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Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, June 10, 2023

2,767 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $213.41/cwt -4.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,117/hd at 523 lb · 156 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $212.98/cwt -11.19 vs last sale · ≈ $980/hd at 460 lb · 129 head
light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $247.33/cwt +0.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,298/hd at 525 lb · 83 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,767 1,575 1,317
Feeder cattle 2,092 1,275 956
Slaughter cattle 569 237 246
Replacement cattle 106 63 115

Market comments — USDA reporter

Carthage - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower. Crossville - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady-2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 10.00 lower. Feeder steers 10.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder bulls 3.00-15.00 higher. Greeneville - Compared to last week, feeder heifers holding mostly steady overall, with feeder bulls 3.00 lower, and no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts from last week, but a a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
267–295 276 21 235.00–253.00 $248.84 $687 —
313–340 325 14 266.00–283.00 $274.73 $893 -1.92
350–390 368 14 222.50–268.00 $242.05 $891 -27.34
402–445 value added 417 14 273.00–281.00 $277.95 $1,159 +5.70
400–440 420 16 220.00–250.00 $235.07 $987 -19.84
450–495 460 32 221.00–268.00 $252.07 $1,160 +22.07
480 value added 480 1 239.00 $239.00 $1,147 -31.12
510–540 value added 524 15 247.00–262.00 $253.22 $1,327 -13.98
500–545 525 68 217.00–263.00 $246.03 $1,292 -8.52
550–590 577 56 210.00–241.00 $231.38 $1,335 -5.04
583 value added 583 10 249.50 $249.50 $1,455 -3.31
605 value added 605 3 237.00 $237.00 $1,434 -20.01
605–639 632 11 210.00–234.00 $218.42 $1,380 -15.40
655 value added 655 3 230.00 $230.00 $1,506 —
662–685 663 30 213.50–225.50 $219.94 $1,458 -5.80
685 685 1 208.00 $208.00 $1,425 -17.74
700–730 value added 728 22 213.00–214.00 $213.09 $1,551 —
725–745 735 2 196.00–206.00 $200.93 $1,477 -26.52
753 value added 753 2 221.00 $221.00 $1,664 —
750–760 755 2 183.00–200.00 $191.56 $1,446 +9.06
805 805 1 189.00 $189.00 $1,521 -3.00
840 value added 840 1 200.00 $200.00 $1,680 —
858–885 867 3 187.00–189.00 $188.32 $1,633 —
950 950 1 173.00 $173.00 $1,644 —
1030–1035 1033 2 173.00–176.00 $174.50 $1,803 —
1125 1125 1 160.00 $160.00 $1,800 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
220 220 1 230.00 $230.00 $506 -20.00
260–298 284 4 214.00–222.50 $219.94 $625 —
305–335 323 9 217.00–245.00 $231.68 $748 +6.68
350–390 374 7 220.00–241.00 $229.24 $857 -14.45
415–447 434 5 208.00–234.00 $216.09 $938 -26.41
455–482 474 4 215.00–239.00 $227.22 $1,077 -7.71
515–540 523 5 198.00–226.00 $210.23 $1,100 -11.73
568–588 578 10 200.00–217.00 $208.65 $1,206 —
685 685 1 210.00 $210.00 $1,438 —
700 700 1 195.00 $195.00 $1,365 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330 330 1 247.50 $247.50 $817 -12.50
370 370 1 210.00 $210.00 $777 —
450 450 1 210.00 $210.00 $945 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
263–265 263 8 212.00–226.00 $213.76 $562 —
300–345 325 19 210.00–225.00 $220.17 $716 -14.74
350–363 fancy 357 4 226.00–230.00 $228.04 $814 —
350–398 371 44 199.00–232.00 $214.95 $797 -23.28
382 value added 382 2 231.00 $231.00 $882 -38.42
400–448 423 46 201.00–224.00 $214.15 $906 -15.64
450–495 459 122 202.00–227.00 $212.34 $975 -9.15
450–493 value added 476 7 220.00–233.00 $224.16 $1,067 -13.92
500–545 523 119 200.00–225.50 $210.27 $1,100 -6.84
504–534 value added 524 36 219.50–230.00 $223.52 $1,171 -9.48
540 fancy 540 1 223.00 $223.00 $1,204 —
550–595 582 71 190.00–219.00 $198.99 $1,158 +4.46
605 605 1 180.00 $180.00 $1,089 -28.84
600–645 626 43 187.00–210.00 $199.51 $1,249 +27.01
628 value added 628 2 180.00 $180.00 $1,130 —
655–690 659 28 179.00–198.00 $191.84 $1,264 -8.54
