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Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 11, 2021

4,833 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $120.13/cwt +0.32 vs last sale · ≈ $626/hd at 521 lb · 197 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $116.26/cwt -2.55 vs last sale · ≈ $673/hd at 579 lb · 158 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.38/cwt -2.34 vs last sale · ≈ $576/hd at 467 lb · 146 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,833 5,702 7,613
Feeder cattle 3,779 4,783 5,974
Slaughter cattle 690 752 1,089
Replacement cattle 364 167 550

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs were mostly 3.00-4.00 higher with very good demand. Feeder steers and heifers over 500 lbs were mostly steady to 3.00 lower with mostly moderate demand. Buyers continue to show the most interest in weaned (45+ days) and preconditioned feeder cattle to limit illness as much as possible. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
260–295 279 8 141.00–195.00 $167.24 $467 -12.64
300–345 328 16 146.00–190.00 $166.50 $546 +2.98
355–360 fancy 358 3 185.00–187.50 $185.83 $665 —
350–395 380 99 140.00–182.00 $159.02 $604 -0.66
400–445 417 30 140.00–171.00 $155.26 $647 +0.40
430 fancy 430 1 162.00 $162.00 $697 —
455 fancy 455 1 160.00 $160.00 $728 —
450–495 477 63 134.00–162.00 $147.21 $702 -1.43
490 value added 490 9 152.00 $152.00 $745 -3.40
500–505 fancy 503 2 145.00–148.00 $146.49 $737 -2.51
520 thin fleshed 520 1 144.00 $144.00 $749 -1.00
500–545 524 73 128.00–154.00 $138.23 $724 -0.82
553–590 value added 574 54 137.00–145.00 $139.92 $803 -0.41
550–598 579 53 120.00–151.00 $135.09 $782 +0.49
603–645 625 36 116.00–133.00 $125.40 $784 -2.55
665 thin fleshed 665 1 127.50 $127.50 $848 —
650–695 670 40 117.50–126.00 $122.70 $822 -1.76
695 value added 695 30 130.00 $130.00 $904 -3.33
705–749 723 20 108.00–123.00 $118.71 $858 +2.40
731–738 value added 732 37 122.00–127.00 $126.18 $924 -3.13
755–790 763 23 106.00–126.00 $119.89 $915 +2.28
800–845 829 6 102.50–119.00 $111.69 $926 -4.50
815–846 value added 835 49 113.00–118.00 $116.90 $976 -6.08
880–895 885 3 103.00–111.00 $106.03 $938 -3.31
887 value added 887 7 118.00 $118.00 $1,047 -4.06
905 905 1 110.00 $110.00 $996 +9.00
943 value added 943 5 120.50 $120.50 $1,136 —
951 value added 951 10 122.50 $122.50 $1,165 —
970 970 1 105.00 $105.00 $1,018 —
1010 1010 1 103.00 $103.00 $1,040 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
245 245 1 152.50 $152.50 $374 -1.38
255–290 275 6 130.00–172.50 $149.24 $410 -5.04
325 325 1 157.50 $157.50 $512 +4.87
310–348 337 15 132.50–172.50 $146.06 $492 -6.57
350–395 377 13 132.00–155.00 $143.36 $540 -6.40
400–435 424 11 137.50–155.00 $144.80 $614 +4.37
450–485 464 8 130.00–143.00 $137.14 $636 +0.66
510–545 521 8 120.00–132.50 $123.65 $644 -3.25
561–595 572 12 100.00–132.00 $122.29 $699 +0.13
620–630 625 2 115.00–121.00 $118.02 $738 -0.06
650–690 669 5 103.00–121.00 $113.94 $762 -4.93
705–725 717 3 110.00–113.00 $110.98 $796 +10.17
750–785 770 3 99.00–112.00 $104.42 $804 +4.42
870–895 880 3 100.00–107.50 $105.03 $924 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 1 152.00 $152.00 $509 +3.21
400–405 403 2 126.00–139.00 $132.46 $534 -0.78
450–460 455 2 132.50 $132.50 $603 +4.01
510–525 518 2 120.00 $120.00 $622 +1.69
520 520 1 114.00 $114.00 $593 -4.31
580 580 1 115.00 $115.00 $667 -6.53
610–615 613 2 110.00–120.00 $115.02 $705 +1.05
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
400–445 423 2 120.00–127.50 $123.55 $523 —
585 585 1 107.50 $107.50 $629 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
205–230 220 3 130.00–142.50 $134.36 $296 +4.31
275 value added 275 1 131.00 $131.00 $360 —
270–290 283 6 123.00–142.50 $133.29 $377 -0.36
310 value added 310 1 122.00 $122.00 $378 —
300–345 324 38 108.00–150.00 $129.42 $419 -3.42
355 value added 355 1 119.00 $119.00 $422 —
370 370 1 122.00 $122.00 $451 -10.24
350–395 374 120 104.00–145.50 $136.12 $509 +3.88
385 fancy 385 1 138.00 $138.00 $531 —
400–430 fancy 415 2 139.00–141.00 $140.04 $581 +8.04
420 thin fleshed 420 1 135.00 $135.00 $567 -2.00
418–437 value added 423 12 120.00–138.50 $133.72 $566 —
400–449 424 67 105.00–140.00 $124.74 $529 -1.94
450–498 467 145 107.00–134.00 $123.31 $576 -1.82
480 fancy 480 1 133.00 $133.00 $638 —
500–515 fancy 508 2 119.00 $119.00 $605 —
508–541 value added 520 72 116.00–129.75 $125.28 $651 -1.39
500–545 522 123 104.00–129.00 $117.13 $611 -1.66
550–598 579 123 102.00–124.50 $114.23 $661 +8.23
552–592 value added 579 35 120.50–130.00 $123.40 $714 -1.12
