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Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 16, 2020

9,551 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $118.86/cwt -2.42 vs last sale · ≈ $623/hd at 524 lb · 373 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $117.08/cwt -2.59 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 574 lb · 314 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.81/cwt -1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $583/hd at 471 lb · 312 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 9,551 7,935 10,143
Feeder cattle 8,029 6,569 8,253
Slaughter cattle 1,164 924 1,270
Replacement cattle 358 442 620

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, and feeder heifers were unevenly steady with instances of 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower.  Demand was mostly good for feeder classes, but buyers showed the most interest in long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned cattle.  Slaughter cows were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were steady to 3.00 higher with moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
215–245 233 3 167.50–188.00 $175.44 $409 +15.44
260–293 270 21 145.00–187.50 $166.20 $449 -1.67
300–344 326 67 145.00–177.50 $165.06 $538 +3.31
350–365 fancy 360 9 159.00–170.00 $162.39 $585 -5.61
370 value added 370 4 170.00 $170.00 $629 —
350–398 376 71 137.00–170.00 $156.77 $589 -1.44
400–405 fancy 402 6 160.00–163.00 $161.99 $651 —
423 value added 423 16 168.00 $168.00 $711 +9.61
400–449 434 119 137.00–165.00 $149.25 $648 -2.02
450–498 472 116 130.00–156.00 $141.84 $669 -4.04
502–524 value added 511 37 142.50–152.00 $149.09 $762 —
500–549 526 193 122.00–154.00 $137.43 $723 -1.02
558–581 value added 575 30 136.00–140.00 $137.47 $790 +0.42
550–598 580 157 120.00–145.00 $132.56 $769 -0.59
588–590 589 3 114.00–122.00 $119.33 $703 +3.83
603–635 value added 620 49 129.00–137.50 $133.94 $830 -7.63
620 620 1 120.00 $120.00 $744 -9.66
600–648 628 165 116.00–133.00 $126.98 $797 -2.68
655 655 1 100.00 $100.00 $655 -25.80
653–696 value added 674 166 130.00–134.00 $130.98 $883 +3.45
650–695 676 79 110.00–129.00 $123.60 $836 -2.20
700 fancy 700 1 124.00 $124.00 $868 —
711–744 value added 723 33 122.00–130.00 $125.08 $904 -1.88
700–746 726 65 109.00–128.00 $119.33 $866 +0.48
755–795 778 54 109.00–125.00 $117.04 $911 -4.57
750–793 value added 788 134 114.00–133.50 $130.52 $1,028 +3.84
800–840 818 15 102.50–119.00 $114.00 $933 +5.57
827 value added 827 8 119.00 $119.00 $984 -2.45
860–894 879 18 102.50–115.00 $110.32 $970 -4.03
880–887 value added 887 161 120.00–131.00 $130.80 $1,160 +12.80
908–930 919 6 100.00–112.00 $106.50 $979 -7.31
970 value added 970 3 110.00 $110.00 $1,067 -3.00
1035 1035 2 94.00 $94.00 $973 -5.00
1167 1167 5 95.00 $95.00 $1,109 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–245 223 2 152.50–162.50 $156.99 $350 -2.18
270–296 291 6 137.50–162.50 $144.43 $420 -3.37
310–325 319 4 134.00–150.00 $141.91 $453 -3.48
350–395 377 26 130.00–156.00 $142.09 $536 +0.69
405–445 423 18 125.00–150.00 $139.42 $590 +2.23
450–495 477 28 120.00–145.00 $133.62 $637 +4.55
500–548 526 26 122.50–136.00 $129.48 $681 +5.92
555–590 576 18 111.00–131.00 $124.85 $719 +0.08
605–645 630 16 110.00–124.00 $118.96 $749 +7.60
650–680 669 10 103.00–115.00 $112.66 $754 +0.54
720–745 733 3 109.00–112.00 $110.34 $809 -0.04
760 760 1 100.00 $100.00 $760 -9.74
763 value added 763 17 112.00 $112.00 $855 —
875 875 1 95.00 $95.00 $831 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
245 245 1 136.00 $136.00 $333 —
255 255 1 130.00 $130.00 $332 —
310 310 1 142.50 $142.50 $442 -12.50
340 340 1 132.00 $132.00 $449 -23.00
