Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 23, 2020

5,075 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $117.17/cwt -1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 530 lb · 225 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $132.46/cwt -0.67 vs last sale · ≈ $766/hd at 578 lb · 197 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.71/cwt -3.10 vs last sale · ≈ $568/hd at 471 lb · 172 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	5,075	9,551
Feeder cattle	3,828	8,029
Slaughter cattle	742	1,164
Replacement cattle	505	358

Market comments — USDA reporter

There are no trends this week due to limited comparisons in light of the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	3	147.50–175.00	$162.64	$374	-12.80
257–290	273	13	133.00–195.00	$163.12	$445	-3.08
310–348	324	18	139.00–175.00	$157.14	$509	-7.92
347 value added	347	3	152.50	$152.50	$529	—
350–398	374	60	134.00–170.00	$150.15	$562	-6.62
400–447	431	33	135.00–166.00	$148.10	$638	-1.15
450–498	480	68	125.00–156.00	$139.48	$670	-2.36
500–548	525	126	120.00–152.00	$134.69	$707	-2.74
535 fancy	535	1	143.00	$143.00	$765	—
545	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	-17.43
552 value added	552	12	135.00	$135.00	$745	-2.47
550–595	580	185	125.50–145.00	$132.29	$767	-0.27
600–648	624	37	116.00–136.00	$127.15	$793	+0.17
650–695	661	135	111.00–137.00	$130.42	$862	+30.42
666 value added	666	15	133.00	$133.00	$886	+2.02
710	710	1	108.00	$108.00	$767	-11.33
700–745	726	39	110.00–125.00	$120.35	$874	+1.02
750–797	758	40	111.00–130.25	$126.84	$961	+9.80
802 value added	802	3	124.00	$124.00	$994	+5.00
820	820	1	109.00	$109.00	$894	-5.00
850–890	867	6	105.00–119.00	$113.74	$986	+3.42
903 value added	903	4	109.00	$109.00	$984	—
905	905	2	104.00	$104.00	$941	-2.50
995	995	1	93.50	$93.50	$930	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–285	260	4	127.50–140.00	$136.58	$355	-7.85
300–313	309	4	120.00–150.00	$127.78	$395	-14.13
350–385	376	8	120.00–154.00	$136.39	$513	-5.70
415–425	420	2	135.00–145.00	$139.94	$588	+0.52
475	475	1	130.00	$130.00	$618	-3.62
505–545	524	9	113.00–132.00	$125.85	$659	-3.63
550–585	563	12	112.00–130.00	$121.17	$682	-3.68
635–640	638	2	120.00	$120.00	$766	+1.04
720	720	1	112.00	$112.00	$806	+1.66

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–485	473	2	115.00–120.00	$117.57	$556	-4.93
505–540	523	2	105.00–109.00	$107.07	$560	-16.43
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	-12.49

