Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 30, 2021

1,687 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.79/cwt +13.00 vs last sale · ≈ $718/hd at 482 lb · 95 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.02/cwt +7.32 vs last sale · ≈ $783/hd at 576 lb · 75 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $179.73/cwt +13.66 vs last sale · ≈ $858/hd at 477 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,687	2,360	1,801
Feeder cattle	1,399	2,008	1,318
Slaughter cattle	199	285	279
Replacement cattle	89	67	204

Market comments — USDA reporter

Pulaski - Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Bulls steady. Steers under 500 lbs 5.00 to 12.00 higher, over 500 lbs not well established. Heifers 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality average to good. Demand moderate. Knoxville - No comparisons available due to no sale last week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, however, market trends will be available next 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
300–345	327	6	170.00–195.00	$183.99	$602	-7.24
350–390	374	14	171.00–190.00	$181.18	$678	+11.45
400–440	415	19	166.00–185.00	$173.14	$719	+7.24
410–430 fancy	420	3	190.00–193.00	$191.98	$806	—
455–490	466	9	146.00–176.00	$166.50	$776	+1.36
479 value added	479	59	181.75	$181.75	$871	+5.75
500–545	523	12	150.00–168.00	$160.02	$837	-0.37
541 value added	541	49	173.25	$173.25	$937	—
555–572 value added	568	12	163.00–174.00	$166.16	$944	+1.23
564–595	570	10	147.00–160.00	$155.12	$884	-0.64
600–647	625	17	128.00–153.50	$143.72	$898	-4.54
605–647 value added	630	13	156.00–160.00	$157.42	$992	-6.58
645	645	1	127.00	$127.00	$819	-21.26
651–695	673	11	120.00–149.00	$138.24	$930	-5.43
702–740	723	6	135.00–145.00	$141.49	$1,023	+4.59
760–787	771	12	138.00–145.00	$142.02	$1,095	+2.78
915	915	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,217	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	142.50	$142.50	$456	—
350–395	371	5	162.50–165.00	$163.08	$605	+20.08
405	405	1	145.00	$145.00	$587	-4.36
450–475	456	4	140.00–146.00	$142.30	$649	+1.72
600–640	617	4	112.00–128.00	$122.63	$757	-10.75

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	135.00–152.50	$144.06	$411	—
350	350	1	145.00	$145.00	$508	—
470	470	1	136.00	$136.00	$639	—
675	675	1	119.00	$119.00	$803	-1.98

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	132.00	$132.00	$719	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	225	2	134.00–140.00	$137.13	$309	+7.13
295	295	1	136.00	$136.00	$401	-6.47
300–349	342	29	140.00–155.00	$145.68	$498	+1.40
365–380	374	10	139.00–153.00	$144.72	$541	-0.32
405–448	433	30	136.00–154.00	$144.42	$625	+8.88
450–495	474	42	127.00–148.00	$140.95	$668	+5.16
489 value added	489	53	155.00	$155.00	$758	—
505–545	521	44	116.00–136.00	$131.13	$683	+0.49
550–595	569	35	116.00–134.00	$128.33	$730	+0.08
563–586 value added	581	39	139.00–144.00	$143.40	$833	+7.42
590	590	1	117.00	$117.00	$690	-11.25
603 value added	603	5	135.50	$135.50	$817	+5.67
600–645	611	33	113.00–134.00	$130.28	$796	+2.45
655–685	668	11	117.00–127.50	$123.09	$822	+1.37
674–683 value added	677	9	131.50–132.00	$131.67	$891	—
677	677	3	107.00	$107.00	$724	-14.72
704 value added	704	10	130.00	$130.00	$915	-3.64
705–730	711	8	110.00–124.00	$119.25	$848	-1.06
765–795	780	2	117.00–123.00	$119.94	$936	+7.41
860	860	1	115.00	$115.00	$989	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	128.00	$128.00	$435	-0.58
360–365	364	4	122.00–139.00	$130.72	$476	+1.86
415–445	429	8	123.00–134.00	$129.31	$555	+6.83
455–495	474	8	112.50–124.00	$122.10	$579	-2.19
515–545	535	3	113.00–119.00	$115.68	$619	-4.63
565	565	1	117.00	$117.00	$661	+4.94
630	630	2	107.00–108.00	$107.50	$677	-7.62
670	670	1	111.00	$111.00	$744	+2.35

