Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 6, 2022

2,011 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $155.37/cwt +2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,058/hd at 681 lb · 149 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.73/cwt +7.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,280/hd at 782 lb · 139 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $171.52/cwt +11.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,154/hd at 673 lb · 133 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,011	3,338	1,323
Feeder cattle	1,746	2,884	1,154
Slaughter cattle	196	407	108
Replacement cattle	69	47	61

Market comments — USDA reporter

Knoxville - Compared to last week, on a lighter test, feeder heifers weighing up to 500 lbs. 1.00 higher overall, with those weighing over 500 lbs. 4.00 to 5.00 higher. No comparisons available for feeder bulls due to limited comparable receipts. Also, no comparisons available for non-preconditioned feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts, however, a higher undertone was noted. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows mostly steady overall, with lean cows 4.00 lower, and bulls 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Pulaski - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls not well established. Feeders not well established. Quality poor to average. Demand moderate. Columbia - Cattle were gathered at Columbia and Cookeville on Monday December 5 th and sold on Tuesday December 6 th at Columbia. Cattle were on strict vaccination program and weaned for 60 days. Graded and grouped and weighted on the ground.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	190.00	$190.00	$570	+0.25
353–395 value added	364	4	197.00–200.00	$199.19	$725	—
355–395	375	2	170.00–190.00	$179.47	$673	-6.61
405–410 value added	408	2	190.00–197.50	$193.77	$791	—
405–435	420	5	167.50–187.50	$176.31	$741	-7.52
455–485 value added	473	19	190.00–200.00	$195.78	$926	+11.78
460–496	483	19	165.00–184.00	$176.24	$851	-4.18
500–532	519	11	167.00–177.00	$171.03	$888	-3.95
520–523 value added	523	21	185.00–197.50	$196.32	$1,027	+15.32
555 value added	555	1	171.00	$171.00	$949	-4.31
560–597	594	80	154.00–176.00	$171.79	$1,020	+2.34
602–645	619	25	150.00–165.00	$162.10	$1,003	-0.42
602–636 value added	621	12	168.00–170.00	$168.68	$1,048	-3.08
667–698	671	117	145.00–178.50	$173.02	$1,161	+13.39
655–693 value added	685	16	144.00–168.00	$160.54	$1,100	-1.96
705–742	731	5	135.00–158.00	$151.74	$1,109	-2.75
760–789 value added	779	14	150.00–160.00	$154.87	$1,206	+4.80
777–785	782	125	147.50–165.00	$164.72	$1,288	+6.24
813 value added	813	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,220	-10.93
825–840	835	3	144.00–146.00	$144.99	$1,211	-7.67
870–874	874	35	139.00–155.00	$154.54	$1,351	+9.37
995	995	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,343	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	170.00–182.00	$175.89	$501	—
420	420	1	170.00	$170.00	$714	+5.00
520–525	523	2	147.50	$147.50	$771	-9.19
592	592	2	147.00	$147.00	$870	-6.81
655	655	1	139.00	$139.00	$910	-5.31

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	162.50	$162.50	$601	+2.50
525	525	1	157.00	$157.00	$824	+37.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	328	3	152.50–157.50	$155.05	$509	-13.30
325–330 value added	328	2	170.00	$170.00	$558	—
360–370 value added	365	2	167.50	$167.50	$611	—
350–395	374	13	147.50–162.00	$154.73	$579	-12.25
400–430 value added	416	4	157.50–160.00	$158.60	$660	—
400–445	420	19	140.00–155.00	$151.86	$638	-7.02
455–472 value added	460	17	158.00–165.00	$161.27	$742	—
450–493	479	35	145.00–160.00	$153.06	$733	-2.83
490	490	1	121.00	$121.00	$593	-34.89
504–544 value added	523	24	152.00–160.00	$155.39	$813	-2.98
500–545	527	36	135.00–150.00	$146.38	$771	+0.09
550–590	575	107	126.00–159.00	$154.76	$890	+8.10
610–618 value added	611	27	154.00–155.00	$154.85	$946	+6.47
600–647	614	26	123.00–149.00	$143.74	$883	+3.12
680 value added	680	4	148.00	$148.00	$1,006	-14.63
656–682	681	145	135.00–156.25	$155.57	$1,059	+19.73
713	713	3	134.00	$134.00	$955	+6.69
720–727 value added	724	4	140.00–143.00	$141.51	$1,025	-1.97
725	725	1	100.00	$100.00	$725	-27.31
769	769	50	144.50	$144.50	$1,111	+15.51
755–785 value added	778	10	133.50–140.00	$138.39	$1,077	—
825	825	1	100.00	$100.00	$825	-27.93
887	887	13	142.00	$142.00	$1,260	+12.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
717 value added	717	70	163.85	$163.85	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	2	145.00–147.50	$146.30	$487	-0.10
355–395	381	5	125.00–145.00	$139.49	$531	-8.26
446	446	4	145.00	$145.00	$647	+10.98
450–497	480	7	131.00–142.50	$138.28	$664	-0.28
500	500	3	130.00–133.00	$132.00	$660	-0.98
550–575	563	2	127.00–130.00	$128.53	$724	-5.46
625	625	1	114.00	$114.00	$712	-11.91

