Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 21, 2021

2,278 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.74/cwt +4.44 vs last sale · ≈ $854/hd at 629 lb · 114 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.80/cwt -1.27 vs last sale · ≈ $792/hd at 575 lb · 99 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.91/cwt -1.60 vs last sale · ≈ $939/hd at 627 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,278	1,414	1,041
Feeder cattle	1,917	1,173	911
Slaughter cattle	251	172	88
Replacement cattle	110	69	42

Market comments — USDA reporter

LaFayette - Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and bulls steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate to weak. Sweetwater - **No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–248	241	4	157.50–190.00	$164.92	$397	-16.08
275–290	283	2	182.50–190.00	$186.15	$527	+16.15
325–345	332	11	157.50–172.50	$160.49	$533	-9.32
350–383	364	6	156.00–170.00	$163.30	$594	-3.62
410–443	425	14	155.00–174.00	$159.73	$679	-6.48
468 value added	468	22	172.50	$172.50	$807	—
455–495	470	23	152.50–166.50	$160.03	$752	+3.59
500 fancy	500	1	162.00	$162.00	$810	—
520–525 value added	523	12	162.50–163.50	$162.83	$852	-7.67
500–545	525	15	139.00–158.00	$149.71	$786	-11.84
550–595	567	34	139.00–157.50	$148.65	$843	-4.94
550–594 value added	582	45	156.00–162.00	$156.95	$913	-9.64
607–643 value added	622	56	147.50–164.25	$155.80	$969	-0.29
605–649	633	38	131.00–152.50	$141.76	$897	-7.46
635	635	1	130.00	$130.00	$826	-19.22
655–673 value added	662	23	150.00–155.50	$153.37	$1,015	+2.42
650–683	677	19	135.00–144.50	$141.28	$956	-3.11
705–736 value added	718	70	139.00–147.50	$144.10	$1,035	—
707–743	721	18	127.00–138.00	$134.91	$973	-7.55
770–778 value added	772	14	139.00	$139.00	$1,073	—
750–790	774	10	122.00–138.00	$130.15	$1,007	-11.79
808 value added	808	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,010	—
813–830	817	4	121.00–129.50	$127.34	$1,040	-4.64
855 value added	855	59	144.00	$144.00	$1,231	-2.50
865	865	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,099	-1.00
905 value added	905	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,131	-15.00
927	927	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,168	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	170.00	$170.00	$348	—
255–290	280	4	130.00–160.00	$147.19	$412	-6.46
310–345	324	5	142.50–155.00	$146.97	$476	—
350–390	377	11	142.00–160.00	$148.51	$560	-7.51
405–430	419	4	137.50–152.50	$143.63	$602	—
450–465	460	3	137.50–151.00	$144.77	$666	-8.81
540–545	542	3	135.00–140.00	$136.68	$741	+1.25
555–595	567	17	121.00–142.50	$134.79	$764	-14.21
600–645	614	5	127.50–138.00	$133.05	$817	-8.95
660–695	684	12	120.00–130.00	$122.74	$840	—
700–720	710	2	120.00–125.00	$122.54	$870	—
795	795	1	122.50	$122.50	$974	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	157.50	$157.50	$394	—
320–325	323	2	122.50–132.50	$127.46	$412	-22.78
360	360	1	132.50	$132.50	$477	—
400–445	423	2	132.50–135.00	$133.68	$565	—
570	570	1	122.50	$122.50	$698	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–620	610	2	120.00	$120.00	$732	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	3	135.00	$135.00	$333	—
265–295	275	4	131.00–157.50	$144.18	$396	-2.88
310–340	318	5	141.00–155.00	$148.38	$472	+4.90
350–396	382	20	132.50–142.50	$138.04	$527	-7.77
407–435 value added	425	24	156.00–159.00	$157.08	$668	-6.29
400–449	435	26	130.00–144.00	$141.53	$616	-3.88
464 value added	464	23	158.50	$158.50	$735	-1.67
452–490	468	28	130.00–148.00	$138.66	$649	+8.66
475	475	1	132.50	$132.50	$629	-10.12
500–548	529	36	122.00–143.00	$133.28	$705	-4.11
508–546 value added	530	51	147.00–151.50	$149.06	$790	-11.03
565–587 value added	571	48	135.00–146.50	$142.66	$815	-3.73
550–595	579	51	118.00–141.00	$133.22	$771	-2.87
607–648 value added	627	79	132.00–142.50	$139.48	$875	-4.52
605–645	633	35	116.00–134.00	$127.31	$806	+12.31
658–670 value added	668	77	125.00–138.00	$130.68	$873	-3.65
670–691	690	15	129.00–133.50	$133.21	$919	+5.74
690	690	1	120.00	$120.00	$828	-7.47
700–735	719	12	113.00–123.00	$119.44	$859	-0.07
