Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 16, 2022

2,412 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.25/cwt +10.14 vs last sale · ≈ $911/hd at 623 lb · 143 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.90/cwt -3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $767/hd at 529 lb · 133 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $154.46/cwt -5.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,035/hd at 670 lb · 95 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,412	2,907	2,081
Feeder cattle	1,947	2,492	1,635
Slaughter cattle	357	360	258
Replacement cattle	108	55	188

Market comments — USDA reporter

LaFayette- Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 7.00 higher; Feeder bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Offerings also included 386 head sold on video. The video sale report can be seen at the following link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467 Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Steers and bulls mostly steady. Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, breaker and boning cows 6.00 higher, with lean cows and slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. 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
245	245	1	177.50	$177.50	$435	-32.50
263–285	270	3	172.50	$172.50	$466	-19.02
315	315	4	174.00	$174.00	$548	-17.26
350–389	381	19	172.00–190.00	$184.71	$704	+0.50
405–445	426	9	150.00–183.00	$172.93	$737	-9.71
438–443 value added	442	12	185.00–188.00	$187.26	$828	-3.74
468 value added	468	3	182.50	$182.50	$854	+0.85
460–488	477	10	144.00–175.00	$159.55	$761	-17.61
515	515	1	134.00	$134.00	$690	-36.19
509–535 value added	521	45	169.00–184.00	$177.15	$923	+0.99
500–545	526	39	149.00–178.00	$156.15	$821	-14.04
550–596 value added	568	61	165.00–173.00	$170.28	$967	+0.53
554–596	574	22	155.00–162.00	$159.00	$913	-7.51
615–645	626	36	134.00–161.00	$146.86	$919	-16.07
610–642 value added	640	16	157.00	$157.00	$1,005	—
663–676 value added	670	62	153.00–160.00	$157.02	$1,052	—
655–698	671	33	135.00–152.50	$149.65	$1,004	-9.92
713–742	719	33	135.00–147.50	$146.11	$1,051	-7.06
722–747 value added	738	41	149.00–150.00	$149.36	$1,102	—
751–785	758	10	132.50–145.00	$140.77	$1,067	-14.00
752–773 value added	770	75	146.00–172.75	$169.27	$1,303	—
846 value added	846	26	144.00	$144.00	$1,218	—
865	865	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,189	-1.56
870 value added	870	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,262	—
921	921	4	129.00	$129.00	$1,188	+1.00
965	965	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,158	-6.40

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	165.00	$165.00	$421	—
300–325	314	6	136.00–175.00	$157.19	$494	-10.10
350–380	370	4	160.00–177.50	$167.45	$620	+6.76
450–465	458	2	150.00	$150.00	$687	-3.11
558–595	575	4	118.00–150.00	$134.52	$773	-7.16
620–645	633	2	130.00–142.00	$136.12	$862	-9.38
665	665	1	130.00	$130.00	$864	-5.87

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598 value added	598	9	165.00	$165.00	$987	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	155.00	$155.00	$403	—
345	345	1	150.00	$150.00	$518	—
365	365	1	157.50	$157.50	$575	—
415	415	1	140.00	$140.00	$581	—
450–475	463	2	150.00	$150.00	$694	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–390	383	2	155.00–157.00	$156.02	$598	—
475–495	485	2	140.00–150.00	$144.90	$703	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1495	1400	2	106.00–114.00	$109.73	$1,536	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–285	266	4	135.00–155.00	$140.35	$373	-28.55
305–345	333	15	136.00–155.00	$148.95	$496	-22.95
355–398	386	12	140.00–157.50	$148.26	$572	-14.78
390	390	1	120.00	$120.00	$468	-43.04
405–445	426	30	130.00–157.50	$145.90	$622	-12.36
450–496	469	39	134.00–155.00	$142.10	$666	-13.06
492–495 value added	493	5	157.50	$157.50	$776	-11.87
500–530	515	2	132.50–136.00	$134.30	$692	-13.64
510–534 value added	527	29	155.00–157.50	$155.57	$820	—
500–545	530	102	124.00–152.50	$142.07	$753	-5.87
571 value added	571	5	152.00	$152.00	$868	+5.00
550–598	582	84	126.00–150.00	$137.21	$799	-2.52
595	595	1	122.50	$122.50	$729	-17.23
606–640 value added	616	89	146.00–160.00	$152.91	$942	+8.91
600–645	634	50	120.00–145.00	$135.67	$860	+0.69
630–643	640	4	130.00–131.00	$130.25	$834	-4.73
655–686	673	34	121.00–137.00	$133.18	$896	-0.04
680–681 value added	680	12	138.00–140.50	$139.87	$951	—
703–740	716	15	117.00–134.50	$128.39	$919	+1.23
725 value added	725	5	137.50	$137.50	$997	+3.50
754 value added	754	13	133.50	$133.50	$1,007	—
750–795	767	5	119.00–128.00	$121.65	$933	-0.20
828	828	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,035	+6.55
865	865	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,073	+2.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	142.50–155.00	$148.89	$328	+5.68
265–280	273	2	132.50–150.00	$141.01	$385	-26.97
325–335	330	2	127.50–132.50	$129.96	$429	-14.24
360–390	379	11	110.00–140.00	$124.08	$470	-28.42
400–445	424	6	120.00–142.50	$133.65	$567	-8.24
457–485	468	9	107.00–142.50	$126.50	$592	-16.25
505–530	520	8	100.00–136.00	$116.38	$605	-16.71
555–590	568	7	112.00–132.50	$126.84	$720	+0.05
610–645	628	3	104.00–127.50	$119.38	$750	-4.98
660	660	1	115.00	$115.00	$759	-10.16
827	827	3	90.00	$90.00	$744	-22.53

