Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 21, 2022

5,842 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $183.39/cwt +10.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,056/hd at 576 lb · 324 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $184.58/cwt +9.43 vs last sale · ≈ $960/hd at 520 lb · 203 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $151.40/cwt -4.86 vs last sale · ≈ $786/hd at 519 lb · 169 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,842	8,761	4,875
Feeder cattle	4,941	7,277	3,733
Slaughter cattle	579	1,047	787
Replacement cattle	322	437	355

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 500 lbs were 1.00-2.00 lower, while steers over 500 lbs were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs were mostly steady, and heifers over 400 lbs were 1.00-3.00 lower. Offerings of feeder cattle were lighter this week compared to last, and demand was moderate at best. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 lower with mostly moderate demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	200.00	$200.00	$420	+5.69
255–295	275	4	200.00–215.00	$204.02	$561	+1.40
305–345	325	48	182.50–222.50	$200.41	$651	+4.35
355	355	1	182.50	$182.50	$648	-12.47
350–373 value added	356	18	197.00–220.00	$213.88	$761	—
350–397	378	39	182.50–217.50	$198.60	$751	+3.63
405–415 fancy	410	2	197.50–201.00	$199.23	$817	-11.95
405–425 value added	421	61	198.00–220.00	$214.95	$905	+9.98
403–445	422	41	167.00–212.00	$193.25	$816	+2.23
455–470 value added	459	8	200.00–201.00	$200.26	$919	+14.12
475	475	1	172.50	$172.50	$819	-13.18
450–495	478	71	158.00–209.00	$183.30	$876	-2.38
508 thin fleshed	508	2	185.00	$185.00	$940	—
514–538 value added	518	124	165.00–204.00	$190.88	$989	+8.76
500–545	524	77	150.00–195.00	$174.43	$914	+0.94
563–575 value added	575	260	181.00–193.00	$187.04	$1,075	+11.24
550–597	579	64	140.00–186.00	$168.58	$976	-1.13
600–645 value added	616	38	154.00–173.00	$162.80	$1,003	-5.42
600–649	625	67	145.00–167.00	$157.99	$987	-2.12
658–662 value added	661	21	164.00–165.00	$164.19	$1,085	-1.71
650–695	671	33	135.00–160.00	$147.76	$991	-5.53
703–745	723	31	127.00–157.00	$139.91	$1,012	-6.39
715–724 value added	723	11	144.00–145.00	$144.09	$1,042	-17.70
755–788 value added	768	28	142.00–158.00	$147.52	$1,133	-3.59
760–795	776	16	125.00–150.00	$135.20	$1,049	-8.29
808–830 value added	820	18	143.00–148.00	$145.81	$1,196	-1.69
805–845	823	11	121.00–158.00	$132.62	$1,091	-2.81
855–858 value added	858	59	145.00–150.25	$150.16	$1,288	—
850–885	869	4	117.00–144.00	$133.43	$1,160	-2.03
905	905	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,068	-11.75
995	995	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,294	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	200.00	$200.00	$420	+24.26
263–295	265	46	160.00–185.00	$170.03	$451	-6.55
305–340	324	7	135.00–190.00	$170.68	$553	-7.53
355–398	378	22	161.00–190.00	$177.21	$670	+1.69
400–440	429	19	167.00–185.00	$179.28	$769	+4.16
448 value added	448	30	190.00	$190.00	$851	—
461 value added	461	26	190.00	$190.00	$876	—
460–495	482	28	157.50–175.00	$167.42	$807	+3.22
505–545	532	15	125.00–174.00	$160.06	$852	+13.57
546 value added	546	3	167.50	$167.50	$915	—
551–595	572	18	143.00–160.00	$150.90	$863	-7.47
600–640	619	9	125.00–166.00	$143.01	$885	+3.39
650–675	663	6	125.00–144.00	$138.16	$916	-1.81
700–740	718	8	120.00–140.00	$132.07	$948	-0.62
825	825	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,031	±0.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	329	8	155.00–192.50	$179.90	$592	+29.90
365	365	2	150.00–170.00	$160.00	$584	-17.50
410–420	415	3	161.00–182.50	$172.09	$714	+22.09
450	450	1	180.00	$180.00	$810	+20.00
550	550	1	158.00	$158.00	$869	+27.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	177.50	$177.50	$674	+45.00
475	475	1	162.50	$162.50	$772	-0.21

