Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 23, 2022

5,366 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.54/cwt -2.50 vs last sale · ≈ $717/hd at 470 lb · 187 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $140.78/cwt -2.67 vs last sale · ≈ $811/hd at 576 lb · 173 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.66/cwt -1.51 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 520 lb · 170 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,366	6,279	4,043
Feeder cattle	4,037	4,831	3,267
Slaughter cattle	1,051	1,156	541
Replacement cattle	278	292	235

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 550 lbs were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, while steers over 550 lbs were mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs were 3.00-4.00 lower, while heifers over 500 lbs were unevenly steady with instances of 3.00 higher to 3.00 lower. Demand was mostly moderate for feeder cattle and offerings were lighter than last week due in part to it being the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Slaughter cows were unevenly steady and slaughter bulls were mostly steady with moderate demand for slaughter classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	237	4	181.00–235.00	$195.60	$464	-5.15
270–285	277	9	169.00–215.00	$185.26	$513	-5.55
321–345	330	16	172.50–207.00	$182.95	$604	-7.32
360–395	381	18	170.00–188.00	$179.11	$682	-9.63
395	395	1	172.00	$172.00	$679	-16.74
403–445	426	35	168.00–194.00	$176.95	$754	-5.22
450–497	468	70	153.00–185.00	$174.30	$816	-2.37
510–537 value added	527	7	177.00–185.00	$181.71	$958	+8.42
500–548	529	107	156.00–177.50	$168.73	$893	-2.24
552–585 value added	571	50	162.00–175.00	$169.26	$966	+1.71
550–595	573	78	150.00–177.50	$162.61	$932	-2.14
600–647	619	79	141.00–174.00	$159.46	$987	+0.82
603–638 value added	623	34	156.00–178.00	$166.67	$1,038	+0.40
655–677 value added	665	7	151.00–167.50	$158.52	$1,054	-2.95
650–698	670	87	144.00–168.00	$154.61	$1,036	+1.49
709 value added	709	5	148.00	$148.00	$1,049	+0.98
700–748	723	29	130.00–146.00	$141.80	$1,025	-1.75
756 value added	756	8	151.00	$151.00	$1,142	—
755–795	779	25	133.00–153.00	$139.61	$1,088	-3.60
800–845	832	14	126.00–142.50	$132.96	$1,106	-6.19
860–895	878	2	125.00–138.00	$131.37	$1,153	-0.90
920–935	927	3	120.00–130.00	$124.99	$1,159	-2.23
983–990	985	3	123.00–129.00	$125.01	$1,231	+1.18
1095	1095	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,270	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 thin fleshed	230	1	175.00	$175.00	$402	—
290	290	1	190.00	$190.00	$551	+17.80
300–345	327	6	160.00–170.00	$165.06	$540	-17.90
358–390	371	18	162.50–185.00	$175.76	$652	+13.79
415–445	431	16	157.00–175.00	$163.91	$706	-6.40
460–483	470	14	150.00–175.00	$161.33	$758	-0.92
515–545	524	17	140.00–158.00	$151.58	$794	-2.36
550–580	562	10	140.00–165.00	$154.22	$867	+5.02
593 value added	593	42	168.00	$168.00	$996	—
600–645	621	8	141.00–150.00	$145.28	$902	+4.70
650–673	663	9	135.00–146.00	$139.80	$927	+4.18
683 thin fleshed	683	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,011	—
730	730	1	127.00	$127.00	$927	-3.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–395	382	6	161.00–181.00	$174.10	$665	—
475	475	1	157.50	$157.50	$748	+17.50
460–495	478	2	121.00–130.00	$125.66	$601	-14.34
500	500	1	160.00	$160.00	$800	—
590	590	1	138.00	$138.00	$814	±0.00
665	665	1	140.00	$140.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	371	5	154.00–163.00	$159.17	$591	+16.67
435	435	1	165.00	$165.00	$718	—
530	530	1	140.00	$140.00	$742	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–221	217	6	162.50–170.00	$164.68	$357	-8.97
250–295	281	17	155.00–180.00	$166.36	$467	-7.37
305–347	324	31	150.00–178.00	$159.63	$517	-3.86
350–398	374	65	134.00–170.00	$156.22	$584	-1.68
400–448	423	102	130.00–165.00	$154.80	$655	-5.73
440 value added	440	7	155.00	$155.00	$682	-12.73
445	445	1	124.00	$124.00	$552	-36.53
450–498	469	173	145.00–163.00	$152.12	$713	-1.28
478 fancy	478	2	164.00	$164.00	$784	—
480	480	1	140.00	$140.00	$672	-13.40
475–483 value added	482	11	158.00–160.00	$158.18	$762	-9.51
500–547	520	158	139.00–164.00	$148.41	$772	-0.59
525–526 value added	525	11	154.00–155.00	$154.91	$813	-4.80
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630	-29.00
564–580 value added	566	13	152.00–154.00	$153.54	$869	-2.86
550–596	577	159	130.00–158.00	$139.73	$806	-1.68
585	585	1	142.50	$142.50	$834	+1.09
610	610	1	127.50	$127.50	$778	-6.42
600–645	618	74	123.00–144.00	$135.02	$834	+1.10
620	620	1	125.00	$125.00	$775	-8.92
651–665 value added	654	21	137.50–145.00	$138.95	$909	+0.68
650–699	676	47	125.00–141.00	$130.47	$882	-1.41
675–695	688	3	115.00–120.00	$116.68	$803	-15.20
700–745	716	21	115.00–138.00	$128.53	$920	+5.22
750–793	781	11	114.00–123.00	$121.05	$945	-4.58
798 value added	798	13	129.50	$129.50	$1,033	-0.32
800–830	810	3	110.00–113.00	$111.98	$907	-9.49
865	865	1	100.00	$100.00	$865	-16.64
920–940	928	3	95.00–118.00	$109.01	$1,012	-6.99
975	975	1	107.50	$107.50	$1,048	—
1005	1005	1	95.00	$95.00	$955	±0.00
1067	1067	3	100.00	$100.00	$1,067	-3.47

