Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 13, 2022

5,570 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $139.20/cwt -3.60 vs last sale · ≈ $806/hd at 579 lb · 225 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.95/cwt -4.53 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 522 lb · 191 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.37/cwt -5.67 vs last sale · ≈ $704/hd at 471 lb · 179 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,570	6,807	6,306
Feeder cattle	4,318	5,409	5,172
Slaughter cattle	977	1,115	919
Replacement cattle	275	283	215

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 3.00-4.00 lower with buyers showing lighter demand for all classes. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were steady to 3.00 higher with moderate to good demand for slaughter classes. Receipts for all types of cattle were lighter this week due, in part, to the extremely hot temperatures throughout the region.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	216	7	200.00–220.00	$207.46	$448	+19.76
260–290	274	19	176.00–217.00	$196.35	$538	-7.79
300–345	327	29	157.00–210.00	$181.23	$593	-2.18
350–395	374	59	141.00–205.00	$185.27	$693	-4.74
400–442	416	55	167.00–190.00	$181.49	$755	-1.62
470 value added	470	1	185.00	$185.00	$870	±0.00
450–496	472	48	151.00–190.00	$168.32	$794	-11.40
500 fancy	500	1	174.00	$174.00	$870	-19.00
500–546	528	90	149.00–175.00	$160.09	$845	-11.59
511–546 value added	532	30	160.00–175.00	$168.18	$895	-11.97
550–599	575	89	142.00–170.00	$153.88	$885	-11.26
551–590 value added	580	66	160.00–180.50	$176.12	$1,021	-4.08
600–648	620	94	140.00–165.00	$152.58	$946	-6.69
607–648 value added	633	69	153.00–166.75	$161.70	$1,024	-9.19
659–675 value added	667	31	153.00–168.00	$155.42	$1,037	-7.09
650–695	675	63	137.50–167.00	$150.91	$1,019	-1.26
705–745	732	32	130.00–147.00	$138.81	$1,016	-4.58
708–748 value added	744	70	138.00–157.25	$156.67	$1,166	-2.89
750–775	766	5	134.00–151.00	$140.22	$1,074	+1.03
798 value added	798	5	138.50	$138.50	$1,105	-21.00
804	804	8	123.00	$123.00	$989	-24.54
808–841 value added	833	8	135.00–145.00	$138.69	$1,155	-11.31
855–880	868	3	128.00–133.00	$130.65	$1,134	-4.35
860–885 value added	874	8	132.00–137.00	$135.70	$1,186	—
903–907	905	5	122.50–123.00	$122.70	$1,110	-17.30
907 value added	907	55	147.00	$147.00	$1,333	—
950–975	963	2	116.00–125.00	$120.44	$1,160	—
975 value added	975	2	130.50	$130.50	$1,272	—
1032 value added	1032	2	126.50	$126.50	$1,305	—
1033	1033	2	113.00	$113.00	$1,167	-7.00
1087 value added	1087	6	120.50	$120.50	$1,310	—
1090	1090	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	2	150.00–170.00	$160.44	$454	-20.89
305–345	330	4	137.50–190.00	$161.43	$533	-12.91
355–395	374	8	135.00–181.00	$162.30	$607	-13.66
430	430	1	165.00	$165.00	$710	-10.29
450–495	477	21	138.00–165.00	$154.57	$737	-14.27
500–545	525	16	123.00–150.00	$142.49	$748	-9.43
546 value added	546	8	148.00	$148.00	$808	—
555–595	584	32	130.00–155.00	$146.28	$854	-4.38
