Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, December 15, 2021

1,702 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.95/cwt +0.83 vs last sale · ≈ $730/hd at 526 lb · 61 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.83/cwt +5.75 vs last sale · ≈ $885/hd at 666 lb · 57 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.72/cwt -5.73 vs last sale · ≈ $639/hd at 461 lb · 53 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,702	1,306	1,552
Feeder cattle	1,375	1,119	1,162
Slaughter cattle	263	131	264
Replacement cattle	64	56	126

Market comments — USDA reporter

LaFayette - Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher. Sweetwater - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Steers and bulls mostly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady. Quality poor to good. Demand moderate. Savannah - No comparisons available due to limited comparable receipts for feeder and slaughter classes.

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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	225	1	175.00	$175.00	$394	—
260–270	265	2	165.00–182.50	$173.58	$460	—
320–335	327	11	170.00–205.00	$178.70	$584	-13.08
365 value added	365	1	170.00	$170.00	$620	—
350–395	372	6	167.50–182.50	$176.17	$655	-14.29
415 fancy	415	1	180.00	$180.00	$747	—
420–446	439	19	165.00–175.00	$169.98	$746	-19.53
460–499	490	12	160.00–165.00	$162.49	$796	-15.02
520–535 value added	531	15	157.50–169.00	$165.20	$877	—
516–547	532	22	152.00–165.00	$160.91	$856	-5.96
535 thin fleshed	535	1	170.00	$170.00	$910	—
555–596	575	11	146.00–160.00	$148.84	$856	-1.69
555–585 value added	582	10	163.00–165.00	$163.19	$950	-2.81
600 fancy	600	1	150.00	$150.00	$900	—
617 value added	617	10	162.00	$162.00	$1,000	—
600–648	625	17	131.00–155.00	$146.33	$915	-3.88
650–680	664	9	137.50–152.50	$143.78	$955	-4.55
660–695 value added	665	30	142.00–155.50	$154.22	$1,026	—
700–709 value added	707	5	136.00–153.00	$139.37	$985	—
706–738	729	29	130.00–145.00	$141.87	$1,034	-1.13
750–775 value added	751	23	130.00–149.00	$148.15	$1,113	—
763–792	773	6	125.00–140.00	$134.87	$1,043	+0.17
800 value added	800	4	132.00	$132.00	$1,056	—
815–825	820	2	130.00–135.00	$132.52	$1,087	-5.73
877 value added	877	34	142.75	$142.75	$1,252	—
960–978 value added	976	17	125.00–140.50	$138.71	$1,354	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	160.00	$160.00	$384	—
255–295	273	5	152.50–167.50	$159.45	$435	-0.60
315–345	324	8	132.50–172.50	$155.56	$504	-4.44
355–395	374	7	137.00–172.50	$150.14	$562	—
400–435	414	8	152.50–165.00	$159.72	$661	—
465–495	480	4	147.50–160.00	$154.32	$741	-0.55
505–545	520	5	140.00–152.50	$145.62	$757	+15.62
565	565	1	141.00	$141.00	$797	—
572 value added	572	5	152.50	$152.50	$872	—
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	—
760	760	1	115.00	$115.00	$874	—
850–895	873	2	119.00–130.00	$124.36	$1,086	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	160.00	$160.00	$352	—
495	495	1	145.00	$145.00	$718	—
510	510	1	140.00	$140.00	$714	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	145.00	$145.00	$428	-10.56
300–345	325	20	130.00–147.50	$138.89	$451	-17.39
330 fancy	330	2	172.50	$172.50	$569	—
365–395	382	26	130.00–155.00	$147.68	$564	-5.28
400–440	413	18	127.00–147.50	$142.03	$587	-6.84
430–435 fancy	432	3	146.00–149.00	$147.01	$635	-11.99
439 value added	439	31	161.00	$161.00	$707	—
451–495	460	51	129.00–147.50	$138.96	$639	-5.85
485	485	2	132.50	$132.50	$643	-12.31
505 value added	505	4	137.50	$137.50	$694	-7.62
500–548	527	57	127.00–145.00	$139.05	$733	+2.22
550–597	583	41	120.00–141.00	$133.53	$778	+0.78
610–649	632	19	115.00–134.00	$127.75	$807	-0.74
635–644 value added	637	17	124.00–137.50	$134.29	$855	—
653–685	664	33	121.00–131.00	$128.32	$852	+1.24
669–680 value added	669	23	120.00–141.50	$140.55	$940	—
685	685	1	104.00	$104.00	$712	-23.08
700	700	1	115.00	$115.00	$805	-30.00
