Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 14, 2023

1,378 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $209.64/cwt -6.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,095/hd at 522 lb · 35 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $200.92/cwt -13.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,238/hd at 616 lb · 32 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $224.74/cwt -2.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,493/hd at 664 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,378	1,825	1,595
Feeder cattle	1,029	1,434	1,337
Slaughter cattle	259	347	202
Replacement cattle	90	44	56

Market comments — USDA reporter

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers under 450 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 450 lbs steady to 10.00 lower. Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Bulls steady to 5.00 lower. Quality fair to fancy. Demand moderate. Sweetwater - No comparisons available due to market report absence last week.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	300.00	$300.00	$705	+35.00
265–290	280	3	285.00–300.00	$291.43	$816	+15.62
300–320	312	5	275.00–295.00	$285.00	$889	+24.47
360–395	384	10	250.00–295.00	$272.42	$1,046	+32.42
400–445	425	10	252.50–275.00	$265.26	$1,127	+7.97
455 value added	455	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,092	—
460–495	481	13	210.00–265.00	$244.10	$1,174	+0.31
500–540	521	11	210.00–245.00	$234.45	$1,221	-5.24
558–582 value added	561	15	235.00–248.00	$246.20	$1,381	-4.84
560–580	573	4	220.00–235.00	$224.93	$1,289	-10.37
600–625	611	10	215.00–235.00	$224.46	$1,371	-5.25
612 value added	612	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,438	-2.00
653–664 value added	663	17	219.00–227.50	$226.51	$1,502	-6.49
660–680	667	10	210.00–225.00	$221.74	$1,479	+1.02
708 value added	708	21	207.00	$207.00	$1,466	—
730	730	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,168	-47.04
732–740	734	4	185.00–190.00	$186.26	$1,367	-20.78
775	775	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,511	-10.00
815–830	822	3	170.00–180.00	$175.03	$1,439	—
844 value added	844	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,646	+3.50
870–875	873	2	180.00–200.00	$189.97	$1,658	—
1030	1030	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,555	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	285.00	$285.00	$598	—
255–275	265	2	265.00–285.00	$274.62	$728	—
300–345	322	3	250.00–265.00	$258.24	$832	+11.61
360–385	373	7	230.00–265.00	$247.09	$922	+5.49
410–440	421	4	230.00–240.00	$232.46	$979	—
475–490	483	3	230.00–235.00	$233.33	$1,127	+12.95
525–545	532	3	210.00–220.00	$216.71	$1,153	—
555–565	560	2	205.00–225.00	$214.91	$1,203	—
655–695	678	5	180.00–215.00	$201.88	$1,369	-13.12
710	710	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,349	—
770 value added	770	2	192.50	$192.50	$1,482	—
780	780	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,404	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	315	2	245.00	$245.00	$772	+32.50
360	360	1	220.00	$220.00	$792	+2.50
465	465	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,023	—
550	550	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	230.00	$230.00	$724	—
380	380	1	235.00	$235.00	$893	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–215	213	2	217.50–255.00	$236.47	$504	—
275	275	1	245.00	$245.00	$674	+1.53
315–345	332	7	205.00–265.00	$228.56	$759	-3.69
350–391	381	14	200.00–235.00	$224.42	$855	-10.22
400–445	420	22	200.00–235.00	$218.46	$918	-5.80
455–470	463	2	205.00–215.00	$210.08	$973	+10.08
460–490	477	23	210.00–222.50	$216.46	$1,033	-3.50
500 value added	500	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,050	-14.51
505–545	523	33	190.00–220.00	$210.53	$1,101	-3.03
525	525	1	180.00	$180.00	$945	-33.56
560–575	568	2	200.00–205.00	$202.47	$1,150	-9.16
550–595	578	10	185.00–215.00	$202.37	$1,170	-9.26
570–588 value added	584	4	198.00–210.00	$207.07	$1,209	-16.92
600–640	616	32	175.00–205.00	$200.92	$1,238	-2.25
650–685	669	5	180.00–190.00	$183.95	$1,231	-10.33
677 value added	677	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,320	—
735	735	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,294	-13.15
765	765	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,232	-29.00
805 value added	805	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,328	—
935	935	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,309	—
965	965	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,351	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	283	4	210.00–235.00	$227.54	$644	—
305–345	337	7	200.00–235.00	$220.11	$742	+10.11
365–395	377	6	210.00–225.00	$216.68	$817	+0.44
405–440	426	14	192.50–215.00	$203.40	$866	-2.20
450–495	472	16	190.00–215.00	$205.45	$970	-2.02
500–545	525	9	192.50–210.00	$201.93	$1,060	+0.93
555–585	573	8	180.00–205.00	$197.78	$1,133	+4.42
620–645	631	4	185.00–190.00	$186.85	$1,179	+2.06
680	680	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,258	+1.39
745	745	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,266	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	210.00	$210.00	$678	—
350–370	360	2	195.00–210.00	$202.71	$730	—
410–445	428	2	190.00	$190.00	$813	—
450–495	474	4	180.00–190.00	$182.37	$864	—
511–515	512	4	175.00	$175.00	$896	+10.86
550–590	570	2	160.00–180.00	$169.65	$967	-10.35
710	710	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,065	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	2	200.00	$200.00	$596	—
370	370	1	205.00	$205.00	$758	-3.29
375	375	1	185.00	$185.00	$694	-23.29
400	400	1	190.00	$190.00	$760	—
450–495	468	4	165.00–205.00	$187.19	$876	-4.06

