Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, May 30, 2026

1,485 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $421.89/cwt +10.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,653/hd at 629 lb · 50 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $422.39/cwt -12.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,978/hd at 468 lb · 36 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $406.31/cwt -11.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,352/hd at 579 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,485	786	1,488
Feeder cattle	1,052	573	1,053
Slaughter cattle	229	157	280
Replacement cattle	204	56	155

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; No trends available for Feeder or Slaughter Cattle due to limited comparable receipts due to the Federal Holiday. Demand was moderate overall on a moderate supply of cattle.

→ Slaughter cattle: No trends available for Feeder or Slaughter Cattle due to limited comparable receipts due to the Federal Holiday

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	3	525.00–535.00	$530.20	$1,739	—
390	390	1	550.00	$550.00	$2,145	+8.67
410–445	426	5	470.00–485.00	$480.06	$2,045	-49.38
466 value added	466	4	515.00	$515.00	$2,400	—
465–488	477	7	445.00–480.00	$460.93	$2,199	-24.23
506 value added	506	7	500.00	$500.00	$2,530	—
500–545	514	6	425.00–470.00	$438.96	$2,256	-3.05
555–585	576	17	376.00–420.00	$393.78	$2,268	-24.01
563–592 value added	584	9	428.00–440.00	$429.97	$2,511	—
600–630	615	4	385.00–398.00	$391.39	$2,407	-23.20
606–636 value added	630	46	411.00–433.00	$424.54	$2,675	+50.77
655–685	670	8	399.00–405.00	$403.50	$2,703	+53.50
705	705	1	337.50	$337.50	$2,379	-34.44
752–770 value added	756	5	349.00–355.00	$350.22	$2,648	—
795	795	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,544	—
805–825	815	2	337.00–340.00	$338.52	$2,759	+4.52
860	860	1	350.00	$350.00	$3,010	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	9	482.50	$482.50	$2,109	—
455	455	17	477.50	$477.50	$2,173	—
520–524	521	16	440.00–466.00	$454.60	$2,368	—
530–548 value added	545	7	475.00–477.50	$475.35	$2,591	—
575–583	581	21	425.00–432.50	$429.65	$2,496	—
635 value added	635	2	415.00	$415.00	$2,635	—
654 value added	654	8	417.50	$417.50	$2,730	—
660–670	661	11	400.00	$400.00	$2,644	—
725	725	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,465	—
770	770	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,734	—
800	800	1	327.50	$327.50	$2,620	—
800–828 value added	811	8	340.00–342.50	$341.54	$2,770	—
915–930	923	2	310.00–312.50	$311.24	$2,873	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	575.00	$575.00	$1,466	—
368	368	5	452.50	$452.50	$1,665	—
400–435	424	7	420.00–470.00	$427.17	$1,811	—
484	484	6	425.00	$425.00	$2,057	—
505	505	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,868	—
565–586	582	5	382.50–395.00	$392.57	$2,285	—
613–640	630	9	330.00–387.00	$379.05	$2,388	—
660	660	3	352.50	$352.50	$2,326	—
710	710	4	320.00	$320.00	$2,272	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217–233	227	5	520.00–545.00	$535.42	$1,215	—
280	280	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,526	-24.45
300–315	310	4	500.00–515.00	$508.83	$1,577	+15.52
355–375	365	2	535.00–545.00	$540.14	$1,972	+24.96
420–445	433	2	365.00–452.50	$410.01	$1,775	-53.97
482	482	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,976	-60.00
500–515	508	2	340.00–402.00	$371.46	$1,887	-31.06
560–595	581	4	331.00–380.00	$360.37	$2,094	-4.63
600–640	615	3	340.00–365.00	$350.28	$2,154	-15.79
650	650	2	334.00	$334.00	$2,171	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,802	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252	252	2	485.00	$485.00	$1,222	—
300–340	321	5	405.00–460.00	$435.11	$1,397	-39.73
360	360	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,566	+2.84
350–390	369	12	375.00–425.00	$393.43	$1,452	-38.73
400–440	424	4	395.00–420.00	$411.05	$1,743	-39.07
425	425	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,360	-130.12
443	443	2	370.00	$370.00	$1,639	-80.12
450–462 value added	459	14	425.00–457.00	$447.98	$2,056	—
450–497	472	20	380.00–435.00	$410.71	$1,939	-24.21
495	495	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,782	-74.92
505 fancy	505	6	415.00	$415.00	$2,096	—
510–540	525	3	325.00–350.00	$339.95	$1,785	-73.96
500–545	526	13	360.00–402.00	$387.60	$2,039	-26.31
565–587	576	15	350.00–385.00	$371.01	$2,137	-11.25
615–630	623	6	320.00–360.00	$341.29	$2,126	-12.58
620–640	630	2	315.00–340.00	$327.70	$2,065	-26.17
672	672	5	349.00	$349.00	$2,345	+24.00
795 value added	795	5	355.00	$355.00	$2,822	—
834 value added	834	5	317.50	$317.50	$2,648	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	4	510.00	$510.00	$1,188	—
280	280	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,456	—
320	320	4	515.00	$515.00	$1,648	—
425 value added	425	3	460.00	$460.00	$1,955	—
458–462	459	22	426.00–435.00	$427.24	$1,961	—
505–543	526	13	400.00–402.50	$401.17	$2,110	—
578–584	583	18	365.00–368.00	$367.67	$2,144	—
594 value added	594	4	370.00	$370.00	$2,198	—
650–697	659	15	310.00–322.50	$319.86	$2,108	—
706 value added	706	4	340.00	$340.00	$2,400	—
749	749	9	327.00	$327.00	$2,449	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	323	3	380.00–425.00	$394.38	$1,274	—
370–374	373	10	400.00–405.00	$404.01	$1,507	—
400	400	1	437.50	$437.50	$1,750	—
450–465	459	19	340.00–390.00	$365.57	$1,678	—
528–533	530	6	325.00–370.00	$354.91	$1,881	—
575–586	580	21	300.00–340.00	$316.54	$1,836	—
625–645	637	5	310.00–317.50	$312.94	$1,993	—
740	740	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,146	—
770	770	1	297.50	$297.50	$2,291	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,209	-15.00
375	375	2	467.00	$467.00	$1,751	+69.42
400–427	419	4	340.00–460.00	$415.61	$1,741	-16.82
455–490	463	6	345.00–370.00	$360.08	$1,667	-42.22
493 value added	493	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,947	—
515	515	1	307.00	$307.00	$1,581	-84.06
550–590	581	6	305.00–330.00	$313.64	$1,822	-44.55
625	625	1	329.00	$329.00	$2,056	+4.00