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	135.00	$135.00	$324	—
285	285	1	110.00	$110.00	$314	—
285–290	288	2	130.00–132.50	$131.24	$378	—
305–340	323	3	120.00–132.50	$127.73	$413	—
350–370	360	2	117.50–142.50	$130.35	$469	+10.35
410	410	1	132.50	$132.50	$543	+2.50
460–495	482	3	120.00–135.00	$129.06	$622	-12.94
530	530	1	131.00	$131.00	$694	+13.50
555–590	570	4	110.00–132.50	$121.24	$691	—
665	665	1	101.00	$101.00	$672	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	9	132.50	$132.50	$908	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	130.00	$130.00	$611	+3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	377	13	158.00–170.00	$164.61	$621	-4.13
405–447	441	26	147.00–180.00	$156.10	$688	-17.79
450–495	468	9	139.00–167.50	$153.73	$719	-13.21
500–545	527	34	132.00–162.50	$147.86	$779	-9.78
560–590	585	20	135.00–147.50	$142.57	$834	-5.70
600–645	623	18	124.00–140.00	$132.43	$825	-10.40
660–675	663	20	120.00–130.00	$127.06	$842	-8.77
705–730	718	4	120.00–125.00	$123.75	$889	-15.22
750–760	757	18	113.00–142.50	$123.42	$934	-11.03
825	825	1	102.50	$102.50	$846	-22.86
862	862	7	101.00	$101.00	$871	-16.85

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	120.00	$120.00	$456	—
420–445	431	8	115.00–155.00	$128.90	$556	-23.82
475–480	478	2	140.00–145.00	$142.49	$681	-9.89
500–535	508	10	110.00–145.00	$136.96	$696	-0.40
560–580	562	9	130.00–142.50	$135.26	$760	+1.69
600–645	635	7	110.00–132.50	$127.21	$808	-5.29
650–680	667	8	97.00–125.00	$107.22	$715	-19.31
739	739	5	101.00	$101.00	$746	-19.00
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	142.50	$142.50	$691	+0.78
500	500	1	127.50	$127.50	$638	—
500	500	1	129.00	$129.00	$645	—
550–575	563	2	117.50–135.00	$126.06	$710	+10.23

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	80-85%	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,004	—
1035–1365	1148	80-85%	13	48.00–64.00	$56.82	$652	—
875–1600	1172	80-85%	62	63.00–78.00	$69.27	$812	+5.13
1105–1405	1258	80-85%	11	75.00–89.50	$78.11	$983	+3.79

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–820	785	85-90%	2	72.00–91.00	$81.92	$643	—
800–1285	1035	85-90%	29	49.00–70.00	$58.47	$605	—
845–1345	1052	85-90%	11	41.00–55.00	$45.59	$480	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1695	1362	75-80%	10	73.00–85.00	$78.59	$1,070	—
930–1740	1365	75-80%	24	66.00–78.00	$71.71	$979	—
1230–1460	1384	75-80%	4	63.00–66.00	$64.91	$898	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520	1520	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,505	+21.32
1460–1600	1528	3	85.00	$85.00	$1,299	+7.32
1035–2200	1611	12	84.00–105.00	$94.17	$1,517	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	870.00	$870.00
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1285	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 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 $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.