713–717 value added	716	11	129.00–130.50	$129.96	$931	—
720	720	1	124.00	$124.00	$893	+2.38
751–773	761	18	116.00–122.50	$121.07	$921	+0.73
779–780 value added	779	5	109.00–126.00	$122.60	$955	—
857–873	865	7	116.00–122.00	$119.70	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	214	4	132.50–142.50	$136.94	$293	—
250–295	267	5	130.00–140.00	$136.42	$364	-0.58
305–310	309	8	130.00–137.50	$130.93	$405	-11.24
350–390	372	5	130.00–144.00	$136.35	$507	+3.23
400–445	426	5	120.00–136.00	$126.10	$537	—
455–465	461	6	112.00–131.00	$118.63	$547	-6.56
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	-8.15
560–575	568	2	125.00–126.00	$125.51	$713	-4.49
690	690	1	112.50	$112.50	$776	—
760	760	1	116.00	$116.00	$882	-9.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	368	3	120.00–137.50	$128.29	$472	-10.71
400	400	1	114.00	$114.00	$456	-16.00
420–430	425	2	127.50–132.50	$130.03	$553	+0.03
460	460	1	108.00	$108.00	$497	-17.31
465	465	1	108.00	$108.00	$502	-17.31
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	-15.00
545	545	1	107.00	$107.00	$583	-18.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	127.50	$127.50	$389	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	199.00	$199.00	$577	+13.55
330–340	335	2	151.00–160.00	$155.43	$521	-42.97
370 fancy	370	1	200.00	$200.00	$740	-13.71
352–395	372	16	164.00–180.00	$168.22	$626	-24.46
400–425	414	6	146.00–172.50	$161.44	$668	-10.52
450–495	465	43	130.00–169.00	$162.25	$754	-3.28
505–545	525	35	128.00–158.00	$150.91	$792	-7.73
550–598	585	22	125.00–145.00	$140.02	$819	-7.61
625	625	1	106.00	$106.00	$662	-36.86
610–645	626	10	113.00–139.00	$131.48	$823	-11.38
658–685	664	11	114.00–135.50	$129.92	$863	-9.59
685	685	1	112.00	$112.00	$767	-27.51
740	740	1	105.00	$105.00	$777	-20.56
750–760	755	12	110.00–126.50	$124.33	$939	—
805–810	808	4	98.00–105.00	$102.51	$828	—
905–923	917	3	94.00–99.00	$97.36	$893	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	434	5	142.50–155.00	$150.44	$653	-3.22
455–495	480	12	131.00–155.00	$141.86	$681	-5.16
505–540	527	5	125.00–140.00	$132.91	$700	+2.56
550–590	567	5	127.50–135.00	$129.78	$736	+1.84
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	-6.49
685	685	2	116.00–122.50	$119.25	$817	—
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	125.00	$125.00	$606	-15.00
503–515	509	4	110.00–116.00	$113.04	$575	—
585	585	2	114.00	$114.00	$667	—
640	640	1	119.00	$119.00	$762	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	127.50	$127.50	$555	—
545	545	1	115.00	$115.00	$627	—
585	585	1	120.00	$120.00	$702	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1470	1156	80-85%	7	48.00–55.00	$52.73	$610	—
935–1525	1205	80-85%	28	56.00–68.00	$61.19	$737	-0.16
1230–1410	1310	80-85%	8	67.00–70.00	$68.53	$898	—
1400	1400	80-85%	1	48.00	$48.00	$672	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1280	1143	75-80%	2	55.00–55.50	$55.28	$632	+6.26
1030–1735	1405	75-80%	6	67.00–71.00	$68.37	$961	+0.14
1030–1585	1409	75-80%	26	56.00–67.00	$62.09	$875	-6.14

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–990	943	85-90%	4	59.00–85.00	$67.40	$636	—
810–1345	1009	85-90%	7	32.00–45.00	$38.62	$390	—
900–1265	1058	85-90%	21	45.00–58.00	$53.44	$565	-10.56

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1190	1133	2	78.50–80.50	$79.55	$901	—
1360–2170	1575	4	79.00–81.00	$80.14	$1,262	—
1305–1890	1641	6	83.00–96.50	$89.12	$1,462	+0.40
1505–2100	1766	4	91.00–99.50	$94.99	$1,678	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00
1205–1230	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	925.00–1,150.00	$1,036.34
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1045–1255	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	625.00–675.00	$652.28

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	1	64.00	$64.00	$445	—

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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.