Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 20, 2021

1,582 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.04/cwt +4.91 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 522 lb · 71 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.49/cwt +4.02 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 668 lb · 71 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.19/cwt +4.45 vs last sale · ≈ $847/hd at 572 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,582	873
Feeder cattle	1,380	753
Slaughter cattle	154	120
Replacement cattle	48	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 450 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 450 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers and bulls mostly steady. Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 3.00-7.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-7.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	234	4	152.50–193.00	$181.43	$425	-3.57
255–285	265	5	172.50–197.00	$188.62	$500	—
300–340	323	8	160.00–191.00	$178.51	$577	+24.36
350–399	377	20	156.00–183.00	$169.74	$640	—
400–445	418	33	146.00–174.00	$165.50	$692	—
460–498	480	42	145.00–160.00	$156.18	$750	+6.03
510–549	529	60	138.00–160.00	$150.99	$799	+10.06
552–590	569	57	135.00–157.00	$147.58	$840	+11.05
599 value added	599	6	154.00	$154.00	$922	+5.83
600–645	616	32	135.00–151.00	$143.38	$883	-0.12
650–695	667	29	130.00–143.00	$136.99	$914	-2.51
670–692 value added	682	23	147.00–150.50	$149.01	$1,016	—
705–740	718	8	125.00–141.00	$135.39	$972	—
720–735 value added	734	47	145.00–153.00	$152.50	$1,119	+17.00
750 value added	750	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,035	+4.00
750–765	761	18	134.00–142.00	$136.09	$1,036	+6.09
873 value added	873	54	142.00	$142.00	$1,240	—
965	965	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,062	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	145.00	$145.00	$334	—
270–273	272	3	145.00–152.00	$149.68	$407	—
300–345	330	12	140.00–172.00	$165.30	$545	+12.80
350–395	379	12	130.00–160.00	$151.56	$574	—
410	410	1	164.00	$164.00	$672	+37.00
450–485	470	9	120.00–155.00	$143.65	$675	+14.65
515–548	538	12	122.00–145.00	$136.66	$735	—
550–590	562	8	120.00–144.00	$138.35	$778	+17.35
600–648	626	8	124.00–140.00	$132.20	$828	+25.20
630 value added	630	2	140.00	$140.00	$882	—
680	680	1	130.00	$130.00	$884	—
740	740	1	134.00	$134.00	$992	—
780–789	788	14	127.00–129.00	$128.86	$1,015	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	170.00	$170.00	$561	—
495	495	1	121.00	$121.00	$599	—
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	218	5	155.00–165.00	$160.83	$351	—
260–290	270	4	132.00–158.00	$145.48	$393	+2.52
315–340	331	7	136.00–146.00	$140.53	$465	+1.17
355–395	378	23	130.00–145.00	$138.33	$523	+2.79
405–448	427	27	128.00–143.00	$136.45	$583	+2.95
475	475	1	130.00	$130.00	$618	+0.50
450–495	478	52	124.00–143.00	$136.28	$651	+6.78
511–529 value added	518	19	140.00–141.00	$140.62	$728	+7.90
500–545	524	52	120.00–141.00	$131.64	$690	+3.67
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	-6.17
550–598	578	36	118.00–134.00	$127.21	$735	+1.04
586–588 value added	587	10	130.00–136.00	$132.99	$781	—
601–645	620	31	120.00–134.00	$125.07	$775	+4.07
655–698	668	41	116.00–125.00	$122.72	$820	-0.75
668 value added	668	30	134.00	$134.00	$895	—
700–720	708	8	108.00–130.00	$119.88	$849	+14.88
743 value added	743	5	125.00	$125.00	$929	+1.05
755–795	777	3	105.00–116.00	$111.67	$868	+3.67
815	815	1	104.00	$104.00	$848	—
855	855	1	104.00	$104.00	$889	+14.00
946	946	9	104.00	$104.00	$984	—
975	975	1	100.00	$100.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	127.50	$127.50	$363	—
302–330	314	12	110.00–145.00	$140.41	$441	—
350–395	374	13	120.00–142.00	$136.58	$511	—
430–435	433	2	135.00–136.00	$135.50	$587	—
450–475	454	6	130.00–137.00	$135.78	$616	+25.78
500–545	526	7	110.00–130.00	$121.45	$639	+10.15
552–590	570	12	106.00–128.00	$122.36	$697	+20.78
600–635	610	5	100.00–120.00	$109.52	$668	—
660–675	668	2	105.00–112.00	$108.46	$725	—
718–745	734	5	110.00–117.00	$112.84	$828	—
781	781	5	105.00	$105.00	$820	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	140.00	$140.00	$483	—
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604	—
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–395	390	2	147.00–152.00	$149.47	$583	+5.48
415–440	427	3	144.00–155.00	$149.60	$639	+13.60
455–497	483	16	135.00–153.00	$147.21	$711	+0.21
500–545	527	11	128.00–148.00	$134.59	$709	+1.43
550–595	570	16	125.00–140.00	$131.80	$751	+3.80
600–625	609	22	124.00–136.00	$129.68	$790	+6.02
650–690	660	11	120.00–130.00	$126.44	$835	+10.44
700–748	723	14	110.00–125.00	$118.33	$856	-2.17
750–765	758	2	109.00–123.00	$116.07	$880	+8.07
835	835	1	110.00	$110.00	$918	+6.50
895	895	1	100.00	$100.00	$895	—
930	930	1	90.00	$90.00	$837	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–395	390	2	136.00–139.00	$137.48	$536	+3.48
410–430	424	4	140.00–150.00	$147.58	$626	+36.58
460–485	470	4	133.00–140.00	$138.29	$650	—
520	520	1	116.00	$116.00	$603	+6.00
575–590	579	7	119.00–135.00	$129.13	$748	—
600–640	631	7	103.00–130.00	$119.51	$754	+15.51
650–665	663	6	110.00–120.00	$118.36	$785	+9.36
770	770	1	105.00	$105.00	$808	±0.00
811	811	8	100.00	$100.00	$811	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	143.00	$143.00	$701	—
525	525	1	130.00	$130.00	$682	—
558	558	2	130.00	$130.00	$725	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–2040	1226	80-85%	55	56.50–69.00	$62.84	$770	-0.49
990–1735	1256	80-85%	8	52.00–61.00	$56.90	$715	—
1495	1495	80-85%	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,017	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1090	911	85-90%	7	37.00–53.00	$45.41	$414	—
780–1630	1064	85-90%	25	50.00–60.00	$54.45	$579	-3.41
1075	1075	85-90%	1	63.50	$63.50	$683	+5.64

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1955	1432	75-80%	22	62.50–71.00	$65.47	$938	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1205	1087	3	76.00–85.00	$80.61	$876	—
1375–1930	1692	5	95.00–100.00	$97.52	$1,650	—
1755–2025	1895	4	100.00–104.00	$102.32	$1,939	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
900–1280	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	700.00–800.00	$773.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1260–1380	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–925.00	$916.86
1455	1455	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1060–1210	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00–1,375.00	$1,348.35	—
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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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.