725–738 value added	729	7	127.00–131.00	$128.58	$937	+1.58
750–791	768	11	104.00–123.00	$114.28	$878	+14.28
815–820	817	3	108.00–118.00	$111.35	$910	—
870–885	878	2	111.00–116.00	$113.52	$997	—
953	953	2	107.00	$107.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	284	5	140.00–152.50	$146.41	$416	+1.41
300–340	322	3	135.00–150.00	$142.31	$458	+3.39
350–395	374	8	124.00–137.50	$131.37	$491	-4.83
400–440	421	11	122.50–137.50	$131.64	$554	-5.40
455–485	470	10	125.00–136.00	$131.46	$618	+2.90
500–545	525	14	122.50–131.00	$129.01	$677	-0.17
550–595	575	4	122.00–128.00	$126.07	$725	+0.72
660–668	666	7	122.00–124.00	$123.43	$822	+10.48
785	785	1	107.00	$107.00	$840	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	118.00	$118.00	$389	—
395	395	1	122.50	$122.50	$484	—
445	445	1	132.50	$132.50	$590	—
515–535	525	2	120.00–122.50	$121.23	$636	-1.77
585	585	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	122.50	$122.50	$374	—
390	390	1	125.00	$125.00	$488	-3.00
460	460	1	117.50	$117.50	$540	—
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	+1.00
630	630	1	112.50	$112.50	$709	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	172.50	$172.50	$414	—
270	270	1	170.00	$170.00	$459	—
305 fancy	305	1	177.50	$177.50	$541	—
340	340	1	150.00	$150.00	$510	-15.69
350–393	386	17	152.00–165.00	$154.85	$598	-14.68
400–430	419	9	142.50–155.00	$148.08	$620	-10.83
450–495	465	24	140.00–153.00	$144.50	$672	-9.39
485 fancy	485	1	157.00	$157.00	$761	—
512 fancy	512	3	149.50	$149.50	$765	—
500–545	523	44	130.00–150.00	$140.76	$736	-6.62
550–590	572	39	132.00–145.00	$137.97	$789	-4.64
613	613	4	117.50	$117.50	$720	-15.51
600–645	620	15	120.00–138.00	$126.95	$787	-6.06
650–670	655	19	120.00–134.50	$130.44	$854	+0.17
693	693	3	115.50	$115.50	$800	-14.77
715–734	727	11	109.00–123.00	$118.59	$862	-4.70
780–790	785	2	107.00–110.00	$108.51	$852	—
815	815	2	95.00	$95.00	$774	-22.00
935	935	1	85.00	$85.00	$795	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–449	438	28	132.50–144.00	$140.42	$615	—
450–495	471	11	132.50–145.00	$138.09	$650	+1.17
510	510	1	132.50	$132.50	$676	-4.51
580–595	587	3	130.00–135.00	$132.68	$779	-1.81
600–631	621	6	120.00–130.00	$123.22	$765	-9.28
660–690	674	4	111.00–125.00	$120.31	$811	—
700–715	708	2	107.00–116.00	$111.55	$790	-7.90
770	770	1	110.00	$110.00	$847	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	137.50	$137.50	$591	—
465–495	480	2	125.00–137.50	$131.05	$629	-5.73
480	480	1	138.00	$138.00	$662	+1.22

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	137.50	$137.50	$591	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1270	1094	80-85%	5	50.00–60.00	$56.11	$614	—
770–1585	1165	80-85%	57	60.00–75.00	$68.31	$796	—
850–1375	1219	80-85%	9	73.00–81.50	$76.92	$938	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–960	925	85-90%	4	45.00–49.00	$46.04	$426	—
745–1380	1086	85-90%	26	52.00–67.50	$61.94	$673	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1695	1290	75-80%	18	64.00–75.00	$68.48	$883	—
1290	1290	75-80%	1	79.50	$79.50	$1,026	—
1110–1840	1493	75-80%	4	60.00–63.50	$61.34	$916	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	1	85.50	$85.50	$936	—
1150–1660	1356	5	70.00–89.00	$79.27	$1,075	—
1225–2105	1642	14	88.50–101.00	$93.79	$1,540	+7.79
1650–2210	1875	5	105.00–111.00	$107.29	$2,012	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00
1115–1180	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–925.00	$891.37
1153	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	835.00	$835.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
897–970	921	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	620.00–725.00	$688.15
1000–1240	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	675.00–810.00	$749.73

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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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
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	935.00	$935.00	—
1285	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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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.