Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 127 priced lines covering 1,597 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,906 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 266 head. replacement cattle receipts at 61 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,906Last week 1,962Year ago 1,507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 266Last week 381Year ago 266

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 108Year ago 162

Dickson- Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Steers and heifers mostly steady. Bulls under 600 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Quality fair to good. Demand moderate.

Unionville - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	120.00	120.00
4	—	666	119.00–125.00	122.25
3	—	223	162.50–171.00	168.21
8	—	530	132.00–140.00	139.00
5	—	325	160.00–170.00	162.87
1	—	570	116.00	116.00
2	—	610	120.00–121.00	120.51
1	—	275	177.00	177.00
5	—	709	120.00–124.00	121.00
4	—	430	130.00–153.00	147.12
6	—	462	144.00–150.00	148.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	715	125.00–140.00	137.43
10	—	332	167.50–182.50	174.48
15	—	815	120.00–137.00	126.89
2	—	885	119.00–121.00	120.01
3	—	758	123.00–133.00	129.31
59	—	477	148.00–170.00	160.68
48	—	534	135.00–166.00	150.83
20	—	674	127.00–142.00	138.29
21	—	381	162.00–183.00	176.00
1	—	950	106.00	106.00
45	—	575	135.00–155.00	148.25
22	—	424	159.00–170.00	163.18
2	—	220	155.00–181.00	168.00
47	—	622	125.00–145.00	140.79
3	—	278	162.50–190.00	174.97
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	160.00	160.00
1	—	425	150.00	150.00
1	—	285	152.50	152.50
1	—	475	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	532	155.00–157.00	155.54
16	—	566	150.00	150.00
67	—	789	141.00–145.00	144.19
3	—	743	141.00	141.00
9	—	688	144.00–145.00	144.68
60	—	863	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	580	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	771	120.00	120.00
32	—	680	119.00–129.00	127.17
12	—	484	136.00–138.00	137.03
2	—	860	117.00	117.00
19	—	573	130.00	130.00
23	—	632	125.00–130.00	128.73
2	—	700	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	621	110.00–125.00	119.09
67	—	575	110.00–130.00	122.61
82	—	473	120.00–144.00	134.80
4	—	824	100.00–112.00	103.00
4	—	786	100.00–115.00	108.01
3	—	265	140.00–156.00	149.57
87	—	522	119.00–133.00	128.34
39	—	672	110.00–122.00	117.72
10	—	335	130.00–150.00	139.81
6	—	914	85.00–90.00	86.01
43	—	428	120.00–143.00	135.99
17	—	722	104.00–120.00	110.70
10	—	883	100.00–104.00	102.41
19	—	374	130.00–145.00	138.25
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	110.00	110.00
1	—	420	110.00	110.00
1	—	695	100.00	100.00
1	—	370	128.00	128.00
1	—	610	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	484	115.00–130.00	121.62
4	—	568	100.00–110.00	107.04
5	—	429	110.00–136.00	125.81
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
8	—	374	122.00–134.00	125.70
13	—	516	100.00–120.00	117.24
4	—	619	100.00–110.00	103.70
3	—	223	137.50–151.00	141.53
1	—	680	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	495	113.00–117.00	114.00
1	—	370	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	58.00	58.00
1	—	705	40.00	40.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	162.00	162.00
21	—	624	120.00–130.00	126.62
28	—	521	135.00–154.00	144.27
21	—	420	146.00–170.00	160.02
3	—	927	90.00	90.00
1	—	850	90.00	90.00
4	—	778	102.00–110.00	105.49
15	—	485	146.00–165.00	155.05
10	—	709	114.00–126.00	119.12
27	—	568	129.00–144.00	135.47
20	—	681	114.00–126.00	119.15
4	—	828	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	632	104.00–120.00	113.14
7	—	440	134.00–148.00	141.80
3	—	658	110.00–116.00	112.65
7	—	476	130.00–148.00	138.63
10	—	532	123.00–134.00	126.44
2	—	563	120.00–130.00	124.93
3	—	718	100.00–113.00	106.76
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	116.00	116.00
1	—	505	123.00	123.00
1	—	433	140.00	140.00
1	—	465	126.00	126.00
1	—	580	108.00	108.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,062	37.00–50.00	43.85
13	—	1,057	25.00–43.00	36.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	48.00–51.00	49.87
3	—	1,282	60.50–63.00	61.75
44	—	1,431	50.00–60.00	55.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,242	44.00–50.00	46.41
7	—	1,289	57.00–63.00	59.84
57	—	1,275	45.00–61.00	52.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,734	80.00–87.00	83.13
11	—	1,590	63.00–80.00	73.66

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,013	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	995	825.00–950.00	905.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	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)	2	—	1,103	685.00–800.00	740.80
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	640.00	640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	500.00	500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,228	1,175.00–1,525.00	1,367.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,275.00	1,275.00

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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