Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 8, 2024

2,797 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $213.48/cwt +18.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,832/hd at 858 lb · 120 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $235.31/cwt +7.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,454/hd at 618 lb · 96 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $220.11/cwt -5.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,152/hd at 523 lb · 93 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,797	1,773	2,288
Feeder cattle	2,221	1,201	1,877
Slaughter cattle	336	408	337
Replacement cattle	240	164	74

Market comments — USDA reporter

Dickson, McMinnville, and Unionville - No trends this week due to holidays.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	305.00	$305.00	$732	—
265–295	286	4	265.00–315.00	$282.29	$807	+5.88
305–345	325	19	241.00–325.00	$279.93	$910	+12.32
355–395	375	35	270.00–320.00	$290.04	$1,088	+83.61
410–425 value added	415	3	250.00–270.00	$256.83	$1,066	-49.17
400–445	428	37	250.00–280.00	$269.67	$1,154	+5.84
455–498	474	22	230.00–274.00	$262.52	$1,244	-1.11
455–499 value added	483	15	270.00–279.00	$274.66	$1,327	—
507–547 value added	519	29	239.00–274.00	$264.90	$1,375	-4.10
501–547	529	59	244.00–270.00	$258.36	$1,367	-3.65
551–595 value added	567	17	261.00–270.00	$265.22	$1,504	+15.79
550–595	569	33	220.00–262.00	$246.67	$1,404	+13.14
603–640 value added	615	30	230.00–245.00	$240.60	$1,480	+5.41
600–647	619	66	210.00–242.00	$232.90	$1,442	+13.44
655–691 value added	669	17	220.00–239.00	$232.17	$1,553	+3.35
650–695	671	50	206.00–242.50	$226.89	$1,522	+14.87
703 value added	703	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,490	-8.00
705–730	716	37	200.00–230.00	$212.57	$1,522	-2.34
760 value added	760	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,642	+2.69
765–775	770	6	200.00–221.00	$209.47	$1,613	+9.47
810–820	813	6	190.00–210.00	$204.96	$1,666	—
845 value added	845	61	207.00	$207.00	$1,749	-1.00
853–864 value added	858	120	212.00–215.00	$213.48	$1,832	—
914	914	5	201.00	$201.00	$1,837	+42.00
940 value added	940	56	205.00	$205.00	$1,927	—
965–980	973	3	175.00–182.00	$178.99	$1,742	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	250.00	$250.00	$688	—
325–330	328	2	245.00–255.00	$250.04	$820	+90.04
365–375	370	2	220.00–250.00	$234.80	$869	+19.80
415–445	433	4	189.00–240.00	$214.06	$927	+4.06
455–480	473	5	196.00–243.00	$228.78	$1,082	+4.78
505–545	519	6	195.00–242.00	$221.86	$1,151	+25.51
550–590	567	8	210.00–242.00	$225.17	$1,277	—
600–645	616	8	190.00–225.00	$215.54	$1,328	+14.12
680	680	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,360	+12.95
700–713	708	5	168.00–185.00	$174.57	$1,236	-20.43
750	750	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,425	+1.00
898	898	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,347	—
1005	1005	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,809	—
1273	1273	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,400	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	150.00	$150.00	$638	—
575	575	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,064	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	200.00	$200.00	$900	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	227	3	265.00–285.00	$275.37	$625	+55.37
255–295	278	7	225.00–260.00	$238.12	$662	+27.75
300–345	323	17	224.00–262.50	$241.54	$780	+14.94
355–399	381	53	221.00–265.00	$243.29	$927	-0.41
400–445	423	47	190.00–255.00	$233.40	$987	+16.59
445 value added	445	2	243.00	$243.00	$1,081	+6.97
458–465 value added	461	21	245.00–248.00	$245.28	$1,131	+16.30
450–496	472	54	210.00–242.00	$227.40	$1,073	+8.84
500–548	523	88	180.00–237.00	$219.56	$1,148	-3.71
528–530 value added	530	5	228.00–237.00	$229.79	$1,218	-2.46
550–595	574	87	200.00–225.00	$214.51	$1,231	-4.34
