Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 256 priced lines covering 1,881 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,996 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 322 head. replacement cattle receipts at 332 head. Counted as USDA files them — 17 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Apr 28, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,996Last week 1,556Year ago 2,555

Slaughter CattleReceipts 322Last week 170Year ago 427

Replacement CattleReceipts 332Last week 90Year ago 352

Compared to last week; Feeder Cattle sold unevenly steady, with instances of 10.00 lower to 10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows sold steady to 5.00 lower, with Slaughter Bulls selling 2.00-4.00 lower; Demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply of cattle.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,376	2,300.00–3,500.00	2,966.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,226	2,900.00–4,000.00	3,382.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	3,400.00	3,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,323	1,750.00–2,900.00	2,403.97
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,235	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,223.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,209	2,300.00–3,100.00	2,640.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,258	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,468.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,068	2,350.00–2,700.00	2,506.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,357	2,900.00–3,400.00	3,261.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,110	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,349.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,061	1,650.00–2,000.00	1,829.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	880	2,000.00–2,750.00	2,436.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	995	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,975.00	1,975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,038	2,500.00–2,600.00	2,555.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,108	2,500.00–3,550.00	2,958.20
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,154	2,000.00–2,950.00	2,596.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,265	2,900.00–3,500.00	3,229.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,105	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,102.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,605	3,450.00	3,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	3,200.00	3,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	5,300.00	5,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	4,900.00	4,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	3,900.00–4,750.00	4,470.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,700.00–4,200.00	4,033.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,100.00	3,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,500.00	3,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	2,375.00	2,375.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	870	3,000.00	3,000.00
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,300.00	3,300.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	490	460.00–465.00	463.33
3	500–550	519	415.00–425.00	418.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	417.50	417.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	521	480.00–490.00	488.66
1	600–650	620	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	650.00–665.00	657.76
1	400–450	420	540.00	540.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	590.00–700.00	645.57
5	250–300	275	530.00–630.00	580.87
4	300–350	323	430.00–570.00	505.26
1	350–400	390	540.00	540.00
6	400–450	419	475.00–505.00	490.02
2	450–500	478	480.00–485.00	482.46
5	500–550	535	432.50–460.00	445.51
3	550–600	575	420.00–445.00	431.57
1	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	650	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	224	640.00–670.00	652.57
11	250–300	270	575.00–625.00	601.91
7	300–350	324	565.00–600.00	580.65
9	350–400	372	525.00–560.00	546.29
10	400–450	417	490.00–525.00	518.43
18	450–500	483	470.00–500.00	479.31
6	500–550	528	445.00–475.00	460.87
6	550–600	579	435.00–460.00	454.23
10	600–650	613	400.00–430.00	418.90
3	650–700	662	385.00–410.00	396.54
3	700–750	712	370.00–380.00	373.33
2	750–800	760	365.00–380.00	372.40
1	800–850	805	360.00	360.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	500.00	500.00
1	400–450	435	450.00	450.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	530.00	530.00
2	450–500	475	400.00–455.00	426.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	555.00	555.00
8	250–300	267	410.00–550.00	509.32
1	300–350	325	480.00	480.00
2	350–400	390	370.00–460.00	415.00
3	500–550	522	410.00–440.00	428.24
2	550–600	560	300.00–400.00	350.45
2	600–650	608	370.00–390.00	380.04
1	650–700	675	375.00	375.00
1	800–850	805	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	277	607.50–700.00	656.56
12	300–350	314	580.00–640.00	618.13
16	350–400	370	530.00–600.00	571.28
32	400–450	428	515.00–580.00	561.95
31	450–500	475	495.00–560.00	527.98
15	500–550	526	470.00–540.00	514.07
25	550–600	568	445.00–500.00	468.93
16	600–650	619	395.00–435.00	422.43
20	650–700	681	380.00–410.00	394.35
2	700–750	735	350.00–370.00	359.93
11	750–800	791	355.00	355.00
2	800–850	803	320.00	320.00
7	850–900	860	323.00–341.00	333.53
2	900–950	935	320.00–335.00	327.42
1	950–1000	990	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	545.00	545.00
4	500–550	530	520.00	520.00
10	550–600	568	485.00	485.00
1	600–650	610	470.00	470.00
2	650–700	665	430.00	430.00
20	700–750	719	391.00–400.00	397.03
15	750–800	768	380.00	380.00
8	800–850	826	345.00–352.50	347.65
