Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 31, 2021

1,899 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.79/cwt +2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $874/hd at 653 lb · 128 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.32/cwt +3.98 vs last sale · ≈ $831/hd at 584 lb · 117 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $156.37/cwt +5.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,034/hd at 661 lb · 117 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,899	2,022	0
Feeder cattle	1,859	1,833	0
Slaughter cattle	40	166	0
Replacement cattle	—	23	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Pulaski - Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls not well established. Feeders mostly steady. McMinnville - Cattle were weighted on ground. Graded and some grouped . Mostly black, black white face and charolis steers and heifers.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	180.00	$180.00	$468	-1.04
350–393	382	6	163.00–177.00	$173.88	$664	+2.39
420–445	443	27	146.00–178.00	$173.78	$770	+9.13
476–490	488	41	165.00–170.25	$169.35	$826	+9.36
505–541	534	57	145.00–162.00	$159.81	$853	+1.59
577–592	585	94	151.00–157.25	$155.62	$910	+2.51
615–646	640	15	134.00–154.00	$149.90	$959	+1.20
655–670	661	117	134.00–156.75	$156.37	$1,034	+8.56
705–715	708	20	125.00–141.00	$139.90	$990	+0.95
755–775	763	97	132.00–143.75	$142.78	$1,089	-0.14
793 value added	793	5	142.00	$142.00	$1,126	-1.73
800	800	13	149.50	$149.50	$1,196	+14.96
910–930	920	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,168	+2.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	146.00–153.00	$149.44	$433	—
300–335	320	3	144.00–155.00	$148.15	$474	-4.03
365–390	381	7	145.00–161.50	$158.17	$603	-0.03
435–445	441	9	148.00–156.50	$155.55	$686	+3.12
450–495	483	27	136.00–158.00	$151.83	$733	+2.59
515–549	544	12	134.00–143.00	$141.96	$772	+3.35
560–568	568	52	118.00–145.50	$144.26	$819	+7.18
650–657	655	40	129.50–140.00	$137.65	$902	+5.26
750–771	770	17	130.00–139.50	$138.96	$1,070	+13.99

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	138.00	$138.00	$483	-9.50
585	585	1	127.00	$127.00	$743	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	141.00	$141.00	$571	-14.00
535	535	1	134.00	$134.00	$717	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–293	292	3	143.00–154.00	$146.64	$428	-7.56
320–325	324	7	145.00–151.00	$150.15	$486	-1.34
370–392	384	20	142.00–147.50	$145.15	$557	-1.36
415–445	433	40	133.00–144.00	$138.46	$600	-5.63
475–488	486	68	128.00–140.75	$139.49	$678	-2.33
500–542	532	88	129.00–138.50	$136.20	$725	-2.05
580	580	1	121.00	$121.00	$702	-15.81
581–588	584	116	130.50–144.50	$142.50	$832	+5.69
635 value added	635	2	134.00	$134.00	$851	-9.89
605–648	644	27	123.00–126.00	$124.93	$805	-5.20
650–685	652	111	119.00–135.50	$134.29	$876	+3.77
658–698 value added	663	17	130.00–134.00	$130.50	$865	-9.72
720–746	742	25	118.00–129.00	$120.27	$892	-1.39
765	765	1	115.50	$115.50	$884	-10.13
805	805	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,055	+7.20
980	980	2	88.00	$88.00	$862	—
1045	1045	1	86.00	$86.00	$899	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	127.00–140.00	$135.67	$332	+4.67
265	265	1	142.00	$142.00	$376	—
320–330	324	5	130.00–144.50	$141.53	$459	+8.37
365–385	373	11	132.00–147.50	$138.36	$516	+9.05
405–439	434	24	129.00–138.00	$132.07	$573	-1.50
480–490	482	32	126.00–133.00	$132.65	$639	-1.63
520–540	538	9	128.00	$128.00	$689	-2.97
555–581	568	64	118.00–128.00	$126.87	$721	-0.67
620–648	646	18	118.00–123.00	$118.71	$767	-1.29
725	725	1	91.00	$91.00	$660	-24.02
820	820	7	91.00	$91.00	$746	-12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	124.00	$124.00	$471	—
430	430	1	122.00	$122.00	$525	+2.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–485	483	2	120.00–127.00	$123.48	$596	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–495	488	7	149.00–156.00	$150.29	$733	-1.82
505–545	522	5	131.00–140.00	$136.15	$711	-12.17
575	575	6	131.00–135.00	$131.67	$757	-6.47
600–610	605	2	129.00	$129.00	$780	-3.69
715	715	2	124.00	$124.00	$887	+1.11
810	810	2	116.00	$116.00	$940	+13.06

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–485	473	2	135.00–138.00	$136.46	$645	-2.45
775	775	1	117.00	$117.00	$907	+7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	123.00	$123.00	$775	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1775	1268	80-85%	13	62.00–71.00	$65.86	$835	—
1405	1405	80-85%	1	64.00	$64.00	$899	—
1485	1485	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,040	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	75-80%	1	59.00	$59.00	$578	—
985–1565	1289	75-80%	10	62.00–71.50	$68.33	$881	—
2025	2025	75-80%	1	73.00	$73.00	$1,478	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1070	1050	85-90%	2	50.00–53.00	$51.47	$540	—
1050–1205	1107	85-90%	3	54.00–62.00	$58.17	$644	-8.83

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	1	92.50	$92.50	$1,156	—
2020	2020	1	107.00	$107.00	$2,161	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	127.50	$127.50	$268	—
330	330	1	100.00	$100.00	$330	—

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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.