Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 29, 2021

2,360 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.79/cwt +7.24 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 477 lb · 116 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.64/cwt +4.79 vs last sale · ≈ $688/hd at 527 lb · 76 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.69/cwt +9.96 vs last sale · ≈ $734/hd at 570 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,360	833	1,801
Feeder cattle	2,008	739	1,318
Slaughter cattle	285	94	279
Replacement cattle	67	—	204

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - No comparison to last week as the market was closed in light of the Thanksgiving holiday, however, compared to two weeks ago, feeder classes were mostly 3.00-8.00 higher with very good demand. Slaughter cows were mostly 5.00-7.00 higher than the previous sale, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady. Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-10.00 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
225–240	230	3	150.00–210.00	$189.13	$435	—
270	270	2	170.00–175.00	$172.50	$466	-2.45
313–325 fancy	316	4	185.00	$185.00	$585	—
310–345	330	8	170.00–199.00	$191.23	$631	+10.26
368–385 fancy	371	5	180.00–185.00	$181.04	$672	—
355–395	377	14	155.00–188.00	$169.73	$640	-4.76
400–448	423	28	158.00–180.00	$165.90	$702	-4.55
450–498	482	52	150.00–175.00	$165.14	$796	+11.30
485 fancy	485	1	175.00	$175.00	$849	—
486 value added	486	4	176.00	$176.00	$855	—
500–548	526	55	148.00–166.00	$160.39	$844	+12.39
550–580 value added	555	15	161.00–170.00	$164.93	$915	+4.93
550–595	569	57	144.00–165.00	$155.76	$886	+17.37
617 value added	617	3	164.00	$164.00	$1,012	—
600–648	620	55	140.00–153.00	$148.26	$919	+17.28
650 value added	650	3	147.00–150.00	$148.67	$966	—
650–695	670	67	135.00–150.00	$143.67	$963	+14.68
705–740	725	26	129.00–141.00	$136.90	$993	+8.90
745 value added	745	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,132	—
775 value added	775	2	138.00	$138.00	$1,070	—
750–797	777	31	134.00–143.00	$139.24	$1,082	—
802–835	817	6	129.00–135.00	$132.96	$1,086	—
840 fancy	840	2	158.00	$158.00	$1,327	—
860–885	872	5	131.00–135.00	$131.81	$1,149	+12.81
884 value added	884	46	146.50	$146.50	$1,295	—
970	970	2	118.00	$118.00	$1,145	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	140.00–146.00	$143.00	$551	+3.00
415–445	430	3	148.00–150.00	$149.36	$642	+2.84
450–492	481	13	135.00–156.00	$140.58	$676	—
505–538	524	6	127.00–148.00	$139.22	$730	—
550–583	576	7	135.00–145.00	$138.53	$798	+10.48
600–630	623	6	116.00–137.00	$133.38	$831	+14.10
660–690	677	3	126.00–134.00	$130.02	$880	+11.02
728–735	730	3	110.00–118.00	$115.32	$842	—
770	770	1	127.00	$127.00	$978	—
818–830	822	4	100.00–130.00	$117.53	$966	—
970	970	1	86.00	$86.00	$834	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–685	673	2	120.00–122.00	$120.98	$814	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	130.00	$130.00	$280	—
260–295	273	10	132.50–153.00	$142.47	$389	-2.53
280 fancy	280	2	160.00	$160.00	$448	—
305–345	330	34	136.00–151.00	$144.28	$476	+1.22
350–395	377	25	135.00–155.00	$145.04	$547	+10.51
400–446	426	61	125.00–147.00	$135.54	$577	+7.95
450–499	477	116	125.00–143.00	$135.79	$648	+11.39
500–546	527	76	124.00–137.00	$130.64	$688	+12.60
555	555	1	100.00	$100.00	$555	-16.75
550–595	570	67	119.00–134.00	$128.25	$731	+11.50
563–592 value added	575	8	135.00–137.00	$135.98	$782	+6.65
610–630 value added	615	6	129.00–130.00	$129.83	$798	+0.83
600–642	628	66	116.00–135.00	$127.83	$803	+13.93
650–695	669	32	113.00–129.00	$121.72	$814	+10.74
700–740	721	20	106.00–129.00	$120.31	$867	+12.80
719–740 value added	722	8	133.00–138.00	$133.64	$965	—
750–790	770	7	106.00–121.00	$112.53	$866	+2.53
805–835	824	5	100.00–120.00	$114.55	$944	-0.45
920–939	935	5	108.00	$108.00	$1,010	+28.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	110.00–120.00	$115.11	$253	—
