Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 11, 2023

1,438 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.86/cwt -1.37 vs last sale · ≈ $930/hd at 629 lb · 57 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.89/cwt -3.18 vs last sale · ≈ $970/hd at 674 lb · 54 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.69/cwt -7.90 vs last sale · ≈ $833/hd at 568 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,438	2,023	1,222
Feeder cattle	1,088	1,754	1,010
Slaughter cattle	294	214	126
Replacement cattle	56	55	86

Market comments — USDA reporter

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers mostly steady. Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Bulls steady to 5.00 lower. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good. Sweetwater - Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 2.00 to 3.00 lower overall, with no comparisons for slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts, however, a lower undertone was noted. No comparisons for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts as well, but a higher undertone was noted.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	273	3	215.00–220.00	$216.65	$591	—
300–345	324	15	205.00–220.00	$214.16	$694	+4.67
350–385	366	11	200.00–220.00	$214.97	$787	+4.42
400–445	424	6	190.00–207.50	$198.95	$844	+10.20
461 value added	461	5	201.00	$201.00	$927	-6.80
455–485	473	7	182.50–201.00	$188.08	$890	-1.63
505–545	524	11	167.50–194.00	$182.99	$959	+7.56
525–535 value added	533	4	181.00–187.50	$185.90	$991	-27.19
573 value added	573	3	177.50	$177.50	$1,017	-4.50
570–595	579	9	162.50–182.00	$171.57	$993	-1.37
600–632	616	5	162.50–167.50	$165.54	$1,020	-5.45
607–625 value added	617	7	173.00–174.00	$173.58	$1,071	-2.45
660–670 value added	664	26	165.00–171.00	$167.56	$1,113	-4.80
650–695	671	5	157.50–165.00	$161.73	$1,085	-2.32
713–748 value added	724	10	162.00–171.00	$168.21	$1,218	-0.29
715–740	726	6	140.00–160.00	$152.95	$1,110	-4.98
760	760	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,121	+1.02
758–785 value added	764	14	140.00–161.00	$156.49	$1,196	-8.00
835	835	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,190	-12.52
850–890	861	4	123.00–137.50	$128.08	$1,103	-27.92
865 value added	865	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,211	-18.00
925	925	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,226	—
950	950	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,211	—
1160 value added	1160	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,392	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	205.00–210.00	$207.54	$602	—
315–335	323	4	187.50–207.50	$197.58	$638	+5.58
350–395	376	6	185.00–200.00	$192.70	$725	+12.96
410–440	427	6	177.50–187.50	$181.24	$774	+14.76
450–495	469	5	165.00–185.00	$175.09	$821	—
515–545	533	4	150.00–157.50	$153.71	$819	-10.78
580–590	585	2	150.00–155.00	$152.52	$892	-9.14
605–645	618	4	152.50	$152.50	$942	—
665–690	677	3	150.00–160.00	$155.77	$1,055	—
705–730	718	2	135.00–150.00	$142.37	$1,022	-10.63
760	760	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,083	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	200.00	$200.00	$690	—
445	445	1	150.00	$150.00	$668	-18.05
605	605	1	143.00	$143.00	$865	—
680	680	1	125.00	$125.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	175.00	$175.00	$551	—
385	385	2	165.00–172.50	$168.75	$650	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	150.00–156.00	$153.08	$441	-24.06
310	310	1	130.00	$130.00	$403	-43.16
305–345	326	10	162.50–182.50	$172.53	$562	-0.63
350–390	366	16	160.00–172.50	$167.08	$612	+1.42
400–440	427	19	141.00–172.50	$162.62	$694	-0.28
440 value added	440	5	175.00	$175.00	$770	-18.54
450–495	471	21	140.00–167.50	$156.32	$736	-4.93
455–480 value added	472	6	165.00–167.50	$165.80	$783	-7.03
490 fancy	490	1	159.00	$159.00	$779	—
505	505	1	131.00	$131.00	$662	-26.93
525 value added	525	2	152.50	$152.50	$801	-15.50
500–545	532	21	139.00–157.50	$146.83	$781	-11.10
550–595	567	42	137.50–154.00	$148.51	$842	-5.40
555–595	575	3	130.00–132.50	$130.80	$752	-23.11
590	590	1	118.00	$118.00	$696	-35.91
600–645	628	24	130.00–147.50	$139.09	$873	-6.66
602–648 value added	630	33	152.50–155.00	$154.23	$972	+1.77
659–689 value added	674	37	142.50–150.00	$147.82	$996	-5.83
650–695	675	17	125.00–150.00	$135.34	$914	-7.24
715–735	720	5	135.00–140.00	$136.00	$979	-9.61
785	785	2	120.00–122.50	$121.25	$952	-4.08
820	820	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,066	—
900	900	1	107.50	$107.50	$968	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	278	8	140.00–155.00	$149.46	$415	—
300–345	319	7	142.50–162.50	$154.70	$493	+10.05
360–395	380	6	140.00–157.50	$149.68	$569	-10.32
405–445	433	8	145.00–160.00	$151.61	$656	-2.10
470–490	479	8	142.50–152.50	$145.73	$698	-6.98
510–535	519	5	137.50–147.50	$141.56	$735	-3.50
568 value added	568	4	150.00	$150.00	$852	—
550–590	570	3	130.00–135.00	$131.67	$751	-14.52
645	645	1	130.00	$130.00	$838	+0.01
675–695	686	4	125.00–140.00	$131.21	$900	-2.02
745	745	1	132.50	$132.50	$987	+8.93

