Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, August 22, 2026

1,094 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $327.14/cwt ≈ $2,058/hd at 629 lb · 22 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $326.04/cwt -20.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,871/hd at 574 lb · 21 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $356.95/cwt ≈ $1,674/hd at 469 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,094	1,279
Feeder cattle	733	1,120
Slaughter cattle	171	119
Replacement cattle	190	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Feeder Cattle sold weak on a light test; Slaughter Cows sold steady to 5.00 lower, with Slaughter Bulls selling weak on a light test. Demand was moderate on a light to moderate supply of cattle.

→ Feeder cattle: Feeder Cattle sold weak on a light test
→ Slaughter bulls: with Slaughter Bulls selling weak on a light test
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter Cows sold steady to 5.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,219	—
323	323	4	435.00	$435.00	$1,405	—
455	455	13	448.00	$448.00	$2,038	—
527	527	12	377.50	$377.50	$1,989	—
593	593	8	351.00	$351.00	$2,081	—
600–645	639	21	342.50–350.00	$349.66	$2,234	—
669	669	4	325.00	$325.00	$2,174	—
740	740	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,220	—
750	750	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,250	—
820	820	3	290.00	$290.00	$2,378	—
925	925	1	272.50	$272.50	$2,521	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,160	-50.00
306	306	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,224	-53.68
375	375	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,612	-3.35
410–425	418	2	407.00–422.00	$414.37	$1,732	-18.52
450–490	471	4	390.00–407.00	$397.68	$1,873	-10.50
500–545	526	9	341.00–361.00	$354.31	$1,864	-23.73
590–595	592	3	330.00–350.00	$343.35	$2,033	-29.94
600–640	611	4	346.00–350.00	$347.42	$2,123	-4.09
650–680	658	4	331.00–341.00	$333.59	$2,195	+33.59
740	740	1	333.00	$333.00	$2,464	+28.07
775	775	1	321.00	$321.00	$2,488	-3.98
835	835	1	314.00	$314.00	$2,622	+7.19

