Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 11, 2022

5,965 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $159.10/cwt +4.06 vs last sale · ≈ $747/hd at 469 lb · 243 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.58/cwt +3.23 vs last sale · ≈ $851/hd at 576 lb · 217 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.13/cwt +0.33 vs last sale · ≈ $796/hd at 523 lb · 181 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,965	6,676	7,337
Feeder cattle	4,797	5,227	5,921
Slaughter cattle	892	1,127	938
Replacement cattle	276	322	478

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 1.00-4.00 lower with lighter receipts, especially late in the week, due in part to the Easter holiday. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 3.00 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
210–241	232	10	178.00–190.00	$184.55	$428	-25.45
280–295	289	8	177.50–204.00	$185.68	$537	-12.33
310 value added	310	1	202.50	$202.50	$628	—
300–345	326	23	180.00–200.00	$190.59	$621	+1.78
350–395	372	45	171.00–210.00	$189.74	$706	-6.13
380 thin fleshed	380	1	200.00	$200.00	$760	-10.00
365–395 value added	384	4	201.00–210.00	$205.34	$789	—
400 fancy	400	1	205.00	$205.00	$820	—
400–448	429	78	172.50–198.00	$184.53	$792	+1.06
438 value added	438	4	198.00	$198.00	$867	+11.00
455 fancy	455	1	202.50	$202.50	$921	—
466–478 value added	471	11	194.00–195.00	$194.46	$916	+1.77
450–495	472	71	156.00–190.00	$181.44	$856	+0.69
503–547 value added	512	26	170.00–195.00	$184.03	$942	-0.63
500–545	521	83	158.00–187.00	$175.74	$916	+1.42
547	547	2	159.00	$159.00	$870	-15.32
550–595	575	76	152.00–179.00	$166.52	$957	-3.01
550–595 value added	583	46	171.00–182.00	$179.40	$1,046	+2.52
605–630 fancy	616	4	161.00–175.00	$166.43	$1,025	+6.43
600–645	627	49	134.00–172.00	$154.37	$968	-2.72
600–647 value added	627	109	160.00–175.00	$170.05	$1,066	+6.24
650–695	672	30	144.00–165.50	$157.08	$1,056	+5.47
650–690 value added	672	57	155.00–165.00	$162.51	$1,092	-1.64
700–742 value added	710	137	150.00–162.50	$159.02	$1,129	+9.46
700–740	717	33	130.00–151.00	$143.79	$1,031	-0.68
750–790	771	9	136.00–146.00	$142.33	$1,097	+2.98
755–780 value added	773	4	150.00–157.00	$153.47	$1,186	+12.47
804–835 value added	808	48	137.00–151.00	$143.06	$1,156	-2.85
820–840	830	2	127.50–139.00	$133.32	$1,107	-1.03
855–885	870	3	129.00–138.00	$132.97	$1,157	+10.53
933 value added	933	6	125.00	$125.00	$1,166	—
995 value added	995	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,303	—
1010	1010	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,262	+5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–248	242	3	170.00–200.00	$190.50	$461	—
260–295	284	7	170.00–182.50	$178.01	$506	+0.69
300–345	328	16	162.50–187.00	$174.21	$571	-5.98
350–395	376	23	140.00–185.00	$165.40	$622	-13.60
410–445	426	12	152.50–175.00	$168.02	$716	-12.15
450–495	480	16	140.00–175.00	$160.08	$768	-6.86
515–525	520	7	141.00–165.00	$151.13	$786	-10.41
563–585	574	9	138.00–155.00	$148.14	$850	+2.49
600–635	615	7	128.00–150.00	$138.24	$850	-6.99
650	650	1	150.00	$150.00	$975	+9.52
710–735	721	8	121.00–135.00	$127.83	$922	-7.24
750–775	760	5	130.00–145.00	$136.77	$1,039	—
810	810	1	101.00	$101.00	$818	—
873	873	4	126.00	$126.00	$1,100	—
1085	1085	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,150	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	162.50	$162.50	$463	-17.50
