Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 17, 2021

2,425 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.79/cwt +5.73 vs last sale · ≈ $1,026/hd at 709 lb · 102 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.25/cwt +3.86 vs last sale · ≈ $594/hd at 429 lb · 95 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.60/cwt +1.41 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 528 lb · 89 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,425	1,590	3,344
Feeder cattle	1,967	1,284	2,589
Slaughter cattle	308	214	437
Replacement cattle	150	92	318

Market comments — USDA reporter

LaFayette - Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers and bulls under 400 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher, over 400 lbs steady. Heifers under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Sweetwater - **No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	162.50	$162.50	$390	—
250–295	274	4	177.50–197.50	$187.45	$514	—
300–339	330	19	155.00–180.00	$164.54	$543	-0.04
350–390	372	12	160.00–175.00	$165.83	$617	+0.94
405–440	417	3	139.00–160.00	$150.18	$626	-12.70
457–495	474	26	138.00–158.00	$151.93	$720	-1.74
500–548	517	33	135.00–157.50	$146.38	$757	-6.87
520–535	528	2	122.50–140.00	$131.37	$694	-21.88
555–587 value added	574	20	149.00–151.50	$149.97	$861	-5.53
555–597	578	27	132.00–155.00	$140.08	$810	+1.11
605–635	623	27	130.00–145.00	$138.19	$861	+0.81
613–642 value added	636	9	144.00–145.00	$144.21	$917	-8.40
650–695	664	27	124.00–145.00	$132.80	$882	+3.82
687 value added	687	5	139.00	$139.00	$955	-9.82
702–711 value added	703	68	136.00–153.75	$152.17	$1,070	—
710	710	1	122.50	$122.50	$870	-6.48
703–742	720	33	122.00–134.00	$130.26	$938	+1.28
760–763	762	3	125.00–130.50	$128.67	$980	-3.33
782 value added	782	5	137.00	$137.00	$1,071	—
815–820	818	2	125.00–127.50	$126.25	$1,033	-5.81
840 value added	840	60	152.50	$152.50	$1,281	—
850	850	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,088	—
910	910	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,092	-2.00
982	982	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,119	+2.35
1020	1020	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	265	3	150.00–165.00	$155.88	$413	—
320–345	336	6	142.50–162.50	$152.52	$512	-3.91
355–390	372	10	142.50–155.00	$147.13	$547	-6.08
405–425	413	8	121.00–151.00	$135.15	$558	—
465–499	486	10	130.00–145.00	$133.18	$647	-14.89
505–540	525	7	120.00–130.00	$126.45	$664	-6.05
575–595	587	3	132.50–140.00	$135.04	$793	+8.97
630–640	635	4	125.00–137.50	$128.35	$815	+5.35
690	690	1	125.00	$125.00	$862	+16.50
810	810	1	115.00	$115.00	$932	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	+23.00
340	340	1	152.50	$152.50	$518	—
355–380	368	2	135.00–150.00	$142.76	$525	+10.26
415–440	428	2	142.50–150.00	$146.36	$626	—
450–485	462	3	125.00–127.50	$126.62	$585	-13.38
590	590	1	132.50	$132.50	$782	+17.50
635	635	1	110.00	$110.00	$698	—
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	—
785	785	1	115.00	$115.00	$903	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	135.00	$135.00	$472	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	233	3	127.50–140.00	$131.25	$306	-17.85
255–285	270	8	130.00–140.00	$133.84	$361	—
305–340	320	13	130.00–142.50	$133.53	$427	-3.00
335 value added	335	7	155.00	$155.00	$519	—
373 thin fleshed	373	2	121.00	$121.00	$451	—
350–397	382	44	124.00–141.00	$131.37	$502	-2.49
410	410	1	116.00	$116.00	$476	-19.07
410	410	1	124.00	$124.00	$508	-11.07
422–433 value added	427	57	144.00	$144.00	$615	—
400–449	434	36	125.00–137.50	$130.17	$565	+22.67
450–495	473	26	122.50–135.00	$131.39	$621	+1.06
478–492 value added	485	23	137.50–138.00	$137.74	$668	—
495	495	1	111.00	$111.00	$549	-19.33
505–545	528	89	118.00–137.50	$125.60	$663	+1.41
550–595	571	42	117.00–135.00	$125.13	$714	+3.37
585	585	1	117.50	$117.50	$687	-4.26
605–645	627	23	105.00–126.00	$122.54	$768	+2.21
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	-5.33
645 value added	645	1	120.00	$120.00	$774	-14.00
660 value added	660	8	123.00	$123.00	$812	—
650–690	664	35	106.00–124.00	$118.01	$784	-0.71
710	710	1	108.00	$108.00	$767	-7.23
703–735	720	17	101.00–123.00	$113.91	$820	-1.32
761	761	4	104.00	$104.00	$791	-16.63
820–830	827	3	94.00–100.00	$95.98	$794	—
848 value added	848	2	112.00	$112.00	$950	—
985	985	1	77.00	$77.00	$758	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	116.00	$116.00	$319	-1.00
300–345	321	7	125.00–137.50	$131.17	$421	+9.22
355–395	377	12	119.00–132.50	$126.12	$475	+0.60
420–445	435	20	120.00–132.50	$127.49	$555	+7.22
460–497	477	10	109.00–126.00	$118.10	$563	+5.25
505–540	526	7	95.00–118.00	$106.63	$561	-7.54
575–597	596	16	118.00–120.00	$119.88	$714	—
605–640	619	4	102.50–120.00	$111.01	$687	+1.01
695	695	1	102.50	$102.50	$712	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	102.50–125.00	$113.36	$323	+18.36
340	340	1	122.50	$122.50	$416	+10.88
420	420	1	109.00	$109.00	$458	-2.62
455–463	460	3	113.00	$113.00	$520	+0.75
495	495	1	120.00	$120.00	$594	+7.75
525	525	1	113.00	$113.00	$593	+4.00
540	540	1	115.00	$115.00	$621	+6.00
555	555	1	115.00	$115.00	$638	+9.00
565–580	573	2	112.50–116.00	$114.27	$655	+8.27

