Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 130 priced lines covering 1,274 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,741 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 132 head. replacement cattle receipts at 48 head. Counted as USDA files them — 1 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue Dec 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,741Last week 1,399Year ago 1,426

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 199Year ago 230

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 89Year ago 111

Knoxville - Compared to last week, with a much heavier supply of preconditioned cattle and high-quality offerings overall noted, feeder steers and heifers measuring 1.00 to 2.00 higher overall with feeder bulls 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows gauging 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher.

Pulaski - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers under 500 lbs steady, over 500 lbs not well established last week. Heifers and bulls steady to 7.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	425	142.50–170.00	154.04
12	—	370	141.00–165.00	159.62
7	—	463	142.50–160.00	154.79
2	—	333	150.00–167.50	158.95
1	—	570	132.00	132.00
1	—	540	144.00	144.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	358	155.00–160.00	157.55
4	—	418	134.00–148.00	137.64
1	—	230	135.00	135.00
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
1	—	490	133.00	133.00
1	—	545	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	565	150.00–162.00	159.18
9	—	377	170.00–194.00	182.90
20	—	429	163.00–187.50	175.76
9	—	471	160.00–175.00	171.11
1	—	990	126.00	126.00
3	—	791	132.00	132.00
2	—	925	117.00–126.00	121.55
30	—	526	157.00–167.00	162.68
10	—	683	132.00–147.00	140.59
36	—	618	135.00–157.00	150.81
7	—	716	130.00–140.00	135.28
1	—	840	127.00	127.00
12	—	330	177.50–202.50	185.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	574	164.00–168.00	167.52
2	—	353	200.00–206.00	202.98
69	—	474	181.00–188.00	184.53
7	—	722	142.00–146.00	142.57
48	—	542	169.00–174.50	173.64
5	—	417	191.00–197.00	193.43
4	—	633	161.00	161.00
12	—	692	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	684	137.00	137.00
12	—	744	128.00–132.00	128.33
4	—	632	133.50	133.50
20	—	479	150.00–152.50	151.16
4	—	818	131.00	131.00
2	—	338	153.00–156.00	154.53
43	—	566	138.00–149.50	146.08
22	—	405	158.00–159.00	158.23
22	—	518	146.00–149.00	148.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	128.00	128.00
42	—	567	121.00–136.00	129.57
12	—	674	119.00–128.00	123.81
1	—	855	124.00	124.00
23	—	337	137.00–151.00	141.43
6	—	723	117.00–124.00	119.69
54	—	375	137.50–160.00	150.55
62	—	426	140.00–156.00	148.27
1	—	955	119.00	119.00
22	—	614	119.00–135.00	125.22
9	—	759	118.00–122.50	119.88
2	—	285	135.00–148.00	141.73
69	—	475	132.00–147.00	139.38
62	—	530	124.00–144.00	137.26
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
3	—	572	117.00–118.00	117.33
1	—	265	130.00	130.00
1	—	405	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	115.00	115.00
8	—	475	120.00–130.00	126.18
1	—	210	129.00	129.00
3	—	429	131.00–137.00	132.91
5	—	522	121.00–131.00	126.55
6	—	567	111.00–121.00	117.14
1	—	305	141.00	141.00
11	—	377	126.00–144.00	134.68
2	—	670	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	126.00	126.00
1	—	535	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	117.00–120.00	118.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	840	112.50–114.00	113.25
31	—	477	155.00–167.50	159.33
28	—	525	139.00–157.50	148.27
2	—	865	112.50	112.50
31	—	364	172.50–190.00	177.07
34	—	623	121.00–143.00	136.97
40	—	428	159.00–180.00	170.44
9	—	652	129.00–137.50	130.94
3	—	913	108.00–115.00	110.99
5	—	727	115.00–128.00	120.33
6	—	336	187.50–197.50	191.71
16	—	572	128.00–149.00	138.32
6	—	768	112.50–129.00	119.91
4	—	283	180.00–200.00	186.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	160.00–163.00	161.48
1	—	550	153.00	153.00
5	—	360	197.00–212.50	201.31
3	—	320	205.00–207.50	206.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	116.00–122.00	118.97
5	—	460	135.00–155.00	149.43
3	—	570	128.00–132.00	129.65
3	—	318	165.00–167.50	165.81
4	—	511	139.00–144.00	140.27
2	—	440	150.00–155.00	152.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	126.00	126.00
1	—	670	105.00	105.00
1	—	590	108.00	108.00
3	—	465	131.00–140.00	135.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	404	187.00	187.00
3	—	467	170.00–172.00	171.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,600	52.00	52.00
18	—	1,394	52.00–62.00	57.15
2	—	1,690	66.50–67.00	66.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	61.50	61.50
5	—	1,091	33.00–42.00	39.21
15	—	1,170	40.00–58.00	52.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,280	40.00–52.00	45.26
3	—	1,323	57.00–70.50	64.72
13	—	1,264	51.00–64.50	57.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,853	97.50–102.50	100.21
12	—	1,801	79.00–93.00	85.87
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	79.50–84.00	81.85

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,133	590.00–750.00	670.18
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,310	775.00–875.00	822.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,293	700.00–830.00	775.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,380	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	860.00	860.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	720.00	720.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	670.00	670.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	700.00	700.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,028	730.00–1,080.00	907.98
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	908	570.00–610.00	589.94
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	900.00	900.00

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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