360–390 380 6 125.00–145.00 $131.94 $501 —
400 400 1 120.00 $120.00 $480 -9.64
400–445 423 4 122.50–135.00 $130.70 $553 +1.06
485 485 1 122.50 $122.50 $594 -1.50
490 490 1 128.00 $128.00 $627 +4.00
500–525 508 4 120.00–125.00 $123.50 $627 —
555–575 565 2 122.00–123.00 $122.49 $692 —
590 590 2 110.00 $110.00 $649 —
625 625 1 120.00 $120.00 $750 +15.00
655–680 668 2 110.00 $110.00 $735 —
765 765 1 100.00 $100.00 $765 -5.00
N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1445 1445 1 70.00 $70.00 $1,012 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
205–245 221 4 122.00–150.00 $136.65 $302 -9.03
250–295 277 12 120.00–147.50 $135.62 $376 +4.12
300–330 fancy 318 3 143.00–147.00 $144.72 $460 +0.23
300–348 325 44 119.00–140.00 $131.77 $428 +1.06
365 fancy 365 1 134.00 $134.00 $489 -6.95
350–398 380 140 120.00–137.00 $131.24 $499 +1.52
393–395 value added 393 15 140.00 $140.00 $550 —
405 value added 405 8 137.00 $137.00 $555 +8.79
400–425 fancy 410 4 135.00–137.50 $136.60 $560 —
415 415 1 117.00 $117.00 $486 -9.37
400–448 427 184 115.00–134.00 $126.12 $539 -0.25
425–443 439 4 119.00 $119.00 $522 -4.00
460 460 1 105.00 $105.00 $483 -19.88
450–498 469 274 110.00–132.00 $123.03 $577 -1.85
470 fancy 470 1 132.50 $132.50 $623 -0.01
453–499 value added 485 36 127.00–131.00 $130.00 $630 -2.00
500–545 518 3 105.00–115.00 $110.92 $575 -6.08
515–525 520 2 107.50–108.00 $107.75 $560 -9.25
500–549 523 325 104.00–125.00 $118.21 $618 -2.76
506–548 value added 532 43 122.00–128.00 $124.86 $664 -2.89
550–595 574 279 104.00–125.00 $116.26 $667 -3.08
558–598 value added 575 35 119.00–127.00 $123.61 $711 —
600–649 625 177 99.00–122.00 $110.95 $693 -3.69
603–642 value added 627 51 112.00–120.00 $118.92 $746 -2.40
605–638 627 7 90.00–101.00 $95.93 $601 -18.71
665 665 2 90.00–94.00 $92.00 $612 -20.25
650–696 672 143 95.00–123.00 $112.73 $758 +0.48
651–696 value added 682 53 108.00–121.00 $114.59 $782 -4.78
702–718 value added 707 19 109.00–120.00 $114.94 $813 —
700–747 725 53 89.00–116.00 $105.44 $764 -0.55
750–792 774 29 85.50–110.00 $99.59 $771 -1.61
759–790 value added 774 38 106.00–111.00 $108.40 $839 -2.42
790 790 1 87.00 $87.00 $687 -14.20
803–845 823 15 85.00–109.00 $98.99 $815 +1.83
807–846 value added 833 15 107.00–107.50 $107.34 $894 +5.30
852–858 855 6 90.00–100.00 $96.15 $822 —
855 855 1 84.00 $84.00 $718 —
865 value added 865 3 102.00–103.00 $102.67 $888 -2.33
900–940 925 4 95.00–96.00 $95.25 $881 -8.75
980 980 1 88.00 $88.00 $862 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–230 213 4 132.50–141.00 $137.15 $292 —
260–297 288 4 128.00–130.00 $129.55 $373 +3.74
320–345 330 6 113.00–126.00 $118.65 $392 -1.35
355–397 378 14 110.00–128.00 $118.49 $448 -0.29
400–448 426 32 107.00–124.00 $116.67 $497 +0.47
455–485 472 12 110.00–124.00 $115.75 $546 -1.50
505–545 530 17 99.00–115.00 $109.54 $581 -3.49
550–590 576 20 90.00–114.00 $107.08 $617 -7.05
600–645 623 14 92.50–114.00 $104.57 $651 +2.64
645 value added 645 29 122.00 $122.00 $787 —
655–685 670 6 86.00–107.00 $98.74 $662 -2.79
705–740 723 7 86.00–102.50 $93.34 $675 -2.85
753 753 3 99.00 $99.00 $745 +2.25
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
260–290 275 2 124.00–132.50 $128.48 $353 +0.91
305–345 330 3 118.00–122.50 $120.24 $397 -2.26
360–390 369 5 102.50–125.00 $115.55 $426 -3.34
400–445 427 12 105.00–121.00 $112.45 $480 -2.75
450–490 467 7 94.00–115.00 $103.86 $485 -12.60
510–545 522 6 96.00–115.00 $108.16 $565 +1.45
550–565 558 3 106.00–114.00 $110.87 $619 -1.13
620 620 1 99.00 $99.00 $614 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315–345 330 2 112.50–115.00 $113.81 $376 -10.19
385 385 1 107.50 $107.50 $414 -5.93
415 415 1 102.50 $102.50 $425 -0.92
