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Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

6,493 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.35/cwt -6.62 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 523 lb · 279 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.56/cwt -1.30 vs last sale · ≈ $742/hd at 577 lb · 252 head
heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.62/cwt +0.78 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 679 lb · 176 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 6,493 4,497 9,126
Feeder cattle 5,270 3,727 7,655
Slaughter cattle 856 563 1,041
Replacement cattle 367 207 430

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 600 lbs were mostly 5.00-6.00 lower, while feeder steers over 600 lbs were mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, while feeder heifers over 600 lbs were 4.00-6.00 lower with some instances of sharply lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00-4.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
210–225 222 5 175.00–185.00 $183.11 $407 +10.61
260–298 279 7 170.00–191.00 $175.89 $491 +4.97
310–345 321 28 147.50–185.00 $168.55 $541 +6.88
370 fancy 370 5 187.50 $187.50 $694 —
350–396 381 36 142.00–181.00 $167.20 $637 -3.01
420 fancy 420 1 175.00 $175.00 $735 —
400–445 423 36 146.00–175.00 $156.00 $660 -1.65
460 460 1 132.50 $132.50 $610 -22.80
450–495 470 113 142.00–165.00 $152.97 $719 -2.33
470 value added 470 2 172.00 $172.00 $808 —
480–495 fancy 488 2 165.00 $165.00 $805 —
515–520 fancy 518 2 160.00–164.00 $162.01 $839 —
500–547 527 144 132.00–163.00 $148.09 $780 +0.46
530 value added 530 1 152.50 $152.50 $808 -8.63
555–597 value added 571 46 144.75–161.00 $148.76 $849 +5.48
550–598 581 119 125.00–160.00 $141.94 $825 -0.14
585 fancy 585 1 156.00 $156.00 $913 —
600–648 625 130 130.00–153.00 $140.86 $880 +0.54
625 625 1 120.00 $120.00 $750 -20.32
626–648 value added 632 7 143.00–150.00 $145.05 $917 -3.52
645 fancy 645 1 154.00 $154.00 $993 —
650–695 665 76 124.00–148.00 $137.02 $911 +0.10
677–693 value added 680 28 147.00–149.00 $148.78 $1,012 +2.50
723 value added 723 8 135.50 $135.50 $980 -4.33
700–746 725 35 124.00–145.00 $134.37 $974 -3.53
760 760 1 112.50 $112.50 $855 -18.37
763 value added 763 8 134.00 $134.00 $1,022 -5.00
750–786 767 41 122.50–142.50 $133.79 $1,026 +2.92
805 805 1 118.00 $118.00 $950 -13.40
805–830 822 31 122.00–138.00 $133.09 $1,094 +1.69
810–840 value added 825 4 131.50–132.50 $131.99 $1,089 +1.99
855–888 874 6 120.00–129.00 $125.46 $1,097 +2.16
920–938 934 15 108.00–117.50 $112.57 $1,051 -11.62
955–995 975 4 114.00–124.00 $119.01 $1,160 -6.07
1038–1040 1039 3 114.00–115.00 $114.67 $1,191 —
1090 1090 1 107.00 $107.00 $1,166 —
1100 1100 1 111.00 $111.00 $1,221 +11.00
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
205–245 222 3 162.50–175.00 $169.30 $376 +8.12
275–285 279 4 155.00–167.50 $159.99 $446 +3.59
300–330 317 14 140.00–172.50 $148.74 $472 +7.54
350–390 373 13 136.00–160.00 $146.99 $548 -5.57
400–448 426 25 127.00–160.00 $140.97 $601 +1.91
450–490 474 14 129.00–147.00 $139.80 $663 +1.68
500–547 527 19 122.50–138.00 $131.05 $691 -7.36
550–595 568 17 120.00–135.00 $130.05 $739 +2.78
600–645 614 15 107.00–132.00 $123.13 $756 -6.09
685 685 1 128.00 $128.00 $877 -4.47
720–740 730 2 122.50–130.00 $126.20 $921 —
750 750 1 127.50 $127.50 $956 —
920 920 2 104.00 $104.00 $957 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
255–285 270 2 140.00–157.50 $149.24 $403 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
435 435 1 130.00 $130.00 $566 +7.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
250–295 272 18 137.50–152.50 $144.28 $392 +3.12
320 320 1 122.50 $122.50 $392 -18.38
300–345 325 43 131.00–154.00 $144.81 $471 +3.93
367–375 fancy 370 3 157.50–160.00 $158.35 $586 —
350–398 376 119 131.00–152.50 $140.07 $527 -0.43
405 405 1 122.50 $122.50 $496 -17.37
420 420 2 134.00 $134.00 $563 -5.87
400–449 430 144 122.50–150.00 $137.71 $592 -2.16
460–490 474 5 120.00–122.50 $121.00 $574 -14.82
450–498 475 167 122.50–144.00 $135.09 $642 -0.73
515 515 1 120.00 $120.00 $618 -10.85
505–535 518 3 110.00–120.00 $114.62 $594 -16.23
500–537 value added 522 25 132.00–136.00 $133.05 $695 -18.10
500–545 523 250 120.00–146.00 $132.54 $693 +1.69
562–563 value added 562 19 134.00–135.00 $134.84 $758 -3.77
550–598 578 228 119.00–138.00 $128.28 $741 -1.56
555–595 582 5 112.50–122.50 $117.55 $684 -12.29
610 610 1 105.00 $105.00 $640 -23.01
600–649 623 128 115.00–136.00 $127.07 $792 -0.94
635 value added 635 6 131.00 $131.00 $832 -17.31
655 655 1 115.00 $115.00 $753 -9.50
650–698 671 116 116.00–132.00 $124.53 $836 +0.03
652–696 value added 695 59 134.00–137.00 $136.90 $951 -0.80