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	127.00	$127.00	$330	—
330	330	1	142.50	$142.50	$470	—
360	360	1	132.00	$132.00	$475	—
350–395	365	3	130.00–155.00	$145.41	$531	—
400–445	423	5	151.00–159.00	$155.80	$659	—
430–445	438	2	110.00–120.00	$115.09	$504	—
460–470	465	3	140.00–153.00	$145.18	$675	—
535	535	1	117.00	$117.00	$626	—
555	555	1	132.50	$132.50	$735	—
625	625	1	122.50	$122.50	$766	—
645	645	1	103.00	$103.00	$664	—
660	660	1	125.00	$125.00	$825	—
710	710	2	115.00–125.00	$120.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	424	4	122.50–135.00	$129.32	$548	—
465–485	475	2	137.50	$137.50	$653	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 fancy	330	1	230.00	$230.00	$759	—
325–345	335	2	200.00–213.00	$206.69	$692	-6.15
380	380	1	170.00	$170.00	$646	-30.00
400–440	423	8	168.00–190.00	$179.64	$760	-6.56
460 fancy	460	1	185.00	$185.00	$851	-13.76
455–495	464	15	164.00–187.50	$180.60	$838	+0.58
500–548	531	9	150.00–177.50	$164.44	$873	-1.95
550–585	569	11	140.00–168.00	$160.22	$912	-0.92
605–647	624	16	132.00–155.00	$151.50	$945	-3.23
655–695	672	9	135.00–157.50	$147.40	$991	+0.81
700–740	720	4	132.50–145.00	$138.08	$994	-2.11

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	160.00	$160.00	$360	—
415–440	427	3	160.00–180.00	$170.94	$730	-4.06
460–495	474	7	150.00–172.50	$159.53	$756	+1.48
515–540	525	3	150.00–155.00	$152.53	$801	-2.59
550–595	579	7	140.00–157.50	$149.98	$868	+3.16
605–645	620	4	140.00–150.00	$143.11	$887	-12.89
655–680	667	3	132.50–142.50	$138.33	$923	+0.83
725	725	1	130.00	$130.00	$942	—
810	810	1	103.00	$103.00	$834	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	380	2	151.00–157.00	$153.88	$585	—
440	440	1	140.00	$140.00	$616	—
485	485	1	165.00	$165.00	$800	+25.00
525–535	530	2	152.50–155.00	$153.76	$815	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	150.00	$150.00	$832	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1460	1185	80-85%	12	55.00–68.00	$63.51	$753	—
885–1585	1229	80-85%	59	68.00–79.50	$73.90	$908	-7.39
1015–1490	1241	80-85%	13	78.00–85.00	$81.69	$1,014	+0.40

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1370	1015	85-90%	54	49.00–73.00	$61.59	$625	+9.39
845–1195	1037	85-90%	10	40.00–64.00	$50.45	$523	-1.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1700	1388	75-80%	5	80.00–89.00	$82.79	$1,149	—
1095–1865	1515	75-80%	40	69.00–80.00	$74.88	$1,134	—
1465–1635	1537	75-80%	3	63.00–70.00	$66.41	$1,021	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1825	1510	8	80.00–93.00	$86.38	$1,304	+4.49
1495–2115	1736	11	90.00–107.00	$98.60	$1,712	-1.19
1955–2010	1983	2	105.00–120.00	$112.40	$2,229	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010–1020	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	725.00–1,075.00	$900.86
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1015–1290	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	875.00–925.00	$899.30
1135–1240	1182	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–925.00	$867.98
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	910.00	$910.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	780.00–825.00	$802.50
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	1	75.00	$75.00	$930	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1455	1455	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,135	—

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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.