Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, November 20, 2021

2,081 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.14/cwt +1.19 vs last sale · ≈ $718/hd at 569 lb · 116 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $144.03/cwt +4.33 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 646 lb · 111 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.93/cwt +6.99 vs last sale · ≈ $846/hd at 672 lb · 97 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,081	2,425	3,344
Feeder cattle	1,635	1,967	2,589
Slaughter cattle	258	308	437
Replacement cattle	188	150	318

Market comments — USDA reporter

Carthage - Auction Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Greeneville - Compared to last week, based on a lighter test this week, feeder heifers measuring 2.00 higher with feeder bulls weighing up to 500 lbs. 8.00 higher and those weighing over 500 lbs. mostly steady. No comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows holding mostly steady overall with slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 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
240	240	2	164.00	$164.00	$394	+1.50
308–318	316	12	151.00–156.00	$154.78	$489	-9.76
390	390	1	157.00	$157.00	$612	-8.83
405–448	438	10	139.00–155.00	$149.54	$655	-0.64
458–487	474	26	145.00–154.00	$151.33	$717	-0.60
516 value added	516	5	150.50	$150.50	$777	—
526–549	533	27	130.00–146.00	$140.22	$747	+8.85
535 fancy	535	1	151.00	$151.00	$808	—
555–558 value added	558	64	143.00–153.50	$153.34	$856	+3.37
578–596	582	31	135.00–143.00	$138.77	$808	-1.31
600–649	644	24	125.00–141.00	$134.15	$864	-4.04
624–649 value added	646	87	140.00–147.50	$146.75	$948	+2.54
654–688	663	24	132.00–137.00	$135.29	$897	+2.49
732 value added	732	67	142.60	$142.60	$1,044	-9.57
725–745	735	2	122.00–131.00	$126.44	$929	-3.82
770	770	8	133.00	$133.00	$1,024	+4.33
800	800	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,032	+2.75
855	855	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,017	-9.00
882 value added	882	3	131.50	$131.50	$1,160	—
940	940	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,156	+3.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	7	140.00	$140.00	$454	-12.52
513	513	2	106.00	$106.00	$544	-20.45
573–583	578	4	105.00–113.00	$109.03	$630	-26.01
721–730	725	7	105.00–113.00	$108.45	$786	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
232	232	6	130.00	$130.00	$302	-1.25
310–318	317	7	129.00–130.50	$130.29	$413	-3.24
355–395	381	42	119.00–130.00	$125.27	$477	-6.10
400 fancy	400	1	131.00	$131.00	$524	—
405–449	444	55	118.00–127.00	$125.19	$556	-4.98
450–490	468	42	112.00–130.00	$125.57	$588	-5.82
503 value added	503	14	130.00	$130.00	$654	—
505–540	523	65	109.00–127.00	$123.55	$646	-2.05
558–587 value added	561	65	126.00–131.75	$131.10	$735	—
553–590	579	51	109.00–123.00	$119.82	$694	+2.32
601–645	626	34	112.00–119.50	$116.71	$731	-5.83
650–690	662	13	112.00–119.00	$115.66	$766	-2.35
671–673 value added	673	84	125.00–127.75	$127.52	$858	+4.52
718 value added	718	6	120.50	$120.50	$865	—
710–746	739	9	105.00–110.00	$105.64	$781	-8.27
765–780	771	8	100.00–110.00	$106.97	$825	+2.97
804–833	812	7	100.00	$100.00	$812	+4.02
879 value added	879	20	104.50	$104.50	$919	—
889–894	892	9	95.00–100.00	$97.22	$867	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	114.00	$114.00	$359	-17.17
380	380	2	110.00	$110.00	$418	-16.12
410	410	1	120.00	$120.00	$492	-7.49
453–454	454	15	115.00–118.00	$116.20	$528	-1.90
508	508	2	100.00	$100.00	$508	-6.63

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	337	3	140.00–142.50	$140.83	$475	—
355–395	384	38	141.00–159.00	$149.14	$573	+2.57
415–436	430	19	130.00–149.00	$136.46	$587	-3.29
453–490	458	43	134.00–145.00	$141.26	$647	-4.39
505 fancy	505	2	149.00	$149.00	$752	—
500–542	527	41	123.00–140.00	$128.30	$676	-12.61
565–590	580	25	114.00–128.00	$126.33	$733	-6.35
600–640	609	5	111.00–120.00	$117.16	$714	-10.01
650–678	665	40	108.00–119.00	$117.51	$781	-1.59
710 fancy	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	—
710–745	732	7	100.00–111.00	$105.99	$776	-5.83
755–779	772	15	101.50–106.50	$105.16	$812	+1.83
808	808	3	90.00	$90.00	$727	-1.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	5	111.00	$111.00	$435	—
440–447	446	10	118.00–120.00	$118.20	$527	-14.06
508–524	519	20	105.00–113.00	$110.65	$574	+2.91
592	592	6	105.00	$105.00	$622	-12.96
668–694	685	6	100.00–101.00	$100.68	$690	-11.82

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1405	1345	75-80%	3	60.00–65.00	$62.62	$842	—
1160–2175	1470	75-80%	43	50.00–62.00	$54.24	$797	-2.93
1390–1610	1500	75-80%	2	46.00–50.00	$47.85	$718	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–930	872	80-85%	3	64.00–72.00	$68.73	$599	—
920–1410	1185	80-85%	24	48.00–61.00	$54.32	$644	-1.44
1050–1310	1201	80-85%	5	58.00–63.00	$61.18	$735	—
1080–1305	1212	80-85%	3	42.00–47.00	$44.61	$541	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–770	765	85-90%	2	61.00–65.00	$63.01	$482	—
875–1055	980	85-90%	3	25.00–35.00	$30.23	$296	-15.78
875–1310	1059	85-90%	19	37.00–55.00	$45.62	$483	—
1000–1305	1170	85-90%	3	50.00–61.00	$55.19	$646	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1655–1710	1683	2	65.00–73.00	$69.07	$1,162	—
1270–2260	1783	15	70.00–83.00	$75.68	$1,349	-7.80
1615–2100	1901	5	84.00–88.00	$85.82	$1,631	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–900.00	$850.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
900–1200	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	650.00–695.00	$672.50
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
900–1300	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	825.00–1,025.00	$937.50
1100–1400	1213	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	925.00–1,030.00	$963.75
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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	1	1,035.00	$1,035.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,130.00	$1,130.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,287.50	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	81.00	$81.00	$360	—

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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.