Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 2, 2022

2,131 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.53/cwt +0.09 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 523 lb · 85 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.54/cwt +17.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,125/hd at 743 lb · 74 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.37/cwt +1.00 vs last sale · ≈ $806/hd at 578 lb · 72 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,131	1,276	2,540
Feeder cattle	1,628	1,020	1,956
Slaughter cattle	380	202	417
Replacement cattle	123	54	167

Market comments — USDA reporter

Lafayette - Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 6.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 higher. Offerings also included a few load lots sold on video. The video sale report can be seen at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Bulls steady to 6.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 2.00 higher overall, with slaughter bulls mostly steady. 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
248	248	2	172.50	$172.50	$428	—
319–340	321	13	161.00–180.00	$162.55	$522	-17.39
355–395	375	19	165.00–182.50	$174.00	$652	-5.45
400–445	424	13	164.00–185.00	$177.22	$751	+0.87
453–495	467	20	149.00–182.50	$171.76	$802	+12.76
510 value added	510	1	177.50	$177.50	$905	-18.13
514 fancy	514	11	177.50	$177.50	$912	—
500–548	526	35	144.00–170.00	$158.37	$833	-13.17
555–599	581	22	147.00–167.50	$153.65	$893	-7.46
601 value added	601	3	165.00	$165.00	$992	-4.80
600–648	624	36	133.00–165.00	$147.39	$920	-10.87
670	670	1	141.00	$141.00	$945	-15.69
673 value added	673	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,010	-32.00
705–708 value added	707	10	145.00–147.50	$146.25	$1,034	—
705–730	713	9	135.00–150.00	$139.31	$993	-3.27
753–776	768	9	130.00–135.00	$133.37	$1,024	-13.42
812 value added	812	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,137	—
895	895	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,074	—
915–920	918	2	121.00–125.00	$123.01	$1,129	—
1125	1125	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,238	—
1291 value added	1291	28	137.00	$137.00	$1,769	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	167.50	$167.50	$494	—
300–340	315	8	137.00–175.00	$156.34	$492	—
375	375	1	170.00	$170.00	$638	—
405–415	413	4	165.00	$165.00	$681	+5.00
475–485	480	2	135.00–155.00	$145.10	$696	—
500–543	532	6	110.00–155.00	$126.36	$672	—
555–560	557	3	108.00–135.00	$117.64	$655	—
636	636	4	130.00	$130.00	$827	-3.00
705–740	723	2	116.00–130.00	$123.17	$891	—
765	765	1	130.00	$130.00	$994	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	155.00	$155.00	$651	+2.50
450–480	465	2	135.00–165.00	$149.52	$695	-11.72
505	505	1	155.00	$155.00	$783	-2.50
595	595	1	141.00	$141.00	$839	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	160.00	$160.00	$464	—
320	320	1	160.00	$160.00	$512	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266	266	5	145.00	$145.00	$386	—
300–345	323	23	139.00–157.50	$144.38	$466	—
355–395	380	28	140.00–157.50	$147.65	$561	-8.97
400–446	432	35	131.00–157.50	$146.40	$632	-5.12
455–495	481	41	129.00–152.50	$144.57	$695	+8.12
500–545	523	83	124.00–147.50	$142.68	$746	-0.07
535 fancy	535	1	150.00	$150.00	$802	—
545	545	1	122.50	$122.50	$668	-3.50
555–585	570	2	120.00–127.50	$123.65	$705	+6.17
570 fancy	570	1	143.00	$143.00	$815	—
574 value added	574	7	151.00	$151.00	$867	±0.00
550–595	579	62	125.00–147.50	$138.50	$802	-0.50
605–640 fancy	623	2	145.00–147.50	$146.21	$911	—
607–648	636	40	124.00–142.00	$134.32	$854	+2.00
650	650	1	123.00	$123.00	$800	+7.00
650–685	669	17	115.00–140.00	$132.03	$883	-5.84
720–735	728	2	125.00–132.50	$128.79	$938	-3.03
708–745 value added	743	72	131.00–158.25	$152.17	$1,131	+12.17
760–785	775	6	114.00–126.00	$123.50	$957	-5.78
817 value added	817	9	130.00	$130.00	$1,062	—
920 value added	920	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,104	—
920	920	9	118.00	$118.00	$1,086	—
957	957	7	113.00	$113.00	$1,081	—
1000	1000	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,050	—
1087 value added	1087	9	116.00	$116.00	$1,261	—
1098	1098	5	105.00	$105.00	$1,153	—
1135	1135	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,192	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	232	3	130.00–155.00	$146.55	$340	—
250–295	273	6	125.00–152.50	$140.27	$383	+17.77
300–335	321	5	132.50–145.00	$140.99	$453	+11.30
350–370	357	15	110.00–142.50	$134.52	$480	+1.31
400–447	431	13	129.00–145.00	$136.69	$589	+2.18
463–490	471	15	107.00–136.00	$126.25	$595	—
500–545	522	13	115.00–137.50	$129.02	$673	+14.02
550–595	574	20	112.50–132.50	$127.80	$734	+2.80
585	585	1	121.00	$121.00	$708	-4.00
614–645	618	11	112.50–127.50	$120.83	$747	—
690–695	693	2	122.50–127.50	$124.99	$866	—
700	700	1	121.00	$121.00	$847	—
775	775	1	120.00	$120.00	$930	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–340	328	3	130.00–152.50	$139.15	$456	+16.43
425–435	430	2	131.00–135.00	$133.02	$572	-6.98
473	473	2	113.00	$113.00	$534	-11.29
475–485	480	2	132.50–137.50	$135.03	$648	+10.74
520–535	528	3	117.50–122.50	$120.02	$634	+10.82
570	570	1	130.00	$130.00	$741	+15.86
610	610	1	125.00	$125.00	$762	+10.76

