Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 5, 2022

1,689 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.54/cwt -6.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,016/hd at 761 lb · 133 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $157.47/cwt -5.27 vs last sale · ≈ $666/hd at 423 lb · 54 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.61/cwt -1.72 vs last sale · ≈ $733/hd at 474 lb · 54 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,689	2,367	3,435
Feeder cattle	1,372	1,909	2,602
Slaughter cattle	272	358	448
Replacement cattle	45	100	385

Market comments — USDA reporter

Knoxville - Compared to last week, feeder classes 4.00 to 6.00 lower overall, with exception of heifers weighing up to 550 lbs. sharply lower. Slaughter cows gauging 4.00 to 10.00 lower with slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Pulaski - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers mostly steady. Heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Bulls under 600 lbs steady to 5 higher, over 600 lbs steady. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	262	7	177.50–212.50	$195.30	$512	-17.27
335–345	340	4	190.00–200.00	$196.79	$669	-7.32
350–395	376	23	182.50–202.50	$194.07	$730	-5.60
410–447	431	19	172.50–192.50	$182.71	$787	-6.78
451–497	473	21	170.00–187.00	$178.34	$844	-5.14
495 fancy	495	2	192.00	$192.00	$950	—
500–545	524	15	170.00–185.00	$177.53	$930	+0.95
532–534 value added	534	24	188.50–190.50	$190.08	$1,015	+9.81
566 value added	566	4	191.50	$191.50	$1,084	+19.73
560–585	572	18	165.00–181.00	$173.84	$994	+4.24
600–635	617	5	150.00–165.00	$159.06	$981	-2.55
655	655	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,032	+0.61
655–671 value added	660	28	165.00–166.50	$165.78	$1,094	—
720–742	735	3	149.00–152.00	$151.02	$1,110	+4.97
750–795	773	2	144.50–145.00	$144.74	$1,119	+5.22
815 value added	815	3	134.50	$134.50	$1,096	-11.95

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	282	3	161.00–175.00	$166.86	$471	-16.02
320–340	330	2	157.50–170.00	$163.94	$541	-36.44
350–395	371	5	160.00–177.50	$168.38	$625	-13.63
410	410	1	167.50	$167.50	$687	-13.69
600	600	1	141.00	$141.00	$846	—
675	675	1	139.00	$139.00	$938	-8.32

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,129	—
1210	1210	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,355	—
1480	1480	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,554	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	177.50	$177.50	$754	—
495	495	1	166.00	$166.00	$822	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	154.00	$154.00	$670	—

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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	172.50	$172.50	$345	-2.16
275–295	285	2	158.00–160.00	$158.96	$453	-19.04
300–345	319	17	150.00–169.00	$159.82	$510	-5.83
327 fancy	327	2	175.00	$175.00	$572	—
360 fancy	360	1	167.50	$167.50	$603	—
350–395	376	47	150.00–167.50	$159.03	$598	-6.21
400–445	423	54	148.00–167.00	$157.47	$666	-3.35
450–499	474	54	139.00–164.00	$154.61	$733	-1.51
510–537 value added	525	11	157.50–165.00	$158.86	$834	—
500–545	529	32	139.00–153.00	$145.93	$772	-4.92
552–575 value added	564	4	157.00–158.00	$157.51	$888	+0.51
558–595	580	24	130.00–147.00	$139.09	$807	+4.09
615–648	630	11	132.50–139.00	$136.70	$861	+0.37
655–685	670	2	128.00–136.00	$131.91	$884	-0.29
715–718	717	5	125.00	$125.00	$896	+0.43
730	730	1	112.50	$112.50	$821	-12.07
750	750	1	125.00	$125.00	$938	+2.04
761 value added	761	132	133.60	$133.60	$1,017	-8.69
825–835	833	4	119.00	$119.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	130.00–132.50	$131.18	$367	-30.06
315–340	328	2	155.00–160.00	$157.40	$516	+2.19
375–395	388	6	134.00–159.00	$146.55	$569	-6.04
410–435	424	4	143.00–150.00	$146.95	$623	+2.33
475–490	483	2	139.00–140.00	$139.49	$674	-1.81
500–545	521	7	140.00–143.00	$140.59	$732	+4.67
560–575	568	2	126.00–134.00	$130.05	$739	-0.57
610–645	628	2	127.00–133.00	$130.08	$817	-1.37

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	130.00–142.50	$136.54	$366	—
385	385	2	126.00–130.00	$128.00	$493	+3.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	428	3	139.00–144.00	$141.03	$604	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 fancy	275	1	220.00	$220.00	$605	—
280–295	287	3	182.50–202.50	$193.20	$554	—
305–316 fancy	314	5	201.00–210.00	$208.25	$654	—
305–345	326	12	177.50–190.00	$185.74	$606	—
375–385	377	9	176.00–183.00	$177.24	$668	-4.67
400–447	420	21	164.00–190.00	$172.30	$724	-9.02
442 fancy	442	2	184.00	$184.00	$813	—
450–495	474	31	165.00–183.00	$172.43	$817	-2.22
500–545	520	28	157.00–184.00	$169.03	$879	-0.43
535 fancy	535	1	177.50	$177.50	$950	—
550–585	571	18	160.00–180.00	$164.40	$939	+5.64
615–625 fancy	618	4	155.00–160.00	$158.73	$981	—
610–635	627	8	133.00–150.00	$140.13	$879	-12.39
658–690	669	9	130.00–150.00	$143.80	$962	+6.58
700–730	716	4	120.00–136.00	$129.59	$928	-5.79
755–795	774	8	114.00–134.00	$121.64	$941	-5.36

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	3	162.00–182.50	$173.09	$736	-2.11
475–495	485	3	152.50–167.50	$159.95	$776	-5.48
500–515	508	2	141.00–158.00	$149.37	$759	-10.09
582	582	3	143.00	$143.00	$832	+1.67
620	620	1	143.00	$143.00	$887	+10.42

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	150.00	$150.00	$668	+2.10
485	485	1	137.00	$137.00	$664	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	139.00	$139.00	$667	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1385	1097	80-85%	52	71.00–88.00	$81.46	$894	—
1100–1300	1200	80-85%	2	68.00–69.00	$68.46	$822	—
1055–1650	1266	80-85%	21	88.00–103.50	$93.11	$1,179	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1540	1357	75-80%	6	87.00–94.50	$90.60	$1,229	-0.03
1040–1935	1419	75-80%	47	73.00–87.00	$81.87	$1,162	-0.17

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1025	878	85-90%	5	48.00–55.00	$51.65	$453	—
865–1330	1010	85-90%	34	59.00–80.00	$70.75	$715	+7.22
990–1135	1063	85-90%	2	84.00–85.50	$84.70	$900	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1675	1428	7	90.00–104.00	$94.70	$1,352	—
1240–2110	1649	20	97.00–124.00	$112.35	$1,853	—
1540–2135	1828	6	114.00–128.50	$119.51	$2,185	+1.35

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	760.00	$760.00
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–985	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00–990.00	$982.84
985–1210	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,170.29
1145–1225	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	810.00–1,030.00	$932.40
1120–1380	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,040.00–1,175.00	$1,100.48

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–975	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,075.00	$1,038.90
870–1150	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,125.00	$1,082.30

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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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
1420	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,360.00	$1,360.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,130.00	$1,130.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	890.00	$890.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	1	67.00	$67.00	$657	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	960.00	$960.00	—

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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.