Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 1, 2021

9,196 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $131.75/cwt +1.86 vs last sale · ≈ $620/hd at 471 lb · 396 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.18/cwt -1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 578 lb · 333 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.42/cwt +0.42 vs last sale · ≈ $655/hd at 522 lb · 296 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,196	5,757	5,513
Feeder cattle	7,544	4,540	4,302
Slaughter cattle	1,222	892	843
Replacement cattle	430	325	368

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower with mostly moderate demand. The best demand was notably for long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–230	223	3	155.00–197.50	$178.13	$397	+19.49
261–285	270	10	159.00–190.00	$164.55	$444	-6.97
300–347	324	39	150.00–182.50	$164.62	$533	-5.43
350–395	378	42	150.00–183.00	$170.38	$644	+2.03
400–447	424	53	146.00–170.00	$158.71	$673	-1.53
430–433 value added	432	4	165.00–170.00	$166.24	$718	+5.24
450–499	473	149	132.00–170.00	$153.26	$725	-1.53
490	490	1	133.00	$133.00	$652	-21.79
505–520 fancy	512	5	156.00–164.00	$159.63	$817	+2.63
503–543 value added	523	31	155.00–158.00	$156.93	$821	-5.00
500–548	527	131	131.00–166.00	$146.22	$771	-0.89
550–597	575	132	125.00–155.00	$142.02	$817	+7.02
559–599 value added	584	88	142.50–155.00	$149.54	$873	-4.08
585 fancy	585	1	156.00	$156.00	$913	—
605 fancy	605	1	151.00	$151.00	$914	—
600–649	625	124	125.00–148.00	$139.49	$872	-1.51
619–638 value added	629	28	141.00–149.50	$147.09	$925	-0.40
650–697	666	55	125.00–142.00	$132.69	$884	-3.01
670 fancy	670	1	141.00	$141.00	$945	—
665–675	672	3	125.00–130.00	$126.65	$851	-9.05
651–698 value added	683	50	131.00–152.00	$141.14	$964	-2.08
700–747	720	70	119.00–140.00	$133.89	$964	+2.78
720–743 value added	725	22	137.50–141.00	$139.91	$1,014	-0.12
750–790	769	25	115.00–133.00	$127.85	$983	-1.81
753–795 value added	781	198	131.00–150.25	$145.29	$1,135	—
800–833	814	20	110.00–137.00	$124.93	$1,017	-0.26
837–848 value added	842	116	148.00–151.10	$149.57	$1,259	+16.57
863 value added	863	60	147.50	$147.50	$1,273	—
865–890	878	3	119.00–126.00	$121.97	$1,071	-1.62
947 value added	947	3	128.50	$128.50	$1,217	—
950–970	960	2	106.00–114.00	$110.04	$1,056	-8.43
1050	1050	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,102	—
1140	1140	2	94.00	$94.00	$1,072	-9.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–240	227	6	137.50–171.00	$162.36	$369	+13.59
255–285	272	5	142.50–177.00	$160.77	$437	+14.64
305–343	327	18	130.50–170.00	$147.90	$484	+3.70
350–395	369	12	137.50–155.00	$147.56	$544	+0.41
400–440	420	16	125.00–153.00	$138.05	$580	-0.38
450–490	471	16	110.00–150.00	$133.32	$628	-6.30
500–540	523	15	117.00–140.00	$134.98	$706	+0.05
555–595	575	12	106.00–140.00	$126.09	$725	+4.11
580 value added	580	7	140.00	$140.00	$812	—
600–646	621	14	120.00–125.00	$122.26	$759	+0.38
650–685	672	7	117.50–127.50	$121.83	$819	+1.83
705–710	708	6	117.50–124.00	$120.42	$853	+0.73
775–785	778	3	96.00–120.00	$104.07	$810	—
805	805	1	117.00	$117.00	$942	+17.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	152.50	$152.50	$435	—
300	300	1	141.00	$141.00	$423	-5.68
325	325	1	160.00	$160.00	$520	+13.32
380	380	1	121.00	$121.00	$460	-23.00
390	390	1	130.00	$130.00	$507	-14.00
400	400	1	125.00	$125.00	$500	-7.00
425	425	1	150.00	$150.00	$638	+18.72
475–480	478	2	130.00–132.50	$131.26	$627	-6.24
495	495	2	139.00	$139.00	$688	+1.50
500–505	503	2	123.00–134.00	$128.47	$646	—
555	555	1	122.50	$122.50	$680	-7.50
555–590	577	3	120.00–137.00	$125.45	$724	-4.55
600–638	629	4	107.00–120.00	$110.10	$693	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	130.00–150.00	$140.00	$357	—
325	325	1	119.00	$119.00	$387	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	126.00	$126.00	$788	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,108	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	243	6	123.00–162.50	$136.30	$331	+9.51
255–295	275	16	122.50–156.00	$133.35	$367	-1.02
300–345	326	54	121.00–150.00	$132.65	$432	-3.30
350–395	379	107	112.00–145.00	$129.66	$491	-6.49
415 fancy	415	1	126.00	$126.00	$523	—
420	420	1	126.00	$126.00	$529	+1.00
400–448	428	152	114.00–143.00	$130.24	$557	-4.43
446 value added	446	36	148.00	$148.00	$660	—
455	455	2	118.00–119.00	$118.50	$539	-10.53
468 fancy	468	3	124.00	$124.00	$580	—
450–497	471	288	110.00–144.00	$128.78	$607	-0.25
464–499 value added	471	100	129.00–148.00	$141.03	$664	-0.97
465–485	473	3	120.00–126.00	$123.62	$585	-5.41
500–511 value added	505	18	130.00–131.75	$130.69	$660	-5.31
500–546	523	274	111.00–135.00	$125.25	$655	+0.29
510–535	523	4	109.00–117.50	$113.45	$593	-11.51
550–598	578	293	109.00–132.50	$121.69	$703	-0.96
570–590	578	5	105.00–120.00	$113.58	$656	-9.07
553–596 value added	579	33	125.00–130.00	$128.68	$745	+1.92
580	580	2	107.50–110.00	$108.75	$631	-13.90
600 fancy	600	1	121.00	$121.00	$726	—
605	605	1	104.00	$104.00	$629	-16.00
600–648	624	162	109.00–130.00	$119.35	$745	-6.71
600–649 value added	636	48	119.00–130.00	$127.39	$810	-5.90
638	638	2	110.00	$110.00	$702	-16.06
650–685	660	5	96.00–115.00	$104.22	$688	-21.62
650–695	667	155	105.00–128.00	$117.67	$785	-8.17
665–695 value added	678	39	119.00–129.00	$126.79	$860	-2.85
685	685	1	117.00	$117.00	$801	+17.00
700–730 value added	711	4	114.00–122.00	$119.48	$850	—
700–748	724	47	96.00–121.00	$111.45	$807	+0.74
755–796 value added	763	151	117.00–140.50	$133.29	$1,017	+12.02
750–795	765	45	100.00–125.00	$110.38	$844	+3.27
810	810	1	105.00	$105.00	$850	-0.59
800–848	832	16	80.00–123.00	$101.36	$843	-4.23
860 value added	860	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,006	—
850–895	876	13	100.00–106.00	$103.07	$903	-0.94
910–920	913	8	85.00–93.00	$87.75	$801	-12.49

