Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 122 priced lines covering 1,782 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,033 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 225 head. replacement cattle receipts at 130 head. Counted as USDA files them — 30 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed Aug 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,033Last week 0Year ago 1,497

Slaughter CattleReceipts 225Last week 0Year ago 286

Replacement CattleReceipts 130Last week 0Year ago 98

LaFayette - Compare to the last sale, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 2.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher. Offerings also included 794 head sold on video. The video sale report can be seen at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

Savannah - Compared to the same sale last week, Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers and bulls steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Quality fair to fancy. Demand good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	375	262.00–300.00	273.17
36	—	526	236.00–260.00	246.17
7	—	316	257.50–305.00	280.62
8	—	602	216.00–235.00	230.76
12	—	682	216.00–240.00	233.02
8	—	766	200.00–225.00	216.95
1	—	800	215.00	215.00
2	—	223	280.00–295.00	287.25
6	—	274	250.00–257.50	252.87
2	—	983	190.00–193.00	191.50
9	—	736	200.00–225.00	216.95
39	—	577	235.00–257.50	248.40
26	—	415	250.00–285.00	266.38
19	—	474	250.00–275.00	259.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	664	200.00–212.50	211.67
6	—	460	219.00–250.00	236.44
3	—	518	220.00–235.00	228.38
5	—	362	217.50–245.00	232.44
3	—	412	205.00–240.00	224.72
6	—	277	235.00–265.00	251.08
4	—	333	250.00–265.00	257.61
3	—	622	187.50–225.00	212.84
5	—	575	210.00–235.00	220.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	704	227.50	227.50
64	—	797	220.00	220.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	210.00–225.00	217.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	524	261.00–277.50	264.65
22	—	671	240.00	240.00
7	—	467	270.00–280.00	276.46
2	—	855	221.00	221.00
25	—	445	280.00–293.00	292.48
18	—	648	243.00	243.00
39	—	577	249.50–255.00	252.64
3	—	1,063	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	381	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	573	230.00–239.00	234.07
10	—	674	220.00	220.00
2	—	435	245.00	245.00
37	—	632	225.00–233.00	228.30
54	—	463	246.00–255.00	249.56
109	—	517	235.00–264.75	262.18
13	—	724	206.00–209.00	207.13
8	—	784	193.50	193.50
47	—	936	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	244	240.00–265.00	244.79
4	—	845	185.00	185.00
23	—	632	200.00–227.50	212.39
39	—	704	196.00–215.50	213.08
51	—	574	214.00–237.50	223.57
58	—	658	200.00–227.00	223.57
11	—	324	235.00–250.00	242.46
47	—	475	220.00–244.00	231.97
5	—	781	181.00–190.00	186.50
1	—	930	169.00	169.00
48	—	439	221.00–247.50	234.26
77	—	528	218.00–240.00	233.03
18	—	366	210.00–250.00	230.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	427	190.00–230.00	205.92
5	—	364	196.00–230.00	219.36
10	—	470	195.00–230.00	217.27
8	—	524	201.00–220.00	211.90
3	—	270	215.00–235.00	225.12
3	—	615	200.00–205.00	203.36
1	—	240	230.00	230.00
5	—	328	212.50–235.00	226.28
6	—	576	210.00–235.00	224.11
2	—	653	189.00–190.00	189.50
2	—	738	159.00–190.00	174.66
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	200.00	200.00
2	—	440	200.00–210.00	204.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	210.00	210.00
2	—	505	200.00–210.00	204.95
1	—	655	180.00	180.00
1	—	435	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	459	232.50–255.00	247.20
13	—	585	218.00–220.00	218.15
25	—	663	205.00–213.00	211.83
40	—	517	225.00–242.00	234.50
4	—	759	179.00–200.00	187.05
11	—	425	232.00–250.00	236.45
8	—	734	186.00–200.00	187.76
6	—	372	252.00	252.00
2	—	850	183.00	183.00
2	—	970	169.00	169.00
27	—	612	219.00–220.00	219.78
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	161.00	161.00
7	—	626	155.00–217.50	191.90
7	—	532	190.00–222.00	208.50
4	—	571	201.00–225.00	215.80
1	—	675	190.00	190.00
11	—	426	201.00–240.00	212.88
5	—	477	205.00–225.00	214.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,088	85.00–99.00	91.88
6	—	1,000	79.00–86.00	83.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	97.00–101.00	99.03
5	—	1,274	109.00–116.00	112.54
7	—	1,475	105.00–107.00	105.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,185	97.00–109.00	102.58
12	—	1,169	88.00–96.00	92.57
8	—	1,283	109.00–116.00	111.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,496	110.00–120.00	116.75
1	—	1,925	136.00	136.00
3	—	2,012	125.00–130.00	127.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,160	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,148	1,250.00–1,750.00	1,629.90
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,435	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,153	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,190	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,308	1,600.00–1,625.00	1,610.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	890	1,750.00–2,150.00	2,028.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,300.00	1,300.00

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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