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275 thin fleshed	275	2	171.00	$171.00	$470	—
285–295	292	6	152.50–168.00	$158.45	$463	+14.96
300–345	328	17	130.00–162.50	$145.22	$476	+0.64
355–395	374	10	127.00–152.50	$139.91	$523	-5.97
365–392 thin fleshed	390	11	165.00–171.00	$170.49	$665	—
420 thin fleshed	420	1	162.00	$162.00	$680	—
403–445	428	39	130.00–153.00	$143.24	$613	-3.03
450–498	482	23	120.00–150.00	$141.60	$683	+1.80
500–545	529	22	120.00–155.00	$136.68	$723	+2.65
548 value added	548	23	150.00	$150.00	$822	—
555–590	574	14	120.00–143.00	$126.97	$729	-5.78
596 value added	596	61	152.00	$152.00	$906	—
605–635	618	8	120.00–130.00	$125.97	$778	-0.98
695	695	1	121.00	$121.00	$841	+0.93
715–745	728	3	110.00–120.00	$114.14	$831	-3.46
800–825	813	2	119.00–123.00	$121.03	$984	+13.03

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	140.00	$140.00	$406	—
315–335	327	3	130.00–134.00	$131.67	$431	—
390	390	1	135.00	$135.00	$526	+15.00
415–420	418	2	130.00	$130.00	$543	—
450–485	472	3	130.00–135.00	$131.71	$622	—
520–535	528	2	120.00	$120.00	$634	—
588	588	3	130.00	$130.00	$764	—
620	620	1	116.00	$116.00	$719	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	137.50	$137.50	$419	—
330	330	1	147.50	$147.50	$487	—
350	350	1	152.50	$152.50	$534	—
450–475	465	3	120.00–147.50	$132.73	$617	+22.73
505	505	1	110.00	$110.00	$556	-2.50
555	555	1	107.50	$107.50	$597	-8.50
600	600	1	110.00	$110.00	$660	-10.00
615–625	620	2	108.00–115.00	$111.53	$691	-8.47
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	—

