Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 18, 2022

1,320 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.65/cwt +4.84 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 475 lb · 64 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $143.00/cwt +12.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,216/hd at 850 lb · 63 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $161.21/cwt +8.00 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 425 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,320	991	1,690
Feeder cattle	1,035	674	1,207
Slaughter cattle	215	227	269
Replacement cattle	70	90	214

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson - Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, and feeder heifers were unevenly steady with a lower undertone. Trends on feeder classes are based on a limited test because of lighter receipts due largely in part to the Easter holiday yesterday which slowed livestock movement. Slaughter cows were unevenly steady, and slaughter bulls were too few to compare to last week but a lower undertone was noted. Offerings today included one load lot with 63 head steers, 850 lbs, 143.00. Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–238	232	3	180.00–190.00	$183.16	$425	+5.16
270–295	285	3	192.50–210.00	$200.91	$573	+19.91
315 fancy	315	1	210.00	$210.00	$662	—
300–345	318	8	175.00–190.00	$180.72	$575	-9.28
378 fancy	378	3	205.00	$205.00	$775	—
365–395	380	13	182.00–193.00	$189.35	$720	—
405–447	439	18	172.00–194.00	$184.64	$811	+4.23
450–498	471	25	168.00–180.00	$174.80	$823	+12.69
485 value added	485	2	190.00	$190.00	$922	—
500–548	526	21	160.00–176.00	$168.98	$889	-1.06
542–548 value added	545	7	182.00–185.00	$183.72	$1,001	—
550–595 value added	573	2	180.00–183.00	$181.44	$1,040	—
550–598	579	21	160.00–175.00	$164.48	$952	+5.26
600–647	621	21	145.00–164.00	$155.32	$965	+10.83
642 value added	642	5	165.50	$165.50	$1,063	—
650 value added	650	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,086	—
651–695	664	29	148.00–165.50	$157.73	$1,047	—
700–740	714	7	139.00–151.00	$143.51	$1,025	+2.80
728 value added	728	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,165	—
759–795	786	27	141.00–150.00	$142.90	$1,123	-0.10
803	803	5	141.00	$141.00	$1,132	—
850 value added	850	63	143.00	$143.00	$1,216	—
1001	1001	5	128.00	$128.00	$1,281	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	160.00	$160.00	$392	—
265	265	1	170.00	$170.00	$450	—
305–310	308	3	155.00–160.00	$158.32	$488	-7.68
370–395	380	3	152.50–162.50	$157.00	$597	-14.59
400–447	439	11	165.00–178.00	$174.77	$767	—
465–498	484	4	155.00–160.00	$158.77	$768	—
500–548	520	9	132.00–154.00	$142.95	$743	+1.95
550–578	560	6	138.00–150.00	$143.16	$802	-1.84
625–635	627	5	124.00–140.00	$127.24	$798	-14.76
875	875	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,102	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	2	130.00	$130.00	$663	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	2	120.00	$120.00	$918	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	130.00	$130.00	$852	—

