Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 20, 2022

1,467 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.03/cwt -12.63 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 477 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.76/cwt -16.07 vs last sale · ≈ $756/hd at 522 lb · 40 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $155.63/cwt -9.45 vs last sale · ≈ $666/hd at 428 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,467	2,462	1,958
Feeder cattle	1,124	2,172	1,467
Slaughter cattle	270	236	283
Replacement cattle	73	54	208

Market comments — USDA reporter

Knoxville - Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 7.00 to 8.00 lower, and feeder heifers and bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower overall. Lower-quality offerings and broad diversity of type, kind, color, breed. etc. for feeder classes were noted. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 2.00 to 3.00 lower overall. Pulaski - Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Bulls 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Quality poor to good. Demand moderate to weak.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	209.00	$209.00	$658	+5.30
350–395	376	13	175.00–191.00	$179.18	$674	-16.46
395	395	1	170.00	$170.00	$672	-25.64
401–435	422	14	171.00–187.50	$176.51	$745	-13.29
465 value added	465	1	185.00	$185.00	$860	-15.00
455–480	468	8	166.00–180.00	$175.59	$822	-5.32
500–522 value added	515	3	176.00–178.00	$177.35	$913	-14.93
500–540	518	10	165.00–174.00	$169.21	$877	-7.07
525 fancy	525	1	182.50	$182.50	$958	—
550–595	569	14	160.00–175.00	$164.43	$936	-9.37
600–635	621	8	151.00–167.50	$160.99	$1,000	-9.21
631 value added	631	4	181.00	$181.00	$1,142	+6.92
658 value added	658	5	173.00	$173.00	$1,138	-2.00
650–695	665	17	148.00–166.00	$157.04	$1,044	-5.60
695 fancy	695	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,188	—
710	710	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,129	+5.00
732 value added	732	2	164.00	$164.00	$1,200	-8.00
815 value added	815	3	158.00	$158.00	$1,288	—
1130	1130	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	3	170.00–196.00	$179.87	$504	-24.66
395	395	1	167.50	$167.50	$662	-14.53
470–495	483	2	160.00–165.00	$162.56	$785	-7.72
510–520	515	2	150.00	$150.00	$772	-9.94
550	550	1	143.00	$143.00	$786	—
660–695	678	2	138.00	$138.00	$936	-0.92

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	162.50	$162.50	$642	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	382	10	150.00–163.00	$155.50	$594	-18.24
401–445	428	35	150.00–162.00	$155.63	$666	-9.10
450–495	474	31	146.00–162.00	$152.74	$724	-10.21
465–495	486	7	138.00–140.00	$139.45	$678	-23.50
490 value added	490	2	165.00	$165.00	$808	-15.00
500–547	522	39	135.00–154.00	$145.06	$757	-14.68
535	535	1	133.00	$133.00	$712	-26.74
555–590	577	21	130.00–154.00	$143.85	$830	-9.28
590–595	593	2	110.00–126.00	$118.03	$700	-35.10
605–645	616	14	133.00–150.00	$143.69	$885	-2.67
625–648 value added	639	7	155.00–156.00	$155.72	$995	+9.72
655–665	658	3	110.00–116.00	$113.98	$750	-30.11
655–680	670	5	121.00–137.00	$131.03	$878	-13.06
655–698 value added	683	10	149.00–155.00	$153.85	$1,051	-6.15
705	705	1	133.00	$133.00	$938	-2.01
747 value added	747	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,120	—
755 value added	755	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,095	—
750–780	762	3	135.00–137.00	$135.66	$1,034	-4.05
815 value added	815	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	124.00	$124.00	$353	-31.00
340	340	1	137.50	$137.50	$468	+2.62
385	385	1	150.00	$150.00	$578	-11.63
415–435	425	2	135.00–150.00	$142.68	$606	-8.64
450–495	479	15	130.00–147.00	$139.72	$669	-14.72
500	500	1	131.00	$131.00	$655	—
550–570	558	3	121.00–134.00	$126.26	$705	-17.87
620–645	633	2	121.00–126.00	$123.55	$782	-8.39

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	2	110.00–143.00	$127.25	$420	—
515	515	1	119.00	$119.00	$613	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–391	389	6	173.00–183.00	$177.85	$692	—
410–438	424	22	162.00–180.00	$171.59	$728	-10.76
455–470 fancy	463	2	181.00–184.00	$182.52	$845	—
455–495	471	9	155.00–175.00	$165.96	$782	-7.91
500–545	522	23	140.00–162.50	$151.20	$789	-5.88
550–595	572	21	136.00–159.00	$150.72	$862	-3.76
587 fancy	587	2	166.00	$166.00	$974	—
600–635	615	15	124.00–155.00	$148.56	$914	+7.77
650–690	670	12	117.00–157.00	$146.18	$979	+3.32
710 fancy	710	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,051	—
700–740	715	4	130.00–142.00	$135.95	$972	-5.00
750	750	1	120.00	$120.00	$900	-12.78

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	168.00	$168.00	$647	—
405–445	425	5	150.00–165.00	$156.33	$664	-19.46
450–490	466	5	135.00–150.00	$142.49	$664	-10.33
515–540	529	4	136.00–143.00	$139.29	$737	-11.54
560–590	575	8	125.00–142.50	$135.76	$781	-7.52
610–620	615	2	114.00–130.00	$122.07	$751	-13.31
685	685	1	137.00	$137.00	$938	—
730	730	1	105.00	$105.00	$766	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–380	378	2	160.00–165.00	$162.52	$614	—
400	400	1	145.00	$145.00	$580	+23.67
430	430	1	135.00	$135.00	$580	+13.67
525	525	1	140.00	$140.00	$735	+17.43
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	123.00	$123.00	$726	-1.91

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1385	1275	75-80%	2	68.00–74.50	$70.97	$905	—
1105–1900	1429	75-80%	54	76.00–88.00	$81.50	$1,165	-1.30
1260–1780	1521	75-80%	4	91.00–94.00	$91.88	$1,397	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1370	1174	80-85%	8	51.00–74.00	$64.38	$756	-6.07
950–1445	1177	80-85%	40	72.00–89.50	$81.06	$954	+10.61
1215–1575	1383	80-85%	4	93.00–103.00	$96.24	$1,331	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1240	1035	85-90%	31	58.00–80.50	$72.64	$752	+5.11
1085–1190	1124	85-90%	5	55.00–60.00	$57.39	$645	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1310	1208	3	80.00–85.00	$82.10	$992	—
1215	1215	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,215	—
1200–2175	1691	22	103.00–121.50	$113.04	$1,912	—
1760–1885	1815	3	115.00–125.00	$119.34	$2,166	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	910.00	$910.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	980.00	$980.00
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1045–1430	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,130.00	$975.50
1195–1200	1198	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	830.00–970.00	$900.15
1125–1355	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	830.00–1,010.00	$928.87
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1405–1465	1435	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,060.00–1,090.00	$1,075.31

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00
880–1005	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	720.00–750.00	$734.01
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	870.00	$870.00
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	890.00	$890.00
1060	1060	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1065	1065	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,030.00	$1,030.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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
905	905	Young (2-4 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.