370–390	380	2	160.00–162.50	$161.28	$613	-19.98
430	430	1	155.00	$155.00	$666	-20.01
460–495	478	2	150.00–167.50	$159.07	$760	-6.93
550–570	563	3	135.00–161.00	$146.50	$825	+11.46
605	605	1	112.50	$112.50	$681	-29.50
660	660	1	132.00	$132.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	325	2	165.00	$165.00	$536	—
362–395	375	4	147.50–167.50	$155.21	$582	—
420–430	425	2	145.00–160.00	$152.41	$648	-1.59
465–485	475	2	153.00–155.00	$153.98	$731	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–248	240	8	142.50–180.00	$156.47	$376	-13.01
255–295	280	10	140.00–190.00	$165.74	$464	-4.83
320–340 value added	327	3	172.50–174.00	$173.48	$567	—
302–348	329	45	141.00–177.00	$162.41	$534	+2.80
353–380 value added	362	3	160.00–170.00	$166.50	$603	-1.50
355–385 fancy	367	3	162.00–167.00	$164.60	$604	-2.90
355–399	375	91	147.00–175.00	$162.79	$610	+1.28
400 fancy	400	1	157.00	$157.00	$628	+1.77
405 thin fleshed	405	1	175.00	$175.00	$709	—
420	420	1	147.50	$147.50	$620	-9.34
400–449	427	175	140.00–172.50	$158.67	$678	+1.83
450–455 fancy	453	2	170.00–172.50	$171.24	$776	—
455–485 value added	457	55	150.00–174.00	$172.31	$787	+7.12
450–498	473	186	134.00–165.00	$155.06	$733	+0.29
500–545	523	144	133.00–162.50	$150.19	$785	+10.19
509–535 value added	523	36	148.50–161.50	$159.37	$834	+0.12
535 fancy	535	1	170.00	$170.00	$910	+23.00
557–591 value added	570	64	150.00–159.00	$156.33	$891	-0.82
550–599	579	151	130.00–155.00	$144.12	$834	+5.62
593	593	2	129.00	$129.00	$765	-9.50
604–641 value added	619	50	137.00–145.00	$142.53	$882	-0.60
600–646	621	105	125.50–144.00	$137.70	$855	+13.70
650–695	670	33	120.00–137.50	$129.79	$870	-3.16
650–691 value added	683	24	127.00–145.00	$132.45	$905	-10.55
700–738 value added	706	32	127.00–135.50	$133.95	$946	-10.80
700–745	716	23	114.00–130.00	$125.36	$898	+1.52
720	720	1	113.00	$113.00	$814	-10.84
755	755	1	115.00	$115.00	$868	-6.55
750–788	764	11	115.00–129.00	$122.84	$938	+1.29
772 value added	772	3	125.00	$125.00	$965	-11.49
815–835	820	4	110.00–120.00	$112.55	$923	-2.60
850–865	858	2	121.00–124.00	$122.51	$1,051	+14.00
940 value added	940	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,034	—
940–945	943	3	100.00–123.00	$110.34	$1,041	-1.66
955	955	1	92.00	$92.00	$879	-16.00
1050	1050	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,050	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	150.00	$150.00	$338	+0.96
258–283	277	9	130.00–157.50	$149.43	$414	-6.32
300–345	314	14	137.50–157.50	$148.59	$467	-0.59
350–395	378	33	130.00–161.00	$147.21	$556	-2.58
400–445	427	21	128.00–157.50	$138.12	$590	-7.62
450–490	480	40	130.00–155.00	$151.68	$728	+5.53
500–530	514	7	132.00–145.00	$139.05	$715	-0.09
565 value added	565	1	138.00	$138.00	$780	—
550–595	566	27	126.00–146.00	$138.41	$783	+6.88
605–645	617	5	105.00–120.00	$116.07	$716	-13.65
675–690	685	4	110.00–120.00	$117.03	$802	+5.03
875	875	1	87.50	$87.50	$766	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	150.00	$150.00	$488	+20.00
390	390	1	127.50	$127.50	$497	+7.50
410	410	1	147.50	$147.50	$605	+5.45
480–490	485	2	136.00–150.00	$143.07	$694	+9.07
490	490	1	125.00	$125.00	$612	-9.00
560–570	565	2	114.00–140.00	$126.88	$717	-10.62

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	372	3	140.00–145.00	$141.64	$527	+15.13
408–435	422	4	117.00–117.50	$117.24	$495	-17.76

