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Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 1, 2022

1,668 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.22/cwt +11.62 vs last sale · ≈ $981/hd at 662 lb · 229 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.36/cwt -1.18 vs last sale · ≈ $842/hd at 575 lb · 211 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.82/cwt -1.52 vs last sale · ≈ $942/hd at 582 lb · 140 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 1,668 817 2,226
Feeder cattle 1,369 579 1,711
Slaughter cattle 240 197 381
Replacement cattle 59 41 134

Market comments — USDA reporter

LaFayette - Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Offerings also included 197 head sold on video. The video sale report can be found at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers mostly steady. Heifers under 500 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Bulls not well established last week. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 3.00 to 8.00 lower overall with slaughter bulls mostly steady. No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts. McMinnville - Cattle were weighed on ground, graded and grouped. Steers and heifers mostly black, black white face and charolis.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
240 240 1 165.00 $165.00 $396 —
310–330 318 3 173.00–212.50 $191.55 $609 +3.55
350–397 372 17 180.00–199.00 $190.06 $707 +14.13
400–440 430 34 175.00–191.00 $186.19 $801 +9.19
440 440 1 167.50 $167.50 $737 -9.50
450–495 485 97 169.00–184.50 $177.65 $862 +0.36
500–545 529 97 151.00–175.00 $170.65 $903 +4.59
550–598 582 140 153.00–172.00 $161.82 $942 -3.75
600 600 1 137.50 $137.50 $825 -25.18
600–645 628 76 148.00–165.00 $157.15 $987 +5.65
613–649 value added 628 13 164.00–168.50 $167.48 $1,052 -0.52
653 value added 653 10 165.00 $165.00 $1,077 —
650–690 665 122 143.00–161.00 $154.62 $1,028 -2.83
717–725 720 16 138.00–147.50 $145.59 $1,048 +2.60
745 value added 745 3 147.50 $147.50 $1,099 -5.00
750–793 771 47 135.00–146.00 $139.76 $1,078 —
800–820 815 5 134.00–136.00 $135.00 $1,100 —
893 value added 893 58 147.00 $147.00 $1,313 —
915 915 1 130.00 $130.00 $1,190 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
265–295 272 6 165.00–194.50 $181.75 $494 —
300–345 328 11 160.00–198.00 $177.79 $583 +16.99
385–395 389 6 162.50–191.50 $184.69 $718 —
428–438 436 21 170.00–182.00 $180.74 $788 —
450–485 481 29 162.50–178.50 $175.87 $846 +12.87
505–545 535 15 131.00–168.00 $150.58 $806 -9.42
555–590 565 52 142.00–168.00 $161.08 $910 —
605–647 640 24 140.00–156.00 $151.71 $971 +9.21
695–698 697 3 135.00–142.50 $137.49 $958 -7.49
745 745 1 130.00 $130.00 $968 —
758 758 12 143.50 $143.50 $1,088 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
390 390 1 157.50 $157.50 $614 -9.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
215 215 1 165.00 $165.00 $355 —
275–290 283 2 150.00–152.50 $151.28 $428 —
305–330 319 5 144.00–160.00 $154.50 $493 -9.78
350–395 380 26 152.50–168.00 $162.05 $616 +2.22
400–447 430 46 145.00–175.00 $162.76 $700 +10.17
430 430 1 152.50 $152.50 $656 -0.09
440 value added 440 1 150.00 $150.00 $660 -20.24
455 455 1 142.50 $142.50 $648 -17.44
450–495 478 108 140.00–173.00 $152.54 $729 -7.40
522 value added 522 5 154.00 $154.00 $804 —
520–540 530 2 142.50–143.00 $142.75 $757 -11.81
500–547 531 114 140.50–161.00 $146.17 $776 -8.39
560–570 value added 563 48 138.00–155.00 $153.20 $863 -1.80
565–575 570 2 132.50–140.00 $136.28 $777 -7.35
550–598 579 161 130.00–152.50 $144.44 $836 +0.81
600 value added 600 22 148.50 $148.50 $891 +4.00
610–620 615 2 128.00–130.00 $128.99 $793 -9.42
605–645 631 23 126.00–140.00 $133.24 $841 -5.17
650–680 659 77 125.00–143.00 $140.06 $923 +3.46
657–680 value added 663 152 151.00–153.00 $152.36 $1,010 —
720 720 1 117.50 $117.50 $846 -15.88
710–745 740 18 114.00–132.00 $126.57 $937 -6.81
742 value added 742 66 147.25 $147.25 $1,093 —
762–785 772 15 120.00–129.00 $121.78 $940 -7.22
