Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 8, 2021

1,323 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary report →

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.99/cwt -10.49 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 572 lb · 44 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.31/cwt -9.88 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 521 lb · 38 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $146.78/cwt -5.05 vs last sale · ≈ $908/hd at 619 lb · 38 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,323	1,921	1,767
Feeder cattle	1,154	1,741	1,426
Slaughter cattle	108	132	230
Replacement cattle	61	48	111

Market comments — USDA reporter

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. Steers steady to 7.00 lower. Heifers under 500 lbs 2.00 to 10.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Bulls steady. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate to weak. Sweetwater - No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts from this week. Regarding slaughter classes, lean cows 3.00 higher with no comparlsons available for breaker and boning cows and bulls due to limited comparable receipts.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	222.50	$222.50	$656	—
315–345	334	9	172.50–212.50	$200.69	$670	+15.12
355–390	371	12	170.00–187.50	$175.77	$652	-7.13
405–445	432	13	162.50–170.00	$166.09	$718	-9.67
450–495	469	26	148.00–165.00	$159.20	$747	-11.91
500–535	511	19	150.00–170.00	$161.94	$828	-0.74
530–540	535	2	147.50–150.00	$148.76	$796	-13.92
550–595	570	13	140.00–162.50	$155.77	$888	-3.41
602	602	6	135.00	$135.00	$813	-15.81
600–642	622	32	140.00–157.50	$148.99	$927	-1.82
660	660	1	122.50	$122.50	$808	-4.50
665–690	669	18	130.00–145.00	$139.28	$932	+12.28
730–745	738	2	132.50–133.00	$132.75	$980	-2.53
738 value added	738	18	152.50	$152.50	$1,125	+9.93
751 value added	751	17	149.00	$149.00	$1,119	—
760–795	782	3	132.50–140.00	$135.88	$1,063	+3.88
794	794	10	120.00	$120.00	$953	-12.00
820	820	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,066	+3.00
836–846 value added	841	19	142.50	$142.50	$1,198	—
861 value added	861	18	141.00	$141.00	$1,214	—
855–870	863	2	122.00–130.00	$126.03	$1,088	—
943	943	7	115.00	$115.00	$1,084	-6.55

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	157.50–170.00	$163.88	$393	—
275	275	1	165.00	$165.00	$454	—
310–330	324	5	167.50–187.50	$178.95	$580	+20.00
360–395	382	11	157.50–170.00	$164.00	$626	+4.38
400–440	417	10	145.00–165.00	$154.94	$646	+0.90
455–495	467	5	140.00–160.00	$151.31	$707	-3.48
500–540	527	8	135.00–155.00	$147.80	$779	+3.80
560–585	570	3	130.00–140.00	$134.93	$769	+2.93
690	690	2	125.00–132.50	$128.75	$888	—
720	720	1	130.00	$130.00	$936	—
750	750	1	117.50	$117.50	$881	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	140.00	$140.00	$546	—
580	580	1	130.00	$130.00	$754	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	±0.00
620	620	1	125.00	$125.00	$775	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	152.50	$152.50	$374	—
255–290	266	5	142.50–157.50	$149.19	$397	+7.46
325–330	326	5	135.00–150.00	$146.50	$478	+5.07
350–395	369	19	130.00–147.50	$140.89	$520	-9.66
365–396 fancy	388	8	150.00–152.00	$151.53	$588	—
420	420	1	128.00	$128.00	$538	-20.27
400–445	425	23	130.00–145.00	$138.23	$587	-10.04
466	466	3	130.00	$130.00	$606	-9.38
450–490	471	33	128.00–142.00	$134.65	$634	-4.73
510	510	1	123.00	$123.00	$627	-14.26
500–545	521	37	124.00–137.50	$130.51	$680	-6.75
550–595	572	42	121.00–132.00	$127.42	$729	-2.15
550–595	573	2	116.00–120.00	$117.92	$676	-11.65
608	608	8	116.00	$116.00	$705	-9.22
600–645	626	15	116.00–130.00	$123.57	$774	-1.65
627 value added	627	8	130.00	$130.00	$815	-3.50
657–660 value added	658	11	130.00–131.00	$130.82	$861	-6.18
650–690	665	7	120.00–127.00	$124.00	$825	+0.19
700–707	706	14	120.00–124.00	$123.36	$871	+3.67
730 value added	730	2	124.00	$124.00	$905	-4.33
776 value added	776	15	123.00	$123.00	$954	—
765–795	783	5	112.50–126.00	$118.88	$931	-1.00
825–835	828	3	110.00–122.00	$116.97	$969	-11.03
833	833	13	110.00	$110.00	$916	-18.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	230	3	132.50–140.00	$136.58	$314	+7.58
255–285	273	6	127.50–140.00	$134.76	$368	—
300–340	327	8	127.50–147.50	$137.54	$450	-3.46
375–395	385	4	127.50–137.50	$133.33	$513	-1.35
405–440	426	9	122.50–135.00	$131.25	$559	-1.66
455–490	466	9	120.00–132.50	$128.82	$600	+2.64
535–545	542	3	122.50–127.50	$125.82	$682	-0.73
560–595	571	9	112.50–125.00	$120.45	$688	+3.31
615–645	630	5	110.00–123.00	$116.84	$736	+1.84
650–655	653	3	110.00–115.00	$113.34	$740	+7.34
750–770	760	2	112.50–118.00	$115.21	$876	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	380	3	122.50–130.00	$125.88	$478	+5.88
410–435	422	3	115.00–130.00	$123.22	$520	+13.22
450–495	473	2	127.50	$127.50	$603	—
490	490	1	115.00	$115.00	$564	—
505	505	1	112.50	$112.50	$568	—
520	520	1	114.00	$114.00	$593	—
575–580	578	2	116.00–120.00	$118.01	$682	+0.68
625	625	1	112.50	$112.50	$703	—
660	660	1	100.00	$100.00	$660	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	122.50	$122.50	$300	—
300	300	1	127.50	$127.50	$382	—
380–390	385	2	117.50–122.50	$120.03	$462	—
460–470	465	2	105.00–120.00	$112.58	$523	—
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	—

