Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 26, 2026

1,274 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $327.03/cwt -2.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,893/hd at 579 lb · 83 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $329.77/cwt +8.71 vs last sale · ≈ $2,167/hd at 657 lb · 82 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $312.04/cwt +37.04 vs last sale · ≈ $2,353/hd at 754 lb · 72 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,274	2,405	1,891
Feeder cattle	1,190	1,809	1,674
Slaughter cattle	72	271	177
Replacement cattle	12	325	40

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Feeder Cattle sold 5.00-10.00 lower on a light test; Slaughter Cows sold weak on a light test this week, with Slaughter Bulls selling mostly steady. Demand was moderate on a light supply of average quality cattle.

▼ Feeder cattle: Feeder Cattle sold 5.00-10.00 lower on a light test
→ Slaughter bulls: with Slaughter Bulls selling mostly steady
→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter Cows sold weak on a light test this week

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,184	—
255–270	263	2	450.00–515.00	$481.57	$1,267	+25.46
310–325	318	2	480.00–485.00	$482.56	$1,535	-10.68
368–370	369	3	422.00–445.00	$437.31	$1,614	+3.09
415–445	435	10	375.00–417.50	$406.08	$1,766	-6.46
450–495	476	44	360.00–420.00	$391.01	$1,861	+14.13
500–545	527	64	340.00–388.00	$378.99	$1,997	+19.12
555–595	580	67	330.00–365.00	$358.97	$2,082	-2.02
600–648	627	22	325.00–345.00	$334.18	$2,095	+0.62
652–675	657	82	320.00–332.50	$329.77	$2,167	+8.71
716–722	718	18	315.00–325.00	$321.65	$2,309	+16.02
751–773	754	72	302.00–314.00	$312.04	$2,353	+37.04
910	910	1	283.00	$283.00	$2,575	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,414	+55.00
365	365	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,460	—
405–445	433	10	347.50–391.00	$378.04	$1,637	—
460–490	477	26	332.50–360.00	$347.01	$1,655	+8.48
500–540	517	3	320.00–349.00	$331.10	$1,712	+23.60
550–563	558	36	325.00–366.00	$360.86	$2,014	+40.86
610–640	630	3	290.00–311.00	$297.79	$1,876	—
656–670	657	24	280.00–336.00	$333.28	$2,190	+46.70
700–747	742	9	315.00–316.50	$316.34	$2,347	+36.34
795	795	1	292.00	$292.00	$2,321	—
890	890	1	280.50	$280.50	$2,496	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,402	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	273	3	300.00–435.00	$385.15	$1,051	-99.85
320–335	327	6	312.50–450.00	$371.68	$1,215	-36.43
350–385	363	9	306.00–390.00	$349.61	$1,269	-60.39
405–415 thin fleshed	410	2	395.00–400.00	$397.53	$1,630	—
410–448	428	20	300.00–390.00	$333.18	$1,426	-13.51
450–495	478	45	307.00–370.00	$342.46	$1,637	-4.96
505	505	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,490	-22.32
500–545	531	52	287.50–337.00	$332.08	$1,763	-2.53
575	575	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,639	-44.51
550–583	579	82	311.00–332.00	$327.54	$1,896	-1.97
600–635	614	37	290.00–325.00	$313.22	$1,923	+6.75
653–695	657	47	290.00–310.00	$302.78	$1,989	+3.19
714–728	717	9	285.00–287.00	$285.45	$2,047	+25.45
755–776	774	13	286.00–288.00	$286.15	$2,215	-3.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	328	5	305.00–375.00	$326.55	$1,071	—
340 thin fleshed	340	4	380.00	$380.00	$1,292	—
372–395	383	7	315.00–355.00	$324.12	$1,241	-35.88
410–440	427	10	315.00–340.00	$325.46	$1,390	-22.12
430–443 thin fleshed	441	7	350.00	$350.00	$1,544	—
485–492	490	26	310.00–330.00	$327.68	$1,606	-7.80
510–545	537	5	290.00–318.00	$304.74	$1,636	+13.28
544 thin fleshed	544	4	325.00	$325.00	$1,768	—
552–564	554	40	307.00–315.00	$313.13	$1,735	—
615–639	635	11	290.00–300.00	$298.24	$1,894	+20.25
660–665	663	2	260.00–265.00	$262.49	$1,740	+11.70
700	700	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,680	-12.00
765	765	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,989	+42.10
803	803	2	250.00	$250.00	$2,008	+8.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,196	—
470	470	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,480	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	230	3	400.00–460.00	$439.57	$1,011	—
265–295	278	3	335.00–465.00	$415.78	$1,156	—
300–348	336	5	417.00–465.00	$431.88	$1,451	—
365–375 thin fleshed	368	3	460.00–470.00	$465.05	$1,711	—
355–390	378	4	410.00–450.00	$429.87	$1,625	-5.94
400–415 thin fleshed	410	3	430.00–435.00	$431.69	$1,770	—
400–445	414	6	377.50–407.50	$389.13	$1,611	-30.44
450–485	462	23	330.00–370.00	$354.41	$1,637	-12.41
500–545	528	16	306.00–340.00	$319.05	$1,685	-21.91
561–585	570	30	310.00–329.00	$327.19	$1,865	-1.34
611–648	636	20	290.00–315.00	$311.97	$1,984	+8.81
653–690	661	5	270.00–290.00	$283.84	$1,876	-23.72
705–745	720	3	260.00–265.00	$263.28	$1,896	-36.22
770–772	772	6	240.00–260.00	$256.67	$1,981	+0.84
835–840	838	2	228.00–260.00	$244.05	$2,045	-35.95

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	318	2	375.00–415.00	$396.10	$1,260	-20.90
355–397	374	8	365.00–395.00	$381.44	$1,427	+22.10
420–445	431	5	335.00–375.00	$357.15	$1,539	-20.27
470–485	476	4	295.00–340.00	$317.40	$1,511	-14.75
505–540	527	8	295.00–327.00	$314.07	$1,655	+16.24
555	555	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,554	-17.91
610–645	623	5	245.00–280.00	$268.06	$1,670	-16.94
655–685	667	3	245.00–260.00	$251.63	$1,678	-19.00
845	845	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,707	—
858	858	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,673	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,365	—
535	535	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,471	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1455	1224	80-85%	9	150.00–164.00	$152.82	$1,871	—
1180–1380	1249	80-85%	5	141.00–150.00	$145.49	$1,817	—
1000–1600	1281	80-85%	7	155.00–160.00	$156.88	$2,010	-5.80

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1650	1386	75-80%	6	150.00–154.00	$150.88	$2,091	—
1195–2160	1500	75-80%	12	151.00–156.00	$154.48	$2,317	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	85-90%	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,495	—
890–1095	1023	85-90%	3	122.00–126.00	$124.22	$1,271	+7.05
1040–1300	1125	85-90%	5	141.00–148.00	$145.46	$1,636	-34.54
1180–1205	1190	85-90%	4	131.00–136.00	$134.24	$1,597	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1540	1450	3	165.00–176.00	$171.83	$2,492	—
1365–1695	1512	5	180.00–190.00	$184.94	$2,796	—
2055–2290	2173	2	200.00	$200.00	$4,346	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1415	1415	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1505	1505	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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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.