813–835 831 11 112.50–120.00 $116.48 $968 —
960 960 1 100.00 $100.00 $960 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235 235 1 137.50 $137.50 $323 -15.00
258–280 267 4 150.00–160.00 $154.84 $413 +5.29
315–330 327 5 164.00–166.00 $165.61 $542 +25.61
365–390 379 13 150.00–162.50 $159.39 $604 +23.36
405–440 426 19 136.00–160.00 $155.57 $663 +12.56
463–486 482 29 136.00–149.50 $146.57 $706 +9.04
510–525 517 3 134.00–142.50 $137.98 $713 +6.96
555–585 559 45 129.50–140.00 $137.62 $769 —
618 618 2 131.00 $131.00 $810 —
658–680 660 11 123.00–125.00 $123.19 $813 +4.19
713 713 2 118.00 $118.00 $841 —
765–770 769 7 115.00–118.00 $117.57 $904 —
800 800 1 110.00 $110.00 $880 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
340 340 1 132.50 $132.50 $450 —
425 425 1 130.00 $130.00 $552 —
500 500 1 140.00 $140.00 $700 +6.46
515 515 1 117.50 $117.50 $605 -16.04
625 625 1 122.00 $122.00 $762 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
265 265 1 130.00 $130.00 $344 —
360 360 2 130.00–145.00 $137.50 $495 +27.50
480 480 1 135.00 $135.00 $648 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
235 235 1 177.50 $177.50 $417 —
320 320 1 178.00 $178.00 $570 +9.36
370–385 381 7 167.50–182.00 $177.22 $675 +6.34
400–445 436 10 157.00–170.50 $168.84 $736 -0.32
460–493 482 7 160.00–172.50 $164.01 $791 -3.58
510 510 1 130.00 $130.00 $663 -28.78
500–533 524 18 155.00–172.50 $165.78 $869 +7.00
583 583 4 158.00 $158.00 $921 +8.00
606 606 4 159.00 $159.00 $964 +10.51
630 630 1 140.00 $140.00 $882 -8.49
660–680 665 4 139.50–147.00 $145.08 $965 +6.99
730 730 1 136.00 $136.00 $993 +0.35
750–780 758 7 112.50–122.50 $119.27 $904 -13.49
870 870 1 105.00 $105.00 $914 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
420–440 433 3 160.00–167.50 $163.27 $707 +6.57
450–465 458 2 162.50–165.00 $163.77 $750 +21.73
515–525 520 3 132.50–147.50 $140.80 $732 —
570 570 1 152.50 $152.50 $869 +9.81
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350 350 1 140.00 $140.00 $490 —
495 495 1 147.50 $147.50 $730 -3.56
505 505 1 140.00 $140.00 $707 ±0.00
555 555 1 146.00 $146.00 $810 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1400 1400 Young (2-4 yrs)N/A 1 1,550.00 $1,550.00 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
945–1230 1075 80-85% 4 65.00–71.00 $66.95 $720 —
915–1370 1123 80-85% 52 67.00–85.50 $77.11 $866 -8.24
995–1480 1257 80-85% 13 85.00–95.00 $89.25 $1,122 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
760–1075 896 85-90% 8 45.00–60.00 $53.58 $480 —
965 965 85-90% 1 85.00 $85.00 $820 -6.19
775–1280 1028 85-90% 28 58.00–79.50 $69.32 $713 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1100 1100 75-80% 1 56.00 $56.00 $616 —
1150–1550 1335 75-80% 7 85.00–95.50 $89.67 $1,197 —
1160–1840 1452 75-80% 17 78.00–87.50 $83.62 $1,214 -3.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1485–1645 1565 2 89.00–96.00 $92.32 $1,445 —
1240–2130 1650 10 97.00–121.50 $108.63 $1,792 —
1750 1750 1 114.00 $114.00 $1,995 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1050 1050 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 1,025.00 $1,025.00
1140 1140 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,125.00 $1,125.00
1190 1190 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 900.00 $900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1000 1000 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 1,050.00 $1,050.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
900 900 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 1,175.00 $1,175.00 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
890 890 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 975.00 $975.00 —

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1045 1045 3 86.00 $86.00 $899 —
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1365 1365 1 93.00 $93.00 $1,269 —

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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.