Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 8, 2021

3,543 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.73/cwt +8.89 vs last sale · ≈ $691/hd at 524 lb · 179 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.41/cwt +27.81 vs last sale · ≈ $597/hd at 413 lb · 116 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.50/cwt +9.72 vs last sale · ≈ $632/hd at 477 lb · 104 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,543	2,540	982
Feeder cattle	3,047	1,956	800
Slaughter cattle	385	417	157
Replacement cattle	111	167	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Feeder steers were steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady with instances 4.00 higher. Bull calves 2.00 to 8.00 lower, Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 3.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 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
220–228	225	3	182.50–193.00	$189.58	$427	—
250–295	276	14	160.00–192.50	$178.65	$493	+17.65
310–345	327	25	160.00–188.00	$171.43	$561	+11.52
350–390	369	24	154.00–181.00	$172.35	$636	—
351–393 value added	377	21	183.00–189.50	$185.41	$699	—
402–448	415	45	145.00–170.00	$163.09	$677	+11.87
443 value added	443	2	170.00	$170.00	$753	—
450–498	481	56	144.00–164.00	$158.29	$761	+8.13
490 value added	490	3	172.50	$172.50	$845	—
500–549	520	82	140.00–160.00	$154.13	$801	+15.42
505–535 value added	533	12	160.00–164.00	$163.68	$872	—
555–590	571	27	139.00–154.00	$147.30	$841	+12.66
570–593 value added	586	35	150.00–156.00	$154.54	$906	+12.04
600–649	620	36	130.00–154.00	$139.46	$865	+1.97
600–632 value added	620	9	140.00–150.00	$146.28	$907	-0.81
655–685 value added	674	5	143.00–151.00	$145.54	$981	+0.77
650–698	676	26	133.00–143.00	$138.42	$936	+9.99
703–747	720	43	126.50–138.00	$135.13	$973	+4.13
768 value added	768	2	127.00	$127.00	$975	-7.39
750–795	771	32	124.00–140.00	$135.40	$1,044	+8.30
805–845	828	3	121.00–131.00	$126.74	$1,049	+10.74
860–895	873	4	117.00–125.00	$119.52	$1,043	—
923–935	927	3	107.00–120.00	$115.63	$1,072	—
965	965	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,013	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277–283	278	10	145.00–170.00	$150.09	$417	—
310–340	327	4	147.50–158.00	$153.42	$502	—
367–398	384	19	137.00–160.00	$147.26	$565	—
415–445	427	5	140.00–155.00	$150.67	$643	+15.67
470–495	486	4	134.00–144.00	$139.56	$678	+29.56
505–535	518	10	120.00–144.00	$131.55	$681	+7.55
555–580	573	6	118.00–138.00	$131.51	$754	—
605–610	608	2	110.00–120.00	$115.02	$699	-7.53
682	682	3	120.50	$120.50	$822	—
705–718	714	3	115.00–120.00	$118.35	$845	—
775	775	1	124.00	$124.00	$961	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	125.00	$125.00	$612	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	233	10	125.00–160.00	$142.70	$332	+19.70
270–298	284	11	130.00–150.00	$144.38	$410	+18.19
300–340	322	26	130.00–150.00	$141.48	$456	+11.05
325 value added	325	15	150.00	$150.00	$488	—
350–397	374	42	130.00–156.00	$140.75	$526	+16.13
401 value added	401	47	154.00	$154.00	$618	—
400–448	422	69	128.00–145.00	$137.88	$582	+21.80
450–498	477	104	123.00–148.00	$132.50	$632	+11.42
500–548	522	127	120.00–135.00	$126.70	$661	+4.89
530 value added	530	52	144.00	$144.00	$763	+12.25
550–598	570	62	119.00–135.00	$125.59	$716	+20.59
590–598 value added	597	7	134.00–136.00	$135.72	$810	+9.72
603–648	616	55	110.00–127.00	$121.43	$748	+17.43
635 value added	635	5	130.50	$130.50	$829	—
658–665 value added	659	15	125.00–131.00	$125.94	$830	—
650–695	671	40	110.00–125.00	$119.24	$800	+1.32
700–735	713	14	110.00–137.00	$120.73	$861	+15.03
772–793	784	9	103.00–114.00	$109.56	$859	+2.05
800–810	805	2	103.00–107.00	$104.99	$845	+24.99
860–895	875	7	100.00–109.00	$105.30	$921	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	272	3	120.00–131.00	$127.29	$346	—
300–345	324	8	120.00–142.50	$129.33	$419	+10.33
350–393	380	8	120.00–130.00	$123.97	$471	+13.97
400–449	432	45	110.00–133.00	$123.68	$534	+13.68
450–495	470	22	110.00–125.00	$118.42	$557	+1.39
510–540	528	6	105.00–112.50	$109.25	$577	-4.17
550–599	580	17	100.00–120.00	$112.15	$650	—
605–635	625	11	100.00–115.00	$106.84	$668	—
655–695	675	8	100.00–109.00	$105.67	$713	—
700–740	720	6	96.00–115.00	$106.81	$769	+12.81
750–798	785	5	90.00–108.00	$96.69	$759	—
800	800	1	90.00	$90.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	105.00	$105.00	$360	—
430	430	1	105.00	$105.00	$452	—
710	710	1	90.00	$90.00	$639	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	105.00–120.00	$112.50	$495	—
545	545	1	112.00	$112.00	$610	—
550	550	1	110.00	$110.00	$605	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	375	4	160.00–172.50	$167.11	$627	+16.13
400–448	426	48	141.00–165.00	$158.27	$674	+22.18
450–497	480	42	135.00–160.00	$148.97	$715	+9.33
500–545	523	47	129.00–158.00	$141.58	$740	+10.49
550–596	571	44	128.00–149.00	$136.56	$780	+10.26
600–645	620	27	118.00–131.00	$124.87	$774	+1.38
650–675	668	26	111.00–129.00	$121.99	$815	+5.56
700–740	716	10	100.00–122.00	$113.83	$815	+3.48
750–785	769	6	112.00–119.00	$114.83	$883	+2.59
810–820	815	2	102.00–108.00	$105.02	$856	+0.30
850–860	855	2	96.00–102.00	$98.98	$846	+0.37
940–943	942	5	90.00–110.00	$102.81	$968	+17.81