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	231	4	157.50–185.00	$171.32	$396	+4.68
255–295	272	20	149.00–190.00	$165.67	$451	+2.98
315 fancy	315	1	170.00	$170.00	$536	—
309–344 value added	319	14	164.00–175.00	$171.61	$547	—
300–345	328	54	150.00–175.00	$161.54	$530	+1.74
360–395 fancy	372	3	170.00–173.00	$171.68	$639	+1.87
350–398	374	95	135.00–170.00	$160.40	$600	+4.00
371–376 value added	376	61	160.00–179.00	$177.77	$668	+12.77
405–412 fancy	410	3	170.00–172.00	$170.66	$700	+12.83
400–448	427	92	135.00–166.00	$154.79	$661	+0.19
430–441 value added	434	51	165.00–172.50	$169.62	$736	+6.64
450–495	472	106	138.00–162.50	$151.47	$715	-1.80
460–479 value added	475	27	153.00–159.00	$156.09	$741	-8.07
505	505	1	142.50	$142.50	$720	±0.00
501–537 value added	511	61	150.00–164.00	$160.47	$820	-6.20
500–545	524	107	128.00–160.00	$146.31	$767	-3.98
551–596 value added	568	57	143.50–160.00	$152.17	$864	+0.78
570	570	1	136.00	$136.00	$775	-6.94
550–598	579	108	130.00–152.00	$141.90	$822	-1.04
600–645	620	59	125.00–143.50	$135.45	$840	-2.32
605–643 value added	627	8	139.00–143.00	$142.52	$894	-5.51
654–680 value added	661	30	135.00–143.00	$140.81	$931	-5.61
650–686	671	41	125.00–138.00	$131.18	$880	-5.64
700–748	726	25	120.00–133.00	$127.55	$926	-0.25
700–730 value added	727	86	130.00–144.50	$142.90	$1,039	+10.41
753–775	758	5	117.50–130.00	$125.05	$948	+0.73
753–785 value added	762	31	130.00–136.00	$133.80	$1,020	+6.30
800–820	810	2	114.00–117.00	$115.52	$936	-5.14
815–835 value added	822	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,069	—
840	840	1	109.00	$109.00	$916	-11.66

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	3	142.50–155.00	$149.31	$340	+13.86
278–295	286	8	140.00–160.00	$148.84	$426	+0.21
300–345	326	16	135.00–152.50	$146.65	$478	+4.04
360–395	377	16	130.00–152.50	$145.72	$549	+5.80
400–440	425	19	120.00–152.00	$142.13	$604	+3.95
475 value added	475	21	162.00	$162.00	$770	—
450–495	478	29	125.00–148.00	$142.56	$681	+2.92
500–545	522	18	125.00–145.00	$135.74	$709	-0.12
535 value added	535	8	150.00	$150.00	$802	—
550–595	576	19	126.00–140.00	$134.00	$772	+2.75
605–635	623	3	120.00–126.00	$123.30	$768	-3.88
650–680	668	3	120.00–130.00	$124.18	$830	-3.40
715–725	724	7	120.00	$120.00	$869	-0.16

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	160.00	$160.00	$368	±0.00
270	270	1	150.00	$150.00	$405	—
305–340	317	3	150.00–152.50	$150.89	$478	—
350	350	1	130.00	$130.00	$455	—
355–385	370	2	120.00–127.50	$123.60	$457	—
405	405	1	124.00	$124.00	$502	-7.00
415–446	440	6	135.00–143.00	$141.59	$623	+14.50
515	515	1	122.50	$122.50	$631	—
550	550	1	132.50	$132.50	$729	+5.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	273	2	135.00–137.50	$136.17	$372	—
305–345	325	3	135.00–140.00	$138.44	$450	+9.30

