Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, April 26, 2025

1,026 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $338.08/cwt +43.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,178/hd at 644 lb · 56 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $335.12/cwt ≈ $1,746/hd at 521 lb · 48 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $287.73/cwt +25.73 vs last sale · ≈ $2,320/hd at 806 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,026	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,109	—
300	300	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,290	—
443	443	6	365.00	$365.00	$1,617	—
473	473	15	372.50	$372.50	$1,762	—
514–515	514	17	360.00–376.00	$373.17	$1,918	—
518 value added	518	8	385.00	$385.00	$1,994	+50.00
563 value added	563	12	368.00	$368.00	$2,072	+1.00
585–590	589	18	352.50–356.00	$353.08	$2,080	—
600	600	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,920	—
646 value added	646	54	338.75	$338.75	$2,188	+43.75
659–665	662	16	310.00–320.00	$314.40	$2,081	—
684 value added	684	6	328.00	$328.00	$2,244	+12.00
735–748	744	3	267.50–275.00	$269.97	$2,009	—
778	778	10	278.00	$278.00	$2,163	—
805 value added	805	40	290.00	$290.00	$2,334	+28.00
825	825	3	257.50	$257.50	$2,124	—
891–895	892	6	256.00–264.00	$262.66	$2,343	—
967	967	3	220.00	$220.00	$2,127	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	392.50	$392.50	$1,452	-21.25
410–445	429	6	352.50–407.00	$386.47	$1,658	-26.81
455–480	464	4	362.50–391.00	$382.51	$1,775	+1.88
500	500	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,750	+16.80
550–585	564	8	345.00–361.00	$357.78	$2,018	+20.20
610–643	633	4	303.00–312.50	$306.83	$1,942	-17.75
675 value added	675	1	301.00	$301.00	$2,032	—
650–692	678	14	290.00–320.00	$310.43	$2,105	+0.16
710	710	4	304.00–310.00	$305.50	$2,169	+20.22
753–769	758	14	297.00–306.00	$303.39	$2,300	+18.39
795 value added	795	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,146	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	332	3	398.00–400.00	$399.37	$1,326	+28.74
470–480	475	2	340.00–347.50	$343.71	$1,633	+8.76
500–535	513	3	280.00–307.50	$297.27	$1,525	-1.00
595	595	1	326.00	$326.00	$1,940	+24.39
630	630	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,922	+8.27

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	433	4	317.50–337.50	$327.24	$1,417	—
485	485	1	307.50	$307.50	$1,491	—
532–545	535	4	345.00–350.00	$348.73	$1,866	—
650	650	1	302.50	$302.50	$1,966	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	4	397.50–410.00	$403.42	$1,130	—
308	308	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,170	—
386	386	7	355.00	$355.00	$1,370	+53.00
462–495	464	31	332.50–337.50	$337.16	$1,564	+37.16
514–534	521	48	331.00–336.00	$335.12	$1,746	—
560–589	580	39	304.00–309.00	$305.21	$1,770	—
600–607	605	9	283.00–285.00	$284.34	$1,720	—
662–679	671	13	270.00–271.00	$270.46	$1,815	—
725	725	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,704	—
757 value added	757	9	265.00	$265.00	$2,006	—
763–773	770	9	234.00–254.00	$247.49	$1,906	—
970	970	2	212.50	$212.50	$2,061	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,121	-0.75
305–345	331	7	350.00–402.50	$377.71	$1,250	-1.08
365–385	377	7	340.00–372.50	$364.98	$1,376	+0.12
400–445	418	3	300.00–310.00	$305.04	$1,275	-57.02
402–445	421	15	325.00–351.00	$332.41	$1,399	-29.65
418–433 value added	428	6	360.00–363.00	$362.02	$1,549	-33.75
468 value added	468	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,685	-30.00
470	470	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,434	-55.10
455–485	475	14	312.50–338.00	$320.82	$1,524	-39.28
500–545	525	12	295.00–330.00	$311.82	$1,637	-10.48
541 value added	541	4	344.00	$344.00	$1,861	+6.50
555–595	583	8	280.00–309.00	$298.72	$1,742	-7.84
598 value added	598	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,914	—
607–645	627	10	250.00–304.00	$277.17	$1,738	+8.21
615–640 value added	628	2	282.50–286.00	$284.22	$1,785	-13.25
707	707	2	263.50	$263.50	$1,863	+11.92
815–820	818	2	222.00–227.00	$224.49	$1,836	-24.01
920	920	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,969	-23.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	315	4	317.50–342.50	$329.60	$1,038	—
405–440	419	8	317.50–325.00	$319.95	$1,341	—
473–477	475	8	275.00–302.50	$292.13	$1,388	—
508–548	541	11	287.50–316.00	$311.13	$1,683	—
640	640	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,728	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	3	397.50–410.00	$401.62	$1,177	—
325 thin fleshed	325	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,105	—
335	335	1	352.50	$352.50	$1,181	-1.25
415–445	430	2	302.50–307.50	$304.91	$1,311	-10.46
500–520	506	5	274.00–306.00	$291.99	$1,477	-17.14
570–575	572	3	283.00–291.00	$287.34	$1,644	+35.68
660–690	675	2	264.00–280.00	$271.82	$1,835	+16.82

