Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 108 priced lines covering 643 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 804 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 153 head. replacement cattle receipts at 61 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Dec 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 804Last week 1,176Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 153Last week 229Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 99Year ago 0

Athens - Compared to last week, feeder steers remaining mostly steady, with feeder heifers under 500 lbs. 3.00 higher and those over 500 lbs. 8.00 to 9.00 higher, and feeder bulls 7.00 higher overall. Slaughter cows remaining mostly steady overall with slaughter bulls 2.00 lower.

Pulaski - Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifers steady to 8.00 higher. Bulls not well established.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	560.00	560.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	650.00–790.00	720.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	765.00	765.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,485	1,085.00	1,085.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	935.00	935.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	500.00–545.00	522.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	800	600.00	600.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	550.00	550.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	120.00	120.00
1	—	885	100.00	100.00
1	—	900	106.00	106.00
2	—	778	90.00–98.00	94.06
5	—	996	96.50	96.50
8	—	266	121.00–139.00	126.77
23	—	569	104.00–118.00	111.96
26	—	380	120.00–136.00	130.87
29	—	473	113.00–126.00	120.45
32	—	429	115.00–127.00	122.10
37	—	514	106.00–124.00	114.67
5	—	665	90.00–119.00	102.50
9	—	722	86.00–112.00	99.76
22	—	335	127.50–144.00	136.66
22	—	610	100.00–121.00	110.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	122.50	122.50
1	—	625	101.00	101.00
2	—	333	122.50–125.00	123.78
2	—	423	120.00–122.50	121.23
2	—	515	108.00–110.00	109.00
3	—	280	117.50–125.00	120.25
3	—	470	110.00–115.00	111.70
4	—	564	100.00–105.00	101.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	327	150.00–151.00	150.75
2	—	660	108.00	108.00
2	—	500	139.00	139.00
2	—	408	132.00–135.00	133.49
1	—	390	142.00	142.00
1	—	265	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	107.50	107.50
3	—	387	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	786	104.00–109.00	107.81
10	—	632	106.00–115.00	109.71
13	—	473	136.00–147.00	143.25
15	—	522	120.00–134.00	125.46
15	—	564	115.00–126.00	122.85
36	—	424	136.00–163.00	147.35
4	—	706	110.00–114.00	113.01
10	—	379	150.00–158.50	154.21
9	—	331	146.50–159.00	149.67
5	—	671	107.00–111.00	108.61
4	—	1,003	63.50	63.50
2	—	268	155.00–157.50	156.33
1	—	820	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	117.50–132.00	124.79
3	—	535	115.00–120.00	117.68
2	—	375	130.00–138.00	134.11
1	—	755	96.00	96.00
1	—	410	128.00	128.00
1	—	305	130.00	130.00
1	—	290	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	122.00–142.50	132.49
2	—	510	113.00–125.00	118.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	577	128.50–130.00	128.76
4	—	527	137.00–140.00	138.50
3	—	378	170.00	170.00
1	—	425	170.00	170.00
1	—	315	167.50	167.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	318	125.00–137.50	132.73
1	—	725	87.00	87.00
1	—	505	115.00	115.00
1	—	255	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	115.00–116.00	115.59
5	—	626	113.00–125.00	117.82
4	—	774	107.00–113.00	110.09
3	—	722	111.00	111.00
2	—	590	121.00–122.00	121.50
2	—	335	148.00–154.00	151.00
1	—	890	108.00	108.00
3	—	375	142.50–165.00	155.49
7	—	409	138.00–155.00	146.65
9	—	468	141.00–151.00	146.16
15	—	522	124.00–139.00	133.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	127.50	127.50
1	—	270	130.00	130.00
1	—	365	137.50	137.50
4	—	425	130.00–142.50	138.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	117.00	117.00
1	—	825	121.00	121.00
1	—	380	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	122.50	122.50
1	—	485	126.00	126.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	52.50–53.00	52.72
2	—	1,340	40.00–41.00	40.47
30	—	1,453	42.00–52.00	46.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	45.00–45.50	45.23
19	—	1,178	36.00–44.00	39.67
5	—	1,017	30.00–34.00	31.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,373	41.50–45.00	42.90
53	—	1,250	43.50–52.50	46.84
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	84.00	84.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	73.50	73.50
2	—	1,828	67.00–70.00	68.40
12	—	1,741	62.00–77.50	69.19

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

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