Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 5, 2021

1,727 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.42/cwt +9.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,105/hd at 776 lb · 133 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.34/cwt +5.57 vs last sale · ≈ $866/hd at 680 lb · 100 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.15/cwt +6.67 vs last sale · ≈ $969/hd at 677 lb · 88 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,727	1,571	2,280
Feeder cattle	1,509	1,255	1,754
Slaughter cattle	147	230	316
Replacement cattle	71	86	210

Market comments — USDA reporter

Knoxville - Compared to last week, feeder classes measuring 5.00 to 7.00 higher overall. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows and bulls holding mostly steady overall with lean cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Pulaski - Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and bulls 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers steady to 6.00 higher. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate. Columbia - Cattle were collected at Columbia and Cookeville TN. on Monday October 4th and sold at Columbia on the 5th. Cattle were weaned and vaccinated on a strict program. Mostly black and bwf with few red and charlois cross cattle. Cattle were graded and weighted on ground.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	162.50–173.00	$166.83	$576	+3.44
360–390	377	6	157.50–172.50	$164.54	$620	+6.25
382 value added	382	6	175.00	$175.00	$668	—
410–412 value added	412	6	168.00–170.00	$169.67	$699	—
405–445	433	10	155.00–165.00	$158.72	$687	+12.18
455–485	474	9	154.00–164.00	$156.73	$743	+1.20
500–545	521	19	131.00–157.50	$148.44	$773	+4.63
560 value added	560	12	154.00	$154.00	$862	+12.04
560–595	570	30	124.00–149.50	$144.89	$826	+4.97
602–640	605	47	128.00–145.00	$139.68	$845	+2.49
655–685	677	88	124.00–145.00	$143.15	$969	+6.67
705–745	718	3	121.00–125.00	$123.04	$883	-10.94
735 value added	735	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,000	—
755–782	776	133	132.50–143.00	$142.42	$1,105	+14.64
810–835	823	2	119.00–120.00	$119.51	$984	-10.49
875 value added	875	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,155	—
875	875	5	135.25	$135.25	$1,183	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–345	343	2	140.00–143.00	$141.51	$485	+1.34
375–380	378	2	140.00–148.00	$143.97	$544	-6.83
430–445	440	3	132.00–140.00	$136.72	$602	+0.76
485	485	2	125.00–132.00	$128.50	$623	-5.59
510–540	523	3	123.00–128.00	$125.62	$657	-16.70
555–595	570	3	120.00–121.00	$120.67	$688	-5.01

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	150.00	$150.00	$510	—
370–395	383	2	124.00–127.00	$125.45	$480	—
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–343	323	10	134.00–143.00	$137.96	$446	-3.76
367–380 value added	372	4	141.00–145.00	$142.02	$528	—
350–395	379	11	130.00–139.00	$133.27	$505	-3.53
400–445	422	25	128.00–142.00	$133.69	$564	-2.76
450–495	471	44	125.00–139.50	$134.26	$632	-1.94
503–535 value added	508	44	137.00–143.00	$140.21	$712	—
500–547	524	36	121.00–135.00	$129.15	$677	-6.95
566–570 value added	568	10	134.50–139.50	$137.01	$778	+2.01
550–595	578	65	118.00–132.50	$129.41	$748	+1.61
575–585	580	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$641	-17.30
600	600	1	111.00	$111.00	$666	-8.54
600–630 value added	606	5	137.00–141.50	$140.56	$852	—
600–646	628	25	109.00–133.00	$123.18	$774	+3.64
650	650	1	105.00	$105.00	$682	-16.54
655–690	680	99	107.00–129.50	$127.57	$867	+6.03
712 value added	712	7	129.50	$129.50	$922	—
700–745	716	13	112.00–122.00	$117.10	$838	+3.46
755–795	772	44	107.50–118.00	$117.49	$907	+4.83
845	845	1	100.00	$100.00	$845	—
893	893	5	106.50	$106.50	$951	+7.75

