Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 262 priced lines covering 2,144 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,304 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 408 head. replacement cattle receipts at 318 head. Counted as USDA files them — 37 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue May 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,304Last week 1,457Year ago 2,328

Slaughter CattleReceipts 408Last week 185Year ago 430

Replacement CattleReceipts 318Last week 39Year ago 389

Compared to last week; Feeder Cattle sold unevenly steady, with instances of 8.00 lower to 10.00 higher across all weights; Slaughter Cows sold mostly steady with a firm undertone, with Slaughter Bulls selling 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand was moderate overall 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)	5	—	1,219	2,550.00–2,950.00	2,748.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,051	2,350.00–3,100.00	2,791.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,268	2,900.00–3,350.00	3,164.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,173	2,900.00–3,500.00	3,250.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	911	2,650.00–2,800.00	2,711.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,232	2,350.00–2,800.00	2,659.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,358	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,749.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,500.00	2,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,215	2,400.00–3,900.00	3,124.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	2,650.00	2,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,895.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,345	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,192	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,663.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,135	2,450.00–3,350.00	2,903.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,171	2,150.00–2,650.00	2,417.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	773	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	957	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,408.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,045	2,050.00–2,100.00	2,075.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,188	2,100.00–2,550.00	2,341.58
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	710	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	979	1,900.00–3,250.00	2,533.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	1,500.00–2,300.00	1,940.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,003	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	898	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,786.07
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,001	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,729.29
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,111	3,000.00–3,850.00	3,573.68
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,028	3,050.00–3,600.00	3,356.45
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	740	2,350.00	2,350.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	718	2,150.00–2,200.00	2,175.61
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	1,850.00	1,850.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	2,450.00	2,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	3,400.00–3,550.00	3,474.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	3,500.00	3,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,265	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,234.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	805	3,500.00	3,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	4,100.00	4,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,100.00–3,400.00	3,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	4,200.00	4,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,240	3,700.00–4,050.00	3,832.76
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	3,200.00–3,300.00	3,247.56
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	3,250.00	3,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,144	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,184.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,275	4,300.00	4,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	3,400.00	3,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,850.00–3,050.00	2,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	3,100.00	3,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	3,700.00	3,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,100.00	3,100.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	5,500.00	5,500.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	635.00	635.00
1	300–350	325	635.00	635.00
3	350–400	367	590.00–595.00	593.32
1	400–450	400	540.00	540.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	630.00	630.00
3	400–450	433	505.00	505.00
9	500–550	515	430.00–445.00	437.04
7	650–700	697	349.00	349.00
1	700–750	705	350.00	350.00
4	800–850	830	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	500.00–515.00	508.52
2	400–450	433	430.00–450.00	440.17
8	450–500	493	410.00–435.00	416.82
3	500–550	527	385.00–405.00	398.35
1	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
80	600–650	637	391.25	391.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	535	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	214	580.00–760.00	624.16
12	250–300	282	540.00–650.00	578.16
33	300–350	336	500.00–620.00	530.73
28	350–400	383	470.00–555.00	503.70
46	400–450	426	450.00–505.00	477.49
65	450–500	473	430.00–480.00	454.83
29	500–550	526	400.00–460.00	421.28
67	550–600	572	385.00–430.00	403.18
43	600–650	617	370.00–405.00	383.41
3	650–700	657	350.00	350.00
7	700–750	722	320.00–340.00	326.88
10	750–800	767	300.00–335.00	321.99
4	800–850	820	320.00–341.00	329.04
1	850–900	860	300.00	300.00
2	950–1000	993	255.00–275.00	264.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	510.00	510.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,010	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	660.00	660.00
2	250–300	285	510.00–515.00	512.50
3	300–350	318	465.00–480.00	471.73
7	350–400	382	450.00–525.00	485.79
9	400–450	423	454.00–480.00	459.60
5	450–500	478	415.00–450.00	437.87
3	500–550	516	375.00–400.00	391.85
