Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 11, 2022

1,805 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.01/cwt +29.30 vs last sale · ≈ $848/hd at 569 lb · 140 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.58/cwt +21.65 vs last sale · ≈ $723/hd at 477 lb · 122 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.94/cwt +20.71 vs last sale · ≈ $877/hd at 631 lb · 93 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,805	332	226
Feeder cattle	1,608	207	182
Slaughter cattle	144	114	35
Replacement cattle	53	11	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Knoxville - Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady with moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Huntingdon- Due to the two week Christmas and New Year holiday layoff, no trends could be established.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	200.00	$200.00	$560	—
300–330	314	5	180.00–220.00	$192.90	$606	—
355–395	377	17	175.00–218.00	$203.46	$767	—
386–398 value added	392	13	202.50–220.00	$210.95	$827	—
430 value added	430	2	186.00	$186.00	$800	—
400–445	431	15	170.00–195.00	$180.93	$780	—
468 fancy	468	11	190.00	$190.00	$889	—
460–497	485	13	142.00–177.50	$164.89	$800	—
460–494 value added	487	52	183.00–188.50	$187.73	$914	—
505 fancy	505	1	181.00	$181.00	$914	—
510–530 value added	527	15	182.00–184.50	$184.18	$971	—
505–545	529	26	160.00–176.00	$169.07	$894	+19.07
552–596	575	20	150.00–168.00	$159.90	$919	+15.41
600–649	635	50	147.00–163.00	$157.25	$999	—
650–682	661	14	140.00–155.50	$151.14	$999	—
706–728 value added	724	22	147.00	$147.00	$1,064	—
700–740	727	8	130.00–147.00	$140.59	$1,022	+7.59
765 value added	765	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,090	—
765–795	780	4	139.00–146.00	$142.03	$1,108	—
810–816 value added	816	12	140.00–145.00	$144.59	$1,180	—
805–840	825	4	130.00–137.50	$134.52	$1,110	—
860–885	873	2	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$1,183	+3.51
905	905	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,041	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–267	261	3	185.00	$185.00	$483	—
315	315	1	160.00	$160.00	$504	—
360–395	380	3	162.00–187.50	$178.58	$679	—
415–435	425	4	167.00–185.00	$172.27	$732	—
520–547	537	4	150.00–160.00	$154.71	$831	+20.71
552–580	565	4	135.00–150.00	$143.61	$811	—
735	735	1	132.00	$132.00	$970	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	158.00	$158.00	$450	—
300	300	1	185.00	$185.00	$555	—
370–385	378	2	141.00–150.00	$145.59	$550	—
535	535	1	145.00	$145.00	$776	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	133.00	$133.00	$652	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	155.00–157.50	$156.20	$367	—
255–295	276	4	153.00–165.00	$158.57	$438	—
305–345	329	13	145.00–163.00	$155.74	$512	+30.74
350–398	376	41	140.00–163.00	$153.78	$578	+25.29
400–410 value added	408	7	154.00–159.00	$158.08	$645	—
400–447	430	72	142.00–154.00	$147.44	$634	+22.50
450–495	476	70	140.00–150.00	$146.26	$696	+22.40
475–479 value added	478	52	154.00–160.00	$158.74	$759	—
500–545	517	54	135.00–149.00	$141.77	$733	+20.38
569 value added	569	87	155.00	$155.00	$882	—
550–595	570	53	134.00–145.00	$139.18	$793	+28.18
605	605	1	126.00	$126.00	$762	+7.77
605–635	615	34	131.00–144.00	$137.29	$844	+19.06
600–649 value added	641	58	137.50–142.50	$140.13	$898	—
650–687	666	23	125.00–140.00	$131.42	$875	+16.41
663–680 value added	668	13	133.00–137.50	$136.33	$911	—
670	670	1	125.00	$125.00	$838	+9.99
700–715	705	4	119.00–130.00	$125.97	$888	+21.97
700–726 value added	724	12	131.00–133.00	$132.84	$962	—
765–798	782	9	124.00–126.50	$125.49	$981	+18.49
795	795	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,018	—
825	825	1	105.00	$105.00	$866	—
828 value added	828	3	124.00	$124.00	$1,027	—
