Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 17, 2022

2,777 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.23/cwt +0.13 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 469 lb · 124 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.99/cwt +2.08 vs last sale · ≈ $730/hd at 525 lb · 108 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.02/cwt -4.66 vs last sale · ≈ $792/hd at 578 lb · 104 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,777	5,626	8,523
Feeder cattle	2,128	4,638	7,051
Slaughter cattle	441	676	894
Replacement cattle	208	312	578

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, all classes of feeder cattle were mostly steady with moderate to good demand based on a limited test from the previous week. Slaughter cows were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady throughout the week. Demand for slaughter cattle was moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	2	167.50	$167.50	$407	-12.89
250–285	270	12	165.00–190.00	$180.51	$487	+1.20
305–345	328	14	157.50–190.00	$174.17	$571	-8.76
372 value added	372	2	218.00	$218.00	$811	+7.05
355–395	381	12	160.00–200.00	$183.83	$700	-8.91
408 value added	408	3	191.00	$191.00	$779	+5.00
410 fancy	410	1	190.00	$190.00	$779	—
400–444	431	21	155.00–195.00	$178.63	$770	+2.52
452 value added	452	2	193.00	$193.00	$872	+5.52
450–495	474	47	161.00–186.00	$176.83	$838	+7.54
500–532 value added	517	15	173.00–176.00	$174.77	$904	-3.40
500–548	526	40	142.00–175.00	$161.86	$851	-1.70
550–595	579	58	134.00–161.00	$153.22	$887	-5.65
599 value added	599	8	159.00	$159.00	$952	-5.23
600–640	611	8	140.00–157.00	$148.73	$909	+20.73
626 value added	626	70	163.75	$163.75	$1,025	+3.96
650–690	668	40	130.00–148.00	$139.11	$929	-9.19
663–675 value added	668	15	147.00–152.50	$150.24	$1,004	-1.68
708–745	720	18	131.00–142.00	$138.18	$995	-2.07
729 value added	729	5	143.50	$143.50	$1,046	-8.90
750–760	756	13	125.00–137.50	$131.58	$995	-6.82
756–795 value added	763	11	143.00–144.00	$143.19	$1,093	-2.93
840–845	842	3	125.00–137.00	$132.98	$1,120	+0.36
855 value added	855	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,163	-7.00
885	885	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,217	-0.05
915–935	922	3	125.00–132.00	$129.63	$1,195	+14.63
1020–1030	1025	2	108.00–111.00	$109.51	$1,122	—
1070 value added	1070	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,423	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	219	4	155.00–160.00	$158.03	$346	-31.97
250–260	255	3	142.50–150.00	$145.82	$372	-9.24
305–325	313	3	132.50–152.50	$140.24	$439	-13.85
360–375	368	3	157.50–172.50	$164.15	$604	-1.15
405–445	430	3	127.50–140.00	$132.63	$570	-35.47
465–480	473	2	146.00–150.00	$147.97	$700	-4.72
500–540	518	10	122.50–150.00	$137.06	$710	-10.12
610	610	1	115.00	$115.00	$702	-23.73
650–655	653	2	131.00–138.00	$134.49	$878	+6.25
700–720	708	3	125.00–127.50	$125.83	$891	+1.69