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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	1	170.00	$170.00	$400	+27.50
255–295	276	6	155.00–172.00	$164.57	$454	—
318–340	325	9	155.00–175.00	$164.35	$534	+6.75
353–395	372	22	150.00–175.00	$161.89	$602	+0.23
400–445	424	46	150.00–165.00	$160.03	$679	+7.11
430–440 fancy	438	4	174.00–175.00	$174.75	$765	—
450–495	475	64	147.00–160.00	$154.65	$735	+4.84
505–548	527	34	140.00–156.00	$150.80	$795	+4.11
554 value added	554	7	152.00	$152.00	$842	—
550–595	582	41	135.00–147.00	$142.17	$827	+3.37
600–645	619	25	130.00–140.00	$134.32	$831	+0.28
650–682	669	16	130.00–137.00	$133.66	$894	+3.67
700–725	709	4	124.00–130.00	$127.96	$907	—
766–779	775	25	123.00–130.00	$128.06	$992	+13.06
830–843	834	6	120.00	$120.00	$1,001	+10.00
925	925	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,082	+17.00
1055	1055	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,213	—
1165	1165	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	160.00	$160.00	$344	—
278–285	280	3	130.00–140.00	$133.39	$373	—
310	310	2	145.00–147.50	$146.25	$453	+8.75
355–390	376	7	142.00–155.00	$147.84	$556	+14.03
400–440	424	12	130.00–152.00	$143.73	$609	+13.04
450–493	481	11	138.00–147.00	$141.27	$680	—
500–546	539	20	122.00–140.00	$131.05	$706	-0.95
550–595	579	15	121.00–134.00	$124.78	$722	-2.22
600–640	620	2	122.00–128.00	$124.90	$774	—
675	675	1	128.00	$128.00	$864	—
742	742	3	110.00	$110.00	$816	—
750	750	1	115.00	$115.00	$862	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	140.00	$140.00	$322	—
435	435	1	121.00	$121.00	$526	—
535	535	1	122.50	$122.50	$655	—
572	572	3	121.00	$121.00	$692	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	171.00	$171.00	$653	-11.70
400–445	430	13	166.00–180.00	$176.62	$759	+1.47
430 fancy	430	1	185.00	$185.00	$796	—
453 fancy	453	2	185.00	$185.00	$838	—
450–495	472	20	160.00–176.00	$170.65	$805	+0.42
509–547	524	18	158.00–173.00	$167.39	$877	+13.12
570–585	578	4	144.00–154.00	$148.26	$857	-2.68
603–645	617	7	137.00–145.00	$143.08	$883	+6.68
675–690	680	5	134.00–138.00	$136.01	$925	+5.13
735	735	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,088	+25.42
750–765	755	3	130.00–142.00	$136.70	$1,032	—
815	815	1	110.00	$110.00	$896	—
850–880	868	3	100.00–115.00	$109.62	$952	-5.43
995	995	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,085	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	372	5	130.00–160.00	$150.78	$561	-3.22
405–420	413	3	150.00–156.00	$152.01	$628	-10.02
455–495	483	6	140.00–158.00	$149.17	$720	+1.39
515–545	525	4	140.00–155.00	$146.86	$771	+7.86
580–585	583	2	139.00–140.00	$139.50	$813	+3.31
660–663	662	3	110.00–120.00	$116.68	$772	-8.32
795	795	1	112.00	$112.00	$890	—
1015	1015	1	80.00	$80.00	$812	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	165.00	$165.00	$363	—
283	283	3	155.00	$155.00	$439	—
470	470	4	133.00	$133.00	$625	—
610	610	1	130.00	$130.00	$793	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1355	1189	80-85%	47	70.00–87.00	$79.18	$941	—
1100–1515	1308	80-85%	2	67.00–75.00	$71.63	$937	—
1095–1575	1340	80-85%	7	83.50–93.00	$87.20	$1,168	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1305	970	85-90%	13	35.00–62.00	$53.14	$515	—
900–1034	1010	85-90%	9	77.00–83.00	$80.20	$810	—
870–1200	1019	85-90%	21	58.00–75.00	$66.45	$677	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1891	1510	75-80%	28	75.00–87.00	$80.25	$1,212	—
1420–1615	1518	75-80%	2	76.00–77.00	$76.47	$1,161	—
1495–1740	1618	75-80%	2	85.00–86.00	$85.54	$1,384	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1535	1455	2	81.00–89.00	$85.22	$1,240	—
1290–2060	1690	11	95.00–111.00	$104.16	$1,760	—
1575–1960	1713	4	106.00–116.00	$111.78	$1,915	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
728–773	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	102.00–116.00	$106.86	$794
880	880	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	94.00	$94.00	$827

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1165	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,165

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	$801

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120–1215	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–1,000.00	$910.48
1235	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1260	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1305	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1240–1530	1368	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	875.00–1,175.00	$996.80

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
945–950	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$824.93
995–1050	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–850.00	$785.82

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–915	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	525.00–600.00	$561.88
960	960	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00	$725.00
805–945	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	850.00–900.00	$861.76

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,375.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,212.50	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.