Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 9, 2021

2,841 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.72/cwt +12.52 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 564 lb · 171 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.30/cwt +10.04 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 631 lb · 152 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.11/cwt +11.16 vs last sale · ≈ $884/hd at 563 lb · 144 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,841	1,170	1,693
Feeder cattle	2,520	852	1,420
Slaughter cattle	259	235	197
Replacement cattle	62	83	76

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady, and feeder heifers were unevenly steady with instances of 2.00 higher to 2.00 lower. Offerings of feeder cattle this week were moderate with mostly average to high quality. Buyers were keenly interested in cattle that were long-weaned (45+ days) and preconditioned. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady with mostly moderate demand for slaughter classes. Unionville - There were no trends this week, due to reporters absence last week. there was a strong under tone noted. Savannah - Results below are for the annual graded feeder calf special at Hardin County Stockyards.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	192.50	$192.50	$433	—
262–297	276	14	170.00–185.00	$183.04	$505	—
283 fancy	283	4	190.00	$190.00	$538	—
300–345	328	8	162.00–175.00	$169.13	$555	—
350–367 fancy	361	7	178.00–185.00	$181.25	$654	—
350–395	372	48	152.00–175.00	$167.82	$624	-9.18
425 value added	425	3	175.00	$175.00	$744	—
405–448	427	16	144.00–170.00	$161.96	$692	+1.01
458–473 value added	463	6	170.00–174.00	$172.64	$799	—
450–493	465	102	140.00–166.00	$159.22	$740	+5.70
515–530 value added	526	4	170.00–171.00	$170.24	$895	—
500–545	534	82	131.00–163.00	$155.97	$833	+20.01
553 fancy	553	5	160.00	$160.00	$885	—
550–598	563	138	132.00–163.00	$157.06	$884	+11.11
570 value added	570	1	149.00	$149.00	$849	—
628 value added	628	2	148.00	$148.00	$929	—
600–645	629	131	130.00–154.00	$149.60	$941	+14.60
665 value added	665	12	154.00	$154.00	$1,024	—
650–690	668	112	124.00–162.00	$156.52	$1,046	+15.77
708–740 value added	725	21	141.00–148.00	$146.20	$1,060	—
700–746	740	97	141.00–144.00	$142.28	$1,053	+10.26
760–795	775	10	121.00–144.00	$133.01	$1,031	-0.27
785 value added	785	6	143.00	$143.00	$1,123	—
800–845	828	7	130.00–138.00	$135.02	$1,118	+0.74
850–890	867	15	121.00–134.00	$129.67	$1,124	-1.83
908–930	909	19	114.00–127.50	$126.38	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	157.50	$157.50	$370	—
250–275	263	3	150.00–160.00	$154.15	$405	—
310–348	333	5	137.50–168.00	$144.75	$482	—
350–390	371	12	145.00–162.00	$154.01	$571	+4.01
440–445	444	9	147.00–149.00	$147.61	$655	+4.17
450–490	470	6	135.00–152.50	$142.80	$671	-0.85
520–543	528	10	120.00–148.00	$139.80	$738	—
565–590	574	8	110.00–145.00	$133.88	$768	—
605–649	645	13	120.00–139.00	$135.00	$871	—
658–680	670	5	119.00–132.50	$127.03	$851	—
733–740	735	6	110.00–126.00	$122.66	$902	—
750	750	3	120.00	$120.00	$900	—
874–890	876	8	122.50	$122.50	$1,073	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	220	2	144.50–170.00	$156.67	$345	—
274–283	280	14	138.00–155.00	$151.87	$425	—
300–340	318	15	142.00–161.00	$152.17	$484	+18.45
358–398	375	45	130.00–153.00	$144.01	$540	+12.05
405–449	433	59	135.00–154.00	$143.92	$623	+13.12
450–499	467	140	130.00–154.00	$142.01	$663	+12.78
514 value added	514	7	151.00	$151.00	$776	+16.00
500–546	532	132	129.00–148.00	$135.48	$721	+8.75
538 fancy	538	2	153.00	$153.00	$823	—
550–599	563	167	120.00–142.00	$135.71	$764	+12.51
590 value added	590	4	136.00	$136.00	$802	—
620 value added	620	4	135.00	$135.00	$837	+8.26
600–646	631	148	120.00–140.00	$131.20	$828	+11.09
650–698	671	72	115.00–136.00	$130.50	$876	+9.26
707 value added	707	5	126.00	$126.00	$891	—
705–745	728	27	115.00–145.00	$124.31	$905	+9.95
756 value added	756	6	124.00	$124.00	$937	—
755–785	768	9	110.00–123.00	$116.91	$898	—
805–818	813	6	106.00–121.00	$117.18	$953	—
918	918	2	108.00	$108.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	140.00	$140.00	$336	—