57	950–1000	968	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	520.00	520.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	580.00	580.00
2	600–650	610	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	585.00	585.00
5	250–300	266	500.00–535.00	521.77
6	300–350	327	520.00–560.00	546.89
20	350–400	378	500.00–525.00	507.65
38	400–450	425	460.00–515.00	486.60
16	450–500	466	445.00–485.00	471.65
31	500–550	522	420.00–455.00	435.41
12	550–600	580	410.00–435.00	417.00
8	600–650	612	370.00–390.00	374.39
4	650–700	675	350.00–365.00	358.64
1	700–750	720	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	775	315.00–330.00	322.55
2	800–850	830	330.00	330.00
1	850–900	865	330.00	330.00
1	900–950	910	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	580.00	580.00
3	350–400	359	540.00	540.00
1	400–450	400	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	500.00	500.00
5	500–550	508	470.00	470.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	640.00	640.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	248	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	390	470.00–490.00	481.31
7	400–450	418	440.00–455.00	448.67
1	450–500	450	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	531	405.00–415.00	411.28
3	550–600	572	390.00–400.00	396.59
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	490.00	490.00
3	250–300	282	450.00–480.00	466.27
4	300–350	315	450.00–500.00	475.65
2	350–400	375	400.00–410.00	405.00
10	400–450	419	355.00–455.00	413.11
11	450–500	464	235.00–415.00	357.22
5	500–550	529	260.00–410.00	356.75
6	550–600	587	320.00–400.00	367.77
2	600–650	628	300.00–360.00	330.36
2	650–700	658	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	715	325.00–335.00	329.90
1	750–800	775	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	500.00–570.00	532.98
6	300–350	328	380.00–500.00	454.94
5	350–400	366	400.00–485.00	434.95
9	400–450	427	400.00–465.00	449.40
11	450–500	476	355.00–430.00	395.79
3	500–550	520	400.00–410.00	406.76
3	550–600	578	315.00–400.00	366.44
2	600–650	603	365.00	365.00
1	650–700	670	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	540.00–580.00	559.78
13	250–300	272	540.00–740.00	606.61
13	300–350	326	505.00–580.00	541.92
41	350–400	376	495.00–550.00	518.58
40	400–450	428	450.00–490.00	473.93
62	450–500	474	445.00–485.00	465.39
50	500–550	522	405.00–450.00	423.83
31	550–600	579	395.00–430.00	413.95
15	600–650	629	330.00–405.00	375.83
14	650–700	659	350.00–390.00	366.48
2	700–750	725	310.00–337.50	323.37
4	750–800	761	305.00–335.00	322.49
5	800–850	813	330.00–340.00	332.07
1	900–950	900	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	430.00–435.00	433.28
3	450–500	470	430.00–437.50	435.05
3	500–550	540	380.00–400.00	386.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	600.00	600.00
10	350–400	369	545.00	545.00
17	400–450	409	490.00–510.00	498.06
9	600–650	610	401.00	401.00
6	750–800	758	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	372	500.00–560.00	523.81
15	400–450	430	470.00–500.00	484.56
8	450–500	485	465.00–500.00	478.51
24	500–550	515	420.00–450.00	441.16
8	550–600	564	400.00–435.00	418.03
6	600–650	620	370.00–395.00	382.61
7	650–700	682	355.00–380.00	368.60
7	700–750	706	345.00–355.00	351.43
1	750–800	765	347.50	347.50
2	800–850	803	312.50	312.50
7	850–900	866	280.00–300.00	290.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	600.00–610.00	605.28
1	300–350	330	565.00	565.00
5	350–400	366	450.00–550.00	511.20
8	400–450	432	420.00–515.00	465.12
5	450–500	471	380.00–490.00	436.15
6	500–550	514	420.00–462.00	454.78
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	485.00	485.00
2	450–500	463	450.00–460.00	455.14
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	355.00–495.00	459.31
6	400–450	427	345.00–440.00	402.81
10	450–500	477	340.00–450.00	413.67
10	500–550	523	380.00–410.00	401.63
2	550–600	588	380.00–390.00	385.06
2	600–650	600	340.00–360.00	350.00
1	700–750	735	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	788	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	815	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	640.00–710.00	679.81
14	300–350	322	580.00–690.00	603.78
34	350–400	376	520.00–600.00	556.59
24	400–450	425	520.00–570.00	536.15
29	450–500	475	470.00–525.00	490.34
22	500–550	529	452.50–520.00	487.85
32	550–600	571	430.00–480.00	454.92
12	600–650	618	395.00–440.00	421.26
4	650–700	664	370.00–402.50	385.40
5	700–750	731	340.00–392.50	350.41
1	750–800	755	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	336	525.00–540.00	536.43
3	400–450	418	490.00–500.00	496.53
4	450–500	463	450.00–460.00	452.54
5	500–550	533	420.00–450.00	429.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	575.00–585.00	579.91
6	400–450	434	527.50–540.00	532.01
5	450–500	453	510.00–520.00	514.02
3	500–550	503	465.00	465.00
14	550–600	551	445.00	445.00
7	650–700	656	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	740.00–750.00	745.05
2	300–350	310	650.00–670.00	660.16
1	350–400	380	590.00	590.00
1	500–550	500	530.00	530.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,241	179.00–194.00	187.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,774	211.00–226.00	218.13
33	—	1,786	189.00–218.00	205.78
3	—	1,868	172.00–187.00	182.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,255	178.00–207.00	190.42
58	—	1,320	160.00–189.00	171.37
13	—	1,422	146.00–161.00	153.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,460	180.00–197.00	183.48
5	—	1,363	155.00–161.00	157.98
30	—	1,455	160.00–188.00	172.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,045	134.00–174.00	150.64
7	—	1,062	120.00–156.00	134.99
9	—	1,163	151.00–180.00	158.13
1	—	990	110.00	110.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Tennessee barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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