Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 132 priced lines covering 1,902 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,179 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 270 head. replacement cattle receipts at 76 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,179Last week 2,008Year ago 1,426

Slaughter CattleReceipts 270Last week 285Year ago 230

Replacement CattleReceipts 76Last week 67Year ago 111

Dickson - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 higher. Steers under 500 lbs 5.00 to 9.00 higher, over 500 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Bulls under 650 lbs 2.00 to 9.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady. Quality fair to fancy. Demand strong.

Unionville - Compared to sale the week of thanksgiving. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. Feeder steers mostly steady instances 7.00 higher. Heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Bulls 4.00 to 10.00 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	—	615	135.00	135.00
4	—	678	116.00–142.00	133.84
19	—	418	122.00–162.00	152.16
1	—	795	115.00	115.00
8	—	313	160.00–180.00	167.65
7	—	569	110.00–148.00	133.81
20	—	367	130.00–170.00	158.83
3	—	277	130.00–175.00	153.31
7	—	521	134.00–153.00	146.62
4	—	718	110.00–130.00	124.85
25	—	476	142.00–164.00	155.16
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	170.00	170.00
2	—	405	160.00	160.00
1	—	545	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	571	150.00–175.00	159.01
1	—	860	121.00	121.00
35	—	671	135.00–161.00	148.42
43	—	381	160.00–185.00	176.53
61	—	622	135.00–158.00	150.34
26	—	721	127.00–150.00	140.73
21	—	329	172.00–205.00	189.21
3	—	228	200.00–210.00	203.92
5	—	834	122.00–136.00	131.60
48	—	477	150.00–174.00	165.83
18	—	283	184.00–220.00	197.97
17	—	426	165.00–181.00	172.14
7	—	770	130.00–141.00	137.54
33	—	528	150.00–172.00	160.47
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	190.00	190.00
4	—	330	200.00	200.00
5	—	461	180.00–183.00	181.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	187.50	187.50
4	—	833	141.00	141.00
14	—	767	145.00	145.00
6	—	881	135.00	135.00
7	—	741	143.00–145.00	144.72
24	—	520	168.00–176.00	173.06
34	—	614	154.00–160.00	156.90
3	—	488	170.00	170.00
28	—	584	163.00–173.00	165.98
10	—	691	150.00–151.00	150.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	574	136.00–144.00	141.20
9	—	492	142.00	142.00
3	—	650	136.00	136.00
41	—	519	133.00–144.00	137.62
48	—	625	133.00–139.50	135.75
8	—	789	120.00–125.00	120.59
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	84.00	84.00
1	—	625	114.00	114.00
1	—	445	131.00	131.00
1	—	540	110.00	110.00
2	—	260	95.00–142.50	118.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	334	138.00–162.00	146.19
49	—	379	133.00–152.00	143.63
2	—	900	113.00	113.00
10	—	961	124.00	124.00
49	—	569	120.00–143.00	130.73
4	—	819	115.00–116.00	115.50
223	—	535	125.00–143.00	130.05
50	—	618	120.00–143.00	129.21
5	—	862	110.00–120.00	114.37
10	—	268	150.00–210.00	165.07
14	—	719	111.00–127.00	122.88
77	—	476	130.00–145.00	138.81
15	—	786	116.00–123.00	117.45
16	—	676	112.00–138.00	125.22
53	—	425	130.00–146.00	139.07
5	—	223	180.00–220.00	200.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	413	124.00–141.00	135.64
1	—	835	110.00	110.00
7	—	232	134.00–155.00	137.04
11	—	474	127.00–138.00	132.37
4	—	579	114.00–127.00	120.36
1	—	655	100.00	100.00
5	—	321	125.00–130.00	127.43
6	—	378	130.00–144.00	136.88
11	—	631	110.00–124.00	121.59
1	—	765	97.50	97.50
6	—	509	120.00–130.00	124.55
2	—	268	140.00–170.00	154.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	82.50–112.50	97.21
2	—	593	96.00–100.00	98.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	69.00	69.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	569	123.00–153.00	145.38
2	—	815	117.00–122.00	119.48
27	—	424	154.00–178.00	167.20
1	—	335	210.00	210.00
6	—	859	114.00	114.00
6	—	732	110.00–125.00	118.34
1	—	350	150.00	150.00
23	—	471	146.00–177.00	156.63
22	—	519	147.00–164.00	152.37
5	—	765	114.00–126.00	121.32
11	—	669	108.00–130.00	124.31
13	—	627	114.00–148.00	133.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	434	145.00–152.00	148.17
5	—	717	102.00–116.00	110.62
8	—	468	133.00–152.00	145.97
1	—	855	116.00	116.00
1	—	900	92.00	92.00
4	—	619	110.00–117.00	112.22
10	—	566	115.00–150.00	129.26
6	—	679	106.00–121.00	114.39
2	—	838	97.00	97.00
4	—	516	140.00–146.00	144.04
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	118.00–140.00	128.94
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	585	108.00	108.00
1	—	520	112.00	112.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,400	43.00–50.00	46.85
31	—	1,482	49.50–60.00	55.11
1	—	1,535	63.00	63.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,259	48.00–58.00	53.87
21	—	1,160	41.00–53.00	48.07
3	—	1,115	62.00–64.00	62.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,084	37.00–48.00	43.61
18	—	1,047	22.00–40.00	33.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,860	64.00–80.50	76.55
11	—	1,601	74.00–87.00	80.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,018	675.00–725.00	715.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	835	650.00–725.00	665.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,159	585.00–885.00	751.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,112	700.00–875.00	780.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	950.00	950.00

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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