Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, July 16, 2024

1,942 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $280.51/cwt +1.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,345/hd at 479 lb · 98 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $264.25/cwt +0.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,395/hd at 528 lb · 79 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $302.29/cwt +20.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,737/hd at 574 lb · 67 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,942	2,559	2,090
Feeder cattle	1,602	2,137	1,670
Slaughter cattle	276	306	362
Replacement cattle	64	116	58

Market comments — USDA reporter

Huntingdon - No trends could be established due to inadequate receipts. Fayetteville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00-10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 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
230	230	1	375.00	$375.00	$862	+5.00
270–295	279	7	300.00–387.50	$330.20	$921	-48.25
320 value added	320	1	402.50	$402.50	$1,288	—
305–345	328	21	262.50–400.00	$322.71	$1,058	-44.29
355–375	373	14	295.00–355.00	$302.73	$1,129	-29.94
415–433 value added	424	6	315.00–395.00	$346.40	$1,469	—
405–446	427	17	287.50–340.00	$317.05	$1,354	-1.56
455–495	471	21	250.00–320.00	$305.46	$1,439	-5.81
475–483 value added	480	5	280.00–352.50	$306.43	$1,471	-8.57
500	500	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,350	-18.62
500–545	515	18	255.00–312.50	$286.41	$1,475	-2.21
528 value added	528	5	307.00	$307.00	$1,621	—
550–595	565	14	260.00–307.50	$283.80	$1,603	+1.20
550–580 value added	577	53	292.50–310.00	$307.18	$1,772	+27.68
626 value added	626	3	272.50	$272.50	$1,706	-19.50
600–645	630	35	230.00–300.00	$266.78	$1,681	-5.32
655	655	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,572	-32.12
650–690	662	16	220.00–265.00	$253.56	$1,679	-18.56
662–672 value added	670	9	281.00–287.50	$282.43	$1,892	—
730	730	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,807	-2.50
760–771	768	8	237.00–240.00	$238.19	$1,829	-6.52
778 value added	778	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,906	—
855	855	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,907	-4.00
957	957	2	218.00	$218.00	$2,086	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	317.50	$317.50	$762	-75.33
305–345	325	3	297.50–312.50	$304.85	$991	-38.33
380–390	383	3	295.00–300.00	$297.52	$1,140	-42.48
458–485	472	6	285.00–300.00	$291.14	$1,374	-22.54
510–542	533	7	287.50–302.50	$296.08	$1,578	-13.94
554–570	559	7	270.00–285.00	$274.32	$1,533	-25.39
608–645	620	12	252.50–265.00	$261.27	$1,620	-15.81
650–695	674	7	237.50–255.00	$249.77	$1,683	-18.05
700–747	736	15	235.00–245.00	$240.27	$1,768	-12.69
760–795	781	4	230.00–235.00	$231.24	$1,806	-13.76
880	880	1	227.50	$227.50	$2,002	-8.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	325.00	$325.00	$796	—
250–295	276	10	220.00–317.50	$251.14	$693	—
310–345	331	11	225.00–282.50	$264.35	$875	-87.65
390	390	1	250.00	$250.00	$975	-30.00
406 value added	406	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,218	—
415–440	429	4	230.00–277.50	$255.78	$1,097	—
460–490	478	8	222.50–292.50	$260.32	$1,244	-26.80
500–545	529	7	200.00–263.00	$239.47	$1,267	-25.53
550–590	569	8	230.00–275.00	$249.01	$1,417	-17.99
592 value added	592	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,362	—
620–623	622	3	240.00–255.00	$250.02	$1,555	+5.02
665–695	677	3	230.00–247.50	$238.23	$1,613	-11.77
740–745	743	3	215.00–220.00	$216.66	$1,610	-13.36
845	845	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,944	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	290.00–292.50	$291.18	$941	-13.67
360–395	377	3	280.00–290.00	$285.67	$1,077	-29.33
450–465	458	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,271	-8.75
500–540	526	8	252.50–277.50	$266.97	$1,404	-22.42
560–585	570	4	240.00–265.00	$249.98	$1,425	-17.77
615–630	625	3	230.00–245.00	$234.92	$1,468	-26.88
650–675	663	3	217.50–232.50	$226.75	$1,503	-20.58
790	790	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,540	-23.00
