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Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 29, 2021

1,900 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.67/cwt ≈ $1,213/hd at 833 lb · 71 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.97/cwt -2.13 vs last sale · ≈ $702/hd at 575 lb · 64 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.86/cwt +0.63 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 524 lb · 63 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,900 1,071 3,045
Feeder cattle 1,542 839 2,338
Slaughter cattle 254 131 363
Replacement cattle 104 101 344

Market comments — USDA reporter

LaFayette - Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-7.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00 lower. Offerings also included one load lot sold on video. the video sale report can be found at the following link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467 Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Steers and bulls steady to 6.00 lower. Heifers under 550 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower overall, with no comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200 200 1 165.00 $165.00 $330 —
255–290 269 4 162.50–170.00 $166.93 $449 -11.76
300–317 315 11 143.00–165.00 $146.45 $461 -15.12
365–395 378 3 150.00–162.50 $157.15 $594 -10.20
415–440 430 8 144.00–167.50 $155.57 $669 +1.22
450–490 466 7 141.00–160.00 $153.21 $714 +7.66
500–545 519 32 131.00–145.00 $138.30 $718 -6.14
550–595 575 24 130.00–143.00 $136.24 $783 -4.46
585 585 1 118.00 $118.00 $690 -22.70
615 615 1 125.00 $125.00 $769 -12.24
605–638 627 18 126.00–136.00 $131.18 $822 -6.06
658–690 667 11 125.00–138.00 $131.58 $878 +0.22
705–745 733 13 122.50–135.50 $131.57 $964 -0.36
750–770 760 5 117.50–127.00 $124.52 $946 -10.48
800–845 820 10 117.00–125.00 $122.33 $1,003 —
835 value added 835 61 149.50 $149.50 $1,248 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–230 217 3 152.50–157.50 $155.96 $338 —
260–275 268 2 140.00–170.00 $155.42 $417 —
305–345 319 6 122.50–155.00 $145.61 $464 —
350–380 365 2 127.50–140.00 $134.01 $489 —
435–445 440 3 131.00–140.00 $136.16 $599 —
450–495 473 6 132.50–147.50 $137.56 $651 -0.44
510–545 534 4 120.00–132.50 $127.49 $681 —
555–599 592 13 119.00–135.00 $121.76 $721 —
600 600 1 122.50 $122.50 $735 —
665–680 673 2 115.00–116.00 $115.49 $777 —
700–725 706 4 102.50–121.00 $107.25 $757 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
240 240 1 142.50 $142.50 $342 —
280 280 1 153.00 $153.00 $428 —
355 355 1 132.50 $132.50 $470 -11.50
365 365 1 142.50 $142.50 $520 -1.50
445 445 1 137.50 $137.50 $612 -7.50
505 505 1 107.50 $107.50 $543 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330 330 1 132.50 $132.50 $437 —
390–395 393 2 130.00–135.00 $132.52 $521 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235–240 238 2 135.00–140.00 $137.53 $327 —
285–290 288 2 132.50–137.50 $134.98 $389 —
310–345 330 17 130.00–142.50 $132.25 $436 -1.78
350–384 375 21 121.00–137.50 $131.89 $495 +0.50
400–448 430 30 119.00–134.00 $129.99 $559 +0.25
450–491 466 40 114.00–133.00 $126.57 $590 -2.83
475 475 1 124.00 $124.00 $589 -5.40
500–545 524 61 114.00–135.00 $127.57 $668 +0.34
510–540 fancy 525 2 136.00–137.50 $136.77 $718 —
555–560 558 2 100.00–110.00 $105.02 $586 -19.48
550–596 576 62 114.00–132.50 $122.52 $706 +7.52
626 value added 626 5 132.00 $132.00 $826 —
630 630 1 110.00 $110.00 $693 -6.20
600–645 633 53 110.00–131.00 $121.34 $768 +5.14
665 665 1 105.00 $105.00 $698 -9.58
650–685 673 16 110.00–126.00 $118.34 $796 +3.76
719–735 725 10 107.00–108.00 $107.55 $780 -2.45
752–765 756 3 101.00–112.00 $108.29 $819 -0.73
810 value added 810 3 111.00 $111.00 $899 —
858 858 2 88.00 $88.00 $755 —
900 900 1 100.00 $100.00 $900 —
975 975 1 97.00 $97.00 $946 —
1085 1085 2 104.00 $104.00 $1,128 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
205 205 1 127.50 $127.50 $261 —
250–275 267 5 120.00–130.00 $123.11 $329 —
300–340 321 8 118.00–135.00 $125.20 $402 —
350–395 378 7 115.00–130.00 $120.30 $455 —
420–445 433 4 120.00–122.50 $121.27 $525 —
461–495 473 8 112.50–122.50 $116.13 $549 —