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	130.00–131.00	$130.48	$372	—
455–460	458	3	116.00–123.00	$119.99	$550	—
510–520	515	2	114.00–119.00	$116.48	$600	—
585	585	1	109.00	$109.00	$638	—
625–630	628	2	109.00–112.00	$110.51	$694	+10.51

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	116.00	$116.00	$499	—
525	525	1	118.00	$118.00	$620	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	5	180.00–190.00	$185.10	$589	+8.61
355–382	373	9	181.00–195.00	$186.96	$697	+16.60
410–425 fancy	418	3	182.50–184.00	$183.16	$766	+13.16
410–445	424	9	145.00–175.00	$159.92	$678	-1.25
465–487 fancy	476	5	167.50–170.00	$168.98	$804	+9.46
452–495	478	34	143.00–165.00	$154.42	$738	+2.95
505–540	517	19	134.00–157.00	$145.54	$752	-1.53
540 fancy	540	1	162.50	$162.50	$878	+0.34
555–595	574	18	128.00–147.00	$137.60	$790	+3.13
615 fancy	615	3	150.00	$150.00	$922	—
600–645	625	23	124.00–140.00	$135.47	$847	+8.63
660–692	676	12	118.00–142.50	$131.07	$886	+5.85
700–745	720	3	116.00–127.00	$122.67	$883	+1.84
750–796	775	9	115.00–118.00	$117.07	$907	-3.75
805–835	816	4	112.50–121.00	$117.11	$956	+10.11
870	870	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,009	+3.02
920–940	930	2	113.00–114.00	$113.51	$1,056	+26.46

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	145.00	$145.00	$624	-1.56
480–495	492	7	135.00–140.00	$137.08	$674	-0.44
500–540	520	4	128.00–137.00	$132.18	$687	-2.78
555–595	574	8	122.00–132.00	$127.20	$730	+1.87
615	615	1	125.00	$125.00	$769	+20.00
830	830	1	114.00	$114.00	$946	+17.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	137.00	$137.00	$644	—
560	560	1	125.00	$125.00	$700	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1555	1243	75-80%	8	43.00–53.00	$48.89	$608	—
1370–1470	1420	75-80%	2	66.50–67.50	$66.98	$951	—
1245–1855	1520	75-80%	23	52.00–63.00	$56.90	$865	+0.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	85-90%	1	33.00	$33.00	$338	—
895–1550	1148	85-90%	27	38.00–55.50	$47.65	$547	—
1075–1340	1208	85-90%	2	58.50	$58.50	$707	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1435	1200	80-85%	4	45.00–54.00	$49.93	$599	—
955–1825	1298	80-85%	21	50.00–62.00	$55.79	$724	—
1295–1650	1473	80-85%	2	64.50–66.00	$65.16	$960	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–2005	1428	4	66.00–78.00	$71.71	$1,024	—
1230–2320	1655	21	75.00–96.00	$86.11	$1,425	—
1510–2005	1815	3	97.50–105.00	$100.57	$1,825	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1115	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–650.00	$628.02
985–1045	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	570.00–575.00	$572.57

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	540.00	$540.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1045	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–1,000.00	$925.36
1095–1215	1164	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	825.00–890.00	$857.79
990–1490	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	800.00–1,010.00	$898.82
1250–1355	1303	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$835.99
1170–1630	1373	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–820.00	$703.06
1165–1750	1441	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	625.00–870.00	$779.22

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
965–1025	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00	$775.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	595.00	$595.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	635.00–675.00	$655.00
1350	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	655.00	$655.00

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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
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,130.00	$1,130.00	—
1055	1055	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	940.00	$940.00	—
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,070.00	$1,070.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975–1015	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	820.00–900.00	$859.20	—

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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.