Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 1, 2021

3,687 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.79/cwt +8.66 vs last sale · ≈ $738/hd at 528 lb · 186 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.43/cwt -0.58 vs last sale · ≈ $786/hd at 580 lb · 142 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.31/cwt -2.83 vs last sale · ≈ $904/hd at 571 lb · 142 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,687	1,687	1,801
Feeder cattle	3,218	1,399	1,318
Slaughter cattle	334	199	279
Replacement cattle	135	89	204

Market comments — USDA reporter

LaFayette - Compared to the last sale Feeder Steers 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-12.00 higher. Offerings also included 9 Load Lots sold on video. To view the video sale report click on the following link. https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467 Sweetwater - **No comparisons available due to reporter absence last week in observance of Thanksgiving holiday. Savannah - Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers and bulls under 550 lbs 8.00 to 20.00 higher, over 550 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 higher, over 500 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand strong. Supply included: 81% Feeder Cattle (43% Steers, 44% Heifers, 13% Bulls); 15% Slaughter Cattle (89% Cows, 11% Bulls); 4% Replacement Cattle (60% Bred Cows, 5% Bred Heifers, 35% Cow-Calf Pairs). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs was 33%.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	160.00	$160.00	$392	—
268–294	291	19	160.00–205.00	$199.98	$582	—
310–349	334	34	180.00–212.50	$191.58	$640	+7.59
350 thin fleshed	350	10	190.00	$190.00	$665	—
350–390	375	16	167.50–187.50	$173.12	$649	-8.06
400 value added	400	5	185.00	$185.00	$740	—
410–445	435	23	156.00–182.50	$169.92	$739	-3.22
450–475	459	29	140.00–175.00	$159.93	$734	-6.57
520 value added	520	18	175.00	$175.00	$910	+1.75
500–545	525	35	141.00–177.50	$155.70	$817	-4.32
559–589 value added	563	67	143.00–167.50	$165.51	$932	-0.65
550–597	578	74	134.00–167.50	$152.10	$879	-3.02
585	585	1	135.00	$135.00	$790	-20.12
611–633 value added	619	45	150.00–159.00	$153.36	$949	-4.06
600–648	628	65	130.00–153.00	$142.26	$893	-1.46
652–673 value added	654	95	157.50–161.75	$161.43	$1,056	—
650–695	684	18	128.00–147.50	$136.90	$936	-1.34
717–728 value added	724	36	141.00–152.50	$145.39	$1,053	—
700–749	736	45	133.00–143.00	$136.66	$1,006	-4.83
758–781 value added	774	10	137.00–147.50	$140.08	$1,084	—
750–783	775	19	129.00–147.50	$132.21	$1,025	-9.81
805–820	807	7	130.00–132.50	$130.36	$1,052	—
849 value added	849	8	135.00	$135.00	$1,146	—
915–941	932	8	113.00–122.00	$116.07	$1,082	-16.93
936 value added	936	3	127.50	$127.50	$1,193	—
955	955	2	120.50	$120.50	$1,151	—
1008–1020	1011	4	93.00–113.00	$98.04	$991	—
1070	1070	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,295	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	167.50–172.50	$170.00	$391	—
250–285	273	24	157.50–175.00	$169.41	$462	—
315–342	329	23	160.00–185.00	$179.61	$591	+37.11
350–394	374	15	130.00–165.00	$146.50	$548	-16.58
410–447	432	19	142.50–160.00	$152.40	$658	+7.40
455–495	479	11	135.00–157.50	$146.63	$702	+4.33
500–535	514	27	113.00–152.50	$145.11	$746	—
555–597	563	25	119.00–137.00	$123.41	$695	—
630	630	1	132.50	$132.50	$835	+9.87
655–693	682	7	102.50–121.00	$113.85	$776	—
720–735	728	3	127.50–132.50	$129.18	$940	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	160.00	$160.00	$504	—
400–445	427	3	130.00–132.50	$130.78	$558	—
495	495	1	130.00	$130.00	$644	-6.00
505	505	1	127.50	$127.50	$644	—
630	630	1	126.00	$126.00	$794	—
710	710	1	127.50	$127.50	$905	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	140.00	$140.00	$581	—
485	485	1	135.00	$135.00	$655	—
540	540	1	125.00	$125.00	$675	-7.00
578	578	4	120.00	$120.00	$694	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	230	2	137.50–145.00	$141.49	$325	+4.36
265–290	273	24	140.00–170.00	$166.37	$454	+30.37
300–345	326	40	120.00–152.50	$148.30	$483	+2.62
350–395	379	36	129.00–161.00	$144.68	$548	-0.04
400–447	428	38	120.00–159.00	$143.78	$615	-0.64
452 value added	452	5	143.50	$143.50	$649	—
453–495	465	95	125.00–149.00	$136.89	$637	-4.06
520–530	525	2	114.00–117.00	$115.49	$606	-15.64
500–540	526	112	121.00–142.50	$132.00	$694	+0.87
530–537 value added	531	72	142.50–153.50	$152.57	$810	—
550	550	1	113.00	$113.00	$622	-15.33
550–598	578	92	124.00–140.00	$132.92	$768	+4.59
578–599 value added	585	49	135.00–145.00	$140.61	$823	-2.79
615	615	1	115.00	$115.00	$707	-15.28
603–641 value added	620	42	133.00–136.00	$135.00	$837	-0.50
622–646	635	41	115.00–133.50	$126.08	$801	-4.20
650–695	663	38	118.00–132.50	$125.41	$831	+2.32
657–687 value added	664	19	120.00–132.50	$131.52	$873	-0.15
700–740	719	15	113.00–129.00	$122.21	$879	+2.96
706–745 value added	727	16	124.00–129.00	$126.14	$917	-3.86
750–795	768	6	112.00–119.00	$115.84	$890	-4.10
770 value added	770	1	123.00	$123.00	$947	—
805–840	823	2	110.00–112.50	$111.22	$915	—
918 value added	918	3	106.00	$106.00	$973	—
935	935	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,085	—
963 value added	963	2	112.00	$112.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	226	5	132.50–150.00	$142.07	$321	—
255–290	278	11	130.00–147.50	$137.23	$381	—
315–345	331	8	121.00–137.50	$131.01	$434	+3.01
355–395	378	9	122.50–140.00	$134.09	$507	+3.37
400–445	420	22	123.00–145.00	$135.40	$569	+6.09
450–495	470	14	113.00–140.00	$126.19	$593	+4.09
505–547	530	18	109.00–128.00	$123.90	$657	+8.22
555–575	563	3	120.00–130.00	$123.31	$694	+6.31
600–635	615	4	93.00–122.50	$113.97	$701	+6.47
650–690	661	10	94.00–121.00	$103.95	$687	-7.05
705–745	725	2	110.00–117.50	$113.85	$825	—
790	790	1	92.50	$92.50	$731	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	127.50	$127.50	$319	-2.98
305	305	1	111.00	$111.00	$339	—
310	310	1	137.50	$137.50	$426	—
425	425	1	122.50	$122.50	$521	—
475–485	482	3	127.00–135.00	$131.03	$632	+11.04
530	530	1	123.00	$123.00	$652	+6.52
590	590	1	103.00	$103.00	$608	-6.00
675	675	1	111.00	$111.00	$749	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	110.00	$110.00	$550	-8.00
590	590	1	100.00	$100.00	$590	—
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	283	4	155.00–160.00	$158.31	$448	—
305 value added	305	4	184.00	$184.00	$561	—
382–399	387	16	156.00–173.00	$168.04	$650	-18.92
400–440	419	8	160.00–172.50	$165.10	$692	+5.18
450–495	465	38	146.00–165.00	$148.08	$689	-6.34
500–545	516	39	125.00–152.50	$140.02	$723	-5.52
550–595	576	35	124.00–148.00	$139.50	$804	+1.90
600–640	624	8	115.00–137.00	$121.34	$757	-14.13
650–695	662	39	112.00–139.00	$132.70	$878	+1.63
701 value added	701	4	124.50	$124.50	$873	—
700–744	730	16	110.00–119.00	$112.30	$820	-10.37
760–770	763	3	116.00–125.00	$121.97	$931	+4.90
825	825	9	111.00	$111.00	$916	-6.11
855	855	1	105.00	$105.00	$898	-11.00
930	930	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,042	-1.51