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	144.00	$144.00	$698	—
557	557	3	120.00	$120.00	$668	—
565	565	1	141.00	$141.00	$797	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	110.00	$110.00	$539	-23.00
570	570	1	130.00	$130.00	$741	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370	1370	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,603	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227–240	230	4	126.00–161.00	$151.88	$349	+2.37
255–292	280	7	137.50–155.00	$146.38	$410	-6.81
315 fancy	315	1	157.50	$157.50	$496	—
300–345	323	30	130.00–156.00	$147.44	$476	-2.21
350–395	377	59	129.00–156.00	$145.44	$548	-1.73
360–396 fancy	387	4	159.00–164.00	$162.84	$630	—
402–434 value added	412	25	145.00–167.00	$159.59	$658	+7.35
400–445	422	38	129.00–165.00	$144.24	$609	-0.87
450–495	467	77	123.00–163.00	$138.64	$647	-1.62
460–482 value added	473	47	146.00–158.00	$153.40	$726	-1.17
505–520	513	2	105.00–120.00	$112.39	$577	-24.71
520	520	1	114.00	$114.00	$593	-23.10
500–545	524	96	122.00–156.00	$139.05	$729	+1.95
538 value added	538	9	147.00	$147.00	$791	—
556–596 value added	569	42	130.00–148.50	$144.00	$819	-8.52
550–595	584	61	117.00–142.00	$132.65	$775	-2.25
595	595	1	110.00	$110.00	$654	-24.90
601–630 value added	614	30	142.00–145.00	$143.79	$883	+4.65
600–636	620	21	116.00–135.00	$127.27	$789	-4.15
650–695	665	46	116.00–142.50	$125.15	$832	+0.15
672–696 value added	677	47	127.00–137.75	$136.36	$923	+1.06
712–738 value added	720	34	128.50–134.00	$130.96	$943	-10.78
700–745	723	16	109.00–130.00	$122.75	$887	-1.14
762–783 value added	769	12	128.50–129.50	$129.16	$993	+2.16
760–795	783	4	110.00–126.00	$117.47	$920	-5.20
800–845	818	7	118.00–127.00	$122.43	$1,001	+14.08
862–870	863	14	114.00–120.00	$119.57	$1,032	+10.48
920 value added	920	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,086	—
958	958	4	113.00	$113.00	$1,083	+20.00
1089	1089	4	110.00	$110.00	$1,198	—
1313	1313	2	77.00	$77.00	$1,011	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	142.50	$142.50	$292	-8.85
260–295	279	6	120.00–137.50	$127.25	$355	-18.04
310–348	335	8	120.00–142.00	$136.30	$457	+1.74
355–395	374	5	110.00–143.00	$126.32	$472	-6.45
405–435	423	7	118.00–137.50	$128.82	$545	-3.64
450–481	474	8	125.00–130.00	$127.79	$606	-2.85
505–530	520	6	125.00–128.00	$126.18	$656	+1.25
605–618	614	3	116.00–125.00	$118.96	$730	-3.02
750–760	755	2	94.00–112.50	$103.19	$779	-9.31
970	970	1	80.00	$80.00	$776	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	105.00	$105.00	$289	-22.50
420	420	1	110.00	$110.00	$462	-12.44
535	535	1	97.50	$97.50	$522	—
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,139	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	125.00	$125.00	$494	-11.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	175.00	$175.00	$455	-9.28
325 fancy	325	1	194.00	$194.00	$630	-13.50
325–345	336	7	170.00–202.50	$181.72	$611	-5.88
365 fancy	365	2	210.00	$210.00	$766	—
355–398	389	38	174.00–198.00	$183.64	$714	-1.47
405–445	429	26	141.00–200.00	$176.59	$758	+5.20
445 fancy	445	1	178.00	$178.00	$792	—
450–490	463	43	140.00–180.00	$172.12	$797	+10.32
480	480	1	157.00	$157.00	$754	-4.80
500–540	523	59	138.00–173.00	$161.64	$845	+7.17
550–595	582	43	130.00–152.00	$144.08	$839	-1.56
605–645	626	10	130.00–143.00	$134.25	$840	-5.70
650–690	657	49	116.00–139.00	$130.05	$854	-2.78
727–735	730	3	117.00–128.00	$124.31	$907	+0.56
750–795	774	16	99.00–130.00	$114.02	$883	-3.83
805–845	830	13	100.00–116.00	$110.09	$914	+1.05
875–895	884	4	98.00–103.00	$100.74	$891	-1.56

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	2	165.00–175.00	$169.88	$549	—
355–393	380	3	145.00–157.00	$148.73	$565	-8.12
400–425	417	9	130.00–157.50	$151.31	$631	-3.52
465–495	486	4	140.00–167.00	$154.94	$753	+5.95
565–595	576	4	121.00–136.00	$129.99	$749	-1.58
615	615	1	130.00	$130.00	$800	+3.94
655–665	658	3	118.00–130.00	$125.96	$829	+4.47
710–740	725	2	115.00–127.50	$121.38	$880	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	155.00	$155.00	$364	—
310	310	1	160.00	$160.00	$496	—
410	410	1	177.50	$177.50	$728	+34.57
580	580	1	125.00	$125.00	$725	-4.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050	1050	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	110.00	$110.00	$688	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070	1070	80-85%	1	75.00	$75.00	$802	—
890–1325	1125	80-85%	7	52.00–60.00	$56.28	$633	—
960–1600	1221	80-85%	70	57.00–79.00	$69.26	$846	+6.23
1035–1495	1262	80-85%	30	73.00–90.00	$81.13	$1,024	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1520	1353	75-80%	3	57.00–63.00	$60.70	$821	—
970–1830	1428	75-80%	66	64.00–76.00	$69.34	$990	+11.98
1300–1785	1464	75-80%	9	74.00–83.00	$78.70	$1,152	+12.58

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1050	934	85-90%	7	30.00–50.00	$40.82	$381	—
935–1170	1056	85-90%	4	65.00–78.00	$71.20	$752	+17.06
875–1340	1057	85-90%	43	48.00–71.00	$59.70	$631	+5.56

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	1	80.50	$80.50	$906	—
1205–1850	1593	3	80.00–90.00	$83.96	$1,337	—
1265–2400	1851	20	87.00–105.00	$98.01	$1,814	-3.38
1925–2025	1978	3	99.00–107.50	$103.80	$2,053	—
2180	2180	1	92.00	$92.00	$2,006	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
1040	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1070	1070	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1000–1350	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	795.00–950.00	$875.71
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1000–1400	1142	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	800.00–1,150.00	$990.83
1100–1200	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–1,125.00	$957.61
1050–1300	1167	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	500.00–700.00	$630.00
1155–1225	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–875.00	$790.07

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	540.00	$540.00
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	780.00	$780.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 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
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	2	75.00	$75.00	$529	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370	1370	1	72.00	$72.00	$986	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	1	79.00	$79.00	$687	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1685	1685	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,247	—

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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.