Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, November 13, 2021

2,349 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.56/cwt -6.01 vs last sale · ≈ $581/hd at 474 lb · 111 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $118.12/cwt -4.24 vs last sale · ≈ $794/hd at 672 lb · 96 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.49/cwt -6.57 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 531 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,349	1,376	982
Feeder cattle	1,856	1,074	800
Slaughter cattle	310	233	157
Replacement cattle	183	69	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Carthage - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 3.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Greeneville - Compared to last week, feeder bulls and steers measuring 4.00 to 6.00 lower overall with feeder heifers 1.00 lower, with lower-quality offerings and decreased demand noted. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 2.00 lower overall.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284	284	6	162.00	$162.00	$460	+12.00
337–343	342	12	150.00–160.00	$157.53	$539	—
430	430	1	140.00	$140.00	$602	-15.81
450–489	472	40	151.00–157.00	$152.43	$719	-3.38
500	500	1	120.00	$120.00	$600	-28.00
510 fancy	510	1	158.00	$158.00	$806	-3.00
524 value added	524	4	148.00	$148.00	$776	—
500–544	537	29	130.00–143.00	$140.64	$755	-7.36
553–590	571	28	131.00–146.00	$139.20	$795	-1.33
580	580	1	125.00	$125.00	$725	-15.53
605–649	637	39	127.00–139.00	$133.08	$848	-7.07
652–676 value added	660	26	140.50–146.75	$144.32	$953	+1.32
650–685	679	28	128.00–140.00	$131.53	$893	-4.19
710–714 value added	712	18	141.00–145.00	$143.44	$1,021	—
700–745	735	7	119.00–134.00	$129.10	$949	-7.40
757–785	769	9	121.00–135.00	$127.95	$984	-2.96
785 value added	785	1	125.00	$125.00	$981	—
825	825	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,097	-0.97
812–839 value added	828	28	135.25–138.00	$136.31	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	4	135.00	$135.00	$639	-2.96
570–573	572	3	110.00–115.00	$113.34	$648	—
655–680	663	3	105.00–120.00	$110.13	$730	-4.87

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	125.00	$125.00	$294	—
317–336	322	20	118.00–132.50	$127.59	$411	-3.04
365–399	391	34	116.00–126.00	$123.44	$483	-8.65
405–449	429	31	110.00–124.50	$118.96	$510	-14.70
455–495	474	111	110.00–130.00	$122.56	$581	-6.47
525 value added	525	5	122.50	$122.50	$643	—
500–548	531	90	109.00–123.00	$119.32	$634	-6.58
564–592 value added	568	22	123.50–128.00	$127.36	$723	—
550–596	587	46	107.00–125.00	$117.50	$690	-7.18
605–648	625	17	105.00–120.00	$112.62	$704	-11.07
623–633 value added	627	17	119.25–120.50	$120.06	$753	—
661–676 value added	668	51	120.00–125.50	$123.25	$823	—
650–695	677	45	108.00–120.00	$112.31	$760	-10.05
700–740	716	7	104.00–113.00	$109.46	$784	-7.58
774–779	777	25	100.00–117.00	$109.55	$851	-6.14
865–868	867	10	99.00–100.00	$99.20	$860	—
975	975	2	95.00	$95.00	$926	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	2	118.00	$118.00	$399	-12.50
425–443	440	6	110.00	$110.00	$484	—
505–515	508	3	110.00–115.00	$113.31	$576	+3.31
550–593	567	10	100.00–112.00	$110.01	$624	-12.99
750	750	1	95.00	$95.00	$712	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–343	337	5	135.00–143.00	$136.49	$460	-25.01
365 fancy	365	1	152.00	$152.00	$555	-26.08
355–387	371	13	130.00–145.00	$138.52	$514	-26.07
400–435	405	29	129.00–156.50	$152.16	$616	+2.20
430 fancy	430	1	144.00	$144.00	$619	-24.76
450–483	472	47	120.00–144.50	$138.83	$655	-5.67
515 fancy	515	1	150.00	$150.00	$772	+1.38
505–545	529	52	121.00–135.00	$128.97	$682	-6.83
550–596	584	45	110.00–134.00	$123.45	$721	-9.47
600–645	623	15	110.00–121.00	$115.42	$719	-7.79
650–695	661	50	105.00–118.00	$113.45	$750	-4.50
705–746	732	24	100.00–111.00	$103.76	$760	-9.62
750–785	758	19	90.00–109.50	$106.37	$806	-9.63
815–825	820	2	90.00–100.00	$95.03	$779	-13.29
862	862	9	94.00	$94.00	$810	-17.19

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	11	144.00	$144.00	$503	—
360	360	3	131.00	$131.00	$472	—
454–475	462	11	120.00–125.00	$123.13	$569	-5.51
544	544	5	115.00	$115.00	$626	-10.73
550–599	580	11	100.00–118.00	$106.17	$616	—
685–690	688	2	90.00	$90.00	$619	-11.00
703	703	4	85.00	$85.00	$598	—
860	860	1	85.00	$85.00	$731	-5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	130.00	$130.00	$442	-5.00
505	505	1	106.00	$106.00	$535	-19.00

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1805	1364	75-80%	46	50.00–62.00	$55.10	$752	—
1365–1410	1388	75-80%	2	60.00–62.00	$60.98	$846	—
1435–1625	1530	75-80%	2	46.00–51.00	$48.66	$744	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1425	1185	80-85%	21	47.00–62.00	$54.23	$643	-1.88
1125–1405	1265	80-85%	2	42.00–45.00	$43.33	$548	—
1260–1305	1283	80-85%	2	59.00–62.00	$60.53	$777	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–985	908	85-90%	2	61.00–64.00	$62.37	$566	—
885–1205	1000	85-90%	3	26.00–33.00	$29.73	$297	—
945–1405	1118	85-90%	14	37.00–56.00	$46.18	$516	+3.90
1185–1205	1195	85-90%	2	45.00–47.00	$45.99	$550	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–1685	1625	2	65.00–70.00	$67.59	$1,098	—
1165–2025	1694	15	73.00–83.00	$78.03	$1,322	-17.46
1340–2005	1752	3	86.00–91.00	$88.63	$1,553	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1100–1200	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–780.00	$748.75
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 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 $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–750.00	$700.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	565.00	$565.00

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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	925.00–1,050.00	$987.50	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573–590	579	3	87.00–89.00	$88.32	$511	—
678	678	2	80.00	$80.00	$542	—
965	965	1	80.00	$80.00	$772	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	2	86.00	$86.00	$654	—
885	885	1	85.00	$85.00	$752	—
1120	1120	1	74.00	$74.00	$829	—

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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.