Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 16, 2021

831 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.48/cwt -1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $585/hd at 466 lb · 84 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.05/cwt +0.26 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 579 lb · 63 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $142.96/cwt +6.25 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 464 lb · 57 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	831	1,501	2,232
Feeder cattle	617	1,236	1,752
Slaughter cattle	159	156	297
Replacement cattle	55	109	183

Market comments — USDA reporter

Carthage - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 2.00-4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	3	153.00	$153.00	$352	-29.33
292	292	3	155.00	$155.00	$453	-40.00
300–302	302	4	162.50–167.50	$166.26	$502	—
400–445	432	9	138.00–154.00	$142.17	$614	-3.11
481–493	486	8	135.00–143.00	$139.95	$680	-9.00
493 value added	493	2	147.00	$147.00	$725	—
505–538	525	23	129.00–149.00	$137.37	$721	-5.88
560–596	579	44	129.00–141.50	$137.07	$794	-3.70
602–645	626	9	128.00–138.50	$131.58	$824	+6.58
659–675	666	36	128.00–144.00	$137.90	$918	+25.40
705–732	710	18	125.00–136.00	$133.50	$948	+3.54
715–721 value added	721	20	121.00–137.75	$136.92	$987	-16.58
781–783	781	11	127.50–130.00	$127.96	$999	+5.19
825	825	1	119.00	$119.00	$982	—
865	865	3	128.50	$128.50	$1,112	—
935	935	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,066	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	139.00	$139.00	$442	-19.70
412–445	420	5	134.00–144.00	$141.15	$593	+0.15
508	508	2	115.00	$115.00	$584	-12.35

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	5	129.00	$129.00	$326	-1.00
308–335	316	11	125.00–139.00	$126.98	$401	-2.29
355–398	371	25	120.00–143.00	$130.51	$484	+0.77
400–445	425	15	114.00–132.00	$120.88	$514	-7.15
450–495	466	82	115.00–140.00	$125.74	$586	-2.72
485	485	2	115.00	$115.00	$558	-0.16
500–547	527	48	109.00–127.00	$121.45	$640	-2.44
557–588 value added	575	23	125.00	$125.00	$719	±0.00
550–595	581	40	107.00–127.00	$118.78	$690	+13.78
605	605	1	106.00	$106.00	$641	-14.29
610–645	627	17	110.00–122.00	$118.09	$740	-2.20
635	635	1	102.00	$102.00	$648	-18.29
656 value added	656	9	123.00	$123.00	$807	—
654–678	669	33	109.00–116.00	$114.32	$765	-3.03
700–735	726	22	97.00–115.00	$112.37	$816	+4.82
728 value added	728	5	115.00	$115.00	$837	-27.25
760 value added	760	6	113.50	$113.50	$863	—
755–790	771	4	99.00–109.00	$102.79	$793	-0.86
882–885	883	4	90.00–94.00	$91.00	$804	—
920	920	2	96.00	$96.00	$883	+1.00
967	967	3	95.50	$95.50	$923	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	370	4	104.00–105.00	$104.74	$388	-20.12
425–440	432	3	105.00–118.00	$109.60	$473	-9.56
550–561	557	13	108.00–113.00	$111.10	$619	+3.69

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	112.50	$112.50	$512	+8.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	160.00	$160.00	$472	—
310–345	331	8	150.00–170.00	$155.07	$513	—
350–395	374	19	143.00–155.00	$150.04	$561	—
406–448	423	25	135.00–152.00	$140.46	$594	-0.63
455	455	1	131.00	$131.00	$596	-5.71
450–495	464	56	131.00–160.00	$143.17	$664	+6.46
500–549	525	47	120.00–136.00	$130.37	$684	+0.58
560–589	584	19	115.50–135.00	$124.21	$725	+2.05
615–646	627	17	121.00–125.50	$124.61	$781	+4.09
655–695	665	27	113.00–123.00	$120.42	$801	+6.69
700–735	719	10	108.00–120.00	$115.51	$831	+5.09
750–795	763	20	100.00–115.00	$109.05	$832	—
815	815	1	110.00	$110.00	$896	+5.00
895	895	1	101.00	$101.00	$904	+10.00
905–930	918	2	87.00–92.00	$89.47	$821	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–393	390	8	120.00–132.00	$121.41	$473	—
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	-5.04
502–525	507	9	110.00–115.50	$114.23	$579	-4.01
573	573	2	108.00	$108.00	$619	-7.89
600–623	617	8	106.00–110.00	$106.49	$657	-9.66

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	132.50	$132.50	$450	—
360	360	1	130.00	$130.00	$468	±0.00
445	445	1	128.00	$128.00	$570	+8.00
460	460	1	141.00	$141.00	$649	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1425	1333	75-80%	2	48.00–57.00	$52.19	$696	—
1215–1510	1383	75-80%	3	63.00–78.00	$68.12	$942	—
1130–1725	1385	75-80%	34	52.00–66.00	$59.45	$823	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1160	1140	80-85%	2	66.00–70.00	$67.96	$775	+8.39
975–1525	1207	80-85%	22	52.00–66.00	$59.22	$715	+4.80
1210–1345	1278	80-85%	2	65.00–71.00	$67.84	$867	+0.65
1405	1405	80-85%	1	48.00	$48.00	$674	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–975	895	85-90%	2	62.00–66.00	$63.82	$571	—
785–1025	912	85-90%	3	32.00–38.00	$34.89	$318	—
910–1225	1053	85-90%	16	40.00–60.00	$51.04	$537	—
1095–1225	1160	85-90%	2	52.00–54.00	$53.06	$615	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485–1875	1657	3	70.00–77.00	$73.98	$1,226	—
1320–2105	1800	20	75.00–97.00	$86.26	$1,553	—
2050	2050	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,927	—
2470	2470	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,927	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400–1600	1500	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	760.00–775.00	$767.50

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 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
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,210.00	$1,155.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	2	75.00	$75.00	$652	—

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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.