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	219	4	122.50–151.00	$137.07	$300	-7.93
255–290	269	5	117.50–132.50	$124.25	$334	-9.84
305–348	324	15	115.00–135.00	$124.38	$403	+1.13
350–395	376	30	110.00–135.00	$123.26	$463	-1.84
400–448	429	24	100.00–136.00	$120.42	$517	-0.22
452–495	468	28	106.00–130.00	$117.51	$550	-6.30
500–545	520	28	95.00–120.00	$112.87	$587	+0.96
552–593	570	15	98.00–117.50	$108.32	$617	-4.72
600–640	615	11	100.00–117.00	$107.05	$658	-4.45
650–680	671	11	88.00–112.50	$102.71	$689	-1.29
710–745	723	3	94.00–107.50	$100.48	$726	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–295	288	2	106.00–115.00	$110.62	$319	—
325–345	335	3	118.00–132.50	$123.62	$414	—
380	380	1	117.50	$117.50	$446	-13.32
370–390	381	4	112.50–128.00	$122.53	$467	-8.29
405–445	428	8	105.00–125.00	$115.10	$493	-9.49
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	-4.59
450–495	472	3	110.00–120.00	$113.83	$537	-0.66
460–495	476	4	100.00–110.00	$106.81	$508	+6.81
505–545	519	6	95.00–113.00	$106.30	$552	-4.97
565–575	572	3	110.00–112.50	$110.84	$634	+0.84
575	575	1	108.00	$108.00	$621	-2.00
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	±0.00
605–620	610	3	105.00–110.00	$107.33	$655	-4.67
610	610	1	115.00	$115.00	$702	+3.00
685	685	1	81.00	$81.00	$555	—
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–285	280	3	115.00–120.00	$117.49	$329	—
355–395	373	3	107.50–122.00	$114.05	$425	—
490–495	494	5	112.50–117.00	$113.70	$562	—
590	590	1	99.00	$99.00	$584	+6.50
615	615	1	102.50	$102.50	$630	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	325	4	134.00–165.00	$151.44	$492	-5.50
357–385 fancy	366	4	170.00–175.00	$173.06	$633	—
350–395	383	76	135.00–165.00	$150.88	$578	-3.65
400–410 fancy	405	3	146.00–165.00	$152.93	$619	—
400–445	421	71	128.00–170.00	$148.85	$627	-3.11
450–498	465	167	124.00–165.00	$141.33	$657	-3.16
506–510	507	4	117.00–126.00	$123.74	$627	-11.15
500–545	523	170	125.00–154.00	$135.99	$711	+10.99
555	555	1	110.00	$110.00	$610	-17.08
550–598	575	168	119.00–144.00	$127.73	$734	+0.65
600–645	628	139	112.50–135.00	$123.63	$776	+0.35
650–695	671	77	110.00–126.00	$119.55	$802	-1.56
700	700	1	103.00	$103.00	$721	-15.36
700–742	721	44	105.00–126.00	$115.72	$834	-2.64
750 fancy	750	1	121.00	$121.00	$908	—
753–795	767	30	102.00–124.00	$112.02	$859	+2.99
805–845	829	20	94.00–114.00	$99.88	$828	-7.66
850–885	866	4	90.00–103.00	$96.50	$836	-0.10
909–927	916	8	85.00–90.00	$86.90	$796	-17.70
955	955	3	75.00–100.00	$83.33	$796	-17.34
1015–1040	1028	2	97.50	$97.50	$1,002	-12.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	157.50	$157.50	$512	+14.63
375	375	1	147.50	$147.50	$553	—
400–447	423	39	120.00–152.50	$132.63	$561	+1.54
455–495	476	25	111.00–148.00	$131.26	$625	+1.47
500–548	529	47	100.00–134.00	$119.86	$634	-3.28
550–597	577	26	110.00–130.00	$114.32	$660	-5.74
600–648	627	19	104.00–120.00	$113.00	$709	-2.01
650–690	665	15	107.50–117.50	$113.11	$752	+4.29
705–735	715	4	100.00–113.00	$105.34	$753	+5.22
750–785	768	2	91.00–94.00	$92.47	$710	+12.47
995	995	1	85.00	$85.00	$846	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	125.00	$125.00	$406	-15.00
425	425	1	120.00	$120.00	$510	-10.00
425–445	434	3	112.50–140.00	$123.11	$534	-6.89
465–475	468	3	126.00–132.50	$128.69	$602	+3.69
475	475	2	126.00	$126.00	$598	+1.00
505–520	509	4	122.50–128.00	$124.11	$632	+11.01
515–535	520	4	119.00–122.00	$121.23	$630	+8.13
575	575	1	116.00	$116.00	$667	-3.06
555–590	579	6	99.00–122.50	$111.09	$643	-7.97
620	620	1	116.00	$116.00	$719	-3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	127.00	$127.00	$508	—
545	545	1	104.00	$104.00	$567	—
575	575	1	114.00	$114.00	$656	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	80-85%	1	73.00	$73.00	$672	+2.69
935–1705	1219	80-85%	148	45.00–64.50	$55.86	$681	-0.73
1010–1715	1238	80-85%	32	42.00–56.00	$47.44	$587	-16.38
1135–1575	1274	80-85%	25	57.00–68.00	$62.71	$799	+13.01