840	840	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,806	—
920	920	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,955	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,215	—
575–585	582	3	235.00–250.00	$239.94	$1,396	—
650–690	670	2	220.00–230.00	$224.85	$1,506	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–535	528	2	240.00–247.50	$243.70	$1,287	—
590	590	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,180	—
615	615	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,230	—
650	650	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,398	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	250.00	$250.00	$625	—
465	465	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,081	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,172	+83.00
570	570	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,553	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
43	43	3	275.00	$275.00	$118	—
220–240	230	2	320.00–330.00	$324.78	$747	-20.22
255–295	283	8	250.00–307.50	$273.89	$775	—
320–340	329	8	277.50–322.50	$298.27	$981	-18.84
350–392	370	35	270.00–310.00	$293.63	$1,086	-19.01
370 value added	370	1	312.50	$312.50	$1,156	—
405–445	425	35	255.00–292.50	$275.54	$1,171	-27.63
443 value added	443	3	277.50	$277.50	$1,229	—
465	465	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,128	-36.99
450–495	472	45	250.00–287.50	$270.79	$1,278	-8.70
479–499 value added	486	52	264.00–298.50	$289.65	$1,408	—
505–545	522	32	237.50–268.00	$256.28	$1,338	-7.59
525	525	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,299	-16.37
510–533 value added	532	46	270.00–275.00	$270.16	$1,437	—
550–597	569	49	230.00–261.00	$252.17	$1,435	+3.17
575 value added	575	4	262.50	$262.50	$1,509	—
585	585	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,053	-69.00
600–645	622	19	215.00–251.00	$236.72	$1,472	-4.69
630 value added	630	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,622	—
660 value added	660	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,568	—
650–693	681	8	202.50–230.00	$213.90	$1,457	-30.25
700–730	712	3	190.00–225.00	$211.87	$1,509	-14.51
750–785	767	6	170.00–210.00	$202.98	$1,557	-9.62
812	812	2	167.50	$167.50	$1,360	-32.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	275.00	$275.00	$756	-62.48
330	330	1	265.00	$265.00	$874	-55.92
355–370	359	5	270.00–280.00	$275.97	$991	-25.48
400–423	419	8	252.50–265.00	$262.86	$1,101	-15.03
457–483	475	18	247.50–259.00	$256.00	$1,216	-16.35
525–540	533	7	245.00–253.00	$250.28	$1,334	-19.11
560–589	584	15	242.50–250.00	$246.28	$1,438	-8.59
610–635	621	8	220.00–232.50	$227.18	$1,411	-12.54
661–671	666	12	232.00–235.00	$233.51	$1,555	-0.39
730–742	738	7	202.50–210.00	$207.65	$1,532	-22.20
755–772	768	4	200.00–212.50	$209.43	$1,608	-12.74
830	830	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,702	—
850	850	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,679	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	300.00	$300.00	$675	±0.00
285–290	288	2	220.00–300.00	$260.35	$750	-42.74
315–345	329	8	245.00–275.00	$263.30	$866	—
350–395	381	7	247.50–275.00	$256.17	$976	-14.45
405–445	429	11	240.00–270.00	$255.88	$1,098	-10.80
450–485	468	14	229.00–272.50	$252.67	$1,182	-10.05
500–545	526	12	232.50–264.00	$252.87	$1,330	+8.85
555–595	569	17	220.00–256.00	$240.91	$1,371	+2.94
620	620	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,488	+4.80
600–645	623	4	205.00–237.50	$220.19	$1,372	-15.01
670–695	683	2	210.00–215.00	$212.55	$1,452	-27.45
725–740	733	3	180.00–200.00	$186.73	$1,369	-33.27
845	845	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,183	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	270.00	$270.00	$608	—
385–390	388	2	242.50–255.00	$248.79	$965	-24.99
450–490	480	4	230.00–240.00	$236.17	$1,134	-24.75
520–540	530	3	215.00–230.00	$224.26	$1,189	-27.60
570–585	578	3	212.50–220.00	$215.80	$1,247	-25.17
600	600	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,290	—
655–670	657	7	190.00–230.00	$224.17	$1,473	-0.83
780	780	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,502	-22.50

