Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 30, 2024

2,104 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $266.87/cwt +20.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,255/hd at 470 lb · 177 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $233.36/cwt -1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,220/hd at 523 lb · 78 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $220.33/cwt -16.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,282/hd at 582 lb · 74 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,104	2,695	774
Feeder cattle	1,740	2,461	600
Slaughter cattle	323	191	131
Replacement cattle	41	43	43

Market comments — USDA reporter

Knoxville - Compared to last week, based on a heavier test this week, feeder steers sharply higher overall, with feeder bulls unevenly steady. Feeder heifers weighing up to 450 lbs. sharply higher, with those weighing 450 to 600 lbs. 3.00 higher, and no comparisons available for those weighing over 600 lbs. due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 7.00 higher overall with slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Today's offerings included the following load lot: 1 load ML 1-2 preconditioned Heifers, 467 lbs., $283.50, medium flesh, mostly black/black-white-face. Pulaski - The last reported sale at this location was on 12/19/2023. Therefore, due the significant time frame, no trends could accurately be established. Fayetteville - Compared to this market last week, feeder classes including steers/heifers/bulls 8.00 to 10.00 higher, feeders weighing 400 to 600lbs were significantly higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher with slaughter 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 $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	230.00–285.00	$259.01	$591	-125.99
295	295	1	320.00	$320.00	$944	-9.37
297 value added	297	2	335.00	$335.00	$995	—
315–340	332	8	297.50–320.00	$305.94	$1,016	-0.42
330–346 value added	344	9	325.00–335.00	$328.06	$1,129	—
355–395	378	10	295.00–325.00	$308.24	$1,165	+11.91
384 value added	384	11	325.00	$325.00	$1,248	—
400–445	422	19	240.00–320.00	$286.41	$1,209	+1.42
405–449 value added	438	13	297.50–320.00	$313.12	$1,371	—
470–482 value added	474	16	295.00–322.00	$313.95	$1,488	+28.95
455–495	479	13	268.00–307.50	$285.23	$1,366	+5.46
502–534 value added	525	38	290.00–310.00	$306.06	$1,607	+36.06
505–545	531	33	255.00–295.00	$277.48	$1,473	+5.06
550–593 value added	565	19	260.00–275.00	$268.67	$1,518	-3.47
550–595	575	55	247.00–282.50	$269.88	$1,552	+21.50
600–640	622	16	228.00–247.00	$238.19	$1,482	+3.15
605–640 value added	629	15	244.00–267.50	$251.02	$1,579	-0.46
652–675 value added	662	28	240.00–255.00	$246.69	$1,633	+3.10
655–680	669	11	232.50–240.00	$234.32	$1,568	+2.24
705–748 value added	721	9	234.00–244.00	$238.97	$1,723	+6.70
720–735	729	13	215.00–230.00	$221.44	$1,614	-1.85
753 value added	753	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,619	—
760–795	782	8	200.00–226.00	$208.21	$1,628	+1.77
805 value added	805	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,715	—
802–835	808	8	200.00–216.00	$208.03	$1,681	+10.55
855–890	868	4	200.00–208.00	$203.84	$1,769	+6.61
881 value added	881	40	211.00	$211.00	$1,859	-2.50
948 value added	948	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,915	-7.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	270.00	$270.00	$918	—
385–390	388	2	280.00–315.00	$297.61	$1,155	+24.95
430	430	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,075	+1.95
450–488	472	6	227.50–275.00	$250.64	$1,183	+0.79
584 value added	584	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,372	—
625–640	633	2	210.00–216.00	$212.96	$1,348	-14.15
665–668 value added	667	3	192.00–206.00	$201.35	$1,343	—
715 value added	715	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,566	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–435	433	2	210.00–250.00	$230.12	$996	-4.99
495	495	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,198	—
545	545	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,172	+5.00
570–590	580	2	230.00–235.00	$232.46	$1,348	+12.46
750	750	1	213.00	$213.00	$1,598	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	240.00–260.00	$250.21	$601	-9.79
280–295	288	3	245.00–257.50	$252.62	$728	-47.38
305–347	333	16	245.00–275.00	$262.68	$875	-7.85
358–390 value added	366	15	272.50–280.00	$276.81	$1,013	+14.81
355–395	372	19	247.50–272.50	$264.40	$984	+12.81
405–420 value added	414	8	252.50–274.00	$257.37	$1,066	-3.19
402–445	424	35	230.00–260.00	$250.74	$1,063	+3.48
450–479 value added	468	124	255.00–283.50	$279.20	$1,307	+24.42
450–498	475	53	225.00–250.00	$238.01	$1,131	-6.84
513 fancy	513	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,488	—
500–545	523	61	220.00–239.00	$227.82	$1,191	-5.04
515–532 value added	523	14	242.00–250.00	$245.35	$1,283	+5.89
550–591 value added	574	15	230.00–262.50	$236.71	$1,359	-5.49
550–597	584	59	207.50–225.00	$216.17	$1,262	-7.22
600–632 value added	619	49	210.00–222.00	$219.00	$1,356	+4.00
605–647	633	8	190.00–229.00	$199.58	$1,263	-11.86
655–695	674	21	190.00–205.00	$199.24	$1,343	-2.09
680 value added	680	3	213.00	$213.00	$1,448	+13.00
700–726 value added	718	11	200.00–210.00	$202.51	$1,454	-7.03
730	730	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,453	+3.95
755 value added	755	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,450	—
840–842	841	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,430	-12.32
885–886	886	8	162.00–166.00	$163.00	$1,444	-7.68
980	980	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,176	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	270.00	$270.00	$621	—
325–335	331	7	225.00–242.50	$238.19	$788	+0.17
385–395	390	2	200.00–235.00	$217.28	$847	-6.88
405–440	424	8	212.50–235.00	$226.05	$958	+6.67
450–495	477	3	202.50–217.50	$212.78	$1,015	-9.71
500–545	522	5	210.00–217.50	$213.62	$1,115	-9.72
550–595	578	6	200.00–225.00	$207.39	$1,199	+3.76
600–645	625	6	195.00–201.00	$197.94	$1,237	+7.82
625 value added	625	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,234	—
675	675	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,299	+3.50
755 value added	755	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,340	—
780	780	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,326	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1170	1125	8	126.00–143.00	$135.92	$1,529	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,070	—
520 value added	520	3	227.50	$227.50	$1,183	—
550	550	1	202.50	$202.50	$1,114	-5.22
650	650	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,186	+2.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
237–245	240	3	290.00–315.00	$306.48	$736	—
250–295	273	4	290.00–312.50	$298.18	$814	—
305–345	328	13	280.00–310.00	$292.42	$959	—
375 fancy	375	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,181	—
370–397	384	28	275.00–314.00	$302.94	$1,163	+22.31
400	400	2	262.50	$262.50	$1,050	-22.46
420 fancy	420	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,281	—
400–445	423	21	270.00–307.50	$294.58	$1,246	+9.62
450–485 fancy	462	3	275.00–285.00	$281.50	$1,301	—
450–495	477	23	250.00–300.00	$270.33	$1,289	-4.57
505 fancy	505	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,300	—
500–545	523	24	235.00–267.50	$253.76	$1,327	+9.42
570 fancy	570	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,382	—
557–598	583	26	225.00–255.00	$237.89	$1,387	-2.15
600–645	618	15	217.50–244.00	$227.61	$1,407	-4.06
650–695	664	9	190.00–219.00	$197.21	$1,309	-15.78
686–690	687	4	170.00–175.00	$171.26	$1,177	-41.73
700	700	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,225	—
710–729	721	21	182.50–219.00	$199.72	$1,440	+0.24
755–757	756	3	179.00–205.00	$187.65	$1,419	-8.35
825–840	832	3	170.00–182.00	$177.33	$1,475	+12.83
860–890	872	26	156.00–174.00	$159.68	$1,392	-18.32
950	950	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,235	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327–345	333	3	250.00–255.00	$251.73	$838	—
400–420	410	2	267.50–285.00	$276.46	$1,133	+27.74
460–495	478	6	212.50–261.00	$240.04	$1,147	-1.64
500–545	527	5	205.00–222.50	$214.23	$1,129	-7.18
575	575	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,136	-36.15
610–625	618	2	212.50–215.00	$213.73	$1,321	+1.97
685	685	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,473	+17.33