500–547 522 12 104.00–121.00 $111.96 $584 —
555–590 577 3 102.50–120.00 $111.50 $643 —
620–630 625 3 102.50–112.50 $108.01 $675 —
650–656 655 5 102.50–108.00 $106.91 $700 —
700 700 2 91.00 $91.00 $637 —
795 795 1 81.00 $81.00 $644 —
800–835 818 2 82.50–83.00 $82.76 $677 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
390 390 1 120.00 $120.00 $468 —
395 395 1 110.00 $110.00 $434 —
415 415 1 110.00 $110.00 $456 —
485 485 1 110.00 $110.00 $534 —
595 595 1 105.00 $105.00 $625 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
375 375 1 112.50 $112.50 $422 —
465–470 468 2 102.50–107.50 $105.01 $491 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 1 153.00 $153.00 $528 -17.88
355–389 386 25 151.00–163.00 $159.30 $615 +3.66
400–449 440 26 141.00–155.00 $144.67 $637 -2.49
456–490 466 20 130.00–150.00 $135.43 $631 -5.37
500–545 529 45 122.50–140.00 $134.42 $711 -0.37
550–595 579 36 120.00–133.00 $130.00 $753 +1.63
603–640 615 11 117.50–129.50 $124.88 $768 +2.62
653–675 664 31 110.00–124.50 $121.64 $808 -9.57
735 735 12 117.00 $117.00 $860 +8.00
758 758 3 112.00 $112.00 $849 —
850 850 2 105.00 $105.00 $892 -5.00
920 920 1 86.00 $86.00 $791 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
400–435 417 5 122.50–132.50 $127.01 $530 —
450–495 475 11 120.00–135.00 $126.17 $599 —
500–540 517 9 117.50–126.00 $122.69 $634 —
570–580 575 2 112.50–122.50 $117.46 $675 —
600–640 619 6 100.00–120.00 $113.72 $704 —
665–695 675 3 105.00–112.50 $109.18 $737 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
480 480 1 112.50 $112.50 $540 —
560 560 1 107.50 $107.50 $602 —
613–640 631 6 101.00–105.00 $103.70 $654 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
450 450 1 138.00 $138.00 $621 —
480 480 1 122.50 $122.50 $588 —
525 525 1 125.00 $125.00 $656 —
600–645 625 3 113.00–116.00 $114.03 $713 —
630 630 1 102.50 $102.50 $646 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
945–1475 1189 80-85% 33 55.00–65.50 $61.22 $728 -3.33
825–1615 1236 80-85% 10 45.00–58.00 $51.78 $640 —
1085–1460 1277 80-85% 3 67.00–70.00 $68.81 $879 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
950–1935 1378 75-80% 29 55.00–65.00 $60.99 $840 —
1535 1535 75-80% 1 67.50 $67.50 $1,036 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
910–1450 1088 85-90% 6 33.00–45.00 $40.65 $442 -18.07
865–1330 1128 85-90% 19 44.00–62.50 $55.63 $628 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1195 1195 1 81.50 $81.50 $974 —
1120–2055 1613 8 70.00–84.00 $79.27 $1,279 -14.64
1245–2180 1717 14 84.00–94.00 $88.79 $1,525 —
2000–2075 2038 2 96.50–101.00 $98.79 $2,013 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
965–1045 1005 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 735.00–975.00 $850.22
1160 1160 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 1,050.00 $1,050.00
1275 1275 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 850.00 $850.00
1480 1480 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 1,075.00 $1,075.00
Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
750 750 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 690.00 $690.00
725–895 810 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 750.00–900.00 $832.87
950 950 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 650.00 $650.00
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
915 915 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 900.00 $900.00
1080–1110 1095 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 610.00–650.00 $630.27

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
780–1000 890 (<2 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 910.00–975.00 $946.52

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1090–1300 1163 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 3 1,050.00–1,275.00 $1,175.57 —
1230 1230 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 1,050.00 $1,050.00 —
Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
890 890 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 1,075.00 $1,075.00 —

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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.