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	317	5	183.00–207.50	$193.69	$614	+4.87
340 fancy	340	1	207.00	$207.00	$704	-1.25
355–390	381	43	160.00–190.00	$179.00	$682	-0.94
405 fancy	405	1	200.00	$200.00	$810	+17.26
400–448	428	69	165.00–191.00	$176.03	$753	+1.82
450–485	461	4	151.00–161.00	$155.28	$716	-15.57
450–495	475	73	157.00–185.00	$172.14	$818	+1.29
500 fancy	500	1	170.00	$170.00	$850	+5.97
500–549	524	108	139.00–180.00	$161.84	$848	-2.41
545 value added	545	2	177.00	$177.00	$965	—
550–595	571	57	145.00–170.00	$157.35	$898	+0.92
600–645	622	33	134.00–160.00	$147.55	$918	+12.55
657 fancy	657	2	149.00	$149.00	$979	—
650–695	670	28	125.00–152.50	$135.70	$909	-1.95
708–745	725	17	118.00–135.00	$127.18	$922	-5.30
750–795	770	11	116.00–133.00	$126.25	$972	+2.89
800–815	810	6	114.00–127.00	$118.36	$959	-2.94
855–875	864	4	107.00–123.00	$113.26	$979	+5.38
935	935	3	101.00	$101.00	$944	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	152.50	$152.50	$503	+1.50
365–390	378	2	150.00–154.00	$152.07	$575	-4.09
400–445	424	22	150.00–178.00	$162.77	$690	-7.96
450–495	474	20	133.00–167.50	$152.19	$721	-9.81
500–547	527	21	135.00–158.00	$148.41	$782	-6.36
550–597	576	13	130.00–152.50	$139.92	$806	-0.43
608–625	617	8	122.00–151.00	$131.82	$813	-4.23
670–690	686	5	125.00–126.00	$125.20	$859	-11.54
810	810	1	110.00	$110.00	$891	-7.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	162.50	$162.50	$536	—
410–445	425	4	145.00–170.00	$155.37	$660	-24.63
490	490	2	138.00–140.00	$139.00	$681	-6.64
520	520	1	145.00	$145.00	$754	-10.00
555–570	563	2	130.00–135.00	$132.47	$746	+12.47
622	622	3	110.00	$110.00	$684	—
625	625	1	118.00	$118.00	$738	—
670	670	1	140.00	$140.00	$938	—
785	785	1	110.00	$110.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1520	1520	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—
1540	1540	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–475	473	2	140.00–147.00	$143.48	$679	+6.48

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1470	1177	80-85%	18	57.00–85.00	$71.62	$843	-8.25
835–1973	1208	80-85%	141	70.00–89.00	$78.92	$953	—
995–1575	1255	80-85%	34	82.50–103.00	$89.25	$1,120	-3.86

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1310	972	85-90%	25	31.00–62.00	$52.97	$515	—
795–1410	1055	85-90%	110	50.00–80.50	$67.21	$709	-9.88
880–1470	1136	85-90%	12	72.00–84.00	$76.80	$872	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1510	1279	75-80%	7	65.00–73.00	$70.22	$898	—
1160–1605	1343	75-80%	20	81.00–96.00	$87.76	$1,179	—
1065–1770	1401	75-80%	108	74.00–88.50	$79.31	$1,111	-1.66

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1925	1641	10	87.00–98.00	$93.06	$1,527	—
1160–2270	1758	66	90.00–119.00	$108.68	$1,911	-9.82
1430–2125	1834	21	110.00–128.00	$117.67	$2,158	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1050	999	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,150.00	$1,013.95
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	890.00	$890.00
930–1175	1037	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,106.51
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	820.00	$820.00
1065–1125	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	925.00–1,050.00	$981.96
860–1230	1113	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,175.00	$1,009.50
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1050–1245	1148	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–1,050.00	$883.45
1000–1450	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	850.00–1,140.00	$975.00
1125–1365	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	775.00–1,075.00	$984.69
1180–1480	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	700.00–1,150.00	$989.33

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–850	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–845.00	$822.50
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	720.00	$720.00
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	775.00	$775.00
870	870	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
872	872	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00
850–1030	940	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–850.00	$838.70
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00

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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
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	-200.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,275.00	$1,275.00	-50.00
1035–1200	1112	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,125.00–1,175.00	$1,159.48	-165.52
1135–1255	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,159.36	-109.94
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,210.00	$1,210.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,340.00	$1,243.75	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,710.00	$1,710.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	2	84.00	$84.00	$504	—

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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
850	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

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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.