Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, September 25, 2021

1,958 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.33/cwt -3.11 vs last sale · ≈ $723/hd at 582 lb · 105 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.78/cwt -4.32 vs last sale · ≈ $617/hd at 472 lb · 98 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.30/cwt -12.28 vs last sale · ≈ $642/hd at 525 lb · 65 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,958	995
Feeder cattle	1,467	819
Slaughter cattle	283	117
Replacement cattle	208	59

Market comments — USDA reporter

Carthage - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Greeneville - **No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week, however, market trends will be available next week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	2	156.00	$156.00	$434	—
314–345	319	10	162.00–172.50	$164.11	$524	-5.89
355	355	1	152.50	$152.50	$541	-15.62
400–445	430	3	143.00–156.00	$151.17	$650	-6.41
453–493	472	12	141.00–149.50	$145.41	$686	-12.10
515 value added	515	4	146.00	$146.00	$752	—
500–545	518	27	132.00–145.00	$141.40	$732	-14.65
570–595	586	30	126.00–143.00	$132.86	$779	-11.34
590 value added	590	7	139.00	$139.00	$820	-6.00
601 value added	601	13	143.00	$143.00	$859	-1.34
600–630	622	10	125.00–139.00	$135.03	$840	-3.18
630	630	1	122.00	$122.00	$769	-16.21
651 value added	651	11	139.50	$139.50	$908	—
650–690	661	35	127.00–135.00	$133.24	$881	-3.20
700–745	721	7	122.00–129.00	$125.87	$908	-14.77
754–790	770	22	110.00–125.00	$118.52	$913	-11.48
797 value added	797	9	138.50	$138.50	$1,104	—
800–830	810	3	117.00–119.00	$118.01	$956	-12.11
840 value added	840	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,067	-13.00
850–860	855	2	107.00–114.00	$110.52	$945	—
880 value added	880	3	128.00	$128.00	$1,126	—
930–945	940	3	104.00–119.00	$111.66	$1,050	-9.34
955	955	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,031	—
960 value added	960	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,248	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	137.50	$137.50	$461	-18.56
430	430	1	137.50	$137.50	$591	±0.00
455–485	463	4	127.50–132.00	$130.82	$606	-12.18
510–530	522	6	109.00–130.00	$114.79	$599	-14.01
645	645	6	109.00	$109.00	$703	—

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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	150.00	$150.00	$368	—
255–295	277	5	134.00–144.00	$139.12	$385	—
305–345	322	14	125.00–136.00	$128.61	$414	-13.39
372–380 value added	373	8	138.00–142.00	$138.51	$517	—
350–398	383	32	125.00–137.00	$133.37	$511	-6.00
415 value added	415	1	139.00	$139.00	$577	—
415 fancy, value added	415	1	139.00	$139.00	$577	—
400–445	427	14	125.00–135.00	$130.24	$556	-7.19
455 value added	455	2	135.00–139.00	$137.00	$623	-8.50
450–496	472	96	120.00–134.00	$130.65	$617	-2.52
500–545	525	65	114.00–127.00	$122.30	$642	+7.31
550–595	581	78	114.00–127.00	$122.71	$713	+11.68
583 value added	583	27	129.00	$129.00	$752	—
605–645	622	15	109.00–118.00	$114.19	$710	-8.59
606–644 value added	626	16	124.50–129.00	$126.88	$794	-8.12
650–685	660	38	108.00–121.00	$118.79	$784	+0.74
700 fancy	700	1	122.00	$122.00	$854	—
705–745	729	6	105.00–112.00	$107.18	$781	-5.63
753 value added	753	2	114.00	$114.00	$858	—
760–795	766	18	100.00–112.00	$104.50	$800	-0.50
805–835	821	6	98.00–110.00	$103.62	$851	-5.69
858 value added	858	6	105.00	$105.00	$901	—
860	860	1	97.00	$97.00	$834	—
960	960	2	87.00	$87.00	$835	—
1000	1000	2	82.00–89.00	$85.50	$855	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	127.50	$127.50	$376	+3.19
365	365	1	127.50	$127.50	$465	-3.00
462–471	467	7	110.00–120.00	$115.76	$541	—
528	528	3	111.00	$111.00	$586	-4.05
587	587	3	100.00	$100.00	$587	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	117.00	$117.00	$743	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–348	327	10	155.00–169.00	$161.13	$527	-13.87
355 fancy	355	1	175.00	$175.00	$621	—
355–390	385	32	155.00–165.00	$156.70	$603	-8.50
400–435	422	14	147.00–160.00	$152.56	$644	+1.39
450–490	455	47	132.00–146.00	$143.63	$654	-4.46
500–540	525	30	123.00–141.00	$134.93	$708	-5.07
550 fancy	550	1	137.00	$137.00	$754	—
550–595	584	43	122.00–135.00	$127.74	$746	-7.79
600–645	619	14	115.00–130.00	$122.29	$757	-4.93
625–635 fancy	630	2	132.00–134.00	$132.99	$838	—
650 fancy	650	1	133.00	$133.00	$864	—
665–698	673	42	114.00–127.00	$123.28	$830	+0.97
700–742	735	23	115.00–122.00	$117.20	$861	+5.08
750–790	771	10	104.00–113.00	$108.00	$833	-2.00
874	874	8	94.50	$94.50	$826	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432–440	433	6	121.00–130.00	$128.48	$556	-11.52
530–533	532	4	122.50	$122.50	$652	-1.31
582–585	583	6	118.00–120.00	$119.67	$698	+1.70
625–639	638	11	110.00–117.00	$116.38	$743	+3.79

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	142.00	$142.00	$469	—
380	380	1	145.00	$145.00	$551	—
443–445	444	3	124.00–137.50	$128.51	$571	—
495	495	1	124.00	$124.00	$614	—
550–560	555	2	118.00	$118.00	$655	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	80-85%	1	56.00	$56.00	$591	—
870–1485	1169	80-85%	5	69.00–72.00	$70.17	$820	—
895–1490	1175	80-85%	53	58.00–69.00	$63.05	$741	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1490	1393	75-80%	6	69.00–74.00	$71.69	$999	+5.63
1050–1715	1395	75-80%	41	59.00–71.00	$63.38	$884	-2.68

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1095	972	85-90%	3	43.00–49.00	$45.59	$443	—
980	980	85-90%	1	61.00	$61.00	$598	—
870–1290	1047	85-90%	38	50.00–63.00	$57.08	$598	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105	1105	1	76.00	$76.00	$840	—
1105–2165	1662	26	80.00–98.00	$89.77	$1,492	—
1515–1935	1731	5	90.00–102.00	$97.79	$1,693	—
2335	2335	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,751	-10.00

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	530.00	$530.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1200	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	775.00–975.00	$878.00
850–1200	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	875.00–1,075.00	$941.67
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
900–1400	1118	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	755.00–1,100.00	$961.18
1000–1300	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	975.00–1,250.00	$1,093.00
1050–1400	1217	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	725.00–830.00	$771.67
1000–1400	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	875.00–1,400.00	$1,074.58
1000–1450	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	775.00–860.00	$828.33
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1000	917	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00–875.00	$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
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,360.00	$1,360.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00–1,300.00	$1,112.50	—

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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.