610 fancy 610 1 109.00 $109.00 $665 —
600–645 619 79 96.00–123.50 $111.41 $690 -0.42
620 620 1 94.00 $94.00 $583 -17.83
610–645 value added 623 49 115.00–119.00 $116.69 $727 -3.76
650–695 670 50 95.00–120.00 $109.19 $732 +6.71
684 value added 684 37 112.00 $112.00 $766 -2.89
700–743 717 39 86.00–114.00 $103.01 $739 -2.83
739 value added 739 11 109.00 $109.00 $806 -9.74
750–788 762 26 94.00–117.00 $106.63 $813 +4.08
775–796 value added 777 91 103.00–118.00 $113.55 $882 +7.45
805–828 821 14 87.00–110.00 $99.92 $820 +2.92
800–848 value added 838 30 97.50–101.25 $99.74 $836 -18.67
855–870 863 2 95.00 $95.00 $820 +2.79
942 value added 942 3 97.00 $97.00 $914 —
1133–1145 1137 3 73.50–80.00 $75.68 $860 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
238 238 3 124.00 $124.00 $295 —
252–295 263 8 125.00–135.00 $132.10 $347 -0.75
304–345 326 24 117.50–133.00 $125.52 $409 -0.10
350–396 375 37 115.00–130.00 $119.57 $448 -3.03
405–445 427 19 107.50–123.00 $118.76 $507 +2.50
451–495 469 26 105.00–122.50 $115.71 $543 -2.50
500–540 516 12 98.00–116.00 $106.73 $551 -3.18
550–595 578 22 100.00–112.50 $106.51 $616 -0.77
600–645 619 8 90.00–104.00 $95.49 $591 -3.24
650 650 1 105.00 $105.00 $682 —
725 725 1 92.50 $92.50 $671 -5.07
765 765 1 92.00 $92.00 $704 -5.02
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 1 130.00 $130.00 $436 +19.00
390 390 2 120.00–125.00 $122.50 $478 +17.50
405 405 1 104.00 $104.00 $421 —
420–445 432 3 115.00–118.00 $115.97 $501 —
455–480 472 3 117.00–118.00 $117.66 $555 +0.82
525 525 1 100.00 $100.00 $525 +1.00
720 720 1 81.00 $81.00 $583 -2.84
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
330–335 333 4 101.00–116.00 $111.36 $371 —
415–440 436 6 110.00–111.00 $110.84 $483 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
290 290 1 175.00 $175.00 $508 +21.74
310–340 320 4 158.00–175.00 $163.98 $525 +7.40
350–380 fancy 365 2 168.00–177.50 $172.55 $630 —
350–390 372 21 145.00–164.00 $153.44 $571 +4.64
400–415 fancy 408 2 159.00–160.00 $159.51 $651 —
425 value added 425 1 158.00 $158.00 $672 —
400–446 426 34 128.00–158.00 $146.58 $624 +1.22
450–495 466 92 130.00–159.00 $141.66 $660 +1.03
455–490 fancy 477 3 148.00–156.00 $152.65 $728 +1.65
500 fancy 500 1 135.00 $135.00 $675 -3.00
500–548 527 88 121.00–153.00 $129.96 $685 -5.50
550 550 1 110.00 $110.00 $605 -14.46
555 fancy 555 1 143.00 $143.00 $794 —
550–595 572 70 117.00–138.00 $124.68 $713 +0.22
580 value added 580 8 125.00 $125.00 $725 —
600–645 618 24 104.00–125.00 $115.23 $712 -1.90
650–695 666 54 94.00–122.00 $111.76 $744 +1.16
700–745 719 19 95.00–110.00 $102.73 $739 -2.36
755–780 775 11 96.00–109.00 $106.76 $827 +2.50
800–840 814 7 90.00–96.00 $94.12 $766 -2.80
883 883 4 92.00 $92.00 $812 +8.66
925 925 1 86.00 $86.00 $796 +3.52
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
46 46 10 122.50 $122.50 $56 —
250–290 269 5 135.00–145.00 $140.34 $378 +12.84
350–380 365 2 125.00–141.00 $133.33 $487 -6.42
405–430 421 6 126.00–140.00 $133.99 $564 +3.50
450–497 484 25 114.00–140.00 $126.31 $611 -1.26
560–585 572 17 110.00–124.00 $119.51 $684 +5.90
645 645 1 96.00 $96.00 $619 -8.95
650–690 670 2 106.00–110.00 $108.06 $724 +4.73
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
280 280 1 147.50 $147.50 $413 —
305–310 308 2 139.00–140.00 $139.50 $430 —
355 355 1 130.00 $130.00 $462 +10.00
400–405 403 2 120.00–127.50 $123.73 $499 +9.73
455–490 480 4 115.00–129.00 $121.98 $586 -2.30
515–540 525 4 105.00–115.00 $109.98 $577 -12.52
510–545 528 2 117.00–120.00 $118.45 $625 -4.05
630–645 637 3 100.00 $100.00 $637 -5.50
675–695 685 2 102.00–103.00 $102.51 $702 +9.51
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
535–545 540 2 100.00 $100.00 $540 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
895–1020 967 80-85% 3 65.00–80.00 $70.40 $681 —
945–1500 1175 80-85% 12 39.00–50.00 $46.40 $545 -15.73
1075–1435 1238 80-85% 6 66.00–71.00 $67.91 $841 -0.93
845–2060 1246 80-85% 171 44.00–60.50 $53.01 $661 -15.83
1015–1490 1279 80-85% 16 54.00–66.00 $58.54 $749 +14.46
1215–1485 1333 80-85% 8 56.50–66.00 $60.02 $800 +2.83
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
800–1120 988 85-90% 23 30.00–45.00 $36.06 $356 —
915–1275 1081 85-90% 7 50.00–57.00 $53.89 $583 +18.89
795–1520 1102 85-90% 79 40.00–54.50 $46.34 $511 +3.12
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1155–1740 1396 75-80% 23 53.50–63.50 $58.50 $817 +5.04
1290–1655 1416 75-80% 7 57.00–63.00 $60.34 $854 +1.76
1300–1520 1416 75-80% 4 48.00–52.00 $50.00 $708 -8.58
1100–1860 1451 75-80% 74 46.00–61.00 $53.98 $783 +1.29

