Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 16, 2021

1,949 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.02/cwt +9.15 vs last sale · ≈ $827/hd at 622 lb · 84 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.38/cwt +15.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,055/hd at 785 lb · 78 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.16/cwt +8.74 vs last sale · ≈ $787/hd at 578 lb · 77 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,949	1,640	2,447
Feeder cattle	1,638	1,198	1,961
Slaughter cattle	272	362	315
Replacement cattle	39	80	171

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. Steers and bulls mostly steady. Heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate. Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	2	191.00	$191.00	$382	+29.00
275–295	288	3	160.00–180.00	$173.64	$500	—
310–348	335	11	164.00–179.00	$172.32	$577	+8.70
350 fancy	350	1	185.00	$185.00	$648	—
360–395	382	13	160.00–175.00	$169.67	$648	+0.87
400–445	423	12	155.00–167.00	$160.57	$679	-2.82
450–496	476	43	155.00–170.00	$163.15	$777	+2.83
510–545	525	18	151.00–161.00	$156.81	$823	+5.96
536 value added	536	5	160.00	$160.00	$858	—
553 value added	553	9	165.00	$165.00	$912	+7.00
550–599	574	50	146.00–160.00	$153.82	$883	+4.88
600–645	622	37	138.00–155.00	$146.55	$912	+8.79
635–637 value added	635	21	152.00	$152.00	$965	-8.00
650–690	672	23	137.00–148.00	$144.48	$971	+6.60
677–687 value added	678	23	150.00–152.00	$151.74	$1,029	-0.26
700–745	723	20	135.00–143.00	$139.80	$1,011	+9.36
752–772 value added	759	12	142.00–147.00	$144.73	$1,099	-1.77
752–785	761	6	133.00–141.00	$137.81	$1,049	+13.37
810	810	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,037	+9.00
850–867 value added	863	4	129.00–134.00	$130.23	$1,124	—
910	910	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,119	-1.29

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	170.00	$170.00	$442	+35.21
325–345	340	4	158.00–165.00	$162.06	$551	+34.56
390–392	392	4	140.00–150.00	$147.51	$578	—
420–436	434	8	145.00–157.00	$149.72	$650	—
450–490	475	9	142.00–155.00	$148.28	$704	+4.28
500–545	518	16	131.00–150.00	$142.07	$736	+16.07
550–590	564	10	130.00–145.00	$137.59	$776	+8.59
605–638	622	7	129.00–138.00	$132.34	$823	—
660–675	668	2	129.00–135.00	$131.97	$882	—
745	745	1	127.00	$127.00	$946	—
760–795	778	2	115.00–125.00	$119.89	$933	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	140.00	$140.00	$553	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	160.00	$160.00	$392	—
280	280	1	152.00	$152.00	$426	+12.00
305–345	326	7	144.00–168.00	$158.42	$516	+30.81
350–398	376	16	143.00–160.00	$149.81	$563	+11.98
400–449	427	59	135.00–152.00	$144.03	$615	+12.87
450–498	476	50	135.00–147.00	$141.45	$673	+7.36
500–545	528	49	133.00–146.00	$139.82	$738	+12.81
553–598	574	63	125.00–140.00	$134.64	$773	+7.90
595 value added	595	14	143.00	$143.00	$851	+6.00
611 value added	611	20	142.00	$142.00	$868	+5.00
600–646	625	63	124.00–137.00	$130.31	$814	+8.37
630	630	1	124.00	$124.00	$781	+2.06
650–663 value added	658	17	135.00–138.00	$136.95	$901	+2.98
650–690	668	29	118.00–138.00	$126.86	$847	+13.26
713–738	724	20	112.00–125.00	$121.86	$882	+16.53
750–785	774	13	118.00–125.00	$123.79	$958	+13.60
787 value added	787	65	136.50	$136.50	$1,074	+12.57
800–805 value added	802	3	120.00–120.50	$120.33	$965	—
803–835	822	8	105.00–120.00	$117.22	$964	+11.03

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–315	313	2	138.00–140.00	$139.01	$435	—
355–395	379	6	130.00–140.00	$137.66	$522	+27.66
400–445	425	13	120.00–140.00	$131.14	$557	+10.14
480–488	485	3	130.00–138.00	$135.36	$656	+7.36
500–543	522	11	125.00–130.00	$129.06	$674	+5.28
555–588	569	12	118.00–135.00	$130.53	$743	—
625–635	629	6	112.00–127.00	$120.33	$757	—
690	690	1	114.00	$114.00	$787	—
790	790	1	111.00	$111.00	$877	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	140.00	$140.00	$623	—
480	480	1	126.00	$126.00	$605	—
585	585	2	122.00	$122.00	$714	—
810	810	1	100.00	$100.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	126.00	$126.00	$504	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	376	7	158.00–164.00	$161.13	$606	-11.21
400–445	429	22	147.00–165.00	$152.66	$655	+4.81
450–495	466	23	145.00–160.00	$152.83	$712	+4.32
503–540	520	17	137.00–157.00	$143.10	$744	+6.16
550–595	569	24	131.00–148.00	$138.15	$786	+2.89
600–645	618	34	128.00–146.00	$135.59	$838	+11.08
675–690	684	4	124.00–131.00	$126.98	$869	+0.39
700–740	713	12	120.00–128.00	$124.49	$888	+8.64
750–785	771	12	114.00–124.00	$118.87	$916	+1.85
818	818	2	120.00	$120.00	$982	+8.66
850–860	855	2	103.00–105.00	$103.99	$889	-0.04

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	373	3	144.00–148.00	$146.03	$545	+4.03
405–445	427	11	140.00–154.00	$145.48	$621	+16.31
455–495	475	6	130.00–141.00	$136.57	$649	+16.57
505–540	521	13	125.00–140.00	$132.63	$691	+8.63
565–575	570	2	126.00–129.00	$127.49	$727	+10.68
630–635	634	4	126.00–128.00	$126.50	$802	—
675–698	687	4	115.00–121.00	$117.70	$809	+7.70
710	710	1	112.00	$112.00	$795	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	131.00	$131.00	$694	—
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	80-85%	1	45.00	$45.00	$500	—
900–1500	1189	80-85%	89	63.50–75.00	$69.55	$827	+1.87
965–1680	1208	80-85%	4	57.00–65.00	$62.29	$752	—
1215–1415	1289	80-85%	4	75.00–78.50	$76.36	$984	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–955	855	85-90%	5	53.00–55.00	$54.43	$465	+1.04
950–990	970	85-90%	2	67.50–68.00	$67.74	$657	—
790–1315	1044	85-90%	60	54.00–66.00	$61.29	$640	-2.08

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1825	1407	75-80%	30	66.00–77.50	$72.94	$1,026	—
1415–1565	1490	75-80%	2	66.00–69.00	$67.58	$1,007	-7.75
1215–1895	1530	75-80%	11	78.50–84.00	$80.06	$1,225	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1235	1135	3	85.00–87.00	$86.05	$977	—
1270–2315	1721	22	91.00–107.00	$99.99	$1,721	—
1805–2185	1941	6	103.00–111.00	$107.36	$2,084	-3.02

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1475	1475	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1500	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1405	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00

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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
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—

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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.