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	127.50	$127.50	$274	—
280–295	287	3	123.00–127.50	$124.49	$357	-10.51
365–390	378	2	117.00–130.00	$123.72	$468	-3.42
410–445	427	5	126.00–130.00	$128.58	$549	+3.39
455–495	475	4	116.00–126.00	$122.45	$582	+8.84
555–595	577	5	106.00–113.00	$109.35	$631	-3.12
635	635	1	95.00	$95.00	$603	-19.36
765	765	1	108.00	$108.00	$826	-5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	111.00	$111.00	$377	—
375	375	1	116.00	$116.00	$435	—
415–440	428	2	110.00–113.00	$111.46	$477	—
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	±0.00
505	505	1	112.00	$112.00	$566	—
565	565	1	120.00	$120.00	$678	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	373	6	160.00–165.00	$161.72	$603	+19.37
415 fancy	415	1	165.00	$165.00	$685	—
415 value added	415	1	162.50	$162.50	$674	—
410–445	430	14	137.00–160.00	$151.42	$651	+4.58
450–455 fancy	453	2	152.50–155.00	$153.74	$696	—
450–480	468	17	135.00–147.50	$142.29	$666	+5.30
500 fancy	500	1	150.00	$150.00	$750	—
520	520	1	106.00	$106.00	$551	-28.99
500–545	521	28	121.00–145.00	$135.33	$705	+0.34
550–585	566	19	112.00–140.00	$128.41	$727	-4.34
600–645	620	10	115.00–128.00	$120.84	$749	-9.18
658–690	675	7	104.00–127.50	$110.63	$747	-10.89
705–745	722	6	107.50–115.00	$110.78	$800	-7.13
750–790	771	4	103.00–112.50	$106.66	$822	-5.77
820–845	831	4	104.00–113.00	$110.00	$914	+14.00
855–895	874	4	102.50–110.00	$105.74	$924	+6.74
900–925	912	3	106.00–108.00	$107.18	$977	+22.18

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–420	410	2	127.00–135.00	$130.90	$537	+0.90
465–485	472	5	114.00–136.00	$125.76	$594	-4.99
500–545	521	10	116.00–124.00	$119.75	$624	+0.10
560–590	578	5	107.00–118.00	$114.56	$662	-5.25
605–640	620	5	93.00–112.00	$104.56	$648	-6.64
655–690	667	3	90.00–108.00	$99.81	$666	-7.20
720	720	1	98.00	$98.00	$706	-10.00
775	775	1	108.00	$108.00	$837	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	125.00–126.00	$125.50	$558	—
450–495	480	3	117.00–127.50	$121.31	$582	—
545	545	1	114.00	$114.00	$621	—
570–585	578	2	105.00–107.00	$105.99	$613	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1415	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	107.00	$107.00	$519	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1460	1191	80-85%	21	57.00–68.00	$62.12	$740	—
1095–1525	1239	80-85%	5	45.00–55.00	$51.19	$634	-10.40
1285–1455	1365	80-85%	4	69.50–79.50	$73.27	$1,000	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1895	1422	75-80%	23	60.50–68.50	$64.09	$911	—
1890	1890	75-80%	1	71.00	$71.00	$1,342	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1315	1066	85-90%	10	52.00–59.00	$55.28	$589	+4.38
875–1610	1083	85-90%	5	38.00–51.00	$41.96	$454	-8.94

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1635	1402	9	66.00–83.00	$76.09	$1,067	—
1400–2145	1828	15	87.50–97.50	$92.33	$1,688	—
1740–2135	1938	2	99.00–99.50	$99.22	$1,923	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
940–1200	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–1,070.00	$981.02
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1150–1170	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	635.00–675.00	$655.17
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	870.00	$870.00
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1240–1270	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–1,070.00	$958.69

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–1345	1111	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	730.00–890.00	$792.17
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–950	908	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	720.00–730.00	$725.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	71.00	$71.00	$362	—
575	575	1	70.00	$70.00	$402	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.