Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 11, 2021

821 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.81/cwt -6.91 vs last sale · ≈ $751/hd at 583 lb · 43 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.34/cwt -5.29 vs last sale · ≈ $801/hd at 529 lb · 38 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.43/cwt -1.07 vs last sale · ≈ $714/hd at 527 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	821	2,841	1,693
Feeder cattle	661	2,520	1,420
Slaughter cattle	134	259	197
Replacement cattle	26	62	76

Market comments — USDA reporter

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Quality poor to good. Demand moderate to weak. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls gauging 1.00 to 3.00 lower overall, with no comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, however, a lower undertone was noted.

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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	205	1	182.50	$182.50	$374	-10.00
340	340	2	161.00–167.50	$164.25	$558	-4.88
350–380	365	4	162.50–166.00	$164.65	$601	-3.17
410–445	424	11	152.50–165.00	$158.28	$671	-3.68
465–485	470	21	145.00–152.50	$152.01	$714	-7.21
505–545	529	38	140.00–162.50	$151.34	$801	-4.63
555–583	572	20	134.00–152.50	$147.56	$844	-9.50
575–580 value added	578	2	152.00–154.00	$153.00	$884	+4.00
580 fancy	580	1	162.50	$162.50	$942	+2.50
605 fancy	605	1	157.00	$157.00	$950	—
605 value added	605	1	154.00	$154.00	$932	+6.00
613–645	618	16	143.00–155.00	$146.14	$903	-3.46
665–675	670	2	126.00–136.00	$130.96	$877	-25.56
699 value added	699	18	142.50	$142.50	$996	-11.50
730–735	733	2	127.50–135.00	$131.24	$962	-11.04
840	840	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,092	-5.02

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	2	162.50–167.50	$165.08	$393	+7.58
260	260	1	152.50	$152.50	$396	-1.65
300–345	322	5	142.50–162.50	$153.72	$495	+8.97
355–395	375	5	142.50–155.00	$149.37	$560	-4.64
415–420	418	2	132.50–144.00	$138.22	$578	-9.39
455–490	468	3	132.50–140.00	$136.70	$640	-6.10
500–545	528	13	127.50–140.00	$132.46	$699	-7.34
550–557	555	4	132.50–142.50	$134.98	$749	+1.10
610–635	622	3	119.00–135.00	$128.10	$797	-6.90
750	750	1	113.00	$113.00	$848	-7.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	130.00	$130.00	$656	—
570	570	1	125.00	$125.00	$712	—
575	575	1	122.00	$122.00	$702	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	130.00	$130.00	$494	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	-21.87
320–340	329	9	130.00–140.00	$137.95	$454	-14.22
370–390	377	3	129.00–140.00	$133.12	$502	-10.89
405–440	425	11	129.00–145.00	$138.33	$588	-5.59
465–490	479	5	120.00–145.00	$135.60	$650	-6.41
495	495	1	122.50	$122.50	$606	-19.51
510	510	1	120.00	$120.00	$612	-15.48
520 fancy	520	1	139.00	$139.00	$723	-14.00
500–540	528	24	120.00–146.00	$135.92	$718	+0.44
550–595	569	19	115.00–132.50	$123.52	$703	-12.19
594	594	24	133.00	$133.00	$790	-2.71
603–645	619	11	113.00–132.50	$121.55	$752	-9.65
630 value added	630	1	128.00	$128.00	$806	-7.00
657–675	663	3	117.50–124.00	$121.79	$807	-8.71
700–735	705	9	111.00–123.00	$118.41	$835	-5.90
755	755	1	125.00	$125.00	$944	+8.09

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	130.00–135.00	$132.41	$377	-0.62
310	310	2	130.00–142.50	$136.25	$422	+4.70
395	395	2	120.00–132.50	$126.25	$499	-0.84
415–445	433	3	122.50–125.00	$123.35	$534	-7.65
450–495	469	5	121.00–132.50	$125.22	$587	-5.68
500–540	509	14	113.00–132.50	$124.25	$632	-2.14
555–590	569	6	117.50–128.00	$124.19	$707	+0.81
600–640	618	6	110.00–122.50	$115.37	$713	-4.73
680	680	1	118.00	$118.00	$802	-5.20
730	730	2	110.00–117.00	$113.50	$829	+6.89

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	130.00	$130.00	$351	—
365–390	378	2	117.50–127.50	$122.33	$462	—
400–435	418	2	125.00–130.00	$127.60	$533	—
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	162.00	$162.00	$437	—
325–345	333	4	160.00–164.00	$160.98	$536	—
410–440	424	7	150.00–160.00	$154.13	$654	+4.06
455–495	475	11	137.00–147.00	$140.77	$669	-12.48
500–530	513	7	132.50–140.00	$135.29	$694	-7.12
525 fancy	525	1	145.00	$145.00	$761	—
552–595	573	8	127.50–140.00	$134.36	$770	-7.35
605 fancy	605	1	136.00	$136.00	$823	—
610–640	622	7	120.00–142.00	$131.14	$816	-3.37
660–690	675	2	116.00–135.00	$125.29	$846	-3.73
700–730	715	2	115.00–116.00	$115.51	$826	-5.62
760–785	775	3	109.00–119.00	$112.94	$875	-7.14

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	139.00	$139.00	$598	+0.80
490	490	1	135.00	$135.00	$662	-5.20
510–540	525	2	125.00–135.00	$129.86	$682	-1.90
560–570	565	2	125.00–130.00	$127.48	$720	-2.94
645	645	1	127.50	$127.50	$822	+4.25
660–665	663	2	110.00–130.00	$119.96	$795	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	130.00	$130.00	$644	—
590–595	593	2	118.00–120.00	$119.00	$706	+11.50

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1290	1225	75-80%	2	62.00–63.00	$62.53	$766	—
1205–1310	1258	75-80%	2	76.50–80.00	$78.18	$984	—
1185–1785	1458	75-80%	29	63.00–75.00	$69.16	$1,008	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1275	1150	80-85%	3	52.00–62.00	$58.52	$673	—
885–1510	1171	80-85%	21	59.00–75.00	$68.17	$798	—
1160–1380	1292	80-85%	3	76.00–81.00	$77.72	$1,004	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–985	908	85-90%	2	40.00–44.00	$42.17	$383	-11.30
865–1170	1002	85-90%	11	53.00–66.50	$61.46	$616	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555	1555	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,244	—
1560–2360	1931	7	90.00–98.00	$94.31	$1,821	-10.63
1830–2080	1935	4	98.00–107.00	$103.32	$1,999	-1.62
2125	2125	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,849	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1435	1435	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1475	1475	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00	+120.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1003	1003	2	76.00	$76.00	$762	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
499	499	6	65.00	$65.00	$324	—

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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.