480 480 1 102.50 $102.50 $492 -2.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–230 217 6 150.00–162.50 $157.07 $341 —
220–230 fancy 225 2 172.50–185.00 $178.89 $403 —
255–295 278 11 140.00–165.00 $152.49 $424 +3.52
260–295 fancy 282 3 167.50–180.00 $172.20 $486 +7.20
300–345 324 12 140.00–168.00 $151.80 $492 +0.56
320–340 fancy 335 4 165.00–177.00 $170.51 $571 +3.00
350–365 fancy 360 3 161.00–166.00 $163.97 $590 +0.71
360–395 383 62 140.00–160.00 $152.07 $582 -4.12
400–420 fancy 415 13 150.00–160.00 $155.06 $643 +9.59
400–448 428 101 130.00–162.00 $143.55 $614 -0.80
430 430 1 120.00 $120.00 $516 -24.35
450–497 464 149 124.00–155.00 $137.34 $637 -0.92
465 465 1 127.00 $127.00 $591 -11.26
470 fancy 470 1 144.00 $144.00 $677 -4.54
505–525 fancy 515 2 136.00–140.00 $137.96 $710 —
500–545 519 159 115.00–143.00 $128.03 $664 -2.29
530 530 1 120.00 $120.00 $636 -10.32
550–595 573 148 109.00–132.00 $121.96 $699 -0.51
600–645 624 90 104.00–125.00 $116.32 $726 +2.41
645 645 1 98.00 $98.00 $632 -15.91
665 665 1 105.00 $105.00 $698 -9.59
650–697 672 45 102.00–116.00 $110.78 $744 -3.81
720 fancy 720 1 113.00 $113.00 $814 —
700–740 723 45 88.00–112.00 $102.71 $743 -8.02
750–795 770 23 90.00–111.00 $103.71 $799 +2.87
800–840 817 18 77.00–100.00 $90.93 $743 +1.80
855–890 868 8 80.00–93.00 $87.05 $756 -6.61
900 900 1 81.00 $81.00 $729 +0.37
965–973 970 3 78.00–79.00 $78.67 $763 -13.09
1015 1015 1 90.00 $90.00 $914 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 3 120.00–132.50 $125.83 $434 -3.58
370–385 377 3 135.00–137.50 $136.16 $513 +7.63
415–445 430 14 120.00–142.00 $130.75 $562 +0.75
453–495 477 24 113.50–140.00 $129.53 $618 +2.40
505–546 530 32 110.00–128.00 $119.92 $636 +0.92
550–595 580 18 105.00–122.00 $112.53 $653 +0.94
600–635 608 12 100.00–121.00 $106.23 $646 -2.19
650–690 660 17 90.00–113.00 $101.75 $672 -0.70
701–705 702 5 88.00–90.00 $89.60 $629 +2.10
781–790 783 5 80.00–85.00 $81.01 $634 -8.86
860 860 4 89.00 $89.00 $765 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
290–295 293 2 133.00–146.00 $139.44 $409 +1.94
315–320 318 2 115.00 $115.00 $366 —
360–385 373 2 125.00–130.00 $127.42 $475 -4.97
390 390 2 126.00–131.00 $128.50 $501 -3.89
415 415 1 100.00 $100.00 $415 -35.00
400–445 428 3 120.00–132.00 $125.87 $539 +2.70
450–480 465 2 122.50–128.00 $125.34 $583 +4.34
495 495 1 112.00 $112.00 $554 -12.97
525–540 532 5 109.00–121.00 $116.56 $620 +4.04
545 545 2 114.00 $114.00 $621 +1.48
550 550 1 110.00 $110.00 $605 +2.17
565–585 573 3 95.00–111.00 $105.56 $605 -2.27
630–640 635 2 93.00–111.00 $102.07 $648 —
685 685 1 101.00 $101.00 $692 -9.00
690 690 1 88.00 $88.00 $607 -22.00
720 720 1 86.00 $86.00 $619 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
950–1400 1143 (<2 yrs)N/A 7 835.00–1,450.00 $1,151.43 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
825–1335 1057 80-85% 9 64.00–73.00 $67.48 $713 —
835–1960 1198 80-85% 191 46.00–65.00 $54.03 $647 —
1210–1235 1223 80-85% 2 69.00–76.00 $72.54 $887 +11.89
930–1830 1264 80-85% 41 38.00–52.50 $43.96 $556 -18.88
1100–1520 1274 80-85% 7 60.00–65.00 $63.65 $811 +0.81
890–1570 1280 80-85% 15 54.00–67.50 $63.11 $808 +0.27
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1245–1560 1360 75-80% 13 55.00–66.00 $59.15 $804 +16.22
1155–1505 1361 75-80% 9 40.00–50.00 $44.42 $605 +1.49
930–2010 1406 75-80% 149 47.00–63.50 $55.69 $783 —
1205–1760 1450 75-80% 11 55.00–68.00 $59.78 $867 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
730 730 85-90% 1 59.00 $59.00 $431 —
1005 1005 85-90% 1 62.00 $62.00 $623 —
800–1355 1035 85-90% 25 25.00–43.00 $36.48 $378 -8.32
785–1545 1077 85-90% 112 36.00–58.00 $45.47 $490 -11.53

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1070–1220 1132 3 66.50–68.50 $67.49 $764 —
