Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 114 priced lines covering 928 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,135 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 295 head. replacement cattle receipts at 89 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed May 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,135Last week 755Year ago 1,422

Slaughter CattleReceipts 295Last week 198Year ago 263

Replacement CattleReceipts 89Last week 84Year ago 200

LaFayette - Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 3.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 2.00-5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Savannah - Compared to same sale last week, Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Steers under 500 lbs were sharply lower, over 500 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Bull calves 12.00 to 15.00 lower. Quality was lacking in all classes of feeders.

Sweetwater - Compared to last week, slaughter cows gauging 3.00 to 5.00 higher overall with slaughter bulls remaining mostly steady. No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	133.00	133.00
1	—	850	127.50	127.50
1	—	435	165.00	165.00
1	—	270	160.00	160.00
1	—	465	155.00	155.00
6	—	383	147.50–165.00	156.75
1	—	595	145.00	145.00
1	—	620	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	308	167.50–172.50	169.98
4	—	368	167.50–185.00	177.07
15	—	675	135.00–170.00	152.46
5	—	955	117.00–126.50	122.67
5	—	833	135.00–137.00	135.41
29	—	576	150.00–172.50	160.46
9	—	476	165.00–171.00	169.25
1	—	939	123.00	123.00
18	—	538	163.50–172.00	167.58
10	—	879	130.00–134.50	132.27
1	—	290	177.50	177.50
8	—	429	155.00–180.00	172.18
3	—	767	130.00–141.00	135.02
12	—	713	130.00–139.00	134.73
11	—	623	149.00–157.00	152.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	599	167.00	167.00
13	—	610	163.00–166.00	163.71
18	—	530	167.50–168.00	167.89
6	—	807	146.00	146.00
3	—	728	142.00	142.00
10	—	855	130.00	130.00
13	—	430	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	602	144.00	144.00
18	—	464	167.50	167.50
17	—	580	157.00	157.00
2	—	753	132.00	132.00
7	—	526	161.50	161.50
11	—	674	139.00–139.50	139.41
5	—	428	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	100.00	100.00
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	112.50	112.50
2	—	693	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	232	142.50–170.00	155.43
32	—	618	120.00–139.00	135.03
2	—	913	116.00	116.00
16	—	420	139.00–158.00	151.68
55	—	573	127.50–152.50	145.28
75	—	524	127.50–154.00	148.97
5	—	1,092	105.50	105.50
10	—	729	111.00–128.00	121.51
3	—	258	145.00–155.00	151.52
3	—	322	157.50–170.00	165.53
30	—	468	140.00–154.00	151.85
10	—	376	138.00–158.00	147.50
3	—	752	126.00	126.00
16	—	856	115.00–119.00	115.25
5	—	821	121.50–124.00	122.98
21	—	667	127.00–137.00	135.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	618	115.00–130.00	123.25
7	—	679	117.50–130.00	121.42
8	—	566	120.00–145.00	136.29
10	—	523	117.00–142.50	129.62
4	—	419	125.00–142.50	137.23
1	—	245	135.00	135.00
4	—	286	127.50–135.00	130.62
5	—	490	120.00–142.50	131.49
5	—	370	120.00–147.50	133.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	427	150.00–182.00	164.93
8	—	734	122.50–132.50	128.72
29	—	571	122.50–159.50	154.60
3	—	372	160.00–180.00	169.87
28	—	638	135.00–145.00	144.15
2	—	815	104.00–114.00	109.03
3	—	752	121.00	121.00
20	—	525	145.00–166.00	162.26
7	—	680	120.00–139.00	134.83
28	—	461	140.00–172.50	165.05
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	115.00–130.00	122.50
1	—	445	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	150.00–152.50	151.24
3	—	467	147.50–156.00	152.85
2	—	605	130.00–133.00	131.51
1	—	570	145.00	145.00
5	—	530	122.50–150.00	142.53
3	—	682	115.00–130.00	124.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
1	—	450	115.00	115.00
1	—	360	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,185	69.00–73.00	70.54
4	—	1,385	86.00–90.00	88.31
31	—	1,208	74.00–91.00	81.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	996	56.00–78.00	66.73
6	—	910	45.00–60.00	52.93
1	—	1,255	89.50	89.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,465	93.50–95.00	94.00
22	—	1,452	74.00–91.50	81.67
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	80.00	80.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,825	110.00–122.00	116.00
8	—	1,583	101.00–115.00	108.41
5	—	1,490	74.00–98.00	88.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	750	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	930	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	910.00–980.00	945.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	720.00	720.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,450	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	900	750.00–1,025.00	879.86
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	1,200.00	1,200.00

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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