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1520	1350	75-80%	14	60.00–68.00	$63.73	$860	-0.96
1045–2095	1405	75-80%	174	50.00–64.50	$57.35	$806	-0.73
1025–1700	1440	75-80%	11	45.00–56.00	$50.77	$731	-7.31

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–955	885	85-90%	5	58.00–72.00	$63.70	$564	—
825–1415	1065	85-90%	103	37.00–59.50	$47.98	$511	+0.22
815–1315	1068	85-90%	35	25.00–47.00	$37.71	$403	-10.05
1210	1210	85-90%	1	47.00	$47.00	$569	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	1	78.00	$78.00	$928	—
1070–1870	1552	29	60.00–84.00	$73.84	$1,146	-2.49
1180–2345	1714	56	73.00–95.00	$83.90	$1,438	—
1470–2005	1814	10	88.00–97.50	$93.67	$1,699	+6.72
2405	2405	1	73.00	$73.00	$1,756	—

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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	775.00	$775.00
1013	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
1010–1085	1042	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	750.00–850.00	$791.64
1105	1105	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1000–1300	1167	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–780.00	$678.33
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1050–1450	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	775.00–910.00	$840.83
940–2000	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	800.00–1,100.00	$981.47
1285	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	990.00	$990.00
1200–1420	1298	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,325.00	$1,099.27
1200–1450	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–825.00	$812.50
1675	1675	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1015–1303	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	685.00–850.00	$761.62
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	720.00	$720.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	695.00	$695.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	695.00	$695.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1110–1295	1203	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00–1,125.00	$940.38

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
1055	1055	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	640.00	$640.00

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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
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1015–1350	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,525.00	$1,252.67	—
1150–1435	1271	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00–1,450.00	$1,276.33	—
1015–1525	1273	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,206.85	—
1285	1285	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	880.00–950.00	$915.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00	—

Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,030.00	$1,030.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–690	680	3	40.00	$40.00	$272	—
704	704	4	39.00	$39.00	$275	—
833	833	2	42.00	$42.00	$350	—
935	935	2	46.00	$46.00	$430	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	1	40.00	$40.00	$282	—
750	750	1	58.00	$58.00	$435	—

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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.