↑ Back to top

Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–348 value added	343	4	184.00–190.00	$186.96	$641	—
345	345	2	167.00–180.00	$173.50	$599	-18.21
370	370	1	169.00	$169.00	$625	-8.07
415 value added	415	1	159.00	$159.00	$660	-28.00
400–445	427	8	140.00–165.00	$154.61	$660	-15.83
450–495	472	8	139.00–162.50	$152.04	$718	-7.29
460–485 fancy	473	2	161.00–166.00	$163.57	$774	—
475	475	1	145.00	$145.00	$689	-14.33
500–548	530	14	131.00–154.00	$143.33	$760	-4.94
560	560	1	126.00	$126.00	$706	-12.32
555–590	576	10	133.00–147.50	$137.63	$793	-0.69
610–635	620	3	132.50–140.00	$135.80	$842	-1.17
650–680	670	4	127.50–136.00	$131.47	$881	+0.53
700–725	714	6	106.00–127.50	$116.94	$835	-3.39

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	433	4	145.00–162.50	$151.97	$658	-0.53
455–485	473	4	130.00–145.00	$138.12	$653	-11.31
505–540	528	7	125.00–142.50	$132.56	$700	-7.71
585	585	2	122.50–125.00	$123.75	$724	-5.90
615–645	630	3	120.00–127.50	$125.00	$788	—
665	665	6	117.50	$117.50	$781	-1.47
700–720	710	2	117.50	$117.50	$834	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	140.00	$140.00	$469	—
630	630	1	119.00	$119.00	$750	—
670	670	1	112.50	$112.50	$754	+7.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	135.00	$135.00	$601	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1435	1199	80-85%	14	42.00–52.00	$47.81	$573	—
1035–1580	1269	80-85%	21	52.00–64.00	$56.23	$714	-1.63

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1145	1088	85-90%	3	37.00–38.00	$37.66	$410	-1.55
915–1450	1122	85-90%	19	41.00–58.50	$49.43	$555	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250	1250	75-80%	1	61.00	$61.00	$762	—
1090–1600	1392	75-80%	13	52.00–62.00	$57.74	$804	+0.59
1315–1650	1513	75-80%	3	49.00–52.00	$50.91	$770	—

↑ Back to top

Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1785	1522	6	79.00–87.00	$83.26	$1,267	—
1545–1785	1611	4	75.00–80.00	$78.31	$1,262	—
1575–2110	1890	3	89.00–92.50	$90.30	$1,707	—

↑ Back to top

Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
970–1290	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	500.00–775.00	$688.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1020–1335	1178	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00–900.00	$889.17
1080–1290	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–900.00	$865.82
1175–1285	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–950.00	$897.76

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

↑ Back to top

Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

↑ Back to top

Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

↑ Back to top

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.