Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 141 priced lines covering 1,414 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,499 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 222 head.

Sat Apr 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,499Last week 1,153Year ago 2,602

Slaughter CattleReceipts 222Last week 334Year ago 448

Carthage - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 550 lbs. steady to 4.00 lower, over 550 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 3.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 500 lbs. steady to 4.00 lower, over 500 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Greeneville - Compared to last week, on a lighter test, feeder steers 6.00 lower overall, with feeder bulls sharply lower. Feeder heifers measuring 3.00 higher overall with exception of those weighing 500 to 550 lbs. 10.00 lower. Lighter receipts and lower demand noted for feeder classes due to inclement weather. Slaughter cows gauging 2.00 higher with slaughter bulls 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	167.50	167.50
5	—	477	150.00–165.00	161.02
1	—	375	175.00	175.00
4	—	622	143.00–146.00	144.47
3	—	592	127.00	127.00
1	—	715	129.00	129.00
3	—	515	130.00–155.00	146.18
5	—	675	134.00–139.00	136.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	125.00	125.00
2	—	723	115.00	115.00
2	—	690	112.00	112.00
1	—	935	119.00	119.00
2	—	333	176.00	176.00
4	—	821	114.00–126.00	123.04
5	—	381	185.00	185.00
2	—	485	169.00–171.00	170.02
3	—	432	183.00	183.00
1	—	535	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	744	142.50–143.00	142.84
12	—	427	171.00–184.00	181.18
1	—	840	130.00	130.00
18	—	623	142.00–157.75	154.37
11	—	657	144.00–149.00	148.25
15	—	563	160.00–175.00	169.74
12	—	382	177.50–201.00	192.96
24	—	478	175.00–189.00	183.09
7	—	513	174.00–176.00	174.57
10	—	308	168.00–175.00	171.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	192.00	192.00
5	—	431	182.00	182.00
13	—	579	164.00–169.00	168.60
7	—	738	150.50	150.50
16	—	640	167.00	167.00
1	—	1,115	112.00	112.00
13	—	477	173.50–181.00	179.48
2	—	933	121.00	121.00
18	—	529	169.00–172.00	171.31
2	—	828	129.00–134.00	131.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	280	182.50	182.50
11	—	635	165.00	165.00
7	—	336	195.00	195.00
12	—	553	175.75	175.75
4	—	734	134.00	134.00
2	—	673	143.00	143.00
13	—	460	190.50	190.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	469	196.00	196.00
20	—	740	155.75	155.75
2	—	933	125.00	125.00
23	—	562	181.00	181.00
56	—	655	170.50	170.50
2	—	813	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	838	145.50	145.50
7	—	742	148.50	148.50
25	—	646	166.50	166.50
6	—	533	182.00	182.00
2	—	685	156.00	156.00
42	—	466	189.75–194.00	192.43
5	—	448	187.00	187.00
33	—	581	176.50	176.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	648	140.00	140.00
4	—	818	122.00	122.00
1	—	910	111.00	111.00
10	—	438	168.00	168.00
2	—	783	127.00	127.00
23	—	740	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	420	169.00	169.00
9	—	393	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	560	124.00–137.00	133.62
6	—	626	130.00	130.00
2	—	813	105.00	105.00
9	—	465	140.00	140.00
1	—	760	107.00	107.00
6	—	283	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	627	132.00	132.00
2	—	365	151.00	151.00
62	—	560	150.00	150.00
2	—	718	120.00	120.00
14	—	478	144.00–150.00	148.76
19	—	534	144.00	144.00
8	—	425	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	119.00–129.00	125.06
15	—	426	119.00–147.50	135.90
3	—	528	116.00–118.00	116.69
3	—	308	123.00–135.00	131.04
5	—	579	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	589	120.00–136.00	129.53
10	—	323	127.00–148.00	138.65
9	—	390	135.00–150.00	145.59
1	—	535	125.00	125.00
6	—	465	140.00–149.00	145.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	462	146.00–160.00	155.40
28	—	380	145.00–168.00	163.62
17	—	429	140.00–155.00	147.33
2	—	288	150.00–152.50	151.24
21	—	665	132.00–137.00	134.42
1	—	820	110.00	110.00
9	—	316	145.00–156.00	154.35
10	—	616	128.00–134.00	132.78
2	—	863	106.00–111.00	108.51
42	—	539	134.00–162.50	156.16
45	—	573	132.00–150.00	143.85
1	—	235	147.50	147.50
1	—	790	115.00	115.00
12	—	736	112.00–130.00	122.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	582	141.00–158.00	150.64
19	—	385	165.00–190.50	186.29
18	—	540	147.50–160.00	155.77
5	—	656	141.50	141.50
1	—	850	118.00	118.00
8	—	428	155.00–177.50	168.53
2	—	805	119.00–122.00	120.51
9	—	632	132.00–147.00	141.70
4	—	712	129.00–130.00	129.49
34	—	465	157.50–170.00	168.86
2	—	765	133.00–134.00	133.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	135.00	135.00
1	—	585	130.00	130.00
1	—	535	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	452	177.50–180.00	179.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	391	144.00–163.50	154.25
1	—	405	155.00	155.00
1	—	600	127.00	127.00
1	—	675	130.00	130.00
3	—	590	125.00–139.00	134.38
2	—	470	142.50	142.50
1	—	705	129.00	129.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,006	52.00–61.00	56.70
5	—	1,092	74.00–80.00	77.06
13	—	1,094	64.00–76.00	68.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,275	62.00–70.00	66.03
10	—	1,226	86.00–96.00	90.03
23	—	1,191	72.00–84.00	78.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,329	67.00–76.00	72.71
7	—	1,354	87.00–96.00	91.47
22	—	1,357	74.00–86.00	79.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,818	116.00–120.00	118.32
3	—	1,468	90.00–104.00	97.36
17	—	1,677	97.00–116.00	108.37

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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