Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 15, 2022

1,368 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.01/cwt -2.96 vs last sale · ≈ $701/hd at 531 lb · 72 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.71/cwt -5.62 vs last sale · ≈ $630/hd at 464 lb · 62 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.78/cwt -16.13 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 577 lb · 54 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,368	1,604	831
Feeder cattle	1,080	1,329	617
Slaughter cattle	222	204	159
Replacement cattle	66	71	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Carthage - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 lower. Greeneville - Compared to last week, feeder heifers and bulls unevenly steady overall, with no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 lower overall, with slaughter bulls 6.00 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
220	220	1	160.00	$160.00	$352	±0.00
318	318	9	165.00	$165.00	$525	-6.40
375	375	1	155.00	$155.00	$581	-20.16
410 value added	410	1	170.00	$170.00	$697	—
455–490	470	14	140.00–165.00	$153.59	$722	-12.17
500–545	526	24	140.00–167.00	$150.99	$794	-6.32
555–581	578	8	141.00–159.00	$143.16	$827	-10.33
575–590 value added	580	3	147.00–148.00	$147.66	$856	-17.32
588	588	5	140.00	$140.00	$823	-13.49
620	620	1	129.00	$129.00	$800	-14.44
654–680	659	19	133.00–144.00	$140.41	$925	+4.64
671	671	8	130.00	$130.00	$872	-5.77
669–674 value added	672	14	146.00	$146.00	$981	+6.00
743	743	6	139.50	$139.50	$1,036	+7.58
769–790 value added	775	11	145.50–149.50	$148.39	$1,150	+3.39
780	780	2	135.50	$135.50	$1,057	+5.54
860	860	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,127	+6.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	2	128.00	$128.00	$637	-22.03
510	510	1	125.00	$125.00	$638	-18.98
730	730	1	120.00	$120.00	$876	-5.00
900	900	1	111.00	$111.00	$999	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	132.50	$132.50	$338	-7.50
300–340	310	15	131.00–145.00	$133.68	$414	-5.45
363–385	380	29	129.00–155.00	$139.12	$529	+0.75
400–428	413	9	136.00–149.00	$140.65	$581	+1.05
418 value added	418	3	142.00	$142.00	$594	—
450–495	464	61	128.00–147.00	$135.49	$629	+2.99
475 fancy	475	1	149.00	$149.00	$708	—
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	-10.07
508–545	528	55	120.00–135.00	$129.02	$681	-4.90
541–543 value added	542	16	142.00–145.00	$143.68	$779	-2.71
570	570	1	118.00	$118.00	$673	-9.82
550–590	577	53	120.00–129.00	$125.93	$727	-1.89
605 fancy	605	1	128.00	$128.00	$774	—
605–640	626	24	114.00–134.00	$125.39	$785	+15.39
638 value added	638	2	129.00	$129.00	$823	—
650–676	673	17	121.00–133.00	$131.80	$887	+9.65
670–675 value added	673	13	136.50–137.00	$136.81	$921	-8.77
710–730	720	2	107.00–112.00	$109.47	$788	-9.01
753–793	761	10	109.00–120.50	$118.10	$899	-7.90
800–815	805	3	105.00–109.00	$106.35	$856	-13.39
882	882	6	112.50	$112.50	$992	+13.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308–342	332	7	124.00–125.00	$124.26	$413	-10.74
350	350	1	121.00	$121.00	$424	-13.86
451–480	455	15	110.00–129.00	$124.74	$568	-5.18
522–547	538	16	111.00–120.50	$117.04	$630	-6.04
668	668	2	112.00	$112.00	$748	-3.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	90.00	$90.00	$464	-21.00
560	560	1	90.00	$90.00	$504	-29.92
655	655	1	90.00	$90.00	$590	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–345	335	2	170.00–175.00	$172.43	$578	+26.43
355 fancy	355	1	185.00	$185.00	$657	—
364–395	378	26	140.00–166.00	$160.45	$607	-5.56
425–440 fancy	433	2	170.00–175.00	$172.54	$747	—
410–448	440	30	145.00–160.00	$147.58	$649	-13.47
450–490	465	11	137.00–162.50	$149.35	$694	-1.47
490–495 fancy	493	2	169.00–171.00	$170.01	$838	—
500–520 fancy	513	6	150.00–158.00	$156.04	$800	—
505–536	526	46	135.00–142.00	$137.51	$723	-3.69
555–595	587	34	121.00–135.00	$130.66	$767	-5.02
600–635	618	10	109.00–121.00	$113.98	$704	-11.69
645	645	1	105.00	$105.00	$677	-20.67
650–670	665	29	113.00–126.50	$124.61	$829	+3.10
700–745	731	7	96.00–116.00	$108.89	$796	-10.11
761–775	764	9	94.00–118.00	$113.94	$871	+5.28
850	850	1	90.00	$90.00	$765	—
930	930	9	91.00	$91.00	$846	-5.00
970	970	1	90.00	$90.00	$873	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	167.50	$167.50	$553	—
355–385	365	3	125.00–137.00	$129.22	$472	-29.78
422–445	431	6	125.00–139.00	$132.53	$571	-7.59
490	490	1	125.00	$125.00	$612	-15.13
513–545	526	6	120.00–125.00	$122.04	$642	-9.55
575–597	586	12	114.00–120.00	$118.27	$693	-7.35
605–625	617	5	111.00–124.00	$113.63	$701	-3.87
667	667	13	116.00	$116.00	$774	+16.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	383	4	130.00–145.00	$137.30	$526	-1.20
455	455	1	127.50	$127.50	$580	-1.85
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	-20.50
535	535	1	119.00	$119.00	$637	-11.50
590	590	1	118.00	$118.00	$696	—
595	595	1	110.00	$110.00	$654	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1385	1285	75-80%	4	62.00–63.00	$62.49	$803	—
1085–1765	1396	75-80%	47	64.00–78.00	$69.49	$970	+7.90
1220–1800	1476	75-80%	7	75.00–84.00	$79.03	$1,166	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1195	1124	80-85%	7	75.00–79.00	$76.17	$856	—
925–1610	1229	80-85%	37	64.00–75.00	$69.44	$853	-13.06
1160–1390	1254	80-85%	4	60.00–62.00	$61.20	$767	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	85-90%	1	77.00	$77.00	$620	—
745–1195	1024	85-90%	14	40.00–55.00	$49.63	$508	-4.14
810–1265	1056	85-90%	20	57.00–71.00	$62.07	$655	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490–1665	1603	5	75.00–89.00	$84.56	$1,355	-10.36
1180–2155	1649	20	91.00–107.00	$97.88	$1,614	—
1790–1910	1865	3	108.00–115.00	$110.37	$2,058	—

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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	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	2	100.00	$100.00	$578	—
680	680	1	93.00	$93.00	$632	—
795	795	1	94.00	$94.00	$747	—

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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.