Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 4, 2023

2,554 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $165.88/cwt +20.94 vs last sale · ≈ $958/hd at 578 lb · 221 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $170.70/cwt +2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,175/hd at 688 lb · 190 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $173.94/cwt +1.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,101/hd at 633 lb · 183 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	2,554	1,555
Feeder cattle	2,228	1,285
Slaughter cattle	239	201
Replacement cattle	87	69

Market comments — USDA reporter

LaFayette - No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed in observance of the Christmas and New Year Holidays. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. Savannah - No trends could be established due to the two week holiday layoff. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, breaker and boning cows gauging 3.00 to 6.00 higher overall with lean cows and slaughter bulls sharply higher. No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, but it was noted that feeder cattle offerings were predominantly poor quality and therefore in light demand.

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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	3	180.00	$180.00	$446	—
281–285	282	5	175.00–215.00	$183.09	$516	—
300–343	328	10	175.00–225.00	$190.49	$625	-37.01
363 value added	363	6	220.00	$220.00	$799	-12.50
350–395	371	11	183.00–225.00	$193.28	$717	-0.30
402–426	413	7	189.00–210.00	$200.89	$830	+9.35
455–490	470	26	171.00–200.00	$183.19	$861	-7.10
467–485 value added	473	23	166.00–214.00	$209.73	$992	+9.48
503–543 value added	520	60	180.00–205.00	$191.42	$995	+2.46
513–540	522	8	155.00–190.00	$167.87	$876	-4.40
555–599 value added	577	38	173.00–176.00	$174.21	$1,005	-0.74
550–592	580	17	162.50–171.00	$168.27	$976	+4.42
609–643 value added	632	167	168.00–177.75	$174.87	$1,105	+0.94
645–648	646	16	156.00–167.00	$164.24	$1,061	+6.04
650–659	656	47	152.00–165.00	$159.16	$1,044	-3.01
699 value added	699	143	172.50–176.50	$174.49	$1,220	+4.07
706–734 value added	718	42	165.00–168.00	$166.67	$1,197	—
712–734	729	21	157.00–158.00	$157.77	$1,150	+3.75
750–783 value added	758	101	150.00–170.00	$167.52	$1,270	+9.52
755–792	772	17	132.50–157.00	$153.02	$1,181	—
801 value added	801	16	161.50	$161.50	$1,294	+11.50
820–845	837	3	130.00–147.00	$140.77	$1,178	-2.23
850–875 value added	852	14	151.00–153.50	$153.32	$1,306	—
948 value added	948	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	185.00	$185.00	$407	—
290	290	1	190.00	$190.00	$551	—
400–440	421	5	166.00–192.50	$179.97	$758	—
465–490	478	2	141.00–165.00	$153.31	$733	-14.69
505–525 value added	515	2	162.50–167.00	$164.79	$849	—
565–585	575	2	148.00–155.00	$151.56	$871	+1.56
650	650	1	140.00	$140.00	$910	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	270	2	145.00–155.00	$150.37	$406	—
505–530	518	2	140.00–152.50	$146.10	$757	+6.10
765	765	1	130.00	$130.00	$994	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257–290	267	8	142.00–202.50	$183.75	$491	+32.96
305–345	327	17	162.50–182.50	$174.30	$570	+16.14
350 fancy	350	1	177.50	$177.50	$621	+10.04
365–386 value added	382	5	172.50	$172.50	$659	—
350–395	385	46	146.00–176.00	$164.36	$633	+5.88
420	420	1	155.00	$155.00	$651	-2.25
400–442	433	31	157.50–166.00	$163.20	$707	+5.95
450–499	460	67	140.00–166.00	$157.48	$724	+0.87
460–491 value added	471	23	150.00–172.00	$167.07	$787	-11.99
485	485	1	145.00	$145.00	$703	-11.61
500–545 value added	521	73	146.00–171.50	$166.00	$865	-9.29
500–545	530	41	127.00–160.00	$145.01	$769	-6.89
550–595	574	14	136.00–150.00	$142.59	$818	-0.07
