Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 123 priced lines covering 1,903 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,348 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 332 head. replacement cattle receipts at 72 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,348Last week 2,320Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 332Last week 263Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 72Last week 50Year ago 0

Dickson - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 650 lbs steady, over 650 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady. Bulls under 550 lbs steady, over 550 lbs steady to 3.00 lower.

Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers mostly steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls under 500 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher, over 500 lbs. steady to 7.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	566	110.00–130.00	124.36
19	—	472	124.00–153.00	143.23
20	—	530	116.00–144.00	131.13
12	—	426	131.00–156.00	148.75
9	—	677	110.00–111.00	110.32
5	—	623	108.00–114.00	110.37
3	—	738	100.00–109.00	102.99
2	—	805	94.00	94.00
1	—	765	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	124.00	124.00
2	—	473	120.00–134.00	127.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	475	151.00–170.00	159.44
39	—	415	154.00–169.00	162.46
30	—	518	140.00–155.00	147.98
20	—	573	127.00–138.00	130.87
17	—	619	120.00–129.50	124.49
13	—	659	115.00–129.00	121.23
9	—	808	90.00–107.00	100.70
5	—	775	96.00–105.00	101.62
3	—	932	78.00–87.00	81.62
3	—	720	109.00–117.00	113.63
1	—	880	88.00	88.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	126.00	126.00
12	—	325	137.50–164.00	151.38
12	—	429	127.00–156.00	146.04
13	—	373	142.00–165.00	156.18
15	—	567	130.00–142.00	134.35
17	—	487	143.00–155.00	147.88
8	—	527	135.00–151.00	142.43
5	—	287	154.00–173.00	169.23
4	—	745	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	151.00	151.00
4	—	445	150.00–157.00	155.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	515	165.00–169.00	166.59
6	—	564	155.00–157.00	155.67
5	—	729	132.00	132.00
3	—	755	130.00	130.00
20	—	627	141.00–146.00	142.12
17	—	826	120.00–126.00	125.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	502	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	93.00	93.00
6	—	826	115.00–121.00	118.17
10	—	767	120.00–125.00	122.66
20	—	669	129.00–139.00	133.35
22	—	720	120.00–128.00	122.86
29	—	423	160.00–171.00	163.61
32	—	574	140.00–158.00	147.37
32	—	618	130.00–144.00	136.85
33	—	477	155.00–173.00	163.64
34	—	330	160.00–180.00	171.93
37	—	379	160.00–180.00	172.98
97	—	530	146.00–164.00	156.48
2	—	283	175.00–180.00	177.61
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	453	84.00	84.00
4	—	503	75.00	75.00
7	—	302	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	121.00	121.00
1	—	500	111.00	111.00
2	—	273	124.00	124.00
2	—	309	120.00	120.00
3	—	370	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	90.00–92.00	91.01
2	—	828	104.00–109.00	106.46
3	—	917	90.00–96.00	94.01
89	—	470	124.00–137.00	129.04
81	—	528	122.00–135.00	127.23
65	—	420	126.00–141.00	131.91
62	—	570	117.00–127.00	123.70
47	—	372	129.00–140.00	134.64
45	—	617	111.00–124.00	119.43
12	—	282	130.00–145.00	138.73
12	—	330	130.00–145.00	139.45
12	—	760	103.00–118.00	113.52
28	—	666	109.00–121.00	115.95
32	—	729	103.00–123.00	114.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	915	95.00	95.00
1	—	695	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	577	128.00–129.00	128.57
9	—	627	123.50–126.00	124.37
135	—	692	126.00	126.00
32	—	709	116.50–121.00	120.33
4	—	830	109.00–113.00	112.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	480	118.00–127.00	123.82
18	—	424	112.00–129.00	124.84
16	—	385	110.00–130.00	125.39
15	—	529	108.00–120.00	117.54
9	—	577	108.00–116.00	113.77
8	—	337	121.00–134.00	130.62
5	—	278	120.00–130.00	125.62
2	—	668	104.00–115.00	109.64
1	—	770	95.00	95.00
1	—	200	141.00	141.00
1	—	700	96.00	96.00
9	—	619	100.00–109.00	105.82
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	125.00	125.00
1	—	490	111.00	111.00
1	—	575	106.00	106.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,030	925.00–985.00	937.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,016	700.00–780.00	762.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,040	625.00–825.00	750.32
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	550.00	550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	820	500.00	500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	945	725.00	725.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,069	38.00–53.50	46.05
15	—	981	33.50–42.50	37.59
4	—	1,116	56.50–61.50	58.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,442	52.00–63.50	57.38
3	—	1,300	45.00–48.00	47.10
8	—	1,421	64.00–66.50	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,249	49.00–63.50	56.26
10	—	1,146	38.50–50.50	46.76
7	—	1,341	59.00–67.50	64.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,934	82.00–97.50	90.76
14	—	1,857	76.50–86.00	81.50
18	—	1,592	59.00–75.00	69.37

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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