Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, July 28, 2021

1,003 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $153.85/cwt +10.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,057/hd at 687 lb · 85 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.84/cwt -6.41 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 534 lb · 43 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.39/cwt -13.52 vs last sale · ≈ $909/hd at 626 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,003	1,245	1,813
Feeder cattle	823	976	1,387
Slaughter cattle	147	205	342
Replacement cattle	33	64	84

Market comments — USDA reporter

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Steers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady. Heifers and bulls steady. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows 1.00 higher with lean cows 4.00 higher, and limited receipts for slaughter bulls, but a higher undertone noted. No comparisons available for 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
205–230	218	2	172.50	$172.50	$376	—
250–295	274	6	167.50–172.50	$170.82	$468	+0.82
330–345	338	2	170.00–185.00	$177.33	$599	+9.31
355–366	363	6	157.50–170.00	$160.36	$582	-3.29
400–430	414	5	150.00–155.00	$152.62	$632	-10.51
455 value added	455	8	167.50	$167.50	$762	—
450–488	475	12	147.50–160.00	$154.09	$732	-3.75
509–532 value added	514	17	157.50–161.00	$160.15	$823	—
505–540	524	6	146.00–152.00	$149.02	$781	-14.07
560	560	1	137.50	$137.50	$770	-19.26
565 value added	565	6	160.00	$160.00	$904	—
550–595	575	25	136.00–155.00	$145.61	$837	-11.15
600–645	624	29	133.00–147.00	$144.27	$900	-14.64
627–640 value added	628	10	147.50–155.00	$148.26	$931	—
645 thin fleshed	645	1	149.00	$149.00	$961	—
655–696	674	16	132.50–148.00	$140.26	$945	-3.04
690 value added	690	69	157.00	$157.00	$1,083	—
700–705 value added	703	2	130.00–141.00	$135.48	$952	—
720–728	725	6	127.50–139.00	$131.31	$952	-10.46
760	760	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,026	—
761–785 value added	770	19	138.00–143.00	$141.12	$1,087	—
855	855	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,047	—
870 value added	870	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,153	—
900	900	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,053	—
910	910	1	108.00	$108.00	$983	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	162.50	$162.50	$333	—
250–297	289	9	160.00–170.00	$161.48	$467	—
330	330	2	160.00–170.00	$165.00	$544	+15.00
365–390	378	3	142.50–152.50	$148.43	$561	-11.57
399 value added	399	28	157.00	$157.00	$626	—
410–445	429	4	142.50–147.50	$144.41	$620	-7.59
460–485	470	3	140.00–150.00	$143.44	$674	—
510–535	520	4	134.00–142.50	$137.69	$716	—
550	550	1	145.00	$145.00	$798	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	155.00	$155.00	$434	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	150.00	$150.00	$540	-0.97

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	172.50	$172.50	$345	—
255	255	1	157.50	$157.50	$402	—
323–330	327	4	144.00–150.00	$147.85	$483	+7.25
355–365 fancy	360	2	147.50–150.00	$148.77	$536	—
350–385	366	6	130.00–142.50	$137.04	$502	-7.36
400–445	425	20	131.00–143.00	$139.10	$591	-6.14
430–445	437	3	130.00–135.00	$133.30	$583	-11.94
450–495	475	32	127.00–144.00	$138.18	$656	-6.71
465–485	475	2	130.00	$130.00	$618	-14.89
500–548	533	37	124.00–138.00	$132.00	$704	-7.25
542 value added	542	6	138.00	$138.00	$748	—
560–590	575	2	122.50	$122.50	$704	-12.83
555–593	576	16	122.50–135.00	$129.44	$746	-5.89
577 value added	577	4	137.50	$137.50	$793	-8.81
600–635	618	8	123.00–135.00	$128.56	$795	-5.39
620 value added	620	6	138.00	$138.00	$856	—
650–680	662	8	113.00–133.00	$124.47	$824	-9.70
665–677 value added	670	13	128.00–131.00	$129.83	$870	—
720–740	730	3	107.50–122.50	$112.93	$824	-11.56
895	895	1	110.00	$110.00	$984	—
925	925	1	92.50	$92.50	$856	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	228	2	140.00–142.50	$141.15	$322	+1.15
290–295	293	2	130.00–140.00	$135.04	$396	-2.96
300–340	320	2	132.50–135.00	$133.83	$428	-8.17
350–390	370	5	125.00–135.00	$130.41	$483	-9.59
400–440	411	8	132.50–138.00	$134.53	$553	+2.03
450–495	471	6	125.00–135.00	$130.49	$615	+0.10
500–540	518	9	119.00–130.00	$124.02	$642	-0.98
590	590	1	112.50	$112.50	$664	-11.52
625	625	1	120.00	$120.00	$750	—
665	665	1	117.50	$117.50	$781	—
715	715	1	102.00	$102.00	$729	-11.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	130.00	$130.00	$500	—
405	405	1	128.00	$128.00	$518	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	112.50	$112.50	$613	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	2	160.00–162.00	$160.98	$520	+2.49
348 fancy	348	2	183.00	$183.00	$637	—
365 fancy	365	1	177.50	$177.50	$648	—
355–385	373	4	164.00–171.00	$167.46	$625	+4.26
400–445	422	9	142.50–160.00	$150.45	$635	-2.47
455–495	476	18	140.00–156.00	$148.33	$706	-2.27
500–545	523	13	135.00–150.00	$140.21	$733	-3.15
550–595	567	10	126.00–141.00	$135.40	$768	-4.95
620–645	630	7	124.00–137.50	$129.59	$816	-5.67
765	765	1	108.00	$108.00	$826	-6.21
815	815	1	98.00	$98.00	$799	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	424	6	132.50–144.00	$137.44	$583	—
460–495	474	5	132.50–145.00	$139.43	$661	-4.57
515–530	523	2	132.50–140.00	$136.30	$713	—
560–585	572	5	130.00–138.00	$134.10	$767	+6.10
625–635	630	2	122.50–127.50	$124.98	$787	+3.42

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385	383	2	150.00–156.00	$153.02	$586	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1440	1178	80-85%	36	64.00–76.00	$69.21	$815	-1.42
1025–1410	1218	80-85%	2	51.00–57.00	$54.47	$663	-7.15
1160–1620	1309	80-85%	9	77.00–85.00	$80.28	$1,051	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395	1395	75-80%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,102	—
1100–1785	1440	75-80%	36	64.00–76.00	$69.18	$996	-2.21
1315–1700	1493	75-80%	4	62.00–63.50	$62.50	$933	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955	955	85-90%	1	73.50	$73.50	$702	—
960–1335	1101	85-90%	20	51.00–71.50	$61.70	$679	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1750	1600	2	84.00–86.00	$84.91	$1,359	-14.27
1320–2015	1719	6	88.00–105.00	$93.33	$1,604	-17.21
1520–1805	1719	4	104.00–107.50	$105.43	$1,812	-5.11

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	840.00	$840.00
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1165–1255	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00–900.00	$874.07

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1140–1265	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–875.00	$815.75

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–850	825	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–825.00	$787.50
850	850	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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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
1015–1100	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00–1,275.00	$1,118.97	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490–495	493	2	90.00–98.00	$94.02	$464	—

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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.