1495–1530 1517 3 79.00–88.00 $84.30 $1,279 —
1145–2020 1547 23 56.00–77.00 $69.23 $1,071 —
1225–2365 1684 39 70.00–87.00 $77.84 $1,311 —
1685–1930 1811 4 85.00–96.00 $90.16 $1,633 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1100 1100 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 900.00 $900.00
900–1350 1125 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 675.00–720.00 $697.50
950–1350 1130 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 5 600.00–810.00 $710.00
1155 1155 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 700.00 $700.00
1165 1165 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 775.00 $775.00
1180 1180 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 950.00 $950.00
1040–1455 1216 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 4 735.00–1,125.00 $897.33
1235 1235 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 675.00 $675.00
1200–1430 1287 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 5 800.00–1,000.00 $910.08
1020–1590 1298 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 11 700.00–975.00 $851.44
1100–1400 1308 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 12 750.00–1,075.00 $843.75
1100–1700 1400 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 925.00 $925.00
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
900 900 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 675.00 $675.00
930–1075 978 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 3 575.00–675.00 $611.63
978 978 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 4 650.00 $650.00
985 985 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 675.00 $675.00
1050–1100 1075 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 750.00–790.00 $770.47
870–1285 1153 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 12 550.00–800.00 $661.96
Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
800 800 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 640.00 $640.00
1300 1300 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 750.00 $750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
950 950 (<2 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 760.00 $760.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
920–1205 1077 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 3 825.00–1,250.00 $1,045.01 —
1090–1215 1179 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 6 875.00–975.00 $932.77 —
— — Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 1,100.00 $1,100.00 —
— — Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 1,175.00–1,325.00 $1,250.00 —
— — Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 875.00 $875.00 —
— — Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 2 1,100.00–1,175.00 $1,137.50 —
— — Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 990.00 $990.00 —
— — Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,165.00 $1,165.00 —
— — Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 975.00 $975.00 —
— — Aged (>8 yrs)Open 2 1,090.00 $1,090.00 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1120 1120 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 875.00 $875.00 +25.00
Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
— — Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 1,035.00 $1,035.00 —

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
525 525 3 50.00 $50.00 $262 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
375 375 3 96.00 $96.00 $360 —
615–625 620 3 79.00–90.00 $82.64 $512 —
Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
690 690 1 56.00 $56.00 $386 —
965 965 1 52.00 $52.00 $502 —

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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.