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	147.50	$147.50	$354	+10.85
250–290	269	20	116.00–152.50	$128.30	$345	-7.32
300–340	323	32	114.00–140.00	$128.88	$416	-2.89
350–395	376	59	110.00–135.00	$124.28	$467	-6.96
400–448	425	66	110.00–129.00	$119.55	$508	-6.57
460 fancy	460	2	124.00–129.00	$126.50	$582	-6.00
450–495	471	170	110.00–129.00	$120.64	$568	-2.39
523 fancy	523	3	119.00	$119.00	$622	—
525	525	1	105.00	$105.00	$551	-13.21
500–549	530	221	105.00–127.00	$117.20	$621	-1.01
550–595	578	129	103.00–125.00	$111.69	$646	-4.57
580	580	1	99.00	$99.00	$574	-17.26
609–643 value added	629	15	111.00–117.00	$114.68	$721	-4.24
600–645	632	101	90.00–123.50	$114.21	$722	+18.28
650–689	664	75	92.00–116.00	$106.79	$709	+14.79
658–692 value added	678	16	102.50–112.50	$108.40	$735	-6.19
700–746	729	28	88.00–103.50	$92.44	$674	-13.00
750–798	772	18	85.00–104.00	$96.41	$744	-3.18
800–845	833	14	77.00–99.00	$88.73	$739	-10.26
846 value added	846	5	96.00	$96.00	$812	-11.34
860–875	868	2	71.00–82.00	$76.45	$664	-19.70
900–940	912	7	77.00–90.00	$82.96	$757	-12.29
950	950	1	101.00	$101.00	$960	+13.00
1060	1060	1	94.00	$94.00	$996	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	125.00	$125.00	$319	-4.55
330	330	1	114.00	$114.00	$376	-4.65
380–394	392	7	112.50–117.00	$116.38	$456	-2.11
400–441	433	11	108.00–115.00	$109.49	$474	-7.18
450–495	472	33	100.00–126.00	$115.72	$546	-0.03
500–540	519	7	103.00–112.00	$106.07	$551	-3.47
550–590	573	20	91.00–110.00	$100.22	$574	-6.86
610–615	612	3	97.00–105.00	$100.66	$616	-3.91
680	680	1	86.00	$86.00	$585	-12.74
773	773	2	91.00	$91.00	$703	-8.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	107.00	$107.00	$449	-5.45
560–570	567	3	96.00–105.00	$102.04	$579	-8.83
640	640	1	85.00	$85.00	$544	-14.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	155.00	$155.00	$318	-2.07
208 fancy	208	6	182.00	$182.00	$379	+3.11
257 fancy	257	5	172.50	$172.50	$443	+0.30
250–290	277	7	140.00–162.50	$149.48	$414	-3.01
300–345	321	20	140.00–160.00	$153.17	$492	+1.37
300–337 fancy	324	5	159.00–162.00	$159.76	$518	-10.75
360–380 fancy	370	2	149.00–153.00	$150.95	$559	-13.02
350–396	378	29	132.00–150.50	$143.19	$541	-8.88
400–445	422	26	130.00–155.00	$140.66	$594	-2.89
450–498	465	103	123.00–150.00	$135.72	$631	+8.72
480 fancy	480	1	137.00	$137.00	$658	-7.00
500–545	522	121	118.00–139.00	$126.62	$661	-1.41
535 fancy	535	1	138.00	$138.00	$738	+0.04
560–570 fancy	565	2	135.00	$135.00	$763	—
550–595	580	80	110.00–133.00	$123.79	$718	+1.83
605–615 fancy	610	2	128.00	$128.00	$781	—
600–645	623	36	105.00–123.00	$114.45	$713	-1.87
650–690	662	52	108.00–124.00	$113.52	$752	+8.52
700–745	719	15	101.00–113.00	$108.48	$780	+5.77
750–785	763	10	96.00–107.00	$103.97	$793	+0.26
765 fancy	765	2	112.00	$112.00	$857	—
800–830	810	3	89.00–94.00	$90.98	$737	+0.05
855–885	867	9	76.00–94.00	$84.26	$731	-2.79
915–935	927	3	81.00–86.00	$83.65	$775	+2.65
970	970	1	84.00	$84.00	$815	+5.33
1000–1040	1017	3	75.00–76.00	$75.67	$770	-14.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	2	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$375	—
340	340	1	140.00	$140.00	$476	+14.17
400–445	427	19	110.00–140.00	$121.72	$520	-9.03
450–495	480	16	112.00–130.00	$121.23	$582	-8.30
504–545	523	21	105.00–126.00	$111.36	$582	-8.56
555–595	579	27	102.00–121.00	$110.40	$639	-2.13
615–635	627	10	101.00–109.00	$106.62	$669	+0.39
657–673	665	7	100.50–111.00	$106.90	$711	+5.15

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	130.00	$130.00	$312	—
320	320	1	125.00	$125.00	$400	+10.00
375	375	1	120.00	$120.00	$450	-7.42
570	570	1	106.00	$106.00	$604	+0.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400–1800	1600	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,275.00–1,350.00	$1,312.50	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1285	1128	80-85%	16	56.00–65.00	$60.99	$688	—
970–1555	1198	80-85%	11	43.00–49.50	$45.75	$548	-8.28
895–1660	1202	80-85%	139	44.00–63.00	$53.78	$646	-18.76
1105–1435	1343	80-85%	5	59.00–66.50	$61.17	$822	—
1275–1490	1372	80-85%	3	66.00–69.00	$67.41	$925	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$800	—
1135–1630	1381	75-80%	24	54.00–64.00	$58.46	$807	+14.04
1410	1410	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$959	+12.31
1210–1695	1470	75-80%	4	59.00–64.00	$61.75	$908	+1.97
1115–2030	1487	75-80%	102	49.50–62.00	$55.50	$825	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1015	860	85-90%	3	55.00–80.00	$63.51	$546	—
750–1320	1021	85-90%	35	22.00–47.00	$33.72	$344	-2.76
1025	1025	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$564	+18.52
855–1345	1054	85-90%	77	36.00–53.00	$44.05	$464	-1.42
1220	1220	85-90%	1	52.50	$52.50	$640	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–2000	1388	8	53.00–69.00	$63.49	$881	—
1520	1520	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,368	+5.70
1365–2065	1697	12	75.00–88.00	$83.15	$1,411	+5.31
1530–2135	1709	5	86.00–98.00	$90.24	$1,542	—
1240–2335	1718	38	70.00–86.00	$75.03	$1,289	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1000–1050	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–875.00	$787.50
950–1300	1113	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	610.00–825.00	$726.25
950–1300	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	625.00–800.00	$710.00
1125–1200	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	785.00–925.00	$821.72
1050–1350	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	900.00–1,125.00	$990.00
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
1000–1500	1221	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	775.00–925.00	$861.07
980–1805	1312	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	685.00–1,050.00	$839.78
1340	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
1510	1510	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	525.00–725.00	$625.00
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 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	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$925.00
950–1000	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–825.00	$812.50
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
750	750	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–675.00	$625.00

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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
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1450	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,125.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,325.00	$1,225.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,180.00–1,525.00	$1,280.83	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,250.00	$1,225.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,095.00–1,450.00	$1,256.67	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	975.00–1,175.00	$1,068.75	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,162.50	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366	366	7	96.00	$96.00	$351	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	80.00	$80.00	$432	—

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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.