Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, March 19, 2022

1,583 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.97/cwt +0.04 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 567 lb · 56 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.82/cwt -11.71 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 464 lb · 54 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.17/cwt -4.59 vs last sale · ≈ $760/hd at 523 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,583	1,247	1,999
Feeder cattle	1,104	993	1,455
Slaughter cattle	291	170	220
Replacement cattle	188	84	324

Market comments — USDA reporter

Carthage - No trends could be established this week on Feeder Calves due to light offerings last week, however Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher. Greeneville - No comparisons available for feeder and slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts from last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254	254	4	166.00	$166.00	$422	—
317–348	322	13	165.00–178.00	$175.84	$566	-21.95
365–385	373	3	172.50–197.50	$181.57	$677	-6.68
400–445	428	4	167.00–181.00	$173.66	$743	-10.22
440 value added	440	1	179.00	$179.00	$788	-17.34
474 value added	474	8	192.00	$192.00	$910	-0.50
453–495	478	23	169.00–191.00	$180.84	$864	+0.85
500–535	524	11	166.00–181.00	$171.48	$899	+5.38
510–535	525	3	142.50–152.00	$148.58	$780	-17.52
550–575 value added	572	16	169.00–170.00	$169.22	$968	+13.72
555–586	577	10	150.00–166.00	$154.13	$889	-8.54
600–630	613	11	140.00–168.00	$156.00	$956	-1.26
601–621 value added	614	12	159.00	$159.00	$976	—
667–693	684	40	142.00–166.00	$148.41	$1,015	+8.41
710–749	741	11	130.00–159.00	$138.30	$1,025	-3.08
775	775	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,054	+3.00
805–820	810	4	127.00–140.00	$130.75	$1,059	+5.75
850–853	852	3	123.00–134.00	$130.34	$1,110	—
985	985	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,123	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	167.50	$167.50	$494	+15.93
445	445	1	155.00	$155.00	$690	-10.73
487	487	8	159.50	$159.50	$777	+13.25
580	580	1	152.00	$152.00	$882	-4.00
609	609	4	122.00	$122.00	$743	—
660	660	1	139.00	$139.00	$917	—
700	700	1	139.00	$139.00	$973	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	150.00	$150.00	$352	-2.50
313–340	326	22	135.00–162.00	$152.48	$497	-1.55
350–396	378	33	130.00–160.50	$152.58	$577	-7.42
370–385 fancy	378	2	152.50–162.50	$157.60	$596	—
400–430 fancy	413	3	151.00–153.00	$151.69	$626	—
424 value added	424	8	157.00	$157.00	$666	-10.04
405–448	436	28	130.00–155.50	$146.89	$640	-14.53
453–490	463	53	135.00–150.75	$147.72	$684	-9.09
490 fancy	490	1	153.00	$153.00	$750	—
500–520 fancy	510	2	146.00–149.00	$147.53	$752	—
500–548	524	47	132.00–152.00	$145.07	$760	-3.37
551 value added	551	20	156.50	$156.50	$862	+7.96
555 fancy	555	1	141.00	$141.00	$783	—
550–595	577	35	128.00–146.50	$140.09	$808	-2.99
600 fancy	600	1	138.00	$138.00	$828	—
605–630	623	8	124.00–133.00	$129.37	$806	-6.32
634 value added	634	11	140.00	$140.00	$888	—
650–699	674	43	120.00–135.00	$131.56	$887	-0.44
705–740	730	16	109.00–123.00	$120.71	$881	-7.28
760–777	773	4	105.00–110.00	$108.77	$841	-6.23
800–823	815	3	98.00–106.00	$100.62	$820	-7.49
915	915	1	106.00	$106.00	$970	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–338	334	5	125.00–147.00	$142.79	$477	-21.27
370	370	1	134.00	$134.00	$496	+2.96
441	441	4	144.00	$144.00	$635	+8.44
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604	-5.24
510	510	1	130.00	$130.00	$663	-1.68
573–578	577	7	126.00–132.00	$130.30	$752	-3.22

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340 fancy	323	3	206.00–213.00	$209.19	$676	—
300–345	328	7	185.00–195.00	$188.93	$620	—
350 fancy	350	1	204.00	$204.00	$714	—
360–391	374	28	161.50–196.00	$172.45	$645	—
408–440	422	19	159.00–177.50	$171.10	$722	-4.09
460 fancy	460	1	173.00	$173.00	$796	—
450–485	466	28	157.50–168.00	$164.85	$768	-8.55
505–513 fancy	510	3	165.00–170.00	$168.35	$859	—
500–540	524	41	142.00–171.50	$166.42	$872	+8.75
550–585 fancy	560	4	162.00–174.00	$166.67	$933	—
550–590	575	20	139.50–154.00	$143.39	$824	-11.54
605–610 fancy	608	2	162.00–167.00	$164.51	$1,000	—
600–642	632	20	134.00–160.00	$139.89	$884	-4.56
650–675 fancy	663	2	162.00–165.00	$163.53	$1,084	—
653–680	664	6	146.00–160.00	$152.60	$1,013	+7.43
700–715 fancy	708	2	140.00–148.00	$144.04	$1,020	—
705–729	723	12	120.00–132.00	$129.31	$935	+1.30
770	770	1	120.00	$120.00	$924	+0.08
860–885	877	3	110.00–115.00	$113.03	$991	—
900	900	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,080	—
1065	1065	2	90.00–96.00	$93.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–390	368	5	141.00–156.00	$149.64	$551	—
404	404	4	156.00	$156.00	$630	-9.00
490–493	492	4	140.00–146.00	$141.49	$696	-5.80
535–540	538	2	137.50–143.00	$140.24	$754	-3.39
573–585	577	3	130.00	$130.00	$750	-20.72
660–670	665	4	110.00–130.00	$121.46	$808	—
710	710	1	106.00	$106.00	$753	-4.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	150.00	$150.00	$510	—
380	380	1	140.00	$140.00	$532	—
405	405	1	150.00	$150.00	$608	—
495	495	2	147.50	$147.50	$730	+0.04
560	560	1	130.00	$130.00	$728	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1525	1174	80-85%	33	76.00–90.00	$82.61	$970	-4.47
1015–1405	1236	80-85%	12	89.00–100.00	$94.21	$1,164	+30.33
1365–1410	1388	80-85%	2	75.00–78.00	$76.48	$1,062	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1525	1385	75-80%	8	93.00–100.00	$96.11	$1,331	+12.11
1245–1730	1414	75-80%	9	61.00–78.00	$69.02	$976	+0.08
1050–1900	1442	75-80%	24	72.00–90.00	$80.69	$1,164	+11.75

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1125	1005	85-90%	4	53.00–60.00	$56.34	$566	—
895–1470	1112	85-90%	30	65.00–77.00	$70.17	$780	+17.31
1025–1380	1163	85-90%	5	77.00–85.00	$80.48	$936	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1695–1945	1800	5	95.00–103.00	$98.68	$1,776	-18.18
1380–2215	1827	20	95.00–120.00	$106.68	$1,949	-10.18
1875–2045	1947	5	122.00–130.00	$125.57	$2,445	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,220.00	$1,220.00

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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
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	985.00	$985.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—

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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.