280	280	1	130.00	$130.00	$364	—
325–343	337	8	120.00–135.00	$128.58	$433	+18.58
350–385	370	10	120.00–135.00	$128.86	$477	+8.37
400–448	430	23	108.00–130.00	$122.48	$527	+13.83
454–498	472	17	120.00–128.00	$124.29	$587	+11.66
505–537	529	7	114.00–122.00	$120.31	$636	+11.46
565–595	579	9	105.00–118.00	$112.06	$649	+7.04
610–642	629	6	108.00–120.00	$115.12	$724	+26.14
680–690	683	3	106.00–110.00	$108.65	$742	+11.19
741	741	5	110.00	$110.00	$815	—
820	820	1	95.00	$95.00	$779	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	110.00	$110.00	$380	—
620–625	623	2	100.00	$100.00	$623	+20.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	170.00	$170.00	$416	—
250–267	261	6	174.00–180.00	$176.93	$462	—
328–335	330	4	175.00–177.00	$176.49	$582	—
355 fancy	355	1	180.00	$180.00	$639	—
350–395	385	23	160.00–176.00	$170.36	$656	+0.88
400–448	423	31	150.00–172.00	$161.17	$682	+5.97
425 fancy	425	1	170.00	$170.00	$722	—
450–493	476	30	140.00–164.00	$151.47	$721	-1.16
457–495 fancy	476	6	159.00–160.00	$159.52	$759	—
506–516 fancy	511	12	161.00–163.00	$162.16	$829	—
500–545	524	53	140.00–158.00	$147.07	$771	+8.22
550–598	568	71	128.00–140.00	$134.47	$764	+7.72
600–645	625	34	120.00–133.00	$126.84	$793	+6.58
650–695	660	18	117.00–135.00	$125.22	$826	+7.72
710–745	721	7	116.00–128.00	$120.83	$871	+8.05
750–775	763	5	114.00–125.00	$120.82	$922	+17.58
820	820	1	107.00	$107.00	$877	—
850–885	868	2	112.00–114.00	$112.98	$981	+22.98
910–940	925	2	84.00–90.00	$87.05	$805	—
950–970	960	2	97.00–102.00	$99.47	$955	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	140.00	$140.00	$371	—
300–338	324	7	120.00–132.50	$129.70	$420	—
350–391	372	14	140.00–154.00	$146.20	$544	+13.10
405–445	434	15	134.00–151.00	$146.56	$636	+8.26
453–495	477	15	125.00–148.00	$137.52	$656	+8.22
510–547	541	10	127.00–138.00	$134.96	$730	+16.09
550–590	576	10	118.00–128.00	$125.33	$722	+11.86
605	605	1	105.00	$105.00	$635	-8.00
655–665	660	2	110.00–120.00	$115.04	$759	+12.04
710–715	713	2	94.00–112.00	$102.97	$734	—
770–775	773	2	100.00–110.00	$105.02	$812	—
820	820	2	94.00–100.00	$97.00	$795	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	135.00	$135.00	$540	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	121.00	$121.00	$653	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1305	998	85-90%	14	27.00–46.00	$36.80	$367	—
890–1490	1106	85-90%	47	37.00–58.00	$46.90	$519	+4.74

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1545	1247	80-85%	42	47.00–64.00	$55.26	$689	—
1060–1425	1305	80-85%	4	57.00–67.00	$61.42	$802	+2.11
1140–1740	1313	80-85%	14	42.00–54.00	$48.11	$632	-11.20

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1900	1534	75-80%	27	48.00–65.00	$56.64	$869	—
1570–1670	1620	75-80%	2	57.00–67.00	$62.15	$1,007	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1985	1595	12	60.00–71.00	$66.01	$1,053	-2.24
1250–2050	1742	11	72.00–83.00	$78.00	$1,359	—
1895–2070	1983	2	85.00–87.00	$85.96	$1,705	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
938	938	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	94.00	$94.00	$882

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	650.00–975.00	$827.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	810.00–1,125.00	$967.50

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	575.00	$575.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	585.00–625.00	$605.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$625.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	390.00–400.00	$395.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	460.00–700.00	$603.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	785.00	$785.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	105.00	$105.00	$420	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	92.50	$92.50	$319	—
625	625	1	70.00	$70.00	$438	—
908	908	3	77.00	$77.00	$699	—

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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.