Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 24, 2022

2,874 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.09/cwt +14.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,005/hd at 733 lb · 135 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.99/cwt +5.72 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 525 lb · 129 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $168.85/cwt +3.74 vs last sale · ≈ $886/hd at 525 lb · 86 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,874	1,222	2,389
Feeder cattle	2,481	1,010	1,721
Slaughter cattle	262	126	334
Replacement cattle	131	86	334

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - There were no comparison due to weather last week and reporter being absent. Unionville - No trends could be established this week due to this sale not being reported last week due to inclement weather.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	279	9	175.00–217.50	$190.06	$530	-17.44
300–343	328	25	185.00–207.50	$192.42	$631	-8.65
350–398	373	47	170.00–215.00	$192.03	$716	+5.45
405–448	433	29	166.00–208.00	$187.93	$814	+11.11
455–499	483	49	161.00–194.00	$174.59	$843	+4.73
510 fancy	510	3	170.00	$170.00	$867	—
500–547	524	73	155.00–179.00	$168.33	$882	+3.22
510–545 value added	534	10	168.00–180.00	$172.30	$920	—
570 value added	570	1	160.00	$160.00	$912	-12.00
550–595	575	71	150.00–176.00	$163.62	$941	+5.18
600–640	622	35	145.00–163.00	$156.82	$975	+9.04
600–643 value added	631	40	158.00–166.00	$161.98	$1,022	+1.14
650–695	677	31	140.00–155.00	$147.35	$998	+2.75
660–696 value added	678	20	150.00–154.00	$152.24	$1,032	+2.24
700–748	717	27	140.00–149.00	$144.75	$1,038	+0.58
735 value added	735	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,102	-4.58
753–790	761	13	138.00–147.00	$142.53	$1,085	+0.03
754–785 value added	765	17	145.50–148.00	$147.07	$1,125	+1.07
818 value added	818	62	151.00	$151.00	$1,235	-2.50
800–843	828	6	135.00–140.00	$136.33	$1,129	—
865 value added	865	60	146.25	$146.25	$1,265	+3.25
860–880	870	2	130.00–134.00	$131.98	$1,148	-10.52
920	920	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,086	—
1000	1000	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,160	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	-40.00
260–295	278	2	162.00–170.00	$166.25	$462	-8.75
310–345	334	4	150.00–160.00	$157.49	$526	-35.01
353–390	369	9	145.00–170.00	$159.57	$589	-7.91
400–435	418	4	156.00–166.00	$161.01	$673	-2.77
450–492	470	19	140.00–172.00	$157.77	$742	-4.41
510–540	524	6	136.00–160.00	$150.90	$791	-1.49
585	585	2	130.00–150.00	$140.00	$819	-2.47
640–645	643	2	140.00	$140.00	$900	—
652–695	670	6	125.00–141.00	$132.34	$887	—
705–745	721	7	126.00–140.00	$132.18	$953	—
785	785	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,044	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	147.00	$147.00	$434	-15.50
305	305	1	140.00	$140.00	$427	-18.77
355–360	358	2	144.00–158.00	$150.95	$540	+0.95
430	430	1	131.00	$131.00	$563	-14.00
450	450	1	139.00	$139.00	$626	—
508	508	3	130.00	$130.00	$660	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	130.00	$130.00	$422	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	221	5	155.00–171.00	$165.02	$365	—
260–293	276	13	140.00–175.00	$159.43	$440	+9.43
305–313 value added	307	8	169.00–170.00	$169.75	$521	—
300–348	321	27	147.50–162.00	$152.27	$489	+9.16
350–395	378	28	140.00–160.00	$150.31	$568	+7.81
400–448	423	80	137.00–156.00	$148.32	$627	+11.49
450–498	472	62	138.00–152.00	$146.03	$689	+4.85
501–545 value added	513	23	150.00–153.00	$151.77	$779	—
500–548	527	106	135.00–150.00	$144.74	$763	+4.47
554–585 value added	561	13	144.00–145.00	$144.61	$811	+0.47
550–598	575	51	134.00–148.00	$142.07	$817	+2.61
600–625 value added	608	3	139.00–141.00	$139.68	$849	—
600–645	625	54	120.00–140.00	$135.54	$847	-1.87
650–695	669	24	128.00–138.00	$133.37	$892	+3.37
702–746	721	49	120.00–135.00	$129.76	$936	+6.76
719–746 value added	740	86	134.00–143.25	$141.26	$1,045	—
750–793	776	8	110.00–125.00	$121.86	$946	—
805–845	829	13	111.50–128.00	$119.17	$988	—
865	865	1	110.00	$110.00	$952	±0.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	9	130.00	$130.00	$364	-7.52
300–345	337	7	140.00–142.00	$141.13	$476	+1.75
355–395	385	19	128.00–144.00	$139.28	$536	+4.03
400–440	419	6	128.00–142.00	$132.80	$556	+1.75
460–490	482	6	130.00–137.50	$134.25	$647	+3.95
520–545	531	4	115.00–139.00	$127.62	$678	+0.25
570–595	586	4	124.00–130.00	$127.47	$747	+6.86
603–620	611	5	124.00–135.00	$128.75	$787	+8.75
690	690	1	118.00	$118.00	$814	+6.75
700	700	1	117.50	$117.50	$822	+4.95
760–795	778	2	104.00–114.00	$108.89	$847	-3.61