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
656	656	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,968	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,452	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	5	494.00	$494.00	$1,833	—
460	460	18	461.00	$461.00	$2,121	—
502–523	513	17	427.50–437.50	$432.90	$2,221	—
582	582	23	387.50	$387.50	$2,255	—
600	600	6	375.00	$375.00	$2,250	—
667	667	13	350.00	$350.00	$2,334	+50.00
708	708	5	342.50	$342.50	$2,425	—
777	777	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,409	—
842	842	5	290.00	$290.00	$2,442	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	500.00–580.00	$541.70	$1,273	-153.48
280–290	285	2	570.00–580.00	$575.09	$1,639	-28.96
310 thin fleshed	310	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,566	—
340–348	345	4	430.00–450.00	$437.44	$1,509	-78.65
355–395	376	9	460.00–515.00	$484.19	$1,821	-35.04
405 thin fleshed	405	1	500.00	$500.00	$2,025	-35.00
405–430	418	2	415.00–420.00	$417.43	$1,745	-89.86
415–440	428	5	445.00–505.00	$466.90	$1,998	-40.39
450–495	480	17	420.00–455.00	$438.16	$2,103	-21.79
480	480	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,968	-49.95
520	520	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,028	-32.90
500–545	524	11	410.00–450.00	$433.39	$2,271	+10.49
553–575	563	14	390.00–450.00	$422.25	$2,377	+18.01
580–590	585	2	360.00–365.00	$362.52	$2,121	-41.72
600–645	619	8	360.00–395.00	$384.19	$2,378	+8.05
670–690	683	3	330.00–350.00	$338.22	$2,310	-21.65
740	740	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,368	+14.88
795	795	1	297.50	$297.50	$2,365	-47.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	10	400.00–435.00	$417.50	$1,653	—
454–455	454	7	405.00–427.50	$417.85	$1,897	—
538	538	2	425.00	$425.00	$2,286	—
578–582	581	8	347.50–352.50	$351.26	$2,041	—
603–625	613	5	325.00–342.50	$333.90	$2,047	—
662–680	671	10	330.00–337.50	$333.70	$2,239	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,274	-100.00
370	370	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,665	-26.73
448	448	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,926	-33.41
500–545	518	4	363.00–405.00	$388.87	$2,014	+2.70
590	590	1	339.00	$339.00	$2,000	-36.49
615	615	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,245	+23.34

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,545	—
545	545	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,880	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,544	—
500	500	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,725	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1490	1190	80-85%	22	150.00–172.00	$162.41	$1,933	—
1025–1575	1235	80-85%	28	164.00–186.00	$175.88	$2,172	-10.52
1210–1480	1368	80-85%	11	192.00–209.00	$198.33	$2,713	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1305	1032	85-90%	11	125.00–153.00	$136.58	$1,410	-21.82
875–1385	1082	85-90%	26	141.50–167.00	$153.45	$1,660	—
885–1330	1143	85-90%	6	159.50–167.00	$162.75	$1,860	-8.37

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1735	1420	75-80%	21	165.50–188.00	$179.04	$2,542	-10.81
1305–1575	1447	75-80%	5	162.00–173.00	$167.99	$2,431	—
1310–1705	1467	75-80%	5	184.00–205.00	$194.66	$2,856	+17.39

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295	1295	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,473	—
1170–1765	1541	9	170.00–192.00	$185.96	$2,866	—
1400–2290	1698	8	200.00–215.00	$206.78	$3,511	—
1480–2290	1884	7	220.00–240.00	$224.94	$4,238	+6.22

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1125–1373	1232	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,500.00–2,950.00	$2,762.45
1078–1590	1261	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,650.00–3,050.00	$2,814.64
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1265–1335	1312	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	3,300.00–3,750.00	$3,605.34
1208–1580	1371	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,825.00–2,950.00	$2,905.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	3,600.00–3,900.00	$3,750.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,000.00–3,400.00	$3,200.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	3,100.00–3,200.00	$3,150.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00

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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
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,900.00–4,450.00	$4,175.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,450.00–4,000.00	$3,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165	1165	85-90%	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,748	—
1560	1560	85-90%	1	168.00	$168.00	$2,621	—

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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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	6,350.00	$6,350.00	—

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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.