714–746 value added 729 32 121.00–130.00 $124.86 $910 -18.14
700–745 736 40 105.00–127.00 $119.30 $878 +5.79
755–795 779 18 104.00–120.00 $109.07 $850 -11.26
775–781 value added 780 18 123.00–124.00 $123.11 $960 -1.89
800–838 831 16 100.00–117.50 $109.57 $911 +2.57
870–881 879 6 90.00–110.00 $93.30 $820 -20.21
928 value added 928 2 105.00 $105.00 $974 +4.00
948 948 4 108.00 $108.00 $1,024 —
960 960 2 103.00 $103.00 $989 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200–235 221 4 122.50–132.50 $129.84 $287 +1.98
250–295 272 9 132.50–140.00 $135.54 $369 -6.98
300–340 317 13 117.50–132.50 $127.18 $403 -6.26
360–395 379 14 115.00–134.00 $125.48 $476 -10.43
400–445 419 16 115.00–135.00 $128.35 $538 +5.22
450–495 476 11 110.00–135.00 $119.47 $569 -6.43
500–545 525 23 110.00–125.00 $117.76 $618 -0.92
555–595 584 11 101.00–122.00 $107.77 $629 -12.96
600–643 618 15 110.00–119.00 $114.29 $706 -1.62
660–695 688 29 100.00–125.00 $119.32 $821 +4.70
705–730 719 5 108.00–125.00 $113.86 $819 +6.33
768–778 772 5 104.00–108.00 $105.61 $815 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
275 275 1 132.50 $132.50 $364 —
312 312 4 130.00 $130.00 $406 +2.00
330–345 338 2 112.50–130.00 $121.06 $409 -6.94
355 355 1 112.50 $112.50 $399 -25.50
465 465 1 112.50 $112.50 $523 -15.50
510–545 528 3 110.00–120.00 $116.78 $617 -0.51
550 550 1 115.00 $115.00 $632 —
635 635 1 115.00 $115.00 $730 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
385 385 1 112.50 $112.50 $433 —
410–435 423 2 112.50–122.50 $117.35 $496 —
495 495 1 112.50 $112.50 $557 -5.50
500 500 1 112.50 $112.50 $562 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
240 240 1 167.50 $167.50 $402 —
260–295 280 3 160.00–167.50 $164.33 $460 —
300–340 327 8 159.00–175.00 $166.16 $543 -4.84
370 fancy 370 1 180.00 $180.00 $666 -7.50
355–395 383 53 141.00–172.50 $150.56 $577 -12.32
405–420 fancy 413 2 167.50–170.00 $168.73 $697 -6.59
400–448 420 64 136.00–173.00 $152.72 $641 +0.92
450–495 467 132 130.00–158.00 $145.64 $680 -5.13
505–535 fancy 520 4 145.00–153.00 $149.61 $778 +2.13
500–549 523 167 126.00–150.00 $136.60 $714 -1.24
550–598 578 124 124.00–150.00 $132.52 $766 -0.92
600–649 630 132 118.00–140.00 $128.27 $808 -0.47
650–698 665 75 112.00–134.00 $124.39 $827 -1.24
720 fancy 720 1 131.00 $131.00 $943 —
700–740 722 33 105.00–128.00 $119.30 $861 -3.30
752–790 763 35 108.00–123.00 $118.48 $904 -0.41
800–848 834 9 95.00–120.00 $106.28 $886 -4.02
850–880 871 4 92.00–120.00 $111.20 $969 -1.25
915 915 1 82.50 $82.50 $755 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
260 260 2 150.00 $150.00 $390 —
360–384 379 10 132.50–137.50 $134.19 $509 +3.20
408–445 427 17 111.00–150.00 $133.54 $570 -7.05
455–495 477 19 120.00–144.00 $132.97 $634 -3.28
510–545 528 29 110.00–132.00 $125.70 $664 -0.59
550–598 581 23 120.00–130.00 $124.48 $723 +3.04
600–640 624 9 104.00–128.00 $119.23 $744 +3.80
672–695 678 5 109.00–120.00 $117.38 $796 -11.62
710–745 728 2 112.50–120.00 $116.16 $846 +7.08
760–795 777 3 100.00–105.00 $103.00 $800 —
825–838 833 4 94.00–110.00 $100.98 $841 —
920 920 1 80.00 $80.00 $736 —
955 955 4 80.00–87.50 $81.88 $782 —
1083 1083 2 80.00 $80.00 $866 —
Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
420–425 424 4 113.00–142.50 $132.06 $560 +2.06
435–447 444 4 130.00–142.00 $135.21 $600 +5.21
485 485 1 110.00 $110.00 $534 -15.51
540 540 1 110.00 $110.00 $594 —
595 595 1 105.00 $105.00 $625 -15.00
595 595 1 125.00 $125.00 $744 +5.00
605–625 615 2 104.00–117.50 $110.86 $682 -11.14
610–640 625 2 115.00 $115.00 $719 -7.00
665 665 1 115.00 $115.00 $765 -2.50
750 750 1 97.00 $97.00 $728 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
485 485 1 130.00 $130.00 $630 +12.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
830–1430 1197 80-85% 19 52.00–64.00 $57.96 $694 -10.00
910–1900 1230 80-85% 161 56.00–73.00 $64.34 $791 —
1105–1390 1257 80-85% 7 67.00–76.00 $71.38 $897 +12.46
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
775–1340 1045 85-90% 38 36.00–55.00 $46.82 $489 —
755–1680 1060 85-90% 111 50.00–67.00 $57.14 $606 -3.53
1265 1265 85-90% 1 63.00 $63.00 $797 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1140–1735 1381 75-80% 7 55.00–65.00 $60.99 $842 —
1030–2125 1434 75-80% 85 60.00–71.00 $65.59 $941 -2.49
1265–1775 1471 75-80% 13 66.00–73.00 $69.39 $1,021 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1105–1205 1155 2 81.50–84.50 $83.06 $959 —
1200–2105 1532 16 70.00–89.00 $81.51 $1,249 —
1153–2315 1712 55 85.00–100.00 $93.39 $1,599 —
1485–2240 1872 5 98.50–111.00 $103.33 $1,934 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
925–945 935 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 625.00–770.00 $696.72