855	855	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,017	—
1005	1005	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–267	261	3	142.50–150.00	$144.89	$378	—
315–345	330	2	140.00–144.00	$142.09	$469	—
355–395	375	5	130.00–151.00	$139.58	$523	—
420–430	425	2	142.00–145.00	$143.52	$610	—
460–485	468	4	125.00–140.00	$135.01	$632	—
535	535	1	127.00	$127.00	$679	—
610	610	1	130.00	$130.00	$793	—
680	680	1	120.00	$120.00	$816	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	146.00	$146.00	$453	—
428	428	4	143.00	$143.00	$612	—
440	440	1	120.00	$120.00	$528	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	145.00	$145.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	187.50	$187.50	$431	—
285–290	288	2	192.50–195.00	$193.76	$558	—
315–348	338	22	180.00–200.00	$189.13	$639	+21.63
340 fancy	340	1	207.50	$207.50	$706	—
350–390	372	14	174.00–207.50	$197.91	$736	+42.81
400–445	430	35	170.00–192.50	$181.32	$780	+33.82
455–456 fancy	456	4	175.00–177.00	$176.50	$805	+8.05
450–498	479	23	158.00–174.00	$164.34	$787	+9.41
500 fancy	500	1	167.50	$167.50	$838	+14.17
500–545	520	27	148.00–165.00	$156.38	$813	+12.97
550–595	568	15	143.00–165.00	$150.40	$854	+21.93
572 value added	572	2	157.50	$157.50	$901	—
600–647	624	18	139.00–150.00	$143.91	$898	+27.91
653 value added	653	3	144.00	$144.00	$940	—
665–687	671	12	125.00–147.00	$133.87	$898	+12.31
700–730	709	9	125.00–135.00	$128.02	$908	+11.02
760–795	772	5	115.00–130.00	$120.14	$927	—
805–835	820	2	107.00–111.00	$109.04	$894	+0.04
850–880	865	2	100.00–107.00	$103.44	$895	—
915	915	1	100.00	$100.00	$915	—
990	990	1	100.00	$100.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	368	2	150.00–170.00	$160.20	$590	—
420–440	434	5	156.00–167.50	$164.10	$712	—
480–486	485	4	150.00–151.00	$150.25	$729	—
505–545	520	7	143.00–145.00	$143.87	$748	—
575	575	2	138.00–150.00	$144.00	$828	—
605–645	625	2	128.00–135.00	$131.39	$821	—
670	670	1	126.00	$126.00	$844	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	195.00	$195.00	$722	—
430	430	1	152.50	$152.50	$656	—
440	440	1	141.00	$141.00	$620	—
450	450	1	140.00	$140.00	$630	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1375	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1550	1204	80-85%	33	56.00–73.00	$65.76	$792	-8.58
1095–1455	1239	80-85%	10	50.00–60.00	$55.47	$687	-18.87
1210–1430	1284	80-85%	5	70.00–80.00	$75.35	$967	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1545	1378	75-80%	2	72.50–73.50	$72.94	$1,005	—
1245–1930	1508	75-80%	23	61.50–70.50	$65.27	$984	—
1575	1575	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$914	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	85-90%	1	84.00	$84.00	$743	—
930–1090	1010	85-90%	2	53.00–53.50	$53.23	$538	—
825–1275	1031	85-90%	20	47.50–66.50	$56.99	$588	—
1090–1205	1148	85-90%	2	65.50–70.00	$67.86	$779	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195	1195	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,040	+9.05
1610–1730	1670	2	106.50–110.00	$108.31	$1,809	—
1330–2195	1702	12	87.00–99.50	$93.79	$1,596	+5.28

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1125	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	640.00–825.00	$723.59

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00
1000–1420	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	660.00–840.00	$780.03
1110–1220	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,283.26

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	540.00	$540.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	990.00	$990.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,025.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,220.00	$1,220.00	—

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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.