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	3	111.00–130.00	$120.22	$343	-7.28
495	495	3	121.00	$121.00	$599	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	92.00	$92.00	$322	-44.00
515	515	2	130.00	$130.00	$670	+5.00
605	605	1	123.00	$123.00	$744	—
750	750	1	110.00	$110.00	$825	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–395	378	5	180.00–197.50	$183.61	$694	—
400–449	432	39	160.00–198.00	$178.45	$771	+10.89
450–495	472	39	150.00–186.00	$166.91	$788	-3.47
500–545	523	42	146.00–168.00	$160.29	$838	+6.28
550–597	574	27	145.00–162.00	$150.83	$866	+2.12
600–638	620	24	132.00–146.00	$140.32	$870	-2.41
650–695	674	18	128.00–140.00	$134.52	$907	-3.75
700–740	721	10	126.00–134.00	$130.98	$944	-0.02
790	790	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,019	—
800–845	816	5	120.00–126.00	$122.96	$1,003	—
855–865	860	2	124.00–127.00	$125.51	$1,079	—
915	915	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,043	—
960–990	978	3	93.00–109.00	$98.57	$964	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	383	2	150.00–156.00	$153.06	$586	—
400–445	427	9	145.00–170.00	$155.20	$663	-2.75
450–488	474	14	131.00–162.00	$153.44	$727	+1.62
500–540	520	7	138.00–154.00	$146.07	$760	-6.43
555–585	567	8	130.00–151.00	$141.17	$800	-1.28
600–640	612	7	130.00–136.00	$131.04	$802	-4.46
670–690	679	6	120.00–135.00	$129.50	$879	—
760–795	778	2	116.00–138.00	$126.75	$986	+4.25
870–890	880	2	108.00–114.00	$110.97	$977	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	140.00	$140.00	$616	-5.00
535	535	1	135.00	$135.00	$722	-10.00
592–595	594	14	114.00–127.00	$124.23	$738	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	107.00	$107.00	$401	—
472–487	480	6	132.00–142.00	$136.92	$657	-5.58

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1390	1224	80-85%	9	51.00–57.00	$54.30	$665	—
980–1995	1294	80-85%	54	56.00–69.00	$62.10	$804	—
1160–1470	1383	80-85%	9	68.00–74.00	$70.13	$970	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1210	962	85-90%	15	33.00–45.00	$40.60	$391	—
880–1790	1103	85-90%	34	46.00–58.00	$52.12	$575	—
1215–1245	1233	85-90%	3	59.00–61.00	$60.00	$740	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1835	1484	75-80%	29	61.00–71.00	$66.74	$990	—
1220–1635	1531	75-80%	12	68.00–77.00	$71.56	$1,096	+0.45

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1890	1601	10	73.00–83.00	$77.46	$1,240	—
1290–2120	1812	25	79.00–95.00	$87.15	$1,579	—
2005–2040	2023	2	98.00–101.00	$99.51	$2,013	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	875.00–975.00	$941.67
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,010.00	$1,010.00
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1265	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	2	94.00	$94.00	$682	—
792	792	3	88.00	$88.00	$697	—
928	928	2	88.00	$88.00	$817	—

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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.