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	177.50	$177.50	$524	-3.28
310–345	329	8	170.00–185.00	$174.98	$576	-19.52
355–398	380	56	159.00–217.50	$187.35	$712	-4.94
415–430 fancy	421	7	191.00–206.00	$195.22	$822	-4.42
400–449	422	56	150.00–210.00	$179.42	$757	-2.08
450–485 fancy	464	5	182.50–192.50	$186.48	$865	-7.09
450–499	474	60	145.00–196.00	$174.07	$825	-1.33
500–548	521	63	140.00–183.00	$164.91	$859	-1.18
517–523 fancy	521	5	173.00–174.00	$173.60	$904	-8.40
545	545	1	134.00	$134.00	$730	-32.09
550 fancy	550	1	154.00	$154.00	$847	-16.08
550–595	573	42	135.50–174.00	$153.67	$881	-2.12
600–649	620	35	134.00–155.00	$144.96	$899	-2.18
662–665 fancy	664	4	151.00–157.00	$153.99	$1,022	—
650–697	672	23	126.00–149.00	$140.48	$944	+1.91
700–745	720	15	113.00–148.00	$133.98	$965	+3.50
750	750	1	120.00	$120.00	$900	-5.67
750–770	761	10	120.00–138.00	$127.58	$971	+1.91
800–840	820	4	114.00–120.00	$117.52	$964	-3.20
1025	1025	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,025	-9.03

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	375	17	135.00–180.00	$162.51	$609	-7.95
400–442	423	34	140.00–177.50	$162.88	$689	-8.17
460–490	481	19	125.00–176.00	$164.44	$791	+4.48
510–547	536	17	125.00–160.00	$147.98	$793	-3.20
550–595	577	14	120.00–155.00	$139.71	$806	-2.38
600–644	632	13	130.00–140.00	$134.65	$851	+2.43
695	695	3	133.00–134.00	$133.67	$929	+5.50
705–735	725	3	125.00–130.00	$126.62	$918	+3.30

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	337	3	145.00–150.00	$146.63	$494	—
435	435	1	130.00	$130.00	$566	-5.00
486	486	4	158.00	$158.00	$768	+18.00
505	505	1	140.00	$140.00	$707	+5.00
505–540	528	3	120.00–130.00	$124.55	$658	-10.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	130.00	$130.00	$780	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1835	1219	80-85%	102	62.00–80.00	$71.25	$869	-0.66
870–1540	1246	80-85%	25	56.00–68.00	$61.00	$760	-10.91
1085–1775	1356	80-85%	26	73.00–88.00	$81.54	$1,106	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	85-90%	1	86.00	$86.00	$624	—
800–1290	953	85-90%	29	35.00–56.00	$47.36	$451	—
940–1210	1032	85-90%	5	62.00–66.00	$64.44	$665	—
745–1360	1056	85-90%	82	52.00–75.00	$60.13	$635	-1.91

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1485	1370	75-80%	5	62.00–68.00	$65.08	$892	-1.19
1120–1720	1482	75-80%	13	78.00–84.50	$81.29	$1,205	—
1140–2000	1486	75-80%	71	68.00–80.00	$74.74	$1,111	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–2260	1612	18	70.00–97.00	$85.78	$1,383	—
1325–2285	1740	35	83.00–108.00	$97.74	$1,701	—
1655–2180	1932	14	99.00–119.00	$108.71	$2,100	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–975	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–730.00	$727.72

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1000–1143	1084	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	960.00–1,225.00	$1,049.55
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00
1210	1210	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1225–1420	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,194.96
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1135–1500	1318	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,075.00–1,400.00	$1,260.01

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
920–960	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–820.00	$797.98
992	992	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00
1050–1145	1076	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	825.00–875.00	$849.51
1055–1335	1195	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	850.00–900.00	$877.93

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–990	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	825.00–1,075.00	$940.11
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
713	713	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	570.00	$570.00
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
785	785	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	835.00	$835.00

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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
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,280.00	$1,280.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	2	127.50	$127.50	$323	-2.50

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	1	90.00	$90.00	$675	—

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Heifer Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.