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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)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 910.00 $910.00
1075–1115 1095 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 980.00–1,025.00 $1,002.09
1090–1170 1130 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 690.00–740.00 $715.88
815–1325 1137 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 8 725.00–1,200.00 $907.44
1110–1305 1191 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 4 835.00–1,000.00 $918.59
1315 1315 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 840.00 $840.00
1265–1500 1368 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 3 920.00–1,050.00 $963.98
1380 1380 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 810.00 $810.00
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
850–960 891 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 4 470.00–975.00 $674.15
975–1130 1053 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 650.00–950.00 $811.05
1250 1250 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 850.00 $850.00
Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
875 875 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 800.00 $800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
790 790 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 760.00 $760.00
810–1040 925 (<2 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 2 760.00–875.00 $824.65
955 955 (<2 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 810.00 $810.00
1010 1010 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 790.00 $790.00

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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
1095–1100 1098 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 2 1,225.00–1,275.00 $1,250.06 —
1105 1105 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 1,250.00 $1,250.00 -2.50
1100–1230 1177 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 3 1,200.00–1,325.00 $1,277.34 +146.05
— — Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 1,220.00–1,410.00 $1,315.00 —
— — Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 1,200.00 $1,200.00 —
— — Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,175.00 $1,175.00 —

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
585 585 1 88.00 $88.00 $515 -5.00
800 800 1 86.00 $86.00 $688 -8.00
Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
245 245 1 115.00 $115.00 $282 —
530 530 1 90.00 $90.00 $477 +6.00

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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.