The Morning Wire / Tennessee / Tue Oct 27, 2026

Tennessee cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Oct 27

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Tue, Oct 27

Choice cutout closed $2.78 higher at $372.22. 5 Tennessee barns reported 454 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Tennessee, week of Oct 26 USDA

Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	445.46/cwt	$20.46 lower	107	10
400-499 lb	409.82/cwt	$3.41 higher	169	10
500-599 lb	381.24/cwt	$3.87 higher	390	10
600-699 lb	351.62/cwt	$7.30 higher	463	10
700-799 lb	337.18/cwt	$4.11 higher	401	10
800-899 lb	336.57/cwt	$3.57 higher	447	9

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Tue, Oct 27, weighted by head. Spread of $23.52 between the top and bottom of 3 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN	TN	401.04/cwt	30
Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN	TN	390.00/cwt	44
United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN)	TN	377.52/cwt	21

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 27 USDA

Choice $372.22, $2.78 higher. Select $358.85, $1.29 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $13.37. 120 loads traded.

At the Tennessee barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week Feeder Steers mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder Bulls under 550lbs 10.00 higher, over 550lbs 2.00 lower. Slaughter Cows and Bulls mostly steady.
Athens Regional Stockyard - Athens, TN · Tennessee

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold unevenly steady, with feeder heifers and bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower, and 3-weights in all classes sharply lower. Lighter demand and lower-quality offerings were noted in comparison to last week's sale. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower.
Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN · Tennessee

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.
United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN) · Tennessee

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 10.00 higher on a light test; Feeder Heifers 8.00 to 12.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.
Pulaski Livestock Auction - Pulaski, TN · Tennessee

Compared to last week, Trends could not be established for Feeder Cattle due to a lack of comparable data, but all classes of Feeder Cattle tended to trade with a higher undertone, Slaughter Cows $2.00-$3.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls not well established. Quality good, Demand good.
Huntingdon Livestock Auction · Tennessee

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	241.16/cwt	$2.32 lower	575
Boner (85% lean)	248.81/cwt	$1.32 lower	1,608
Cutter (90% lean)	252.76/cwt	$0.88 lower	3,103
Premium White	264.75/cwt	$3.66 higher	892
Bull (92% lean)	311.92/cwt	$3.87 lower	379

What published

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Tennessee only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.