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	117.50	$117.50	$429	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	384	7	145.00–150.00	$146.57	$563	-13.81
410–445	428	9	130.00–150.00	$139.75	$598	-16.34
450–455	451	23	132.00–149.00	$145.65	$657	+4.47
500–545	514	50	122.00–149.00	$140.91	$724	+6.60
550–590	578	34	114.00–136.50	$132.68	$767	+8.15
602–645	612	26	114.00–132.00	$127.17	$778	+4.18
653–690	656	22	111.00–132.50	$119.10	$781	+4.55
700–730	725	16	109.00–116.00	$111.82	$811	-0.07
765	765	3	100.00–110.00	$103.33	$790	-9.04
835	835	4	91.00	$91.00	$760	-18.43
925	925	2	80.00	$80.00	$740	-28.49
1025	1025	11	70.00	$70.00	$718	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	140.00	$140.00	$336	—
263–280	269	3	142.00–146.00	$143.39	$386	—
310	310	1	137.00	$137.00	$425	—
405–420	412	3	110.00–147.50	$132.26	$545	-7.58
450–483	474	5	117.00–137.50	$122.28	$580	+0.28
528–535	529	5	104.00–122.50	$107.74	$570	-11.45
563–595	574	9	100.00–122.50	$117.96	$677	+9.94
615–645	628	3	108.00–130.00	$119.51	$751	+6.52
655	655	1	112.50	$112.50	$737	+9.50
850	850	1	97.50	$97.50	$829	-5.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	120.00	$120.00	$404	—
405–435	418	3	118.00–125.00	$120.76	$505	-21.74
475	475	2	125.00–130.00	$127.50	$606	±0.00
495	495	1	129.00	$129.00	$639	+1.50
520	520	1	119.00	$119.00	$619	—
610	610	1	112.00	$112.00	$683	+2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	112.50	$112.50	$456	—
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	-1.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1250	1105	80-85%	4	40.00–52.00	$47.18	$521	—
965–1465	1198	80-85%	37	48.00–61.00	$55.76	$668	+2.17
1235–1325	1283	80-85%	3	65.00	$65.00	$834	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1500	1428	75-80%	2	63.00	$63.00	$900	+17.87
1220–1955	1463	75-80%	33	52.00–64.00	$57.17	$836	—
1560	1560	75-80%	1	52.00	$52.00	$811	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–975	928	85-90%	2	35.00–40.00	$37.63	$349	-25.37
825–1150	995	85-90%	12	40.00–51.50	$46.01	$458	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	1	73.50	$73.50	$860	—
1085–2255	1406	7	62.00–77.00	$69.67	$980	—
1445–2190	1759	14	78.50–88.00	$83.48	$1,468	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–650.00	$612.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–990.00	$870.00
800–1100	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	670.00–825.00	$747.50
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
850–1150	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	775.00–900.00	$828.75
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00
1170–1330	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
1095–1560	1385	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	800.00–1,000.00	$911.84
1345–1575	1460	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00–1,035.00	$1,007.36

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1055–1335	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	720.00–850.00	$785.14

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	790.00–800.00	$796.67
800	800	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
825	825	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	710.00	$710.00
1175	1175	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 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
1200–1370	1338	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,320.00–1,525.00	$1,460.74	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730–985	858	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	720.00–920.00	$805.13	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	106.00	$106.00	$260	—
505	505	1	87.00	$87.00	$439	—

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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.