Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 112 priced lines covering 452 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 619 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 147 head. replacement cattle receipts at 49 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Mar 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 619Last week 524Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 212Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 44Year ago 0

Athens - Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady; feeder heifers and bulls up to 450 lbs were mostly steady, and over 450 lbs had a lower undertone. Slaughter cows were 1.00-2.00 lower; slaughter bulls were 3.00-4.00 lower. Feeder and slaughter trends this week are based on a limited comparison.

Pulaski - Compared to the same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not well established. Steers under 400 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher, over 400 lbs mostly steady. Heifers under 500 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, over 500 lbs mostly steady. Bulls steady to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	686	120.00–128.00	125.51
5	—	320	171.00–190.00	177.73
6	—	424	151.00–172.50	165.41
8	—	373	159.00–185.00	175.44
14	—	526	135.00–150.00	146.70
4	—	463	153.00–167.50	159.29
3	—	838	115.00	115.00
3	—	630	127.00–133.00	129.66
2	—	700	118.00	118.00
2	—	580	141.00–142.00	141.50
2	—	285	182.50–190.00	186.32
1	—	850	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	167.50	167.50
1	—	545	144.00	144.00
1	—	575	139.00	139.00
1	—	615	126.00	126.00
1	—	360	143.00	143.00
1	—	415	142.00	142.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
1	—	340	155.00	155.00
1	—	710	117.00	117.00
1	—	575	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	133.00–134.00	133.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	888	110.00	110.00
2	—	673	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	157.50	157.50
2	—	515	149.00–154.00	151.45
3	—	315	180.00–182.50	181.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	94.00–96.00	94.99
4	—	364	155.00–170.00	163.19
4	—	708	100.00–106.50	104.84
5	—	292	170.00–177.50	174.99
10	—	335	157.00–176.00	168.32
19	—	424	150.00–167.50	162.20
10	—	476	142.00–164.00	151.81
8	—	519	130.00–155.00	140.41
4	—	573	121.00–134.00	127.95
3	—	618	118.00–130.00	124.53
1	—	655	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	94.00–104.00	99.02
1	—	755	90.00	90.00
1	—	650	111.00	111.00
1	—	620	119.00	119.00
1	—	550	121.00	121.00
3	—	483	134.00–136.00	135.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	130.00–136.00	133.52
3	—	600	111.00	111.00
2	—	493	135.00	135.00
2	—	430	138.00–152.00	144.92
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
1	—	655	108.00	108.00
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	157.50–162.50	160.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	156.00	156.00
2	—	328	135.00–140.00	137.56
2	—	778	86.00–93.00	89.51
7	—	282	135.00–162.50	147.31
6	—	829	101.00	101.00
5	—	737	98.00–112.00	109.17
5	—	620	110.00–120.50	115.32
1	—	910	101.00	101.00
7	—	382	131.00–143.00	136.84
7	—	562	110.00–130.00	118.03
7	—	663	107.00–119.00	115.05
17	—	475	120.00–134.00	124.09
17	—	525	110.00–126.00	118.42
26	—	421	120.00–142.00	130.34
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	118.00	118.00
1	—	425	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	743	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	102.00	102.00
2	—	675	101.00–108.00	104.53
3	—	318	130.00–147.00	137.27
4	—	481	115.00–126.00	121.42
6	—	518	110.00–119.00	115.65
8	—	570	110.00–119.00	113.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
1	—	370	128.00	128.00
1	—	445	115.00	115.00
2	—	320	136.00–137.50	136.70
2	—	473	120.00	120.00
2	—	510	107.00–123.00	115.00
2	—	558	114.00–117.00	115.52
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	102.00	102.00

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 · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,260.00	1,260.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	700	550.00	550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	830	730.00	730.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	890	560.00–695.00	627.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	790.00	790.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,395	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	610.00	610.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,100	825.00–1,080.00	976.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	890.00–1,250.00	1,070.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,600	1,550.00	1,550.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	915	925.00	925.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	69.00–80.00	75.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,089	41.00–62.50	55.20
3	—	1,110	41.00–44.00	42.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,542	60.00–67.50	64.17
4	—	1,503	64.50–69.50	68.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,300	56.50–68.50	64.12
7	—	1,241	60.00–71.50	65.61
3	—	1,050	39.00–57.50	51.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,852	89.50–97.00	91.87
6	—	1,564	81.00–85.50	83.89

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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