Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, September 26, 2026

1,195 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $348.83/cwt ≈ $1,856/hd at 532 lb · 31 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $327.50/cwt ≈ $1,896/hd at 579 lb · 25 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $295.00/cwt ≈ $1,976/hd at 670 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,195	1,552
Feeder cattle	952	1,325
Slaughter cattle	160	165
Replacement cattle	83	62

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Feeder Cattle sold unevenly steady, with instances of 6.00 lower to 7.00-10.00 higher, with higher prices seen on calves under 600lbs. Slaughter Cows sold 4.00-5.00 lower, with Slaughter Bulls selling mostly steady on a light test. Demand overall was moderate on a light to moderate supply of cattle.

→ Feeder cattle: Feeder Cattle sold unevenly steady
→ Slaughter bulls: with Slaughter Bulls selling mostly steady on a light test
▼ Slaughter cows: Slaughter Cows sold 4.00-5.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	265	6	425.00–510.00	$487.45	$1,292	-64.19
320 fancy	320	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,616	—
328–340	331	5	445.00–475.00	$459.91	$1,522	+9.91
360–390	381	4	400.00–430.00	$413.74	$1,576	-53.28
408	408	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,714	+18.47
455–480	468	2	370.00–400.00	$385.40	$1,804	-31.90
500–543	521	22	340.00–398.00	$375.70	$1,957	+8.95
553 value added	553	2	380.00	$380.00	$2,101	-7.00
565–580	573	5	355.00–367.50	$361.50	$2,071	-4.26
600–635	609	12	335.00–362.50	$348.68	$2,123	+2.43
616 value added	616	5	370.00	$370.00	$2,279	+3.23
660–693	681	8	319.00–341.00	$330.37	$2,250	-5.33
709–710	710	10	327.50–332.00	$330.20	$2,344	+7.68
755	755	1	328.00	$328.00	$2,476	+8.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,275	—
303	303	4	505.00	$505.00	$1,530	—
460	460	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,978	—
526–530	527	7	357.50–377.50	$371.75	$1,959	—
562–570	563	11	362.50–365.00	$362.73	$2,042	—
600	600	5	327.50–342.65	$333.56	$2,001	—
651–670	656	22	330.00–338.00	$334.37	$2,193	—
710–742	736	16	317.00–325.00	$318.99	$2,348	—
790	790	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,449	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,218	-90.00
320	320	1	300.00	$300.00	$960	—
350–360	355	2	354.00–360.00	$356.96	$1,267	+11.96
530	530	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,855	+9.50
565–595	580	3	235.00–330.00	$288.18	$1,671	-42.20
605–615	610	2	320.00–328.00	$323.97	$1,976	-2.51
650	650	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,950	-6.70