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	420	2	100.00–135.00	$118.13	$496	—
485	485	1	126.00	$126.00	$611	-4.00
545	545	1	100.00	$100.00	$545	—
580–595	588	2	111.00–126.00	$118.40	$696	-9.10
695	695	1	112.00	$112.00	$778	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	102.50	$102.50	$369	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	326	4	180.00–187.50	$182.57	$595	+2.19
350–395	373	6	170.00–186.00	$178.37	$665	-4.02
422	422	4	190.00–191.00	$190.50	$804	+15.62
460–475 fancy	468	3	187.50–195.00	$190.79	$893	—
462–490	475	5	169.00–182.50	$172.27	$818	+0.78
500–545	523	20	138.00–162.50	$153.99	$805	-4.73
545 fancy	545	1	170.00	$170.00	$926	—
565–595	582	9	137.50–152.50	$143.27	$834	-6.29
585	585	1	130.00	$130.00	$760	-19.56
600–645	622	7	137.50–155.00	$145.97	$908	+4.24
640	640	1	130.00	$130.00	$832	-11.73
650	650	1	127.50	$127.50	$829	-11.56
661	661	3	145.00	$145.00	$958	+5.94
715–735	721	9	109.00–142.50	$126.63	$913	-5.18
765–770	768	2	122.50	$122.50	$941	-2.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	164.00	$164.00	$623	+0.29
475–495	485	2	150.00–162.50	$156.38	$758	+12.41
510	510	1	138.00	$138.00	$704	-0.32
565–575	570	2	124.00–131.00	$127.47	$727	-7.60
685	685	1	129.00	$129.00	$884	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	159.00	$159.00	$644	—
645	645	1	129.00	$129.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1310	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1485	1395	75-80%	3	53.00–65.00	$60.43	$843	—
1175–1795	1449	75-80%	34	63.00–76.50	$69.32	$1,004	+1.61

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1000	922	80-85%	5	45.00–60.00	$55.53	$512	—
850–1375	1136	80-85%	28	57.00–76.00	$68.76	$781	—
1080–1385	1233	80-85%	2	83.00	$83.00	$1,023	+18.53

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1075	1005	85-90%	2	41.00–42.00	$41.53	$417	-6.72
815–1210	1037	85-90%	27	45.00–67.00	$57.37	$595	+9.12

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–2155	1710	10	93.00–103.00	$96.71	$1,654	—
1960	1960	1	110.00	$110.00	$2,156	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	760.00	$760.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1195	1057	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	960.00–1,000.00	$987.44
1145–1150	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,100.00	$999.78
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1035–1290	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	860.00–1,350.00	$1,130.43
960–1425	1193	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00–1,225.00	$1,094.18
1130–1280	1234	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	810.00–950.00	$895.01
1075–1355	1249	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,035.00–1,225.00	$1,128.69
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
1080–1175	1128	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,275.00	$1,239.08
1150–1165	1158	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,325.00	$1,213.23

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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	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,185.00–1,350.00	$1,286.67	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00–1,525.00	$1,462.50	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,260.00–1,325.00	$1,292.50	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,050.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	3	77.00	$77.00	$424	—

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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.