Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 27, 2022

1,677 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $161.17/cwt -1.71 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 439 lb · 95 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.91/cwt -13.54 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 474 lb · 72 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.54/cwt -7.49 vs last sale · ≈ $764/hd at 525 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,677	2,654	1,580
Feeder cattle	1,370	2,321	1,161
Slaughter cattle	247	269	298
Replacement cattle	60	64	121

Market comments — USDA reporter

Huntingdon - This sale was not reported two weeks ago therefore no trends could be established. Knoxville - Compared to last week, feeder steers unevenly steady, with feeder heifers measuring 5.00 lower overall, and feeder bulls 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 4.00 lower with slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	170.00	$170.00	$476	-20.44
300–345	325	8	170.00–180.00	$174.35	$567	-17.50
353–385	365	6	170.00–200.00	$184.61	$674	-2.96
407 value added	407	2	186.00	$186.00	$757	—
400–440	415	8	170.00–184.00	$175.71	$729	-6.79
455–495	476	22	165.00–178.00	$170.08	$810	-14.08
515 value added	515	3	176.00	$176.00	$906	-20.15
500–548	528	21	155.00–173.00	$165.87	$876	-11.03
535 fancy	535	1	178.00	$178.00	$952	—
540	540	1	150.00	$150.00	$810	-26.90
555–565 fancy	560	2	178.00–179.00	$178.50	$1,000	—
550–597	580	34	153.00–172.00	$165.58	$960	-15.58
600–645	624	18	153.00–169.00	$161.62	$1,009	-13.67
630	630	1	154.00	$154.00	$970	-21.29
662–680	669	15	147.00–170.00	$161.69	$1,082	-3.80
699	699	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,076	-11.49
701–710 value added	703	4	147.00–159.00	$155.97	$1,096	-14.82
705	705	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,022	+0.04
765–796	792	13	145.00–151.00	$147.15	$1,165	-19.95
815	815	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,141	-1.98
865	865	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,237	+3.12

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	4	170.00–172.00	$170.75	$552	+5.11
390	390	1	167.00	$167.00	$651	-10.33
400–445	426	4	151.00–166.00	$160.76	$685	-6.58
485–490	487	3	150.00–162.50	$155.86	$759	-9.39
550–560	555	2	150.00–155.00	$152.52	$846	-2.50
630	630	1	145.00	$145.00	$914	+7.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	162.00	$162.00	$518	—
450	450	1	157.50	$157.50	$709	—
557	557	2	144.00	$144.00	$802	—
570	570	4	150.00	$150.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	2	158.00	$158.00	$487	—
350	350	1	150.00	$150.00	$525	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–295	270	9	140.00–150.00	$143.53	$388	-27.94
305–345	331	13	143.00–156.00	$149.08	$493	-22.81
350–395	371	22	140.00–151.00	$144.58	$536	-20.58
400–445	425	39	142.00–155.00	$148.48	$631	-13.80
448 value added	448	56	170.00	$170.00	$762	+2.00
470	470	1	140.00	$140.00	$658	-22.29
450–495	473	61	140.00–155.00	$148.39	$702	-13.90
476–480 value added	477	10	151.00–157.50	$152.96	$730	-13.04
500–546	524	61	140.00–150.00	$145.11	$760	-7.92
500–544 value added	535	7	148.00–155.00	$149.25	$798	—
550–595	574	30	137.00–150.00	$143.85	$826	-8.41
570–599 value added	596	38	156.00–160.00	$159.49	$951	-10.16
605 value added	605	10	150.50	$150.50	$911	+0.50
602–640	615	36	132.00–148.00	$140.12	$862	-1.82
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	-25.92
650–695	678	40	131.00–147.00	$139.62	$947	-6.30
715 value added	715	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,015	—
705–725	717	8	129.00–138.00	$134.68	$966	-9.15
775	775	1	127.50	$127.50	$988	-1.85
775 value added	775	2	137.50	$137.50	$1,066	—
820	820	2	128.00	$128.00	$1,050	-6.67
855	855	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,086	+7.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	150.00	$150.00	$345	+10.00
250–280	269	4	130.00–150.00	$142.23	$383	+2.23
315–340	328	2	140.00–142.00	$141.04	$463	+1.65
370–395	377	8	131.00–145.00	$135.68	$512	-16.24
410–445	433	6	137.50–141.00	$139.49	$604	+0.91
455–495	470	4	130.00–145.00	$140.56	$661	-0.54
520–540	533	3	126.00–140.00	$131.90	$703	-2.23
560–580	568	3	135.00–142.00	$138.62	$787	+3.68
600–640	621	4	110.00–135.00	$123.25	$765	+0.71
650–665	655	3	124.00–132.00	$129.29	$847	+3.29