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,332	+50.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–380	374	5	380.00–395.00	$389.14	$1,455	—
387	387	14	437.50	$437.50	$1,693	—
435	435	3	355.00	$355.00	$1,544	—
464	464	5	367.50	$367.50	$1,705	—
527	527	11	370.00	$370.00	$1,950	—
586	586	21	337.50	$337.50	$1,978	—
612	612	3	302.50	$302.50	$1,851	—
660	660	3	297.50	$297.50	$1,964	—
754–783	758	13	270.00–272.00	$271.68	$2,059	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	415.00	$415.00	$913	—
250–270	263	3	400.00–445.00	$418.54	$1,101	—
300–305	303	2	407.50–420.00	$413.80	$1,254	—
375–390	382	3	399.00–415.00	$407.91	$1,558	+12.91
410–435	428	8	370.00–416.00	$393.25	$1,683	+10.66
450–495	471	10	350.00–384.00	$366.39	$1,726	-4.74
510–548	528	8	312.50–352.50	$341.65	$1,804	+18.99
555–595	575	14	300.00–342.50	$318.89	$1,834	+6.26
605–645	621	10	280.00–302.50	$291.57	$1,811	-25.19
650–685	663	4	265.00–306.00	$285.56	$1,893	+0.63
725–740	733	2	250.00–256.00	$252.97	$1,854	-30.32
815–830	822	3	220.00–227.50	$224.18	$1,843	—
910	910	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,756	-20.73

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	2	300.00–325.00	$312.50	$1,516	—
523–530	524	5	325.00–335.00	$332.98	$1,745	—
560–581	577	5	307.50–312.50	$311.53	$1,798	—
638	638	3	287.50	$287.50	$1,834	—
675	675	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,873	—
700	700	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,820	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–435	417	5	310.00–376.00	$330.81	$1,379	-41.93
460	460	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,495	-2.91
500	500	1	319.00	$319.00	$1,595	+12.31
550–585	566	4	301.00–311.00	$303.58	$1,718	+6.12
605	605	1	284.00	$284.00	$1,718	+20.54
650	650	1	274.00	$274.00	$1,781	+6.49

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,380	—
540	540	1	306.00	$306.00	$1,652	+38.71

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1470	1187	80-85%	9	145.00–165.00	$155.38	$1,844	—
930–1575	1215	80-85%	39	131.00–157.00	$146.12	$1,775	-11.08
1135–1400	1257	80-85%	16	129.00–141.00	$135.41	$1,702	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1100	959	85-90%	16	100.00–120.50	$109.70	$1,052	—
830–1225	998	85-90%	29	120.00–139.00	$129.53	$1,293	—
935–1160	1056	85-90%	9	139.00–150.00	$143.39	$1,514	+7.48

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1555	1376	75-80%	7	131.00–143.00	$139.71	$1,922	—
1270–1710	1452	75-80%	16	131.00–155.00	$144.05	$2,092	—
1415–1650	1533	75-80%	2	159.50–161.00	$160.31	$2,458	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1965	1575	9	145.00–165.00	$159.58	$2,513	+2.21
1280–2010	1636	20	161.50–186.00	$176.08	$2,881	—
1440–1830	1639	5	190.00–200.00	$192.52	$3,155	—
2255–2290	2273	2	171.00–178.00	$174.47	$3,966	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1098–1155	1109	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,750.00–2,200.00	$2,106.30
1142	1142	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1035–1400	1201	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,850.00–2,400.00	$2,146.67
1110–1350	1258	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,840.00–2,900.00	$2,134.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1450	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,700.00–2,750.00	$2,175.00
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1050–1400	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,875.00–2,000.00	$1,937.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000–1065	1033	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,475.00–1,700.00	$1,591.04
1075	1075	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,250.00	$3,250.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	3,650.00	$3,650.00	—
1175	1175	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,250.00	$3,250.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

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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.