600–625	611	9	118.00–147.50	$137.07	$837	-6.73
665–695	687	21	123.00–145.00	$130.71	$898	-8.98
730	730	2	115.00	$115.00	$840	-20.99
770	770	2	111.00	$111.00	$855	—
895	895	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,083	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	3	140.00	$140.00	$360	-25.00
370–375	373	2	150.00	$150.00	$560	-25.00
410	410	1	134.00	$134.00	$549	—
528	528	3	110.00	$110.00	$581	—
637–645	640	3	122.50–130.00	$127.48	$816	—
665	665	1	130.00	$130.00	$864	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	139.00	$139.00	$653	-13.03
720	720	1	128.00	$128.00	$922	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	223	4	160.00–200.00	$179.66	$401	+17.66
250–293	280	15	130.00–180.00	$169.67	$475	+10.30
305–345	327	53	137.50–180.00	$158.13	$517	-2.60
350–399	388	78	141.00–171.00	$157.92	$613	-0.04
400–448	424	77	138.00–165.00	$152.16	$645	-4.14
415–440	428	2	130.00–142.00	$135.82	$581	-20.48
450–498	471	178	136.00–165.00	$149.41	$704	-4.20
490	490	1	142.00	$142.00	$696	-1.16
500–549	522	170	131.00–155.00	$143.02	$747	+6.64
504–543 value added	523	18	142.00–150.00	$143.78	$752	-14.78
510–545	527	3	132.50–135.00	$134.14	$707	-12.57
570	570	1	130.00	$130.00	$741	-12.39
550–598	578	184	130.00–150.00	$138.21	$799	-4.18
551–598 value added	584	40	141.00–148.00	$144.01	$841	-6.15
600	600	1	122.50	$122.50	$735	-16.08
600–649	625	82	125.00–141.00	$133.40	$834	-5.18
611–642 value added	639	89	139.00–148.00	$145.57	$930	-4.02
645	645	2	125.00	$125.00	$806	-13.58
661 value added	661	26	135.00–138.00	$136.38	$901	-13.79
650–695	672	54	120.00–139.00	$131.77	$885	+0.09
685	685	1	91.00	$91.00	$623	-40.68
705–745	733	66	116.00–139.00	$132.15	$969	+6.42
728–739 value added	733	16	120.00–133.50	$127.33	$933	-3.31
760–783	774	11	115.00–128.00	$121.58	$941	+1.21
765–790 value added	776	4	120.00–127.00	$123.04	$955	-21.21
817 value added	817	9	122.00	$122.00	$997	-4.83
808–835	818	15	105.00–115.00	$110.95	$908	-3.84
925–945	932	3	105.00–121.00	$112.73	$1,051	+12.73
1020	1020	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,081	+3.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–285	274	3	134.00–155.00	$141.29	$387	-9.23
310–345	335	5	136.00–145.00	$138.04	$462	-17.77
358–395	369	18	130.00–142.00	$136.40	$503	-6.19
400–445	429	19	131.00–152.00	$138.79	$595	-3.33
450–495	473	32	127.00–149.00	$137.74	$652	-6.09
510	510	1	102.00	$102.00	$520	-32.85
500–546	521	32	120.00–142.50	$129.23	$673	-5.62
550–591	572	23	125.00–140.00	$130.70	$748	-1.43
600–635	621	9	120.00–133.00	$123.81	$769	-1.80
667–693	686	13	114.00–119.00	$117.57	$807	-5.43
710–735	719	6	108.00–125.00	$116.27	$836	-0.76
812–815	814	2	96.00–127.00	$111.53	$908	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	135.00	$135.00	$371	-10.00
310–330	325	4	127.00–135.00	$128.91	$419	—
392	392	5	115.00	$115.00	$451	—
410–435	423	2	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$561	+0.88
460–493	482	3	120.00–125.00	$121.59	$586	—
535	535	1	122.50	$122.50	$655	-7.50
570	570	1	122.50	$122.50	$698	+2.50