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–370	365	2	134.00–150.00	$142.11	$519	—
405–445	415	21	124.00–150.00	$136.29	$566	+9.45
455–495	477	26	128.50–142.00	$132.86	$634	+21.86
500–545	526	13	120.00–130.00	$123.33	$649	+4.95
551–597	566	16	116.00–132.00	$119.62	$677	+5.62
610–645	633	13	110.00–120.00	$113.82	$720	+3.08
670–685	680	3	117.00–120.00	$119.01	$809	+5.01
700–723	717	6	100.00–115.00	$109.04	$782	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	122.50	$122.50	$502	—
472	472	3	123.00	$123.00	$581	—
560	560	1	113.00	$113.00	$633	—
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	130.00	$130.00	$559	—
480	480	1	102.50	$102.50	$492	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1170	1130	80-85%	3	42.00–45.00	$43.35	$490	—
890–1725	1245	80-85%	91	45.00–61.00	$54.02	$673	+9.72

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1340	943	85-90%	23	22.00–35.00	$29.55	$279	—
730–1305	1017	85-90%	66	36.00–49.00	$43.25	$440	+12.71
955–1110	1033	85-90%	2	51.00–52.00	$51.46	$532	+20.92

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1660	1447	75-80%	32	47.00–60.00	$53.61	$776	—
1415–1920	1549	75-80%	7	58.00–63.00	$59.97	$929	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1940	1470	9	38.00–75.00	$58.61	$862	—
1215–2090	1706	28	72.00–86.00	$79.41	$1,355	—
2070	2070	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,801	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	575.00	$575.00
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00	$550.00
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1067–1145	1098	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	700.00–825.00	$772.87

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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.