Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 27, 2022

1,090 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.50/cwt -2.14 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 523 lb · 21 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $150.89/cwt -9.96 vs last sale · ≈ $641/hd at 425 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.42/cwt -11.31 vs last sale · ≈ $685/hd at 471 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,090	1,397	1,862
Feeder cattle	783	1,075	1,376
Slaughter cattle	241	255	270
Replacement cattle	66	67	216

Market comments — USDA reporter

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Steers and bulls under 600 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady. Heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Quality poor to good. Demand moderate. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 2.00 to 4.00 lower overall with slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. No comparisons available for feeder classes 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
285–295	290	2	187.50–192.50	$190.04	$551	—
305–340	325	6	180.00–197.50	$189.42	$616	—
390	390	1	175.00	$175.00	$682	-1.50
420–435	423	6	167.50–185.00	$175.84	$744	-5.20
425 fancy	425	1	202.00	$202.00	$858	+7.00
495	495	1	172.50	$172.50	$854	-8.39
500–540	515	7	151.00–172.50	$167.61	$863	-6.95
550–589	578	13	155.00–168.00	$164.42	$950	-9.95
600–638	620	11	145.00–162.00	$152.97	$948	-7.07
665–690	674	4	140.00–147.50	$144.38	$973	-6.85
710–745	724	7	134.00–145.00	$139.80	$1,012	—
820	820	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,082	-7.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	230	5	165.00–180.00	$172.96	$398	—
260–295	276	6	165.00–185.00	$175.95	$486	—
310–345	327	7	167.50–185.00	$175.93	$575	—
350–395	372	13	140.00–177.50	$167.16	$622	-6.84
400–445	419	5	160.00–167.50	$163.43	$685	+3.43
450–495	480	3	165.00–170.00	$166.72	$800	+17.72
505–540	526	5	150.00–162.50	$155.45	$818	-9.55
590–596	595	5	149.00–150.00	$149.40	$889	—
600–640	620	2	145.00	$145.00	$899	+1.25
705–710	708	2	135.00–142.50	$138.76	$982	—
755	755	4	116.00	$116.00	$876	—
800	800	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,000	—
970	970	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,057	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	385	3	150.00–162.50	$154.27	$594	—
440	440	1	152.50	$152.50	$671	—
455–485	473	4	152.50–165.00	$160.54	$759	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	165.00	$165.00	$487	—
380	380	1	167.50	$167.50	$636	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	219	5	155.00–175.00	$162.72	$356	—
250–275	260	4	150.00–160.00	$156.85	$408	+6.85
300–340	322	9	140.00–157.50	$151.45	$488	-3.74
350–395	373	9	144.00–157.50	$152.36	$568	-12.46
400–445	425	17	133.00–158.00	$150.89	$641	-10.29
450–485	471	15	131.00–157.50	$145.42	$685	-11.31
515	515	1	136.00	$136.00	$700	-16.02
505–545	523	20	130.00–152.50	$147.02	$769	-5.00
550–595	573	12	124.00–152.50	$140.98	$808	-2.16
585	585	1	116.00	$116.00	$679	-27.14
600–645	628	13	130.00–140.00	$135.17	$849	-1.22
655 value added	655	5	140.00	$140.00	$917	—
655–690	672	5	126.00–135.00	$129.53	$870	-1.60
710	710	1	122.50	$122.50	$870	-3.46
750	750	1	122.50	$122.50	$919	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	150.00	$150.00	$330	—
250–295	274	11	137.50–155.00	$149.14	$409	—
300–340	322	5	145.00–152.50	$148.00	$477	+6.73
370–395	383	8	135.00–150.00	$143.10	$548	-0.04
405–445	424	9	135.00–152.50	$145.23	$616	+1.23
455–490	472	6	132.50–145.00	$137.13	$647	-5.36
500–540	514	5	130.00–143.00	$135.70	$697	-4.42
560–590	577	5	132.50–141.00	$135.82	$784	+4.03
605–630	620	3	119.00–130.00	$124.95	$775	-4.05
670	670	2	125.00–127.50	$126.25	$846	+8.72

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	150.00	$150.00	$360	—
300–340	320	4	130.00–132.50	$131.91	$422	—
350	350	1	130.00	$130.00	$455	—
415–440	428	4	120.00–130.00	$125.09	$535	+3.08
495	495	1	125.00	$125.00	$619	—
515	515	1	120.00	$120.00	$618	—
605	605	1	115.00	$115.00	$696	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	145.00	$145.00	$392	—
305	305	1	140.00	$140.00	$427	—
350–395	377	5	137.50–149.00	$142.38	$537	+12.38
475–485	480	2	120.00–140.00	$130.10	$624	—
550–575	563	2	112.50–127.50	$120.17	$677	-19.83
765	765	1	97.50	$97.50	$746	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	200.00	$200.00	$630	+17.76
365–375	370	2	169.00–180.00	$174.57	$646	-4.93
400–435	418	9	169.00–186.00	$175.79	$735	+1.49
450–470	462	6	155.00–172.50	$163.92	$757	-5.61
500–545	512	8	152.50–167.50	$161.16	$825	-6.27
550–585	564	7	144.00–160.00	$152.43	$860	-4.19
605–620	616	4	147.50–152.50	$148.73	$916	+2.65
660–695	678	6	125.00–142.50	$136.14	$923	-1.31
705	705	1	132.50	$132.50	$934	+4.51
750–770	761	4	116.00–129.00	$120.53	$917	-5.70
860	860	1	113.00	$113.00	$972	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–447	428	6	150.00–170.00	$158.48	$678	+1.00
460–480	473	4	155.00–165.00	$157.43	$745	+4.82
500–530	508	10	136.00–150.00	$145.67	$740	+1.21
576–580	577	9	130.00–140.00	$135.00	$779	±0.00
615	615	1	130.00	$130.00	$800	+0.54

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	142.50	$142.50	$506	-22.50
410	410	1	139.00	$139.00	$570	-13.00
405–420	413	2	162.50–167.50	$164.95	$681	+12.95
485	485	1	120.00	$120.00	$582	—
545	545	1	137.50	$137.50	$749	+14.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	157.50	$157.50	$654	—
495	495	1	152.50	$152.50	$755	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	80-85%	1	92.00	$92.00	$938	—
980–1275	1139	80-85%	9	59.00–74.00	$66.87	$762	-6.80
915–1455	1150	80-85%	59	69.00–84.00	$77.10	$887	—
1175–1340	1248	80-85%	6	82.00–87.00	$84.37	$1,053	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–990	940	85-90%	3	75.00	$75.00	$705	—
870–1220	1022	85-90%	7	52.00–58.00	$54.09	$553	-24.91
835–1300	1024	85-90%	39	55.00–73.50	$66.30	$679	-12.70
1170	1170	85-90%	1	76.50	$76.50	$895	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365	1365	75-80%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,228	+1.63
1155–1530	1370	75-80%	4	64.00–75.00	$71.64	$981	-16.73
1125–1695	1374	75-80%	31	70.50–84.50	$78.63	$1,080	-9.74

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1450–1860	1649	5	75.00–99.00	$88.55	$1,460	—
1610–1750	1680	2	111.00–119.00	$114.83	$1,929	+17.82
1465–2270	1821	13	103.00–116.00	$107.60	$1,959	-8.21

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00
1040–1135	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,211.95
1090–1125	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	925.00–975.00	$950.40
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1200–1400	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,225.00	$987.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–900	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00–850.00	$787.50
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
1095–1215	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,225.00	$1,153.90	—
1455	1455	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	117.00	$117.00	$556	—
935	935	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,010	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.