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	137.00	$137.00	$466	-7.28
395	395	1	130.00	$130.00	$514	-3.93
445	445	1	130.00	$130.00	$578	-9.59
450	450	1	127.50	$127.50	$574	+15.00
520	520	1	135.00	$135.00	$702	+2.12
560	560	1	120.00	$120.00	$672	—
670	670	1	90.00	$90.00	$603	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	190.00	$190.00	$542	-2.28
325–345	334	8	153.50–185.00	$169.83	$567	-4.15
355–395	379	40	155.00–183.00	$172.28	$653	+0.28
400–449	425	33	144.00–185.00	$163.67	$696	-7.35
450–498	468	47	152.00–180.00	$164.58	$770	-2.37
505 value added	505	1	165.00	$165.00	$833	—
500–545	525	84	136.00–160.00	$151.15	$794	-6.98
550–590	574	50	134.00–155.00	$144.82	$831	-6.18
600–648	631	45	131.00–148.00	$140.66	$888	-5.31
650–685	662	38	128.00–148.00	$134.32	$889	-5.77
715–745	729	10	110.00–140.00	$128.09	$934	-3.59
750–765	756	12	114.00–125.00	$116.01	$877	-10.11
805–840	823	2	109.00–119.00	$113.89	$937	-4.22
855–860	858	2	109.00–112.00	$110.50	$948	-3.87
923	923	2	98.00	$98.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–445	431	22	137.50–161.00	$154.32	$665	-5.84
450–498	484	22	130.00–160.00	$142.02	$687	+2.02
500–545	515	12	126.00–146.00	$134.58	$693	-12.50
558–591	578	8	125.00–135.00	$132.81	$768	-9.33
603–638	619	11	107.00–143.00	$126.93	$786	-9.19
660	660	1	128.00	$128.00	$845	-8.97
715–740	728	7	118.00–133.00	$125.10	$911	—
790	790	1	106.00	$106.00	$837	—
845	845	1	106.00	$106.00	$896	—
850	850	1	100.00	$100.00	$850	—
970	970	1	96.00	$96.00	$931	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–485	473	2	115.00–130.00	$122.30	$578	-35.20
533	533	2	130.00	$130.00	$693	-6.00
555–575	563	5	126.00–135.00	$129.68	$730	—
615	615	1	110.00	$110.00	$676	—
705	705	3	110.00	$110.00	$776	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	318	3	148.00–152.00	$149.42	$475	—
400	400	1	145.00	$145.00	$580	-7.15
485	485	1	138.00	$138.00	$669	-9.56
485	485	1	152.50	$152.50	$740	+4.94
515–545	530	2	110.00–130.00	$119.72	$635	-21.28
550–585	568	2	130.00–132.50	$131.29	$746	-8.71
620	620	1	130.00	$130.00	$806	-10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502–1360	992	80-85%	45	40.00–80.00	$67.56	$670	—
845–1668	1168	80-85%	188	71.50–101.00	$84.50	$987	—
980–1520	1245	80-85%	50	83.00–114.00	$94.82	$1,181	+3.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1515	1371	75-80%	20	85.00–106.00	$95.52	$1,310	+5.28
1130–1770	1386	75-80%	12	67.00–78.00	$74.36	$1,031	-15.88
1040–1865	1396	75-80%	138	77.00–98.00	$87.36	$1,220	-2.88

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
599–1245	909	85-90%	34	37.00–70.00	$55.93	$508	—
800–1320	1010	85-90%	94	59.00–91.00	$74.74	$755	+4.14
875–1235	1084	85-90%	11	81.00–96.00	$89.98	$975	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1960	1540	17	87.00–106.00	$97.70	$1,505	—
1120–2355	1654	67	98.00–125.00	$109.31	$1,808	—
1390–2065	1729	12	112.00–130.00	$119.95	$2,074	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1045	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–950.00	$922.13
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1025	1025	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	750.00	$750.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
955–1200	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	650.00–1,100.00	$889.96
1000–1400	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	900.00–1,275.00	$1,054.00
1225–1345	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–1,070.00	$965.14

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00

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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
900–1275	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,175.00–1,375.00	$1,299.59	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,090.00–1,375.00	$1,215.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,090.00	$1,090.00	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/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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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.