Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 28, 2024

1,224 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $266.58/cwt -5.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,394/hd at 523 lb · 61 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $277.27/cwt +2.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,318/hd at 475 lb · 55 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $256.37/cwt -5.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,463/hd at 571 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,224	1,572	937
Feeder cattle	977	1,254	700
Slaughter cattle	195	256	206
Replacement cattle	52	62	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

Knoxville - Compared to last week, feeder steers unevenly steady overall, with feeder heifers 2.00 higher, and feeder bulls sharply higher. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 1.00 to 5.00 higher, with exception of boning cows 10.00 higher. Fayetteville - Compared to this same sale last week, too few steer receipts to compare, heifers 2.00 to 15.00 lower, bulls 3.00 to 10.00 lower with 550lbs to 650lbs 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows 8.00 to 11.00 higher, bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,120	+45.00
310–340	330	7	340.00–375.00	$358.66	$1,184	+1.71
360–395	386	8	335.00–375.00	$342.79	$1,323	+2.74
410–445	425	6	320.00–365.00	$337.49	$1,434	+9.45
450–495	478	19	296.00–335.00	$312.50	$1,494	-5.25
480 thin fleshed	480	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,536	—
482 value added	482	2	318.00	$318.00	$1,533	—
531 value added	531	3	331.00	$331.00	$1,758	+20.17
500–549	534	20	275.00–322.50	$313.33	$1,673	+12.75
557–568 value added	562	7	312.00–320.00	$315.97	$1,776	+26.53
550–596	571	40	282.50–309.00	$298.21	$1,703	+14.38
580	580	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,624	-3.83
600–645	623	18	267.50–290.00	$280.62	$1,748	-2.68
625 value added	625	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,906	+24.27
655	655	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,703	-17.45
650–680 value added	658	4	284.00	$284.00	$1,869	—
655–697	678	21	265.00–276.00	$269.65	$1,828	-7.80
715 value added	715	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,859	—
705–732	719	12	254.00–271.00	$262.16	$1,885	+1.44
761–765	762	6	254.00–264.00	$257.34	$1,961	—
835	835	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,920	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–336 value added	334	5	330.00–337.50	$334.52	$1,117	—
340	340	1	342.50	$342.50	$1,164	+15.71
355	355	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,136	+7.57
400–445	424	5	240.00–317.50	$288.56	$1,223	+1.12
495	495	2	295.00–305.00	$300.00	$1,485	+14.54
540–545	542	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,328	-17.68
601 value added	601	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,623	—
616	616	6	268.00	$268.00	$1,651	+23.08
650–690	677	3	250.00–255.00	$253.40	$1,716	—
735–740	738	2	210.00–250.00	$230.07	$1,698	-3.93
760	760	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,596	—
835	835	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,649	—
910	910	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,729	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412 value added	412	2	312.50	$312.50	$1,288	—
585	585	2	278.00	$278.00	$1,626	—
771	771	4	242.00	$242.00	$1,866	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	335.00–350.00	$342.50	$1,010	+13.57
301–345	323	12	280.00–340.00	$321.93	$1,040	+0.67
360–395	378	28	277.50–320.00	$310.51	$1,174	+10.82
410 thin fleshed	410	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,250	—
405–445 value added	412	12	282.50–320.00	$306.14	$1,261	-22.59
405–446	428	27	265.00–312.50	$290.39	$1,243	-2.39
450–490 value added	472	13	270.00–300.00	$279.71	$1,320	-20.29
454–495	476	41	254.00–290.00	$276.92	$1,318	+3.63
490	490	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,274	-13.29
500–545	518	47	247.50–283.00	$265.63	$1,376	-2.58
535–548 value added	539	14	261.50–290.00	$269.78	$1,454	-14.79
550	550	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,375	-8.09
550–595	571	38	250.00–275.00	$257.06	$1,468	-1.03
555–585 value added	573	12	252.00–260.00	$255.23	$1,462	-14.09
600–630	618	10	224.00–248.00	$240.78	$1,488	+3.91
620–640	633	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,456	-6.87
650	650	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,417	-3.88