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	230.00–235.00	$232.42	$542	—
255	255	1	220.00	$220.00	$561	-64.22
300–340	320	9	225.00–244.00	$235.48	$754	-29.69
340 fancy	340	1	265.00	$265.00	$901	-18.75
350–365 fancy	358	2	252.50–275.00	$263.51	$943	-21.49
365–390	378	8	220.00–240.00	$230.92	$873	-31.87
400–445	424	11	220.00–265.00	$243.49	$1,032	+3.45
450–495	483	18	215.00–247.50	$231.90	$1,120	-3.59
485 fancy	485	1	248.00	$248.00	$1,203	-7.00
500–545	525	13	210.00–230.00	$218.37	$1,146	-10.59
560	560	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,120	-24.21
550–590	572	22	200.00–215.00	$211.42	$1,209	-12.79
600–630	607	8	185.00–210.00	$198.39	$1,204	-20.95
650	650	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,170	-22.16
705–745	725	2	165.00–175.00	$169.86	$1,231	-19.68

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	200.00	$200.00	$630	—
425–443	439	6	205.00–230.00	$220.82	$969	-11.37
480–495	492	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,082	+4.79
518–535	522	9	190.00–212.50	$195.13	$1,019	-15.41
550–575	569	7	187.50–210.00	$193.42	$1,101	-15.78
605–643	634	10	190.00–205.00	$197.60	$1,253	-7.40
695	695	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,216	—
710–735	719	5	160.00–170.00	$165.99	$1,193	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	200.00	$200.00	$560	—
450	450	1	210.00	$210.00	$945	—
483	483	2	205.00	$205.00	$990	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1405	1132	80-85%	7	83.50–92.00	$87.29	$988	—
895–1485	1157	80-85%	62	89.00–105.50	$96.56	$1,117	-2.20
950–1455	1244	80-85%	26	103.00–125.00	$110.84	$1,379	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1380	1019	85-90%	9	70.00–80.00	$75.31	$767	+2.34
760–1370	1026	85-90%	44	76.00–93.50	$85.38	$876	+12.41

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1500	1337	75-80%	5	87.50–93.00	$89.53	$1,197	-2.14
1140–1660	1388	75-80%	6	104.00–120.00	$111.82	$1,552	+5.17
1085–1785	1504	75-80%	30	92.00–106.50	$98.07	$1,475	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,427	—
1275–1595	1469	5	104.00–115.00	$109.44	$1,608	-0.20
1280–2250	1726	11	113.00–131.00	$122.59	$2,116	+1.44
1825–2190	1994	5	125.00–135.00	$130.86	$2,609	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
950–1200	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00–1,300.00	$1,125.00
1090–1125	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,413.09

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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
950–1220	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,581.56	—
1005–1100	1053	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00–1,850.00	$1,635.15	—
980–1170	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00–1,650.00	$1,622.79	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1180–1280	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00–1,950.00	$1,854.07	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	90.50	$90.50	$1,335	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	159.00	$159.00	$859	—
590	590	1	142.50	$142.50	$841	—
810	810	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,304	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,975.00	$1,975.00	—

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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.