Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 16, 2023

1,215 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $204.05/cwt +5.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,068/hd at 524 lb · 61 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $191.82/cwt +23.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,689/hd at 880 lb · 48 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $209.92/cwt +2.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,001/hd at 477 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,215	2,262	1,131
Feeder cattle	968	1,500	889
Slaughter cattle	199	412	205
Replacement cattle	48	350	37

Market comments — USDA reporter

Knoxville - Compared to last week, feeder classes holding mostly steady overall, with slaughter cows 2.00 to 10.00 higher, and slaughter bulls steady. Pulaski - Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter Cows Steady. Feeders and Slaughter Bulls not well established. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	245.00	$245.00	$514	+32.00
261–295	270	4	230.00–250.00	$235.47	$636	+0.54
270 fancy	270	1	275.00	$275.00	$742	—
305–320	313	4	235.00–250.00	$242.50	$759	-1.30
335–345 fancy	338	3	260.00–270.00	$265.00	$896	—
350–380	366	5	240.00–270.00	$252.89	$926	+24.67
417 value added	417	2	262.50	$262.50	$1,095	+10.01
403–440	419	15	235.00–252.50	$243.23	$1,019	+20.20
480	480	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,020	-14.88
455–495	483	28	228.00–245.00	$236.82	$1,144	+9.44
500–545	515	15	215.00–240.00	$227.77	$1,173	-0.02
500–527 value added	518	3	245.00–250.00	$246.61	$1,277	+14.61
559 value added	559	6	244.50	$244.50	$1,367	+17.94
550–596	569	25	218.00–243.00	$228.17	$1,298	+2.94
600–632	621	3	200.00–205.00	$201.61	$1,252	-5.12
626 value added	626	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,521	+23.50
625–642	640	16	223.00–238.00	$228.00	$1,459	+21.27
680	680	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,550	+26.52
855–890	867	8	172.50–186.50	$180.93	$1,569	+12.86
883 value added	883	40	194.00	$194.00	$1,713	—
1057	1057	11	158.00	$158.00	$1,670	—
1140	1140	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,436	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
259–295	264	7	220.00–242.50	$238.91	$631	—
315–320	316	7	227.50–245.00	$230.03	$727	+22.75
358–393	379	5	217.50–235.00	$224.11	$849	—
460	460	1	200.00	$200.00	$920	+4.45
572–587	580	5	200.00–210.00	$205.45	$1,192	+18.86
605	605	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,295	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–335	327	3	215.00–220.00	$218.34	$714	—
350	350	1	217.50	$217.50	$761	—
425	425	1	215.00	$215.00	$914	+15.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	210.00–220.00	$215.00	$656	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
241	241	3	227.50	$227.50	$548	+22.50
255–285	280	7	215.00–234.00	$230.60	$646	+19.43
323 value added	323	3	232.50	$232.50	$751	+14.56
335–340	339	10	222.50–237.50	$235.28	$798	+25.17
350–395	379	17	207.50–235.00	$217.39	$824	-1.60
400–445	422	28	200.00–229.00	$216.32	$913	+36.32
450–495	477	39	202.50–225.00	$209.92	$1,001	+7.93
501–547 value added	523	24	207.00–215.00	$210.42	$1,100	-0.18
500–548	524	37	190.00–205.00	$199.91	$1,048	+4.14
560 fancy	560	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,162	—
550–590	566	32	187.50–202.50	$195.41	$1,106	+24.41
600–648	619	17	184.00–196.00	$189.40	$1,172	+6.93
665–680	672	3	171.00–178.00	$174.65	$1,174	-2.22
745	745	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,266	+20.96
755–780	768	2	155.00–170.00	$162.38	$1,247	—
805–840	823	2	145.00–165.00	$155.21	$1,277	—
875–883	881	5	147.00–154.00	$152.61	$1,344	+22.61
1045	1045	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,317	—
1105	1105	5	120.00	$120.00	$1,326	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	3	200.00	$200.00	$470	—
320–347	334	5	177.50–217.50	$193.08	$645	—
390–398	396	4	192.50–225.00	$200.50	$794	—
400–432	424	4	180.00–191.00	$188.41	$799	+36.64
470	470	2	185.00–197.50	$191.25	$899	+6.71
545	545	1	170.00	$170.00	$926	-10.27
565	565	1	162.50	$162.50	$918	-5.97

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	4	177.50	$177.50	$774	—
458	458	3	190.00	$190.00	$870	—
542	542	2	173.00	$173.00	$938	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	167.50	$167.50	$561	—
485	485	1	200.00	$200.00	$970	—
570	570	1	150.00	$150.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	212.50	$212.50	$659	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–395	373	5	230.00–235.00	$233.99	$873	+0.12
400–445	422	18	225.00–245.00	$235.27	$993	+16.14
450–496	471	15	212.50–237.50	$227.63	$1,072	+47.63
475 fancy	475	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,152	—
502 fancy	502	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,192	—
500–545	519	23	205.00–227.50	$218.87	$1,136	+2.82
550–585	566	12	190.00–227.50	$212.58	$1,203	+5.29
610 fancy	610	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,312	-1.00
605–635	623	3	180.00–202.00	$192.51	$1,199	-2.50
670–675	673	2	187.50–195.00	$191.26	$1,287	-3.23

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–360	359	4	220.00	$220.00	$790	+20.00
432	432	2	213.00	$213.00	$920	+13.00
450–495	473	4	205.00–220.00	$214.11	$1,013	+9.99
520–525	522	3	192.50–195.00	$194.16	$1,014	+6.09
557–595	575	5	191.00–200.00	$195.03	$1,121	+25.49
670	670	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,055	-2.50
735	735	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,231	+33.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	3	169.50	$169.50	$898	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1335	1335	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	210.00	$210.00	$903	+25.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1425	1184	80-85%	46	84.00–108.00	$96.79	$1,146	+3.63
1005–1330	1225	80-85%	4	81.00–86.00	$84.71	$1,038	-1.73
1110–1600	1277	80-85%	13	96.00–117.00	$106.00	$1,354	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120	1120	75-80%	1	86.00	$86.00	$963	—
1200–1890	1460	75-80%	21	90.00–111.00	$101.59	$1,483	-3.14
1325–1650	1468	75-80%	6	96.00–114.00	$107.78	$1,582	+3.05

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1160	978	85-90%	4	61.00–76.00	$68.46	$670	-7.18
950–1170	1049	85-90%	4	95.00–101.00	$98.00	$1,028	+5.33
710–1375	1054	85-90%	15	74.00–92.00	$85.01	$896	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1630	1583	3	109.00–114.00	$111.26	$1,761	-11.25
1440–2030	1735	2	131.00–132.00	$131.59	$2,283	—
1445–2255	1863	8	120.00–129.00	$124.53	$2,320	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	730.00	$730.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
990–1145	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,208.52
1060–1085	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,040.00–1,050.00	$1,044.94
1030–1160	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00–1,150.00	$1,055.94
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1065–1280	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00–1,175.00	$1,025.39
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1025–1050	1038	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,375.00	$1,251.51

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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
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,470.00	$1,470.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,630.00	$1,630.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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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.