675 value added 675 2 176.00 $176.00 $1,188 -33.50
700–746 730 25 161.50–197.00 $179.31 $1,309 -5.15
788 788 2 154.00 $154.00 $1,214 —
831 value added 831 5 160.50 $160.50 $1,334 -10.50
920 920 3 135.00 $135.00 $1,242 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–343 325 11 187.00–217.50 $206.38 $671 -5.37
355–396 376 7 190.00–205.00 $199.08 $749 -10.75
400–445 425 4 180.00–210.00 $194.26 $826 -21.58
453–485 457 15 193.00–205.00 $202.03 $923 -7.65
500–530 520 4 175.00–195.00 $187.94 $977 -14.88
580–595 588 3 175.00–194.00 $184.61 $1,086 -10.66
600–623 619 6 160.00–165.00 $164.19 $1,016 -30.81
653 653 2 170.00 $170.00 $1,110 —
749 749 7 154.00 $154.00 $1,153 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
515 515 1 192.00 $192.00 $989 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–345 332 11 227.50–250.00 $239.18 $794 -20.82
350–395 384 51 220.00–260.00 $250.60 $962 +0.88
400–445 426 34 217.00–250.00 $235.21 $1,002 -20.98
450–495 466 67 214.00–245.00 $233.74 $1,089 -12.57
500–510 fancy 508 6 230.00–240.00 $231.64 $1,177 -29.02
500–540 524 54 198.00–235.00 $223.26 $1,170 -10.53
550–590 574 57 203.00–234.00 $222.73 $1,278 +1.32
600 value added 600 1 217.00 $217.00 $1,302 —
600–635 617 20 189.00–225.00 $203.25 $1,254 -15.91
650–693 673 20 190.00–208.50 $200.76 $1,351 -3.76
700–735 713 9 178.00–190.00 $185.18 $1,320 -9.20
765–773 772 7 184.00–191.00 $190.01 $1,467 +6.01
780 780 1 168.00 $168.00 $1,310 -4.50
871 871 4 159.00 $159.00 $1,385 +4.00
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360–395 373 5 215.00–227.00 $222.01 $828 -10.54
411 411 4 219.00 $219.00 $900 -11.24
450–499 480 12 195.00–224.00 $208.66 $1,002 -19.95
510–545 537 5 191.00–212.00 $198.91 $1,068 -16.09
555–575 565 2 205.00–210.00 $207.54 $1,173 -6.14
659–685 664 5 186.00–193.00 $191.56 $1,272 +11.56
740 740 1 181.00 $181.00 $1,339 +3.00
765 765 1 169.00 $169.00 $1,293 —
870 870 1 149.00 $149.00 $1,296 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
325 325 1 210.00 $210.00 $682 —
375–380 378 2 200.00–210.00 $205.03 $775 —
440 440 1 203.00 $203.00 $893 -19.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
825–1600 1173 80-85% 102 90.00–117.00 $103.63 $1,216 +2.41
945–1725 1198 80-85% 12 70.00–94.00 $88.49 $1,060 -12.73
1070–1720 1319 80-85% 18 105.50–129.00 $117.02 $1,543 +5.50
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
925–1025 970 85-90% 4 103.00–107.00 $104.73 $1,016 +25.47
800–1290 1015 85-90% 73 84.00–102.00 $92.30 $937 —
775–1280 1016 85-90% 21 66.00–88.00 $80.30 $816 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1180–1995 1436 75-80% 48 95.00–120.00 $106.12 $1,524 -7.69
1120–1755 1439 75-80% 14 106.00–125.00 $115.38 $1,660 +1.57
1495 1495 75-80% 1 89.00 $89.00 $1,331 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1125 1125 1 106.00 $106.00 $1,192 —
1170–1715 1416 12 100.50–116.00 $110.15 $1,560 —
735–2350 1637 39 115.00–134.00 $124.29 $2,035 —
1250–2121 1712 14 127.00–140.00 $134.29 $2,299 +10.92
2335 2335 1 125.00 $125.00 $2,919 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
900 900 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,060.00 $1,060.00
1000 1000 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 1,200.00 $1,200.00
1050–1250 1150 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 1,345.00–1,375.00 $1,360.00
1600 1600 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 1,510.00 $1,510.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
— — Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 1,375.00 $1,375.00 —
— — Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 1,575.00 $1,575.00 —
— — Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 2 1,200.00–1,400.00 $1,300.00 —
— — Young (2-4 yrs)Open 5 1,650.00 $1,650.00 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
260 260 1 162.50 $162.50 $422 —
445 445 1 156.00 $156.00 $694 —

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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.