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	120.00	$120.00	$456	—
535	535	1	132.50	$132.50	$709	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	382	12	159.00–175.00	$169.90	$649	-10.00
400–445	412	23	149.00–177.50	$167.71	$691	-4.37
452–493	459	65	140.00–175.00	$161.57	$742	-6.63
455–465 fancy	460	2	160.00–165.00	$162.53	$748	—
500–544	525	53	136.00–168.00	$160.36	$842	+1.99
550–590	583	30	134.50–157.50	$139.87	$815	-11.97
600–645	624	5	124.00–148.00	$135.88	$848	-8.27
650–695	662	33	118.00–140.00	$134.93	$893	+5.35
705–745	725	12	112.00–127.50	$121.26	$879	+6.26
757–780	759	14	114.00–126.00	$117.27	$890	+1.00
830	830	2	108.00	$108.00	$896	-13.98
870	870	1	103.00	$103.00	$896	-2.01
1060	1060	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,007	—
1105	1105	1	86.00	$86.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	151.00	$151.00	$589	—
415–445	430	2	115.00–120.00	$117.59	$506	-42.41
453–495	473	14	130.00–150.00	$141.22	$668	-21.28
500–538	525	17	110.00–152.50	$130.17	$683	-8.51
550–594	580	15	110.00–145.00	$130.55	$757	-10.95
615–625	622	3	105.00–122.50	$115.81	$720	—
661–685	666	7	112.00–125.00	$114.34	$762	—
705–730	718	3	102.00–120.00	$110.60	$794	—
805	805	1	115.00	$115.00	$926	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–590	585	2	130.00	$130.00	$760	-1.66
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	—
740	740	1	103.00	$103.00	$762	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	130.00	$130.00	$644	—
565–575	570	2	120.00	$120.00	$684	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1390	1117	80-85%	15	56.00–63.00	$60.07	$671	—
1000–1405	1170	80-85%	51	60.00–73.00	$68.58	$802	—
1104–1440	1286	80-85%	9	73.00–78.00	$74.67	$960	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1560	1338	75-80%	10	72.00–78.50	$75.55	$1,011	-4.20
1040–1730	1370	75-80%	29	63.00–73.00	$68.76	$942	—
1340–1455	1398	75-80%	2	58.00–64.00	$60.88	$851	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	85-90%	1	69.00	$69.00	$600	—
835–1140	979	85-90%	18	51.00–67.50	$56.75	$556	—
860–1170	1017	85-90%	7	46.00–52.00	$50.05	$509	-10.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1975	1503	3	75.00–84.00	$78.82	$1,185	+4.86
1010–1900	1561	17	85.00–102.50	$92.77	$1,448	—
1660–2200	1890	5	98.00–110.00	$103.67	$1,959	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1030–1185	1133	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	950.00–1,150.00	$1,089.41
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1100–1260	1193	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	900.00–1,350.00	$1,245.91
1222–1340	1246	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,217.73
1005–1375	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	875.00–1,250.00	$1,105.01
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
846–885	856	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	775.00–800.00	$781.46
952	952	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1020–1500	1332	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	825.00–1,450.00	$1,260.96	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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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
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.