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	140.00	$140.00	$441	+40.00
340	340	1	140.00	$140.00	$476	+40.00
365	365	1	130.00	$130.00	$474	—
400	400	1	131.00	$131.00	$524	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	130.00	$130.00	$416	±0.00
405	405	1	130.00	$130.00	$526	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	273	3	164.00–170.00	$166.26	$454	—
300–330	315	2	167.50–175.00	$171.07	$539	—
355–395	381	9	160.00–175.00	$166.53	$634	+6.53
400–415 fancy	408	2	175.00–177.50	$176.27	$719	—
400–445	431	18	158.00–171.00	$163.48	$705	-15.37
455–495	478	25	160.00–170.00	$164.55	$787	-11.36
502–545	523	34	150.00–169.00	$159.06	$832	+1.19
555–591	576	20	145.00–163.00	$154.45	$890	-4.17
580 fancy	580	1	169.00	$169.00	$980	—
600–645	621	19	137.00–158.00	$152.29	$946	+2.63
650–686	667	12	133.00–153.00	$145.55	$971	+1.58
700–735	713	7	118.00–132.50	$126.10	$899	-8.59
773–775	774	5	114.00–122.00	$119.60	$926	-13.66
810–830	822	3	110.00–120.00	$113.35	$932	-5.94

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	—
405	405	1	160.00	$160.00	$648	-1.88
457	457	2	147.50	$147.50	$674	-11.76
545	545	1	138.00	$138.00	$752	-6.86
575–595	585	4	137.00–150.00	$143.51	$840	-0.66
600–630	614	4	133.00–136.00	$134.98	$829	-0.71

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	152.50	$152.50	$496	—
400	400	1	152.50	$152.50	$610	-7.50
495	495	1	152.00	$152.00	$752	—
535	535	1	150.00	$150.00	$802	—
535	535	1	140.00	$140.00	$749	—
605	605	1	130.00	$130.00	$786	+10.00
620	620	1	110.00	$110.00	$682	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	150.00	$150.00	$638	—
465	465	2	131.00	$131.00	$609	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1210	1210	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,480.00	$1,480.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1355	1108	85-90%	50	64.00–78.00	$72.33	$801	—
1080–1295	1192	85-90%	3	79.00–80.50	$79.65	$949	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1695	1393	75-80%	40	72.50–85.00	$79.10	$1,102	-5.22
1435–1505	1470	75-80%	2	70.00–72.50	$71.28	$1,048	—
1435–1670	1537	75-80%	3	80.00–100.00	$89.02	$1,368	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1285	1140	80-85%	5	67.50–72.50	$69.31	$790	—
975–1580	1190	80-85%	31	68.50–85.50	$77.63	$924	+0.02
1215–1455	1350	80-85%	6	77.00–90.00	$87.04	$1,175	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1770	1473	6	84.00–105.00	$94.15	$1,387	—
1430–2380	1833	15	95.00–119.00	$108.85	$1,995	—
1915–1965	1947	3	124.00–126.00	$124.67	$2,427	+15.73

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1310	1114	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,025.00–1,700.00	$1,383.89
1030–1220	1121	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	800.00–1,175.00	$1,005.74
970–1245	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,220.63
1060–1415	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,050.00–1,400.00	$1,189.31
1155–1460	1269	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,300.00	$1,090.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	620.00	$620.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	880.00	$880.00
925	925	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
940–1020	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	950.00–970.00	$959.59

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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
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,050.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,580.00	$1,440.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,133.33	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,900.00	$1,650.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00–1,525.00	$1,475.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.