Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 5, 2021

3,662 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.42/cwt +8.26 vs last sale · ≈ $865/hd at 668 lb · 203 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.30/cwt -2.38 vs last sale · ≈ $756/hd at 580 lb · 164 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.32/cwt -10.17 vs last sale · ≈ $702/hd at 527 lb · 162 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,662	4,059	3,611
Feeder cattle	2,967	3,376	3,133
Slaughter cattle	535	548	291
Replacement cattle	160	135	187

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, no trend is available due to most markets being closed in observance of the 4th of July 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
265	265	3	156.00	$156.00	$413	-20.76
325–335	328	10	157.00–172.50	$169.43	$556	-2.65
355–390	383	10	146.00–154.00	$150.27	$576	-19.51
405–435	428	4	147.00–152.00	$148.18	$634	-17.80
452 value added	452	11	169.00	$169.00	$764	—
450–490	466	38	143.00–165.00	$157.13	$732	-2.77
500–545	521	39	141.00–155.00	$150.02	$782	-6.71
507–549 value added	531	45	158.00–165.00	$161.57	$858	-2.39
550–595	577	70	134.00–155.75	$148.17	$855	-3.27
581 value added	581	10	158.00	$158.00	$918	-1.36
610–640	627	8	132.00–143.00	$136.77	$858	-1.23
620–639 value added	627	45	150.00–154.00	$151.59	$950	-0.16
654–682 value added	669	42	146.50–151.50	$148.94	$996	+6.29
659–690	674	53	126.00–147.50	$140.00	$944	-0.97
705–740	718	49	125.00–138.75	$134.72	$967	+1.66
717–748 value added	734	33	139.50–147.50	$144.37	$1,060	-1.83
759–765 value added	763	122	137.50–142.00	$140.55	$1,072	+5.70
768–798	782	13	125.00–133.00	$130.76	$1,023	+0.48
800–838	817	6	120.00–124.00	$122.11	$998	-2.74
828–842 value added	838	50	130.50–141.50	$133.09	$1,115	-5.70
859 value added	859	11	138.00	$138.00	$1,185	—
853–867	862	9	120.00–125.00	$122.21	$1,053	-1.13
927–933 value added	928	19	120.00–123.00	$122.68	$1,138	+1.66
920–940	930	2	105.00–120.00	$112.58	$1,047	+0.58

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314–335	318	5	139.00–140.00	$139.21	$443	-19.12
385–390	389	7	133.00–141.50	$140.30	$546	-11.26
423–445	430	3	128.00–137.00	$133.90	$576	-13.92
455–490	475	10	129.00–150.00	$136.86	$650	-5.98
507–540	516	21	126.00–140.00	$132.90	$686	-9.86
565–598	583	29	119.00–136.00	$129.89	$757	-8.23
605–642	633	4	111.00–112.00	$111.76	$707	-17.71
665	665	1	123.00	$123.00	$818	-1.69

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	118.00	$118.00	$856	—
887	887	3	110.50	$110.50	$980	—
905	905	1	110.00	$110.00	$996	—
1010–1025	1020	3	96.50–104.00	$98.98	$1,010	—
1055	1055	3	98.50	$98.50	$1,039	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219	219	4	151.00	$151.00	$331	—
250–290	267	3	127.50–139.00	$134.92	$360	-10.70
300–345	328	18	125.00–140.00	$134.52	$441	-15.55
350–398	380	59	130.00–142.00	$137.09	$521	-6.57
400–445	427	47	120.00–145.00	$139.95	$598	-1.17
447 value added	447	7	148.00	$148.00	$662	—
455 fancy	455	1	140.00	$140.00	$637	—
450–495	468	83	125.00–138.00	$133.36	$624	-6.13
488 value added	488	12	146.00	$146.00	$712	-10.33
505 fancy	505	1	137.00	$137.00	$692	—
517–546 value added	526	39	140.00–141.00	$140.40	$739	-10.33
500–549	527	122	121.00–138.00	$131.03	$691	+7.49
556–568 value added	559	19	137.00–140.00	$138.21	$773	-3.36
550–598	583	144	123.00–135.00	$129.23	$753	+8.23
595 fancy	595	1	134.00	$134.00	$797	—
600 fancy	600	1	133.00	$133.00	$798	—
609–626 value added	618	21	134.00–137.50	$135.64	$838	+6.21
603–645	626	23	118.00–130.00	$124.08	$777	+12.73
650–688	665	68	109.00–127.00	$123.12	$819	+8.12
652–699 value added	670	135	130.00–137.00	$132.60	$888	—
700–737	727	15	104.00–126.00	$113.73	$827	-0.25
730	730	1	105.00	$105.00	$766	+17.50
727–743 value added	734	47	122.00–130.00	$127.42	$935	—
751–753 value added	751	41	124.00–127.00	$126.34	$949	+5.34
753–785	762	16	105.00–117.00	$113.26	$863	+6.54
760–765	763	2	100.00–104.00	$102.01	$778	-4.71
775	775	15	119.00	$119.00	$922	+12.28
813 value added	813	2	111.00	$111.00	$902	—
800–848	833	6	102.00–110.00	$104.30	$869	-5.03
852	852	3	106.00	$106.00	$903	+4.97
860	860	1	105.00	$105.00	$903	+3.97
888 value added	888	3	111.00	$111.00	$986	—
923	923	2	90.00	$90.00	$831	-9.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–380	375	3	116.00–126.00	$122.63	$460	-4.35
430	430	1	126.00	$126.00	$542	-3.76
450–455	452	3	123.00–125.00	$124.00	$560	-5.07
515–543	534	3	118.00–120.00	$118.64	$634	-8.99
585–590	588	2	116.00	$116.00	$682	-3.48
610–615	613	5	112.00–126.00	$118.22	$725	+5.15
720	720	1	103.00	$103.00	$742	+0.48