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402	402	2	253.00	$253.00	$1,017	—
510–543	532	7	220.00–245.00	$236.62	$1,259	—
560–570	565	2	237.00–247.50	$242.20	$1,368	—
655	655	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,376	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	210.00	$210.00	$903	-10.00
605–625	615	2	180.00–185.00	$182.46	$1,122	—
660	660	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,221	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,040	—
450	450	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,170	—
530	530	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,232	-0.06
560	560	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,372	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,080	—
610	610	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,266	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	315.00	$315.00	$898	—
350–385	372	10	290.00–345.00	$323.01	$1,202	—
400–448	417	33	270.00–325.00	$306.86	$1,280	+0.10
450–495	471	25	265.00–307.50	$286.60	$1,350	+3.61
500–545	525	32	260.00–300.00	$283.06	$1,486	+0.05
550–596	578	19	260.00–287.50	$272.96	$1,578	-0.37
583 fancy	583	9	279.00	$279.00	$1,627	—
615–647	630	12	220.00–250.00	$232.48	$1,465	-12.18
640	640	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,408	-24.66
655–680	672	8	220.00–230.00	$222.51	$1,495	-27.49
686 fancy	686	13	239.00	$239.00	$1,640	—
700–735	716	7	210.00–224.00	$215.93	$1,546	-13.05
750	750	2	220.00–225.00	$222.50	$1,669	+0.36
915	915	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,807	—
995	995	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,492	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	377	11	247.50–285.00	$269.38	$1,016	—
405–445	426	14	245.00–302.50	$275.17	$1,172	—
455–490	471	6	230.00–267.50	$249.01	$1,173	-35.83
500–545	524	9	220.00–277.50	$250.16	$1,311	+0.16
550–595	577	12	220.00–272.50	$243.66	$1,406	—
605–635	618	8	200.00–260.00	$242.48	$1,499	—
655–685	668	3	200.00–242.50	$219.69	$1,468	-19.96
705–730	722	3	192.50–204.00	$196.38	$1,418	—
845	845	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,458	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–398	389	3	320.00–325.00	$323.41	$1,258	-4.90
430	430	12	280.00	$280.00	$1,204	-37.60
470–495	488	12	265.00–272.50	$266.01	$1,298	-38.20
520	520	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,417	-19.84
550	550	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,430	-25.18
657	657	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,544	-10.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,153	-16.39
470–472	472	4	225.00–245.00	$229.98	$1,086	-44.32
515	515	3	242.50	$242.50	$1,249	-22.55
585	585	2	215.00–240.00	$227.50	$1,331	-27.46

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	257.50	$257.50	$1,172	-17.40
540	540	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,431	—
560	560	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,400	±0.00
610	610	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,281	—
655–680	666	4	190.00–222.50	$205.61	$1,369	—
720	720	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,656	—
775	775	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,550	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1410	1176	80-85%	16	121.00–136.00	$127.15	$1,495	-10.89
905–1525	1207	80-85%	93	129.00–154.00	$139.45	$1,683	—
1171–1475	1255	80-85%	14	145.00–153.00	$147.77	$1,855	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	75-80%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,532	—
1291–1655	1414	75-80%	16	147.00–154.00	$149.79	$2,118	-1.83
1075–1955	1457	75-80%	64	130.00–152.00	$142.77	$2,080	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–1375	1038	85-90%	11	100.00–126.00	$110.02	$1,142	-9.73
790–1445	1068	85-90%	44	113.00–146.00	$128.42	$1,372	-2.32
950–1350	1112	85-90%	15	120.00–144.00	$127.75	$1,421	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–2010	1581	6	149.00–158.00	$153.08	$2,420	—
1385–2055	1652	5	166.00–180.00	$173.23	$2,862	—
1370–2085	1658	25	151.00–171.00	$162.04	$2,687	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1150	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,670.00	$1,392.55
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,155.00	$1,155.00
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1045	1045	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1120–1190	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,425.00	$1,340.15
1195–1330	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,625.00–1,750.00	$1,690.84

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
980–1175	1078	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,450.00	$1,313.57
995–1515	1350	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,800.00–2,050.00	$1,945.28
1205–1595	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,975.00–2,300.00	$2,160.13

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,310.00	$1,310.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
865–990	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,000.00–2,050.00	$2,034.72	—
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—
1030–1115	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00–2,150.00	$2,077.97	—
1360	1360	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,275.00	$2,275.00	—
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—
1220–1265	1243	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,325.00–2,425.00	$2,375.91	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	80-85%	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,673	—

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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.