Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 25, 2021

2,451 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $146.78/cwt +11.34 vs last sale · ≈ $837/hd at 570 lb · 100 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.74/cwt +15.56 vs last sale · ≈ $794/hd at 621 lb · 95 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.34/cwt +8.57 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 479 lb · 88 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,451	2,123	1,388
Feeder cattle	1,962	1,550	1,029
Slaughter cattle	381	335	234
Replacement cattle	108	238	125

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. Feeder steers 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Bulls under 550 lbs. 4.00-10.00 higher, over 550 lbs. steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 higher; 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
200	200	2	175.00	$175.00	$350	—
255–285	271	9	162.50–195.00	$175.21	$475	+20.21
300–345	332	15	160.00–185.00	$176.13	$585	+17.94
360–395	375	28	160.00–185.00	$174.61	$655	+18.62
400–449	429	34	150.00–173.00	$162.86	$699	+13.96
450–498	470	30	145.00–161.00	$154.05	$724	+9.71
500–545	523	52	140.00–155.00	$149.32	$781	+7.10
527 value added	527	7	160.00	$160.00	$843	—
550–567 value added	559	16	151.00–156.00	$154.37	$863	—
550–598	572	84	131.00–150.00	$145.33	$831	+9.19
603–640	622	64	131.00–146.00	$141.34	$879	+9.12
620–647 value added	634	7	145.00–146.00	$145.44	$922	+7.44
653 value added	653	2	144.00	$144.00	$940	±0.00
650–698	673	24	130.00–144.00	$136.64	$920	+0.75
715 value added	715	2	135.00	$135.00	$965	—
700–745	720	15	120.00–138.00	$132.69	$955	-0.02
750–768	760	6	129.00–135.00	$130.82	$994	—
820–840	828	4	115.00–131.00	$125.19	$1,037	+6.19
844 value added	844	5	133.00	$133.00	$1,123	—
890	890	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,086	—
950	950	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,140	+9.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	152.50	$152.50	$381	—
325–345	337	5	120.00–152.00	$142.26	$479	+21.33
390	390	1	145.00	$145.00	$566	—
403–430	410	4	140.00–160.00	$154.75	$634	—
500–543	524	10	124.00–140.00	$135.17	$708	—
560–595	582	6	116.00–129.00	$121.74	$709	-9.26
605–635	615	7	114.00–129.00	$122.29	$752	+11.62
660–670	667	3	120.00	$120.00	$800	—
700–735	718	2	116.00–120.00	$117.95	$847	—
825	825	1	100.00	$100.00	$825	—
870	870	1	100.00	$100.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	2	100.00	$100.00	$705	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	130.00	$130.00	$728	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	145.00	$145.00	$297	+25.00
250–290	269	7	130.00–142.50	$135.99	$366	+10.28
300–345	322	16	130.00–150.00	$140.81	$453	+16.16
350–395	376	33	130.00–150.00	$142.22	$535	+15.19
410–445	433	53	120.00–145.00	$137.21	$594	+9.99
450–498	476	75	119.00–142.00	$130.66	$622	+16.63
495 value added	495	13	142.00	$142.00	$703	—
500–548	524	68	115.00–135.00	$123.99	$650	+3.44
550–599	573	83	114.00–133.00	$122.95	$705	+3.90
600–640	621	92	112.00–138.00	$127.72	$793	+21.72
625–638 value added	634	3	127.00–129.00	$128.34	$814	—
655 value added	655	2	126.50	$126.50	$829	—
650–695	671	56	112.00–135.50	$129.64	$870	+8.00
722–748	732	13	108.00–115.00	$110.16	$806	-0.10
780–788	784	4	110.00	$110.00	$862	-2.50
820–845	825	14	94.00–110.00	$106.37	$878	+0.37
870–895	877	5	96.00–108.00	$102.37	$898	—
900–930	914	4	100.00–108.00	$104.00	$951	-4.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	—
305–345	327	8	120.00–135.00	$124.18	$406	+11.30
355–395	376	14	120.00–128.00	$123.15	$463	—
400–440	419	7	120.00–133.00	$126.79	$531	+10.90
465	465	1	124.00	$124.00	$577	—
513–545	528	12	105.00–120.00	$111.54	$589	-1.46
560–585	573	2	106.00–109.00	$107.53	$616	+3.53
605	605	2	115.00	$115.00	$696	+9.00
680	680	1	104.00	$104.00	$707	—
750	750	1	105.00	$105.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	4	120.00	$120.00	$390	—
543	543	2	105.00	$105.00	$570	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–380	376	4	150.00–162.50	$155.64	$585	+1.49
400–445	428	30	133.00–165.00	$156.77	$671	+16.16
450–497	471	64	137.00–155.00	$146.80	$691	+7.67
500–545	519	27	130.00–145.00	$137.11	$712	+8.09
550–595	571	37	119.00–134.00	$128.30	$733	+3.59
600–648	630	25	118.00–130.00	$123.19	$776	+5.54
650–698	671	26	116.00–128.00	$121.26	$814	+1.53
713–735	721	8	115.00–124.00	$119.74	$863	+4.77
760–770	763	3	110.00–115.00	$112.99	$862	+2.58
800–845	825	4	84.00–107.00	$100.86	$832	+2.36
870	870	1	99.00	$99.00	$861	+11.00
905–935	920	2	89.00–100.00	$94.41	$869	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	425	4	120.00–140.00	$132.74	$564	+7.74
460–495	477	11	112.00–133.00	$125.41	$598	+9.41
513–545	532	12	120.00–130.00	$125.13	$666	+10.79
550–595	578	6	116.00–127.00	$120.97	$699	+9.97
600–615	610	3	110.00–129.00	$117.04	$714	+7.04
655–665	660	2	108.00–115.00	$111.53	$736	+6.53
705–715	710	2	94.00–111.00	$102.44	$727	—
790	790	1	80.00	$80.00	$632	—
825	825	3	94.00	$94.00	$776	—
958	958	3	78.00	$78.00	$747	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	110.00	$110.00	$440	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1610	1216	80-85%	32	51.00–60.00	$55.38	$673	—
1210–1295	1253	80-85%	2	62.00	$62.00	$777	-4.09
975–1520	1286	80-85%	4	48.00–50.00	$48.97	$630	-1.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1800	1392	75-80%	36	52.00–61.00	$56.28	$783	+3.32
1455–1510	1483	75-80%	2	62.00–64.00	$62.98	$934	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	85-90%	1	54.00	$54.00	$478	—
845–1190	989	85-90%	13	23.00–39.00	$31.90	$315	—
900–1285	1059	85-90%	21	39.00–49.00	$44.15	$468	-5.07

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1960	1678	13	60.00–80.00	$74.18	$1,245	—
1305–2145	1817	11	78.00–90.00	$84.78	$1,540	—
1945	1945	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,750	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00	$700.00
850–1010	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	585.00–775.00	$700.98
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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.