00	$129.18	$669	-0.98
553–580	562	5	116.00–130.00	$125.35	$704	+1.42
615–630	621	5	111.00–124.00	$119.38	$741	+4.92
650–665	658	2	109.00–117.00	$112.95	$743	+10.95

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	135.00	$135.00	$310	—
390	390	1	128.00	$128.00	$499	—
425–445	433	3	120.00–125.00	$122.70	$531	—
530	530	1	119.00	$119.00	$631	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	475	2	129.00–130.00	$129.52	$615	—
505	505	1	123.00	$123.00	$621	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–345	323	5	154.00–170.00	$165.69	$535	—
355–380	369	6	160.00–177.50	$169.53	$626	+5.54
400–440	416	13	150.00–167.50	$158.91	$661	-6.98
450–495	473	16	145.00–160.00	$153.89	$728	-4.37
500–545	523	14	141.00–158.00	$147.38	$771	-2.06
560 fancy	560	1	155.00	$155.00	$868	—
550–595	572	12	138.00–150.00	$142.61	$816	-2.87
600–640	616	10	127.50–137.00	$133.01	$819	-0.46
655–675	662	7	126.00–135.00	$130.27	$862	+0.62
700–745	725	6	120.00–127.00	$123.29	$894	-1.13
805–815	810	2	117.00	$117.00	$948	+6.37
860	860	1	108.00	$108.00	$929	+16.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	475	2	135.00–139.00	$136.92	$650	-3.72
505–520	513	2	136.00–138.00	$137.01	$703	-3.32
580–595	588	2	134.00–135.00	$134.49	$791	+6.20
630–640	635	2	132.00–133.00	$132.50	$841	+14.50
705–725	715	2	116.00–123.00	$119.45	$854	—
785	785	1	105.00	$105.00	$824	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	480	2	130.00–144.00	$136.78	$657	—
560–575	565	3	122.00–136.00	$128.32	$725	—
630	630	1	126.00	$126.00	$794	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	132.00	$132.00	$601	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1785	1255	80-85%	39	64.50–74.50	$69.13	$868	+0.34
1145–1360	1263	80-85%	3	76.50–80.50	$78.24	$988	+9.45
1095–1785	1367	80-85%	3	62.00–67.00	$63.92	$874	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1695	1394	75-80%	28	66.00–73.50	$69.71	$972	—
1480–1645	1560	75-80%	3	75.50–79.00	$77.01	$1,201	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–970	960	85-90%	2	74.00–91.00	$82.59	$793	—
815–1175	1030	85-90%	20	53.00–70.50	$60.84	$627	+1.33

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1185	1178	2	86.50–87.00	$86.75	$1,022	—
1630	1630	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,402	—
1280–2475	1782	17	94.00–104.00	$98.50	$1,755	—
1515–2015	1822	5	100.00–106.00	$104.36	$1,901	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00
885–905	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	625.00–875.00	$751.40

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1215–1245	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
950–1515	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	920.00–1,125.00	$1,016.68
990–1495	1292	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	830.00–1,030.00	$943.03
1145–1490	1294	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	880.00–1,040.00	$948.50
1325	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–945	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–775.00	$749.46

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00–1,450.00	$1,333.33	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,070.00	$1,047.50	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,230.00	$1,230.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.