Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 125 priced lines covering 627 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 646 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 197 head. replacement cattle receipts at 65 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed May 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 646Last week 2,178Year ago 1,767

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 148Year ago 282

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 81Year ago 309

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Steers not well established last week. Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Bulls 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy, Demand moderate,

Sweetwater - Compared to last week, feeder heifers measuring 1.00 to 2.00 higher on a light test, with no comparisons available for feeder steers and bulls due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows gauging 2.00 to 4.00 higher overall with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls also due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	125.00	125.00
1	—	285	157.50	157.50
1	—	405	132.50	132.50
1	—	320	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	124.00	124.00
2	—	720	119.00–120.00	119.49
6	—	612	132.50–138.00	134.68
9	—	428	152.50–165.00	156.05
7	—	372	155.00–175.00	162.14
7	—	464	152.50–160.00	157.45
6	—	271	167.50–172.50	170.51
21	—	311	162.50–178.00	174.79
7	—	521	142.00–156.00	148.25
1	—	205	175.00	175.00
6	—	563	135.00–147.50	140.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	593	145.00	145.00
18	—	381	167.00	167.00
15	—	530	145.00–149.00	147.43
15	—	676	138.50	138.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	143.00	143.00
5	—	278	150.00–167.50	156.56
5	—	329	140.00–165.00	149.51
2	—	565	127.50–138.00	132.84
6	—	468	130.00–143.00	138.03
2	—	515	132.50–145.00	138.81
7	—	429	140.00–153.00	146.16
1	—	215	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	425	137.00–137.50	137.21
14	—	316	153.00	153.00
9	—	508	128.00	128.00
12	—	360	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	122.50	122.50
1	—	290	132.50	132.50
5	—	486	110.00–128.00	118.60
1	—	635	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	567	116.00–126.00	120.49
6	—	326	130.00–150.00	138.50
2	—	223	145.00–167.50	155.11
1	—	970	79.00	79.00
19	—	426	119.00–135.00	129.05
1	—	765	114.00	114.00
6	—	363	126.00–135.00	130.26
1	—	840	85.00	85.00
9	—	519	115.00–130.00	121.69
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
1	—	730	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,090	112.50	112.50
10	—	470	122.00–133.00	127.44
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	125.00	125.00
1	—	620	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	108.00	108.00
1	—	580	112.50	112.50
2	—	540	111.00–115.00	112.98
6	—	273	120.00–140.00	133.16
7	—	373	125.00–132.50	128.59
5	—	412	125.00–132.50	128.10
5	—	465	122.50–128.00	125.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	122.50	122.50
1	—	510	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,195	87.00	87.00
2	—	760	107.00–112.50	109.73
2	—	390	149.00–151.00	150.00
13	—	531	125.00–140.00	134.29
4	—	673	105.00–119.00	113.94
5	—	568	123.00–135.00	127.96
1	—	210	170.00	170.00
8	—	423	134.00–160.00	155.00
2	—	738	104.00–105.00	104.49
3	—	328	149.00–161.00	153.81
8	—	472	134.00–158.00	144.61
4	—	624	119.00–125.00	121.96
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	122.50	122.50
2	—	490	107.50–120.00	113.69
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
1	—	670	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	150.00	150.00
1	—	605	107.00	107.00
1	—	475	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	122.50	122.50
5	—	472	126.00–145.00	134.08
1	—	815	102.50	102.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	122.50	122.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	78.00	78.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,200	880.00–975.00	918.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,400	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,200	875.00–900.00	891.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,030	675.00–825.00	741.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	700	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	630.00	630.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	950.00–1,075.00	1,008.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,199	69.00–80.00	73.92
1	—	1,005	59.00	59.00
58	—	1,142	61.00–73.50	67.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,066	53.00–67.00	59.98
1	—	1,165	70.00	70.00
2	—	903	41.00–42.00	41.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,388	59.00–71.00	67.19
3	—	1,125	50.00–62.00	57.70
6	—	1,184	70.00–78.00	72.49
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	84.50	84.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	80.00–82.00	81.02
4	—	2,004	91.00–102.50	96.44
8	—	1,632	85.00–93.50	88.86
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,255	82.50	82.50

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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