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	161.00	$161.00	$547	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	172.50	$172.50	$405	-2.50
270	270	1	177.50	$177.50	$479	±0.00
305–345	330	5	162.50–190.00	$178.98	$591	+9.30
350–395	378	42	160.00–190.00	$174.77	$661	-2.50
400–445	423	47	150.00–186.00	$167.27	$708	-4.11
450–499	467	55	150.00–180.00	$163.96	$766	-2.96
500–545	518	55	145.00–170.00	$156.43	$810	-0.88
570	570	1	126.00	$126.00	$718	-25.72
550–595	573	52	143.00–165.00	$153.97	$882	+2.25
600–645	626	42	129.00–150.00	$142.25	$890	-1.11
650–695	662	45	130.00–148.00	$137.11	$908	+2.00
703–747	723	18	123.00–139.00	$130.48	$943	+1.28
755–777	770	18	115.00–130.00	$125.29	$965	+0.47
805–840	827	11	100.00–130.00	$118.95	$984	+3.56
855–895	873	3	106.00–120.00	$111.90	$977	+2.42
920	920	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,049	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–340	338	2	158.00–163.00	$160.52	$543	—
350–385	372	3	155.00–161.00	$159.12	$592	-14.66
400–440	423	12	150.00–170.00	$158.46	$670	-3.56
466 thin fleshed	466	5	169.00	$169.00	$788	—
450–490	473	20	148.00–170.00	$163.51	$773	+10.63
500–548	518	22	132.00–160.00	$145.45	$753	+4.35
560–598	580	27	130.00–150.00	$141.01	$818	+1.25
600–645	623	11	124.00–140.00	$132.57	$826	+3.70
670–695	683	5	125.00–135.00	$127.89	$873	+1.86
737	737	3	117.00	$117.00	$862	—
765	765	1	108.00	$108.00	$826	—
825	825	1	100.00	$100.00	$825	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–430	420	4	140.00–160.00	$149.04	$626	+19.04
470	470	1	152.00	$152.00	$714	+29.50
460–485	473	3	144.00–160.00	$151.40	$716	+28.90
505–545	522	6	130.00–145.00	$135.70	$708	—
550	550	1	126.00	$126.00	$693	—
650	650	1	124.00	$124.00	$806	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1480	1480	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	141.00	$141.00	$754	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1630	1191	80-85%	199	70.00–101.00	$82.82	$986	-1.24
895–1545	1195	80-85%	15	60.00–78.00	$70.56	$843	-13.50
1010–1800	1246	80-85%	48	79.00–109.00	$94.62	$1,179	-2.94

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1640	1402	75-80%	30	80.50–110.00	$91.51	$1,283	+5.95
1070–1805	1415	75-80%	142	74.00–99.00	$85.59	$1,211	+0.03
1000–1645	1443	75-80%	10	65.00–88.00	$74.75	$1,079	-10.81

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1280	975	85-90%	22	45.00–70.50	$56.59	$552	-12.34
760–1405	1006	85-90%	135	55.00–87.00	$69.82	$702	—
875–1270	1083	85-90%	12	72.00–94.50	$85.02	$921	+5.98

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1120	1087	3	90.00–96.00	$93.60	$1,017	—
1020–2145	1470	13	80.00–100.00	$91.42	$1,344	—
1205–2410	1788	65	101.00–129.00	$115.04	$2,057	—
1695–2210	1890	20	113.00–143.00	$124.57	$2,354	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
994	994	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	940.00	$940.00
1000–1150	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	940.00–1,010.00	$991.43
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	940.00	$940.00
990–1160	1094	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	775.00–1,025.00	$888.07
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
1050–1200	1133	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	930.00–1,100.00	$1,018.33
1045–1275	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,175.00–1,350.00	$1,271.17
1140–1335	1226	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,025.00–1,200.00	$1,111.77
1000–1400	1267	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	940.00–1,100.00	$1,013.33
1300–1400	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	800.00–1,000.00	$900.00
1280–1500	1361	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	985.00–1,290.00	$1,099.31

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–965	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–925.00	$849.41
1000–1155	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–900.00	$846.40
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1170	1170	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	940.00	$940.00

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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
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	+510.00
1000–1100	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,110.71	-89.29
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	+150.00
900–1225	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,300.00–1,725.00	$1,610.48	+410.48
1000–1150	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00–1,350.00	$1,337.50	+137.50
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1140–1150	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,425.00–1,700.00	$1,563.10	—
1000–1550	1227	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	950.00–1,820.00	$1,481.10	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,525.00–1,550.00	$1,537.50	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,160.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,375.00–1,550.00	$1,475.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,400.00–1,575.00	$1,500.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,380.00	$1,380.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	985.00	$985.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810	810	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
250	250	1	120.00	$120.00	$300	—
300	300	2	117.50	$117.50	$352	—
394	394	10	122.50	$122.50	$483	—
492	492	2	97.50	$97.50	$480	—
575	575	1	112.50	$112.50	$647	+18.50
645	645	1	110.00	$110.00	$710	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	—
665	665	4	93.00	$93.00	$618	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	—
815	815	1	94.00	$94.00	$766	—

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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
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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.