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–495	480	9	119.00–150.00	$139.21	$668	+2.13
505–533	525	11	128.00–135.00	$131.39	$690	-0.79
580–595	587	3	115.00–127.50	$121.63	$714	-5.57
605–640	623	2	120.00–125.00	$122.43	$763	-2.57
770 value added	770	1	123.00	$123.00	$947	—
845	845	1	85.00	$85.00	$718	-29.00
890	890	1	97.50	$97.50	$868	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	140.00	$140.00	$539	—
400	400	1	130.00	$130.00	$520	—
470	470	1	112.50	$112.50	$529	-24.50
515	515	2	111.00	$111.00	$572	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1625	1240	80-85%	19	42.00–52.00	$47.14	$585	—
1055–1835	1282	80-85%	40	51.00–63.50	$56.13	$720	+0.34
1225–1475	1366	80-85%	5	59.00–66.50	$61.82	$844	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1180	1023	85-90%	16	32.00–44.00	$37.91	$388	+4.91
780–1260	1055	85-90%	19	42.00–55.50	$48.45	$511	—
1205	1205	85-90%	1	59.50	$59.50	$717	+1.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1435	1370	75-80%	2	60.00–67.50	$63.57	$871	—
1240–1650	1445	75-80%	2	53.00	$53.00	$766	-13.98
1055–1795	1468	75-80%	32	52.00–64.50	$60.48	$888	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1200	1120	2	75.50	$75.50	$846	—
1100–1930	1482	5	69.00–80.00	$74.58	$1,105	—
1545–2065	1866	10	80.00–90.00	$85.75	$1,600	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1010	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–1,025.00	$947.92
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1050–1100	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00–800.00	$775.00
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00
1285	1285	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00
1345	1345	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
1240–1590	1406	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	750.00–975.00	$855.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135–1240	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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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
1000–1200	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,325.00	$1,215.65	+275.65
1000–1280	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–975.00	$918.86	—
1050–1330	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	925.00–950.00	$942.02	-127.98
1300–1350	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,123.58	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	-84.20
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.