650–695	671	21	217.50–245.00	$231.65	$1,554	+9.77
700–738	720	20	205.00–228.00	$217.77	$1,568	+0.76
800	800	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,600	+19.97
880	880	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,452	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	337.50	$337.50	$742	—
275	275	1	327.50	$327.50	$901	+10.71
320–330	327	5	280.00–297.50	$291.30	$953	+5.30
370–385	378	2	282.50–320.00	$301.62	$1,140	+35.66
405–445	431	6	247.50–282.00	$271.06	$1,168	-0.15
475–490	482	3	260.00–267.50	$263.85	$1,272	+7.09
560–595	575	4	230.00–250.00	$238.59	$1,372	+0.59
605	605	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,437	+9.95
775–785	780	2	180.00–197.50	$188.69	$1,472	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–598 value added	589	6	237.50–240.00	$239.19	$1,409	—
630	630	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,455	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,902	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	232	3	395.00–430.00	$418.17	$970	—
275	275	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,114	+10.00
320–335	330	3	380.00–390.00	$386.77	$1,276	+38.50
360–390	378	6	335.00–360.00	$346.81	$1,311	+13.24
405–445	429	27	290.00–337.50	$321.10	$1,378	+10.53
455–490	474	17	295.00–335.00	$309.46	$1,467	+5.74
505–545	532	17	270.00–312.50	$297.29	$1,582	+11.89
550–597	573	12	255.00–297.50	$284.47	$1,630	+14.07
600–615	606	9	257.50–283.00	$267.60	$1,622	+10.35
650–667	662	5	254.00–260.00	$258.80	$1,713	+3.38
710–715	713	3	227.50–252.50	$244.21	$1,741	+9.34
757–795	771	4	217.50–245.00	$232.89	$1,796	+17.90
860	860	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,634	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	355.00–375.00	$365.09	$1,051	—
390	390	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,053	-15.00
415	415	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,038	-35.01
475–495	487	7	247.50–275.00	$264.90	$1,290	-14.57
545	545	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,308	-16.67
578–582	580	5	248.00–255.00	$252.19	$1,463	+6.03
612–645	623	3	220.00–230.00	$226.55	$1,411	+4.29
665–685	675	2	199.00–250.00	$224.88	$1,518	-5.12
785	785	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,342	-24.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,222	—
455	455	1	282.50	$282.50	$1,285	—
525	525	1	287.50	$287.50	$1,509	—
545	545	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,226	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	320.00	$320.00	$800	—
530	530	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,510	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1465	1148	80-85%	49	122.00–146.00	$135.09	$1,551	—
1130–1225	1178	80-85%	2	123.00–130.00	$126.36	$1,489	-1.07
1075–1545	1303	80-85%	13	133.00–157.00	$147.56	$1,923	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1710	1409	75-80%	6	138.00–152.00	$144.20	$2,032	+7.55
1130–1680	1434	75-80%	22	120.00–148.00	$138.80	$1,990	-7.04
1605	1605	75-80%	1	134.00	$134.00	$2,151	—
1835–2115	1978	75-80%	3	126.00–134.00	$131.32	$2,598	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–880	850	85-90%	2	129.00–131.00	$130.04	$1,105	—
800–1335	1045	85-90%	20	110.00–136.00	$124.80	$1,304	-3.72
955–1185	1070	85-90%	2	121.00–124.00	$122.34	$1,309	+6.29

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070	1070	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,776	—
1435–2110	1703	6	154.00–168.00	$162.06	$2,760	—
1660–2385	1951	4	155.00–173.00	$163.89	$3,197	-4.19

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1075–1300	1188	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,700.00–2,150.00	$1,946.32
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,175.00	$2,175.00
1210	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,390.00	$1,390.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	2	282.50	$282.50	$1,687	—

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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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,725.00	$2,725.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,880.00	$1,880.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

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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
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,075.00	$2,075.00	—

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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.