Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 2, 2021

1,580 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.02/cwt -1.95 vs last sale · ≈ $702/hd at 585 lb · 58 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $121.48/cwt -8.52 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 577 lb · 56 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.57/cwt -4.29 vs last sale · ≈ $650/hd at 526 lb · 56 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,580	1,900	3,045
Feeder cattle	1,161	1,542	2,338
Slaughter cattle	298	254	363
Replacement cattle	121	104	344

Market comments — USDA reporter

Carthage - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 4.00-12.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower. Greeneville - Compared to last week, feeder classes measuring 4.00 to 5.00 lower overall with lighter demand noted. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 lower overall with slaughter bulls 4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	2	147.00–160.00	$153.45	$511	+7.00
415	415	1	151.00	$151.00	$627	-4.57
458–483	471	5	135.00–161.00	$144.13	$679	-9.08
500–545	522	24	128.00–145.00	$133.03	$694	-5.27
565	565	1	124.00	$124.00	$701	-12.24
555–585	574	19	126.00–138.00	$129.30	$742	-6.94
608 value added	608	3	135.00	$135.00	$821	—
600–641	624	29	120.00–133.00	$123.33	$770	-7.85
656–668 value added	657	30	132.00–136.75	$136.43	$896	—
650–688	660	21	119.00–130.00	$126.25	$833	-5.33
725–740	737	10	120.00–122.00	$120.60	$889	-10.97
745 value added	745	1	129.00	$129.00	$961	—
755–765	761	7	112.00–119.00	$115.15	$876	-9.37
761–793 value added	767	29	127.50–134.75	$133.13	$1,021	—
800–830	809	7	110.00–119.00	$114.68	$928	-7.65
880	880	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	125.00	$125.00	$391	-20.61
475	475	1	122.00	$122.00	$580	-15.56
520	520	1	115.00	$115.00	$598	-12.49
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—
613–625	619	9	110.00–112.00	$110.22	$682	-12.28
685	685	1	125.00	$125.00	$856	+9.51

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1980	1980	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,465	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	118.00	$118.00	$661	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	129.00	$129.00	$381	-5.98
320–335	328	4	123.00–130.00	$128.26	$421	-3.99
360–395	384	17	120.00–133.00	$128.63	$494	-3.26
408 value added	408	12	135.00	$135.00	$551	—
405–445	416	7	119.00–127.00	$121.59	$506	-8.40
450–495	470	52	114.00–128.00	$122.96	$578	-3.61
515–547	526	56	111.00–127.00	$123.57	$650	-4.00
565	565	1	107.00	$107.00	$605	+1.98
550–599	585	57	110.00–123.50	$120.25	$703	-2.27
610–645	626	12	104.00–114.00	$109.32	$684	-0.68
655–667 value added	661	10	127.00–130.00	$128.51	$849	—
650–695	668	20	106.00–119.00	$116.30	$777	+11.30
701 value added	701	9	123.25	$123.25	$864	—
704–736	722	22	102.00–122.00	$115.11	$831	+7.56
770–780	775	2	96.00–99.00	$97.49	$756	-10.80
850 value added	850	2	93.00	$93.00	$790	—
868	868	8	89.00–100.00	$95.88	$832	+7.88
919	919	7	98.00	$98.00	$901	-2.00
1093	1093	3	89.00	$89.00	$973	-15.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	113.00	$113.00	$373	-12.20
445	445	1	116.00	$116.00	$516	-5.27
468–485	471	13	100.00–115.00	$111.75	$526	-4.38
528–530	529	4	108.00–111.00	$110.25	$583	-1.71
560–575	568	2	110.00	$110.00	$625	-1.50
635	635	8	110.00	$110.00	$698	+1.99

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–265	263	2	150.00–162.50	$156.31	$411	—
310 fancy	310	1	170.00	$170.00	$527	—
315–345	336	4	158.00–167.50	$163.56	$550	+10.56
350–397	385	20	144.00–165.00	$154.65	$595	-4.65
435 fancy	435	1	165.00	$165.00	$718	—
405–448	439	31	142.00–156.00	$144.30	$633	-0.37
450–485	465	20	126.00–147.50	$131.69	$612	-3.74
460–470 fancy	465	2	151.00–165.00	$157.92	$734	—
503–535	523	34	120.00–127.00	$125.78	$658	-8.64
550–588	577	56	116.00–128.00	$121.48	$701	-8.52
600–645	621	13	115.00–124.00	$118.15	$734	-6.73
650–680	668	31	106.00–116.00	$113.66	$759	-7.98
700–740	718	7	95.00–109.00	$101.51	$729	-15.49
750–780	756	15	94.00–109.50	$105.34	$796	-6.66
820–822	822	4	85.00–98.00	$88.24	$725	—
854	854	8	85.00	$85.00	$726	-20.00
1085	1085	6	74.00	$74.00	$803	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–395	386	7	120.00–125.00	$120.73	$466	—
430	430	2	111.00	$111.00	$477	-16.01
488–493	492	8	112.00–116.00	$115.01	$566	-11.16
505	505	1	100.00	$100.00	$505	-22.69
587	587	3	110.00	$110.00	$646	-7.46
607–635	619	9	100.00–105.00	$103.37	$640	-10.35
705	705	1	100.00	$100.00	$705	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	130.00	$130.00	$474	—
510–540	525	2	109.00–112.00	$110.54	$580	-14.46
565	565	2	114.00	$114.00	$644	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1505	1201	80-85%	78	53.00–67.00	$59.93	$720	+8.15
1195–1365	1272	80-85%	5	65.00–69.00	$67.46	$858	-1.35
1305–1450	1378	80-85%	2	48.00–50.00	$49.05	$676	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1355	1245	75-80%	2	54.00–55.00	$54.54	$679	—
1150–1540	1291	75-80%	4	65.00–72.00	$68.01	$878	—
1125–1775	1387	75-80%	54	53.00–67.00	$60.02	$832	-0.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–1040	910	85-90%	4	38.00–42.00	$40.00	$364	—
870–1195	1023	85-90%	3	57.00	$57.00	$583	—
830–1425	1087	85-90%	42	45.00–61.00	$52.66	$572	+12.01

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,215	—
1220–1810	1423	8	65.00–78.00	$73.90	$1,052	—
1450–2300	1743	16	74.00–94.00	$83.60	$1,457	-5.19
1705–2210	1958	2	96.00–100.00	$97.74	$1,914	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1585	1585	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,173	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1300	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	850.00–950.00	$900.00
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–460	458	2	82.00–85.00	$83.51	$382	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	85.00	$85.00	$616	—

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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.