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1070–1180 1125 2 62.50–65.00 $63.81 $718 —
1180–2080 1499 17 60.00–75.00 $69.06 $1,035 —
1725 1725 1 89.00 $89.00 $1,535 —
1250–2375 1736 38 70.50–91.00 $81.94 $1,422 —
1700–1900 1777 3 89.00–95.50 $91.82 $1,632 -2.96
1390–2140 1787 9 75.00–86.00 $81.60 $1,458 +3.09

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
900 900 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 650.00 $650.00
870–1020 945 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 800.00–950.00 $880.95
950 950 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 800.00 $800.00
1000–1100 1060 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 5 825.00–1,010.00 $939.00
1000–1200 1130 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 5 625.00–800.00 $676.00
1050–1400 1200 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 4 710.00–875.00 $758.75
1100–1400 1217 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 3 750.00–900.00 $816.67
1150–1450 1248 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 6 700.00–925.00 $811.41
1150–1400 1275 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 6 790.00–1,210.00 $981.67
1250–1350 1300 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 825.00–850.00 $837.50
1395 1395 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 775.00 $775.00
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
880 880 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 725.00 $725.00
1000 1000 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 575.00–725.00 $650.00
1035 1035 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 760.00 $760.00
1200 1200 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 780.00 $780.00
Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
900 900 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 525.00 $525.00
900 900 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 775.00 $775.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
890 890 (<2 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 590.00 $590.00
900 900 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 800.00 $800.00
Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
700 700 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 640.00 $640.00

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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
1400 1400 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 1,275.00 $1,275.00 —
— — Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 1,000.00 $1,000.00 —
— — Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 1,050.00 $1,050.00 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
553 553 2 83.50 $83.50 $462 —
633 633 3 80.50 $80.50 $510 +14.50
715 715 1 70.00 $70.00 $500 +12.00

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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.