Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 155 priced lines covering 1,378 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,274 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 249 head. replacement cattle receipts at 172 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Oct 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,274Last week 1,236Year ago 1,788

Slaughter CattleReceipts 249Last week 156Year ago 313

Replacement CattleReceipts 172Last week 109Year ago 214

LaFayette - Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Video sale report: 120 head sold in 1 Lot 120 Steers medium-large 1-2 weighing 825 lbs. @ 148.50 per cwt.

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Steers and bulls under 550 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower, over 550 lbs steady. Heifers steady to 6.00 lower. Quality poor to fancy. Demand moderate.

Sweetwater - Compared to last week, feeder heifers measuring 2.00 to 3.00 higher with no comparisons available for feeder steers and bulls due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows gauging 2.00 to 3.00 higher overall with slaughter bulls 1.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	117.50	117.50
6	—	618	120.00–130.00	124.58
1	—	530	130.00	130.00
4	—	423	100.00–140.00	126.76
4	—	274	120.00–137.50	132.76
5	—	567	117.00–120.00	118.21
1	—	205	147.50	147.50
6	—	389	122.50–131.00	128.18
4	—	481	132.50–137.50	135.67
4	—	674	103.00–122.50	114.49
1	—	815	112.00	112.00
1	—	780	112.50	112.50
5	—	314	137.50–147.50	141.44
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
2	—	365	112.50–120.00	116.40
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
1	—	620	115.00	115.00
2	—	533	127.50–130.00	128.76
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	107.50	107.50
1	—	200	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	152.50	152.50
1	—	620	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	144.00	144.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	145.00	145.00
1	—	535	121.00	121.00
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	110.00–120.00	115.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	150.00	150.00
13	—	378	144.00–155.00	148.12
7	—	429	129.00–150.00	142.04
23	—	618	125.00–142.50	134.02
33	—	583	129.00–148.00	141.93
26	—	666	124.00–134.00	130.07
5	—	915	109.00	109.00
8	—	727	119.00–132.50	124.72
20	—	522	132.50–150.00	137.40
34	—	466	138.00–152.50	146.28
17	—	783	124.00–129.00	126.18
3	—	253	140.00–155.00	150.07
1	—	235	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	534	155.00–157.00	156.45
9	—	955	124.00	124.00
17	—	576	140.00–153.00	147.66
6	—	638	140.00–149.00	146.00
1	—	460	157.50	157.50
12	—	810	122.00–122.50	122.46
28	—	659	133.00–138.00	134.80
4	—	785	136.00	136.00
29	—	717	128.00–133.00	130.54
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	427	117.50–132.50	123.96
23	—	660	110.00–122.00	114.43
13	—	319	120.00–137.50	123.75
50	—	582	110.00–133.00	119.93
71	—	459	120.00–132.50	125.75
2	—	215	135.00–137.50	136.16
107	—	520	117.50–130.00	123.67
21	—	631	107.50–125.00	115.70
1	—	940	92.00	92.00
28	—	733	106.00–126.00	120.88
5	—	765	105.50–115.00	108.37
45	—	381	123.00–136.00	127.02
2	—	800	97.00–113.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	529	139.00	139.00
3	—	798	122.50	122.50
28	—	601	130.00	130.00
11	—	682	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	102.00	102.00
1	—	375	117.50	117.50
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	135.00	135.00
12	—	469	105.00–122.00	113.94
20	—	373	112.00–127.50	120.93
7	—	426	111.00–121.00	114.64
7	—	514	105.00–120.00	115.04
8	—	323	109.00–127.50	113.30
9	—	628	90.00–110.00	106.61
1	—	725	109.00	109.00
16	—	569	89.00–111.00	100.79
5	—	675	85.00–107.50	91.29
3	—	233	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	100.00–105.00	101.69
1	—	235	130.00	130.00
1	—	275	122.50	122.50
1	—	360	127.50	127.50
3	—	492	90.00–105.00	99.97
1	—	310	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	117.00	117.00
3	—	520	110.00–116.00	112.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	111.00	111.00
1	—	665	102.50	102.50
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
2	—	505	107.50–116.00	111.79
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	87.50	87.50
1	—	440	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	135.00–140.00	138.06
5	—	573	135.00–140.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	575	118.00–132.50	123.68
18	—	384	139.00–145.00	142.73
33	—	462	132.50–146.50	144.34
34	—	663	110.00–122.00	119.20
15	—	430	128.00–147.50	139.26
23	—	731	103.00–115.00	113.03
41	—	616	111.00–127.50	121.77
6	—	933	77.00–110.00	91.40
1	—	765	115.00	115.00
38	—	520	123.00–140.00	135.00
4	—	819	95.00–111.00	101.72
1	—	965	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
1	—	440	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	110.00	110.00
1	—	400	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	114.00	114.00
1	—	760	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	120.00	120.00
1	—	735	107.50	107.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	815	97.50	97.50
16	—	529	101.00–130.00	117.46
7	—	672	95.00–115.00	106.88
4	—	411	112.50–130.00	124.42
2	—	963	87.50–92.50	89.98
7	—	619	92.50–117.50	106.85
3	—	787	92.50–105.00	100.23
4	—	704	90.00–110.00	103.68
14	—	582	99.00–122.50	114.31
6	—	474	106.00–130.00	115.55
1	—	915	102.00	102.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,452	52.00–60.50	56.01
1	—	1,080	47.00	47.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	61.00–70.00	64.58
26	—	1,192	52.00–62.50	56.28
5	—	1,060	40.00–49.00	45.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,188	35.00–38.00	36.49
12	—	1,025	40.00–55.00	48.44
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	57.00	57.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	93.00	93.00
12	—	1,740	81.00–92.00	86.71
5	—	1,662	75.00–80.00	77.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	575.00	575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	610.00	610.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	945	860.00	860.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,380	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,319	800.00–900.00	868.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,390	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	765	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	610.00	610.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,077	550.00–775.00	628.60
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	980.00	980.00

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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