Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 28, 2022

1,215 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.05/cwt +17.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,196/hd at 825 lb · 65 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $164.79/cwt +24.58 vs last sale · ≈ $682/hd at 414 lb · 52 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.50/cwt ≈ $1,424/hd at 999 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,215	835	3,140
Feeder cattle	1,040	613	2,428
Slaughter cattle	140	88	409
Replacement cattle	35	134	303

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Steers mostly steady. Heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Bull calves mostly steady. Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 500 lbs. 4.00-8.00 lower, over 500 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	185.00	$185.00	$379	—
307–345	326	25	200.00–224.00	$215.60	$703	+31.26
350–398	379	14	188.00–210.00	$196.71	$746	—
405–445	423	19	185.00–197.50	$189.66	$802	+17.63
457–495	478	22	175.00–194.00	$186.28	$890	+14.59
503 value added	503	4	190.00	$190.00	$956	+25.00
500–548	522	33	163.00–193.00	$179.86	$939	+26.72
560–593	573	33	155.00–189.50	$177.11	$1,015	+30.80
600–645	624	13	140.00–178.00	$160.67	$1,003	+10.53
626 value added	626	9	165.00	$165.00	$1,033	+11.00
650–676	669	12	150.00–173.00	$156.28	$1,046	+15.39
704–731	721	14	140.00–148.00	$145.25	$1,047	+12.93
760–788	775	7	143.00–145.00	$143.58	$1,113	+16.58
784 value added	784	4	143.00	$143.00	$1,121	-2.00
800	800	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,128	+13.66
825–828 value added	825	64	143.00–145.25	$145.11	$1,197	—
999 value added	999	52	142.50	$142.50	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	3	150.00–170.00	$159.82	$436	—
310	310	1	180.00	$180.00	$558	+45.00
372–375	373	4	177.50–204.00	$197.34	$736	—
410–440	430	3	160.00–180.00	$172.96	$744	—
460–480	470	2	160.00	$160.00	$752	—
505–540	528	3	158.00–174.00	$164.73	$870	+39.73
560–575	568	2	135.00–162.50	$148.57	$844	—
605	605	1	148.00	$148.00	$895	—
755	755	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,057	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	111.00	$111.00	$655	—
805	805	1	109.00	$109.00	$877	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	131.00	$131.00	$806	—

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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	225	1	175.00	$175.00	$394	—
280–290	285	2	155.00–160.00	$157.54	$449	+8.54
305–340	333	37	150.00–180.00	$176.23	$587	+18.04
350–395	376	29	154.00–170.00	$164.80	$620	+9.75
403–445	414	52	150.00–170.00	$164.79	$682	+24.58
453–495	472	16	148.00–165.00	$154.82	$731	+7.27
500–545	517	13	145.00–155.00	$150.02	$776	+8.74
528 value added	528	6	151.00	$151.00	$797	+1.00
555–595	570	17	140.00–148.00	$145.11	$827	+8.64
617 value added	617	3	143.00	$143.00	$882	+4.00
607–648	636	29	124.00–144.00	$139.23	$886	+5.94
660–680 value added	675	8	139.00–140.00	$139.24	$940	—
651–694	679	26	134.00–139.00	$135.61	$921	+4.01
710–740	733	11	130.00–136.00	$133.44	$978	+5.99
770–790	777	5	128.00–133.00	$129.01	$1,002	—
778 value added	778	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,043	—
815–830	818	5	120.00–127.00	$121.39	$993	—
855–880	867	3	117.50–128.00	$124.55	$1,080	—
905–940	923	2	110.00–122.00	$115.89	$1,070	—
995	995	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	130.00	$130.00	$384	—
305–347	330	10	139.00–161.00	$147.59	$487	—
386	386	4	150.00	$150.00	$579	—
410–440	429	6	127.50–141.00	$136.78	$587	+6.78
460–490	475	9	135.00–144.00	$141.69	$673	+16.69
508–540	519	3	127.00–128.00	$127.65	$663	—
570–595	583	2	120.00–132.00	$125.87	$734	-2.13
620	620	1	125.00	$125.00	$775	—
680	680	6	128.00	$128.00	$870	—
705–730	711	4	120.00–129.00	$125.08	$889	—
790	790	1	110.00	$110.00	$869	—
925	925	1	100.00	$100.00	$925	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	111.00	$111.00	$505	—
625	625	1	105.00	$105.00	$656	—
695	695	1	108.00	$108.00	$751	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	128.00	$128.00	$595	—
540	540	1	121.00	$121.00	$653	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	180.00	$180.00	$666	+3.32
405–445	427	13	180.00–192.50	$184.83	$789	+21.93
450–475	467	8	165.00–190.00	$178.08	$832	+28.00
500–545	517	21	164.00–175.00	$171.66	$887	+16.76
558–585	569	14	138.00–155.00	$148.78	$847	+8.63
600–620	605	5	138.00–143.00	$141.38	$855	+2.55
660–692	675	9	130.00–141.00	$138.45	$935	+11.10
840	840	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–385	383	3	160.00–170.00	$166.70	$638	+21.89
425	425	1	160.00	$160.00	$680	+8.83
455	455	1	150.00	$150.00	$682	+25.00
545	545	1	130.00	$130.00	$708	+2.01
565–575	570	2	132.00–132.50	$132.25	$754	+12.25
760	760	1	124.00	$124.00	$942	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1590	1221	80-85%	44	60.00–79.00	$69.83	$853	—
1185–1355	1273	80-85%	7	54.00–66.00	$58.68	$747	-0.28
1140–1620	1323	80-85%	9	75.00–90.00	$80.73	$1,068	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1100	939	85-90%	7	43.00–48.00	$45.72	$429	+1.18
815–1560	1068	85-90%	19	52.00–64.00	$58.80	$628	-1.87
1090	1090	85-90%	1	66.00	$66.00	$719	+5.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1595	1327	75-80%	15	65.00–81.00	$71.84	$953	—
1250–1490	1404	75-80%	7	77.00–82.00	$79.80	$1,120	-1.73

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1630	1630	1	81.00	$81.00	$1,320	—
1340–2060	1729	10	84.00–105.00	$95.24	$1,647	—
1650–2080	1910	5	100.00–110.00	$104.81	$2,002	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1150	1150	Aged (>8 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
680	680	2	82.00	$82.00	$558	—

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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.