3	550–600	582	345.00–380.00	368.67
1	700–750	715	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	520.00–550.00	535.00
5	250–300	273	310.00–560.00	461.83
7	300–350	327	400.00–520.00	455.57
10	350–400	374	300.00–510.00	435.15
8	400–450	421	385.00–425.00	403.72
4	450–500	474	360.00–400.00	388.39
7	500–550	525	310.00–415.00	372.70
4	550–600	565	360.00–400.00	378.69
5	600–650	626	320.00–360.00	339.78
2	650–700	683	320.00–325.00	322.47
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	465	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	277	580.00–610.00	595.92
4	300–350	319	570.00–585.00	578.90
19	350–400	370	520.00–560.00	540.45
29	400–450	422	465.00–525.00	499.46
36	450–500	473	450.00–505.00	475.27
20	500–550	524	430.00–465.00	442.65
20	550–600	580	405.00–425.00	419.45
4	600–650	624	380.00–405.00	393.68
4	650–700	666	360.00–380.00	369.91
2	700–750	723	340.00–360.00	349.69
3	750–800	770	330.00–350.00	336.49
2	800–850	805	325.00–330.00	327.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	540.00	540.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	570.00	570.00
3	550–600	562	445.00–450.00	448.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	660.00–700.00	672.15
6	250–300	279	630.00–680.00	657.85
7	300–350	321	590.00–670.00	616.41
25	350–400	371	520.00–595.00	554.93
24	400–450	421	507.50–570.00	531.25
31	450–500	474	480.00–560.00	503.77
23	500–550	525	425.00–500.00	458.72
21	550–600	580	420.00–452.50	435.02
23	600–650	628	380.00–440.00	412.67
4	650–700	665	372.50–395.00	384.27
7	700–750	711	320.00–382.50	354.94
6	750–800	758	340.00–360.00	343.30
4	800–850	808	285.00–310.00	303.69
3	850–900	868	285.00–295.00	288.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	740.00	740.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	378	510.00–545.00	525.02
17	400–450	433	500.00–545.00	531.01
30	450–500	464	485.00–530.00	519.07
11	500–550	511	460.00–500.00	472.60
13	550–600	575	400.00–425.00	413.08
12	600–650	616	390.00–410.00	400.33
2	650–700	660	370.00–405.00	387.23
2	700–750	703	335.00–360.00	347.46
1	750–800	765	320.00	320.00
2	900–950	930	275.00–285.00	280.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	500.00	500.00
5	400–450	437	480.00–500.00	486.00
1	450–500	455	490.00	490.00
2	500–550	525	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	640.00	640.00
3	300–350	328	500.00–620.00	554.67
8	350–400	373	460.00–625.00	518.81
8	400–450	419	462.50–530.00	492.07
6	450–500	471	450.00–495.00	473.31
9	500–550	523	390.00–455.00	432.57
3	550–600	577	352.50–410.00	389.43
5	600–650	634	360.00–370.00	363.48
2	750–800	765	310.00–315.00	312.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	372	405.00–500.00	486.87
18	400–450	424	375.00–525.00	440.18
12	450–500	474	365.00–470.00	410.98
9	500–550	517	360.00–435.00	396.25
9	550–600	578	320.00–390.00	374.82
3	600–650	613	270.00–370.00	332.46
1	650–700	690	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	835	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	590.00	590.00
1	350–400	375	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	310.00–400.00	354.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	660.00	660.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	628	445.00	445.00
7	650–700	668	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	555.00	555.00
3	600–650	600	470.00	470.00
3	700–750	710	377.50	377.50
13	800–850	833	340.00–345.50	343.31
28	900–950	934	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	500.00–525.00	510.09
10	400–450	419	480.00–520.00	498.45
4	450–500	488	475.00–500.00	484.79
2	500–550	523	400.00–435.00	418.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	650.00	650.00
4	250–300	284	600.00–640.00	626.33
8	300–350	321	600.00–645.00	612.33
9	350–400	366	540.00–570.00	553.90
21	400–450	415	535.00–560.00	548.76
23	450–500	466	515.00–550.00	537.11
30	500–550	519	475.00–535.00	506.98
5	550–600	582	440.00–455.00	449.05
11	600–650	615	400.00–430.00	416.14
3	650–700	663	410.00–435.00	418.23
3	700–750	705	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	500.00	500.00
1	550–600	575	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	660.00–700.00	672.15
6	250–300	266	630.00–690.00	659.40
9	300–350	320	590.00–660.00	613.13
17	350–400	359	540.00–602.00	571.88
45	400–450	431	505.00–570.00	530.42
30	450–500	469	490.00–560.00	513.42
58	500–550	535	470.00–515.00	496.13
20	550–600	573	440.00–475.00	453.56
25	600–650	623	415.00–455.00	435.55
17	650–700	661	380.00–420.00	406.12
7	700–750	721	360.00–375.00	365.36
4	750–800	781	335.00–355.00	349.94
1	800–850	810	327.00	327.00
8	900–950	941	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	495.00–530.00	514.23
1	350–400	390	470.00	470.00
4	400–450	431	450.00–490.00	470.00
5	450–500	484	470.00–485.00	476.07
4	500–550	532	400.00–445.00	421.13
2	550–600	585	415.00–430.00	422.50
5	600–650	625	380.00–405.00	400.12
3	650–700	693	350.00–360.00	353.29
4	750–800	764	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	530.00–550.00	540.10
4	250–300	292	500.00–560.00	545.89
10	300–350	331	350.00–550.00	469.05
5	350–400	366	370.00–490.00	430.66
14	400–450	422	400.00–515.00	451.02
5	450–500	459	375.00–470.00	423.27
5	500–550	519	420.00–460.00	431.82
4	550–600	576	420.00	420.00
2	700–750	713	370.00	370.00
Steers — Small 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	500.00	500.00
2	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	605.00	605.00
1	550–600	550	510.00	510.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,105	111.00–150.00	135.15
1	—	1,060	90.00	90.00
31	—	1,109	138.00–167.50	153.42
10	—	1,039	155.00–171.00	162.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,227	159.00–191.00	173.62
36	—	1,232	174.00–205.00	187.82
24	—	1,294	151.00–168.00	158.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,471	164.00–182.00	173.37
5	—	1,409	150.00–167.00	160.83
12	—	1,505	179.00–200.00	186.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,737	186.00–217.00	203.32
7	—	1,472	157.00–194.00	178.67
18	—	1,805	205.00–228.00	219.49
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,250	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	176.00–197.00	184.69
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	122.00	122.00

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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