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,446	—
490	490	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,886	—
510	510	4	367.50	$367.50	$1,874	—
606–610	607	5	302.50–320.00	$306.02	$1,858	—
735–745	744	9	275.00–280.00	$275.55	$2,050	—
783	783	2	275.00	$275.00	$2,153	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	320	2	377.00–390.00	$383.09	$1,226	-6.91
350–397	378	5	375.00–405.00	$390.34	$1,475	+20.34
425–447	440	3	345.00–400.00	$382.28	$1,682	+1.83
545	545	1	327.00	$327.00	$1,782	-5.92
570	570	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,767	-10.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,935	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,332	—
388	388	9	399.00	$399.00	$1,548	—
450–489	469	21	352.50–360.00	$356.95	$1,674	—
534	534	18	342.50	$342.50	$1,829	—
591	591	15	332.00	$332.00	$1,962	—
612–632	629	22	315.00–329.00	$327.14	$2,058	—
700–733	729	18	295.00–305.00	$303.93	$2,216	—
765	765	2	292.50	$292.50	$2,238	—
935	935	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,338	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,128	-15.00
335–345	340	2	377.00–381.00	$379.03	$1,289	-10.97
350–392	377	11	380.00–420.00	$393.06	$1,482	-5.30
400–445	427	10	360.00–397.00	$382.24	$1,632	-14.81
460–470	465	11	340.00–365.00	$345.80	$1,608	+12.45
500	500	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,700	—
500 value added	500	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,800	+3.17
500–540	521	6	310.00–345.00	$332.19	$1,731	-17.31
552–595	581	17	309.00–329.00	$321.77	$1,869	-17.87
590	590	1	291.00	$291.00	$1,717	-48.64
600–640	608	10	295.00–325.00	$313.31	$1,905	-5.79
650–690	667	7	270.00–321.00	$309.69	$2,066	+1.21
770	770	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,060	-23.74
803	803	4	310.00	$310.00	$2,489	—
870	870	3	301.00	$301.00	$2,619	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–280	268	2	350.00–365.00	$357.15	$957	-48.58
345	345	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,259	—
365	365	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,332	-13.45
400–445	423	6	300.00–372.00	$331.50	$1,402	-19.57
465–485	473	5	262.00–332.00	$303.92	$1,438	-38.40
525–545	534	4	300.00–324.00	$314.54	$1,680	-10.60
551–595	568	9	286.00–301.00	$295.10	$1,676	-9.90
600	600	1	306.00	$306.00	$1,836	—
665–695	680	2	304.00–305.00	$304.51	$2,071	—
710	710	1	292.00	$292.00	$2,073	—
810	810	2	272.00–284.00	$278.00	$2,252	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,125	—
373	373	3	367.50	$367.50	$1,371	—
459	459	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,377	—
508	508	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,676	—
575	575	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,581	—
607	607	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,851	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,647	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,128	-10.00
250–295	280	3	450.00–490.00	$461.90	$1,293	-21.72
325–345	337	3	400.00–430.00	$418.07	$1,409	-11.93
370	370	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,480	-45.90
405–440	424	6	350.00–425.00	$385.55	$1,635	-39.77
444 fancy	444	5	390.00	$390.00	$1,732	—
450–495	480	18	330.00–410.00	$364.39	$1,749	-25.07
500–522	515	5	325.00–368.00	$349.15	$1,798	-10.09
550–595	574	21	307.50–340.00	$326.04	$1,871	-20.59
600–640	620	4	310.00–325.00	$314.84	$1,952	-9.63
660–685	674	9	285.00–317.50	$302.81	$2,041	-15.29
705–740	728	9	250.00–316.00	$294.95	$2,147	+2.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	7	415.00	$415.00	$1,573	—
449	449	15	442.50	$442.50	$1,987	—
462	462	3	415.00	$415.00	$1,917	—
523	523	7	371.00	$371.00	$1,940	—
585	585	18	330.00	$330.00	$1,930	—
652	652	19	312.50	$312.50	$2,038	—
722	722	9	297.00	$297.00	$2,144	—
862	862	6	256.00	$256.00	$2,207	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,367	-40.00
400–425	410	4	300.00–320.00	$310.26	$1,272	-68.58
470–495	482	6	275.00–320.00	$298.81	$1,440	-43.00
500–535	511	6	280.00–328.00	$301.67	$1,542	-30.94
570–585	576	4	275.00–309.00	$298.10	$1,717	-18.68
620–642	631	7	285.00–294.00	$289.55	$1,827	+14.67
670	670	1	303.00	$303.00	$2,030	+30.47
865	865	1	261.00	$261.00	$2,258	+8.46
964	964	6	239.00	$239.00	$2,304	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	6	350.00–380.00	$360.00	$1,404	—
455	455	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,729	—
500–538	513	11	300.00–320.00	$316.45	$1,623	—
550–585	565	3	270.00–295.00	$280.28	$1,584	—
646	646	7	290.00	$290.00	$1,873	—
658–665	661	5	275.00–280.00	$277.99	$1,838	—
818	818	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,922	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,678	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1530	1216	80-85%	27	156.00–170.50	$164.77	$2,004	+2.35
1060–1505	1274	80-85%	15	170.00–190.00	$179.71	$2,290	+8.46
995–1830	1357	80-85%	16	144.00–158.00	$153.53	$2,083	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1295	1076	85-90%	15	138.00–158.00	$148.23	$1,595	-2.39
955–1205	1091	85-90%	10	155.00–170.00	$162.09	$1,768	+11.47
945–1510	1137	85-90%	10	121.00–136.00	$131.10	$1,491	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–2050	1431	75-80%	25	152.00–177.00	$162.69	$2,328	-13.33
1335–1555	1441	75-80%	6	173.00–181.00	$176.71	$2,546	+0.69
1440–1470	1453	75-80%	3	157.00–163.00	$158.98	$2,310	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1830	1630	3	190.00–195.50	$192.06	$3,131	—
1360–2285	1826	10	184.00–215.00	$202.90	$3,705	—
1860–1945	1917	3	211.00–235.00	$223.85	$4,291	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,000.00–2,240.00	$2,146.67
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00
1085	1085	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1090–1135	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,571.46
1110–1120	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,925.00–3,300.00	$3,113.34
1045–1220	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	2,500.00–3,400.00	$2,961.30
1035–1350	1193	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,875.00–2,900.00	$2,455.19

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,525.00	$2,525.00
1205–1210	1208	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,475.00–2,500.00	$2,487.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,750.00–2,975.00	$2,891.67

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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
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,250.00	$4,250.00	—
1100–1205	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,575.00–3,750.00	$3,658.51	—

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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.