550–593 value added	578	207	151.00–173.00	$167.45	$968	+15.45
605	605	1	135.00	$135.00	$817	-7.64
601–645 value added	627	75	145.00–164.00	$162.37	$1,018	+7.82
610–643	634	10	127.00–142.50	$134.98	$856	-7.66
655–695	666	7	122.50–135.00	$130.38	$868	-4.62
654–691 value added	678	129	150.00–160.50	$157.13	$1,065	+11.79
705–745	716	7	122.50–139.00	$134.83	$965	+11.43
712–733 value added	724	127	135.00–164.50	$162.39	$1,176	+30.19
773–795 value added	785	16	149.00–150.00	$149.56	$1,174	+22.56
790	790	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,003	-2.72
838	838	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,089	+5.00
887 value added	887	15	144.00	$144.00	$1,277	—
970	970	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,106	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	150.00	$150.00	$398	+20.00
325–345	335	2	140.00–162.50	$151.59	$508	—
370	370	1	162.50	$162.50	$601	+13.82
410–445	428	4	117.00–156.00	$141.86	$607	-1.89
460–470	463	5	130.00–149.00	$143.91	$666	+1.94
515–545	531	4	127.50–142.50	$136.45	$725	-2.52
555–580	568	3	137.50–142.50	$139.99	$795	+11.26
640	640	1	127.50	$127.50	$816	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–425	418	2	150.00–152.50	$151.27	$632	-1.23
465–470	468	2	137.50–142.50	$139.99	$655	—
500–510	505	2	132.50–142.50	$137.55	$695	—
620	620	1	122.50	$122.50	$760	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–387	376	9	178.00–210.00	$188.06	$707	+1.47
435–440	437	3	164.00–195.00	$183.05	$800	-1.12
440	440	1	160.00	$160.00	$704	-24.17
450–485	459	17	172.50–190.00	$177.56	$815	+2.06
513–545	518	30	150.00–185.00	$165.32	$856	+5.10
555–590	584	16	148.00–180.00	$161.22	$942	+4.32
600–644	638	9	133.00–148.50	$145.61	$929	-6.52
650–695	676	8	130.00–142.50	$137.57	$930	-6.93
700–748	733	15	132.00–142.50	$137.74	$1,010	—
870	870	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,027	—
905	905	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,032	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–430	425	2	130.00–156.00	$142.85	$607	-39.65
520–545	537	7	140.00–165.00	$152.51	$819	+1.02
555–595	570	7	125.00–152.50	$135.38	$772	-9.63
625–635	630	2	127.00–130.00	$128.51	$810	-6.49
655–695	675	2	120.00–135.00	$127.28	$859	+7.28
710–730	723	3	122.00–127.00	$125.36	$906	—
870	870	1	97.50	$97.50	$848	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	185.00	$185.00	$749	—
430	430	1	149.00	$149.00	$641	—
475	475	1	138.00	$138.00	$656	—
570	570	1	145.00	$145.00	$826	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1715	1179	80-85%	50	65.00–82.50	$74.96	$884	—
1060–1335	1185	80-85%	5	59.00–70.50	$66.25	$785	—
1160–1450	1282	80-85%	13	77.00–99.00	$85.67	$1,098	-0.43

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1390	1190	75-80%	2	64.00–70.00	$67.50	$803	—
1185–1700	1441	75-80%	7	77.00–93.50	$83.60	$1,205	-0.18
1000–1945	1445	75-80%	23	68.00–82.50	$75.56	$1,092	-8.22

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1180	1043	85-90%	19	58.00–76.00	$67.18	$701	+15.23

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,141	—
940–1485	1257	5	95.00–110.00	$106.70	$1,341	—
1490–1945	1808	8	100.00–124.00	$107.88	$1,950	—
2090	2090	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,776	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1120–1470	1257	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	875.00–1,100.00	$982.24

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1170	1077	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00–900.00	$780.19
1025–1145	1101	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–875.00	$763.82

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	1	83.00	$83.00	$954	—

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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.