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,602	—
685	685	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,055	—
908	908	2	267.50	$267.50	$2,429	—
960	960	1	232.50	$232.50	$2,232	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,693	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,462	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	6	445.00–465.00	$456.60	$1,338	-6.45
315 fancy	315	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,418	—
305–325	317	3	380.00–420.00	$395.18	$1,253	-46.33
350–383	369	5	395.00–410.00	$399.98	$1,476	-8.96
400 thin fleshed	400	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,580	—
404 fancy	404	4	393.00	$393.00	$1,588	—
405–440	427	14	340.00–362.50	$351.04	$1,499	-28.01
450–495	477	23	330.00–362.00	$348.98	$1,665	-12.38
480	480	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,584	-31.36
500–546	517	20	330.00–345.00	$337.00	$1,742	+1.37
550–596	577	23	320.00–335.00	$329.18	$1,899	-1.34
605–610	608	2	296.00–300.00	$298.01	$1,812	-19.74
600–643	622	13	300.00–327.00	$316.79	$1,970	-0.96
692	692	2	303.00	$303.00	$2,097	-7.81
700	700	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,925	-8.55
710–720	715	2	280.00–303.00	$291.58	$2,085	+8.03
770	770	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,310	+4.80
825	825	1	291.00	$291.00	$2,401	+11.00
830–840	835	2	294.00–300.00	$297.02	$2,480	+17.02
940	940	2	292.00	$292.00	$2,745	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,274	—
363–378	372	8	372.50–392.50	$385.19	$1,433	—
473 value added	473	13	380.00	$380.00	$1,797	—
500–529	524	23	320.00–337.50	$333.56	$1,748	—
590 value added	590	18	337.00	$337.00	$1,988	—
590	590	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,947	—
600–647	637	19	311.00–315.00	$311.79	$1,986	—
690	690	1	292.00	$292.00	$2,015	—
700 value added	700	7	300.00	$300.00	$2,100	—
710–730	720	2	291.00–294.00	$292.48	$2,106	—
855	855	1	292.00	$292.00	$2,497	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,306	—
425–440	433	2	312.50–355.00	$333.38	$1,444	—
477	477	8	322.50	$322.50	$1,538	—
550–555	551	11	300.00–318.00	$313.06	$1,725	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,238	-37.35
430	430	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,333	-58.88
450	450	1	307.00	$307.00	$1,382	-25.02
520–540	530	2	281.00–315.00	$298.32	$1,581	-15.76
580	580	1	304.00	$304.00	$1,763	-2.65
615	615	1	312.00	$312.00	$1,919	+17.20
660–678	673	6	260.00–301.00	$294.13	$1,979	+14.13
768	768	5	298.00	$298.00	$2,289	—
803	803	3	302.00	$302.00	$2,425	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,144	—
445	445	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,468	—
515	515	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,622	-10.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	317.50	$317.50	$1,365	—
505	505	1	287.50	$287.50	$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
382	382	8	470.00	$470.00	$1,795	—
400–449	447	23	410.00	$410.00	$1,833	—
465–475	469	5	352.50–355.00	$353.99	$1,660	—
526–538	532	31	345.00–352.50	$348.83	$1,856	—
579	579	25	327.50	$327.50	$1,896	—
600	600	4	310.00	$310.00	$1,860	—
668–676	670	25	295.00	$295.00	$1,976	—
736	736	8	285.00	$285.00	$2,098	—
856	856	5	247.50	$247.50	$2,119	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,518	+9.82
355 fancy	355	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,793	—
365–370	368	2	400.00–430.00	$415.10	$1,528	-39.38
418–425	422	6	420.00–455.00	$437.65	$1,847	+32.82
450–495	470	8	370.00–402.00	$382.18	$1,796	+0.97
513 fancy	513	4	377.00	$377.00	$1,934	—
500–535	519	14	335.00–375.00	$354.66	$1,841	-14.54
551 fancy	551	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,039	—
565–583	577	12	320.00–340.00	$330.74	$1,908	-0.91
600–645	614	11	315.00–340.00	$332.70	$2,043	+0.73
625	625	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,844	-36.97
630	630	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,701	-61.97
655–696	681	8	305.00–315.00	$308.54	$2,101	+0.93
700–730	714	7	290.00–305.00	$300.55	$2,146	+14.22
735	735	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,058	-12.00
750–770	764	7	285.00–300.00	$295.69	$2,259	+5.66
810	810	1	301.00	$301.00	$2,438	+26.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,547	—
525–530	528	6	310.00–327.50	$318.71	$1,683	—
553–593	581	11	272.50–301.00	$291.69	$1,695	—
635	635	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,762	—
665–695	668	9	270.00–280.00	$278.84	$1,863	—
735	735	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,911	—
810	810	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,924	—
969	969	7	202.50	$202.50	$1,962	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,274	-73.90
410–440	429	4	300.00–360.00	$324.61	$1,393	-67.79
465–480	473	2	335.00–339.00	$337.03	$1,594	-43.35
500	500	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,600	-20.01
585	585	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,843	+1.67
640	640	1	302.00	$302.00	$1,933	+25.99
680	680	1	287.00	$287.00	$1,952	-3.35
780–795	788	2	270.00–293.00	$281.61	$2,219	+41.61
940	940	1	222.00	$222.00	$2,087	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,323	—
460–480	470	2	300.00–350.00	$325.53	$1,530	—
585	585	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,843	+29.56

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,676	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1400	1204	80-85%	18	125.00–139.00	$132.93	$1,600	—
1080–1660	1293	80-85%	18	132.00–150.00	$141.15	$1,825	—
1100–1545	1368	80-85%	4	156.00–169.00	$161.63	$2,211	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1820	1504	75-80%	23	130.00–157.50	$144.35	$2,171	—
1330–1685	1561	75-80%	7	132.00–140.00	$137.30	$2,143	—
1415–1810	1628	75-80%	6	153.00–165.00	$156.26	$2,544	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1555	1118	85-90%	10	105.00–120.00	$113.40	$1,268	—
1165	1165	85-90%	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,689	+6.00
985–1685	1228	85-90%	10	121.00–134.00	$125.79	$1,545	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1340	1330	2	178.00–182.00	$179.98	$2,394	—
1300–2095	1674	8	155.00–182.00	$174.68	$2,924	-26.32
1355–2095	1724	18	171.00–195.00	$185.33	$3,195	—
1610–2365	1964	5	197.00–205.50	$201.58	$3,959	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,800.00–1,900.00	$1,850.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095–1245	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,950.00–2,250.00	$2,109.62
1200–1250	1225	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,425.00	$2,339.29
1135–1470	1354	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,436.13
1290–1550	1377	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,637.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1080	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,025.00–2,200.00	$2,120.94
1155–1170	1163	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,250.00	$2,125.81

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)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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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
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,675.00	$2,675.00	—

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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.