Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 9, 2022

907 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.46/cwt +1.81 vs last sale · ≈ $906/hd at 640 lb · 58 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.92/cwt +1.68 vs last sale · ≈ $810/hd at 540 lb · 46 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $173.22/cwt -8.03 vs last sale · ≈ $929/hd at 536 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	907	1,447	1,798
Feeder cattle	718	1,212	1,316
Slaughter cattle	156	116	191
Replacement cattle	33	119	291

Market comments — USDA reporter

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher. Steers and heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Bulls 5.00 lower. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate to good. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower overall with lean cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower. No comparisons for feeder classes and slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	210.00	$210.00	$567	—
310–345	334	4	192.50–220.00	$203.96	$681	—
375–385	380	2	197.50	$197.50	$750	—
425	425	1	182.50	$182.50	$776	-8.25
450–490	475	4	172.50–191.00	$177.52	$843	-6.47
500–545	532	6	161.00–173.00	$168.38	$896	-10.14
537 value added	537	37	174.00	$174.00	$934	-18.49
565 value added	565	1	168.00	$168.00	$949	-12.00
555–595	586	11	159.00–167.50	$164.08	$962	-4.82
600–643	629	7	149.00–167.00	$157.06	$988	-2.00
656–660	657	6	160.00–165.00	$160.84	$1,057	+9.48
680–695 value added	688	2	146.00–153.00	$149.46	$1,028	—
706 value added	706	8	141.00	$141.00	$995	-11.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	197.50	$197.50	$533	+20.22
300–340	323	5	177.50–190.00	$184.02	$594	+2.53
360–385	375	5	175.00–185.00	$180.60	$677	—
400–430	416	4	172.50–175.00	$173.10	$720	+3.10
480	480	1	170.00	$170.00	$816	+13.08
515	515	1	165.00	$165.00	$850	+5.00
612	612	2	130.00	$130.00	$796	—
760–780	770	2	127.50–130.00	$128.77	$992	—
860	860	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,032	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	169.00	$169.00	$710	+3.00
570–595	589	4	149.00	$149.00	$878	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	175.00	$175.00	$350	—
300–345	324	7	157.50–167.50	$163.55	$530	+7.56
355–390	375	14	141.00–160.00	$153.41	$575	+3.05
425 thin fleshed	425	1	162.50	$162.50	$691	—
405–445	428	9	140.00–157.50	$151.16	$647	-1.03
435 fancy	435	3	146.00	$146.00	$635	—
450–490	472	21	139.00–157.50	$150.21	$709	-3.81
485–490 thin fleshed	488	2	160.00–162.50	$161.26	$787	—
500–540	521	14	136.00–157.50	$148.38	$773	+2.82
535	535	1	122.50	$122.50	$655	-23.06
549 value added	549	31	151.50	$151.50	$832	—
562–565 value added	562	8	140.00–152.50	$150.93	$848	+0.11
555–593	575	12	142.50–152.50	$146.73	$844	+3.73
595	595	1	120.00	$120.00	$714	-23.00
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	-12.16
600–645	624	8	125.00–137.50	$134.12	$837	-3.04
644 value added	644	49	143.00	$143.00	$921	-0.31
660–680	673	3	132.50–137.50	$134.13	$903	+2.55
705	705	1	122.50	$122.50	$864	+2.50
797	797	4	115.00	$115.00	$917	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	3	145.00–160.00	$152.55	$351	+4.55
260–295	276	4	140.00–162.50	$146.52	$404	—
305–320	312	3	142.50–157.50	$150.90	$471	—
380–390	385	2	140.00–142.50	$141.23	$544	-0.33
410–445	427	11	137.50–150.00	$144.55	$617	—
455–495	475	3	142.50–152.50	$145.69	$692	+5.69
520–540	527	5	135.00–145.00	$138.97	$732	—
550–595	573	2	130.00–140.00	$134.80	$772	—
645	645	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$806	—
660–680	679	14	125.00–127.50	$125.17	$850	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	147.50	$147.50	$531	+22.50
400	400	1	137.50	$137.50	$550	-3.50
455–480	468	2	142.50	$142.50	$667	—
530	530	1	132.50	$132.50	$702	—
540	540	1	127.00	$127.00	$686	—
550	550	1	120.00	$120.00	$660	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 fancy	280	1	205.00	$205.00	$574	—
290	290	1	175.00	$175.00	$508	—
370–390	380	2	182.50–192.50	$187.37	$712	+4.85
380 fancy	380	1	200.00	$200.00	$760	+2.50
410–415 fancy	412	3	190.00–200.00	$196.64	$810	—
400–440	423	6	160.00–192.50	$177.87	$752	-1.17
450–499	485	17	165.00–172.50	$168.52	$817	-7.72
510–540	521	6	160.00–170.00	$164.58	$857	-1.95
550–585	580	30	130.00–172.50	$158.67	$920	+6.73
600–635	612	9	142.50–155.00	$151.79	$929	+11.18
660–670	668	6	137.50–150.00	$147.94	$988	+12.05
721	721	3	135.00	$135.00	$973	+3.86
810	810	1	117.50	$117.50	$952	+2.18

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	177.50	$177.50	$666	—
400–445	426	8	167.50–182.50	$174.93	$745	+0.93
455–485	470	3	160.00–167.50	$162.50	$764	+8.10
515–545	530	2	145.00–162.50	$153.50	$814	—
555–595	575	2	150.00	$150.00	$862	+10.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	150.00	$150.00	$495	—
510–540	525	2	130.00–137.50	$133.64	$702	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1460	1203	80-85%	13	86.00–99.50	$90.85	$1,093	-5.32
1035–1565	1244	80-85%	18	75.00–87.00	$80.47	$1,001	-0.55
980–1685	1275	80-85%	7	56.00–78.00	$66.09	$843	+1.90

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1800	1395	75-80%	5	86.00–99.50	$90.34	$1,260	—
1270–1910	1494	75-80%	22	72.00–85.50	$80.89	$1,208	—
1425–1650	1538	75-80%	2	68.00–72.00	$69.85	$1,074	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–810	793	85-90%	2	80.00–82.00	$81.02	$642	—
945–1360	1120	85-90%	22	49.00–73.50	$64.19	$719	—
1170–1325	1243	85-90%	3	78.00–85.00	$80.65	$1,002	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–2035	1653	8	97.50–117.50	$108.53	$1,794	—
1330–2225	1734	4	88.00–101.00	$95.39	$1,654	-19.14
1865–2125	1995	2	110.00–116.00	$113.20	$2,258	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1040	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–975.00	$938.05
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 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
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	+305.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	5	112.50	$112.50	$343	—
400–430	415	6	102.50	$102.50	$425	—
560	560	1	82.50	$82.50	$462	—

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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.