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	126.00	$126.00	$586	+4.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	328	3	159.00–160.00	$159.68	$524	+13.68
350 fancy	350	1	163.00	$163.00	$570	—
355–395	390	50	141.00–172.25	$163.55	$638	+9.99
425 fancy	425	1	151.00	$151.00	$642	—
400–447	436	42	136.00–150.00	$145.86	$636	-6.36
463–470 fancy	464	5	150.00–152.50	$151.99	$705	—
450–498	465	56	130.00–147.00	$141.75	$659	-9.18
500 fancy	500	1	143.00	$143.00	$715	-9.71
500–545	516	89	126.00–152.00	$142.18	$734	+0.79
550–598	584	73	125.00–145.50	$134.51	$786	-4.26
620 fancy	620	1	134.00	$134.00	$831	—
600–645	632	44	119.00–136.25	$130.79	$827	-0.47
640 thin fleshed	640	1	104.00	$104.00	$666	—
650–685	661	40	115.00–134.50	$128.36	$848	+2.47
685 fancy	685	1	131.00	$131.00	$897	—
695 thin fleshed	695	1	103.00	$103.00	$716	—
710–747	734	21	109.00–120.00	$115.47	$848	-1.48
750–785	760	12	95.00–113.00	$107.17	$814	+5.17
800–830	820	13	84.00–102.00	$90.43	$742	-18.50
868	868	6	85.00	$85.00	$738	-17.96

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	142.50	$142.50	$470	—
378–390	384	5	135.00–136.00	$135.20	$519	-7.30
400–448	423	17	130.00–137.00	$134.86	$570	-3.87
492–495	494	7	123.00–130.00	$125.99	$622	-12.05
515–540	530	6	122.00–133.00	$127.14	$674	-4.73
605–630	618	2	110.00–122.00	$116.12	$718	-7.26
658–675	661	6	104.00–118.00	$114.62	$758	-5.39
750	750	3	98.00	$98.00	$735	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	121.00	$121.00	$557	-8.63
555	555	1	114.00	$114.00	$633	-8.00
640	640	1	105.00	$105.00	$672	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1730	1411	75-80%	7	63.00–67.00	$64.57	$911	-4.53
1165–2000	1467	75-80%	76	61.00–78.00	$70.63	$1,036	—
1365–1830	1524	75-80%	7	73.00–83.00	$78.44	$1,195	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1105	1075	80-85%	2	58.00–60.00	$59.03	$635	—
980–1550	1182	80-85%	50	62.00–78.00	$72.49	$857	+3.99
1115–1810	1319	80-85%	18	75.00–85.50	$81.37	$1,073	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1025	1005	85-90%	2	48.00–52.00	$49.96	$502	-0.38
835–1415	1037	85-90%	42	53.00–70.00	$63.92	$663	+13.58
1100–1235	1168	85-90%	2	72.00–73.00	$72.53	$847	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	1	90.50	$90.50	$950	—
1370–2260	1794	29	87.00–103.00	$93.91	$1,685	—
1605–2050	1824	5	100.00–110.00	$106.97	$1,951	—
1850–1910	1880	2	78.00–84.00	$81.05	$1,524	-24.58
2290–2485	2388	2	85.00–96.00	$90.72	$2,166	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1350	1138	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	950.00–1,300.00	$1,118.75
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1400	1400	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1150–1600	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	875.00–1,100.00	$1,025.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1000	900	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,090.00	$1,045.00
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	855.00	$855.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	1	86.00	$86.00	$989	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	7	93.00	$93.00	$604	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–495	488	2	90.00–100.00	$95.08	$464	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.