600–630 value added	608	25	204.00–225.00	$218.63	$1,329	+0.24
605–648	631	43	185.00–220.00	$208.89	$1,318	-2.11
655–685 value added	658	25	197.50–225.00	$222.01	$1,461	+21.67
650–695	671	50	180.00–205.00	$186.90	$1,254	+2.35
700–740	719	15	179.00–197.00	$189.88	$1,365	+20.67
750–795	766	22	168.00–197.00	$186.87	$1,431	+12.92
845	845	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,403	—
851–870	860	10	140.00–175.00	$168.94	$1,453	+17.94
925	925	6	142.00	$142.00	$1,314	+1.00
955–965	960	2	142.00–150.00	$145.98	$1,401	—
1161	1161	10	130.00	$130.00	$1,509	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–340	325	7	225.00–230.00	$229.25	$745	—
353–395	376	20	210.00–230.00	$213.84	$804	+3.45
435–445	442	3	210.00	$210.00	$928	+13.31
455–498	477	11	190.00–210.00	$199.18	$950	+2.89
505–540	521	12	170.00–215.00	$194.25	$1,012	-7.75
550–598	584	11	170.00–200.00	$183.80	$1,073	+5.43
605–630	620	3	152.50–190.00	$174.44	$1,082	+2.77
690	690	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,208	—
700–735	716	4	167.50–176.00	$172.17	$1,233	—
753–790	772	4	150.00–182.00	$167.95	$1,297	+31.95
850	850	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,105	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–435	430	2	170.00–180.00	$174.94	$752	-0.06
500–530	515	2	190.00–195.00	$192.43	$991	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–505	502	3	180.00	$180.00	$904	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	384	15	232.00–285.00	$271.06	$1,041	-20.98
410–448	428	24	200.00–277.50	$260.85	$1,116	-9.96
450–495	474	27	192.00–270.00	$246.02	$1,166	+0.50
500–548	523	29	220.00–242.00	$233.59	$1,222	-5.08
550–590	570	15	210.00–232.00	$221.00	$1,260	+0.97
600–645	621	9	130.00–220.00	$201.47	$1,251	-15.67
655–695	663	12	195.00–206.00	$203.44	$1,349	+9.19
700–742	721	17	185.00–200.00	$194.24	$1,400	+12.59
760–795	778	18	166.00–187.00	$175.15	$1,363	+18.18
831	831	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,512	+26.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	375	4	200.00–260.00	$239.23	$897	+9.23
400–440	412	14	200.00–250.00	$229.27	$945	-5.06
455–497	478	14	195.00–247.50	$230.34	$1,101	+18.34
500–540	518	5	200.00–220.00	$211.45	$1,095	-13.55
555–590	573	8	176.00–218.00	$200.66	$1,150	+6.21
600–641	634	6	186.00–200.00	$197.64	$1,253	—
660–695	675	16	176.00–200.00	$191.19	$1,291	+18.37
720–745	738	5	170.00–180.00	$176.39	$1,302	—
905	905	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,176	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–585	575	2	200.00–208.00	$203.93	$1,173	-1.07

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1720	1299	80-85%	11	76.00–89.00	$82.31	$1,069	—
1000–2180	1317	80-85%	61	82.00–100.00	$88.93	$1,171	—
1055–1660	1349	80-85%	9	96.00–105.00	$100.73	$1,359	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–2015	1531	75-80%	39	79.50–100.00	$92.27	$1,413	-3.79
1355–1640	1539	75-80%	9	97.00–105.00	$100.01	$1,539	+3.95
1425–1980	1628	75-80%	5	80.00–90.00	$82.58	$1,344	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1260	1071	85-90%	20	50.00–73.00	$63.41	$679	-28.60
117–1560	1122	85-90%	25	49.00–83.00	$74.37	$834	—
1140–1455	1249	85-90%	5	84.00–87.00	$85.41	$1,067	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1945	1631	16	75.00–106.00	$97.58	$1,592	—
1305–2195	1768	21	94.00–118.00	$111.32	$1,968	-4.44
1695–2020	1855	3	120.00–127.00	$122.50	$2,272	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	510.00	$510.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,190.00	$1,190.00
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1114–1500	1246	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	1,260.00–1,550.00	$1,362.81

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00
890–1110	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,186.00

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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.