255–285	273	3	130.00–137.50	$133.03	$363	—
315–345	330	3	120.00–144.00	$131.55	$434	—
350–385	362	10	119.00–130.00	$127.09	$460	—
410–445	428	8	122.50–140.00	$131.00	$561	—
465–495	481	8	120.00–140.00	$130.90	$630	—
500–545	521	9	123.00–130.00	$126.39	$658	—
570–595	578	6	120.00–128.00	$123.38	$713	—
605–645	621	8	114.00–126.00	$120.10	$746	—
660–675	662	19	117.00–124.00	$123.20	$816	—
700–735	724	4	100.00–118.00	$106.61	$772	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	102.00	$102.00	$418	—
480	480	1	100.00	$100.00	$480	—
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	—
745	745	1	110.00	$110.00	$820	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	85.00	$85.00	$450	—
565–595	580	2	115.00–121.00	$117.92	$684	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424 fancy	424	5	167.00	$167.00	$708	+8.32
410–440	425	10	142.00–160.00	$150.07	$638	+5.78
450–495	469	39	122.00–168.00	$153.25	$719	+10.23
500–545	529	46	127.00–151.00	$142.41	$753	+3.66
550–598	575	53	125.00–159.00	$141.71	$815	+7.08
600–649	625	45	119.00–143.00	$134.51	$841	+7.02
650–690	673	25	119.00–146.00	$129.02	$868	+5.97
707 fancy	707	3	130.00	$130.00	$919	—
705–745	725	17	110.00–127.00	$121.13	$878	+0.94
750–788	773	15	110.00–125.00	$120.08	$928	+3.40
800–845	823	2	100.00–110.00	$104.86	$863	-8.49
850–855	853	3	85.00–100.00	$94.32	$805	—
905–945	925	2	90.00–97.00	$93.58	$866	—
960	960	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,008	—
1075–1085	1080	2	74.00–89.00	$81.47	$880	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	422	8	129.00–145.00	$138.20	$583	—
450–495	479	8	134.00–144.00	$140.20	$672	—
520–535	528	4	124.00–135.00	$131.76	$696	—
550–580	559	6	120.00–138.00	$130.42	$729	—
605–640	625	3	120.00–129.00	$123.25	$770	—
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	115.00	$115.00	$518	—
725–730	728	2	100.00–104.00	$102.01	$743	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	120.00	$120.00	$624	—
595	595	1	107.50	$107.50	$640	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1265	1067	80-85%	14	56.00–64.00	$61.33	$654	—
720–1650	1200	80-85%	99	61.00–76.50	$66.85	$802	—
1000–1380	1212	80-85%	3	73.00–76.50	$74.59	$904	-4.18

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1425	909	85-90%	11	50.00–55.00	$53.47	$486	—
715–1255	996	85-90%	46	53.50–66.00	$60.85	$606	—
1135	1135	85-90%	1	68.00	$68.00	$772	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1520	1412	75-80%	6	75.00–80.50	$77.35	$1,092	—
1055–2105	1444	75-80%	24	69.00–76.50	$71.53	$1,033	—
1575–1735	1655	75-80%	2	62.00–63.00	$62.52	$1,035	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1465	1219	5	73.00–89.00	$78.43	$956	—
1225–2095	1620	12	88.00–105.00	$98.01	$1,588	—
1605–2420	1937	10	101.00–110.00	$104.94	$2,033	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–915	813	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	400.00–590.00	$506.98

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–985	920	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	500.00–700.00	$607.07

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1100	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$673.81
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00
1045–1195	1118	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	600.00–825.00	$746.84
1155–1235	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–950.00	$846.65

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–960	943	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–735.00	$643.41
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
895	895	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
862	862	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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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	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—
1135–1300	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,110.00	$1,065.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

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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.