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	235.00	$235.00	$658	—
440	440	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,232	+70.00
600	600	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,290	-20.00
720	720	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,440	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1635	1229	80-85%	16	90.00–97.00	$94.02	$1,156	—
900–1560	1235	80-85%	69	98.00–114.00	$104.45	$1,290	—
860–1460	1271	80-85%	12	111.00–126.00	$116.28	$1,478	+15.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1770	1459	75-80%	5	93.00–102.00	$97.84	$1,427	-7.19
1065–1865	1468	75-80%	52	103.00–119.00	$109.81	$1,612	+4.78
1200–1785	1511	75-80%	7	114.00–123.00	$118.43	$1,789	+4.44

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1270	1079	85-90%	8	83.00–93.00	$86.14	$929	+15.29
885–1405	1097	85-90%	37	87.00–101.00	$94.38	$1,035	+23.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,392	—
1280–1930	1632	7	106.00–117.00	$111.91	$1,826	—
1505–2170	1811	7	125.00–136.00	$131.89	$2,389	—
1330–2200	1846	11	122.00–134.00	$128.04	$2,364	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1010	1007	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,000.00	$916.56
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1045–1170	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,125.00	$1,085.38

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1365	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1470	1470	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–855	797	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–930.00	$852.57
825–850	838	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–900.00	$849.25

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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
1270–1295	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,775.00–1,975.00	$1,874.03	—
1205–1400	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,700.00–1,750.00	$1,723.13	—
1300–1335	1312	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,400.89	—
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227	227	3	85.00	$85.00	$193	—
288	288	2	85.00	$85.00	$245	—

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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.