Tennessee Daily Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 143 priced lines covering 1,374 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,154 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 113 head. replacement cattle receipts at 26 head. Counted as USDA files them — 2 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Tue May 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,154Last week 0Year ago 851

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 0Year ago 210

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 0Year ago 41

Knoxville - Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers measuring 6.00 lower overall. Feeder bulls 3.00 lower overall with exception of 4-weights sharply lower. Slaughter cows gauging 6.00 to 8.00 higher with slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Today's offerings included the following load lots: 1 load ML 1 preconditioned Steers, 801 lbs., $243.75 per cwt., medium flesh, mostly black and 1 load ML 1-2 preconditioned Heifers, 446 lbs., $311.00 per cwt., medium flesh, mostly black and 1 load ML 1-2 preconditioned Heifers, 446 lbs., $311.00 per cwt., medium flesh, mixed colors.

Pulaski - Compared to last week, Feeder Steers not well established last week; Feeder Heifers 5.00 to 11.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 7.00 to 15.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher. Quality pour to good. Demand moderate.

Fayetteville - Compared to this same sale last week, qualiy and demand were good

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	973	1,625.00–1,800.00	1,723.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,725.00	1,725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,140	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,341.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,300	1,400.00–1,875.00	1,675.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	1,375.00–1,450.00	1,413.04
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	660	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,190	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,700.00	1,700.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	324	365.00–390.00	377.05
14	350–400	374	300.00–355.00	338.66
26	400–450	420	280.00–339.00	314.29
27	450–500	469	285.00–307.50	295.00
25	500–550	525	260.00–306.00	282.63
30	550–600	573	254.00–297.50	277.53
20	600–650	628	234.00–267.00	254.98
8	650–700	665	242.00–256.00	248.55
10	700–750	722	217.00–234.00	220.98
2	750–800	763	217.00–218.00	217.51
1	800–850	800	192.00	192.00
1	950–1000	950	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	295.00	295.00
1	450–500	480	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	405.00	405.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	277.50	277.50
3	550–600	558	252.50–267.50	259.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	267.50	267.50
3	600–650	628	245.00–249.00	247.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	440	285.00–290.00	287.50
2	450–500	478	262.50–265.00	263.70
1	500–550	540	272.50	272.50
1	600–650	615	232.00	232.00
1	650–700	675	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	755	220.00	220.00
2	800–850	825	186.00–190.00	188.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	340.00–345.00	342.61
10	300–350	320	300.00–325.00	309.83
36	350–400	380	285.00–317.50	304.03
45	400–450	426	260.00–307.50	285.14
31	450–500	479	250.00–292.50	270.46
70	500–550	519	230.00–275.00	261.71
46	550–600	567	244.00–260.00	254.02
36	600–650	614	230.00–247.00	238.71
9	650–700	681	218.00–225.00	220.78
5	700–750	709	186.00–230.00	209.58
10	750–800	772	192.50–213.00	204.64
1	950–1000	975	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	252.50	252.50
1	500–550	510	257.50	257.50
4	600–650	635	218.00–220.00	219.49
1	650–700	660	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	330.00	330.00
140	400–450	446	311.00	311.00
64	550–600	551	265.00	265.00
13	600–650	634	230.00–260.00	240.62
4	650–700	678	223.00	223.00
8	700–750	702	217.50–229.50	227.99
3	750–800	760	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	330.00–335.00	332.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	395	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	225.00	225.00
2	600–650	607	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	690	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	270.00–300.00	284.73
1	300–350	335	285.00	285.00
2	350–400	393	260.00–285.00	272.58
2	400–450	413	257.50–270.00	263.56
9	450–500	471	250.00–272.50	264.16
4	500–550	526	210.00–245.00	231.03
1	550–600	550	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	610	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	730	202.50	202.50
1	750–800	750	185.00	185.00
1	800–850	815	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	285.00–290.00	287.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	335.00–395.00	365.99
7	250–300	273	355.00–420.00	392.09
6	300–350	337	320.00–365.00	350.29
6	350–400	361	285.00–355.00	329.51
12	400–450	430	295.00–327.50	308.86
29	450–500	476	290.00–319.00	308.10
38	500–550	528	272.50–310.00	294.96
47	550–600	570	270.00–305.00	291.00
33	600–650	623	270.00–287.50	278.75
21	650–700	680	250.00–265.00	258.95
4	700–750	738	243.00–254.00	246.95
2	800–850	808	215.00–225.00	220.02
1	850–900	865	224.00	224.00
4	900–950	925	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	473	307.50–310.00	308.73
27	500–550	528	292.50–300.00	295.33
9	550–600	568	291.00–292.00	291.77
3	600–650	608	288.00–290.00	289.32
15	650–700	666	259.00–264.00	262.88
6	700–750	729	255.00	255.00
5	800–850	820	228.00	228.00
10	950–1000	984	215.50	215.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	282.50	282.50
1	600–650	625	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	685	225.00	225.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	285.00	285.00
1	550–600	575	260.00	260.00
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	286.00	286.00
8	600–650	631	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
64	800–850	801	243.75	243.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	305.00	305.00
3	250–300	278	245.00–310.00	279.76
6	300–350	323	260.00–315.00	296.02
1	350–400	365	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	405	287.50	287.50
2	450–500	488	270.00–277.50	273.77
6	500–550	519	272.00–278.00	275.39
4	600–650	609	225.00–256.00	248.11
2	700–750	722	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	254.00	254.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,273	115.00–140.00	128.12
3	—	1,220	107.00–122.00	116.44
14	—	1,325	131.00–144.00	134.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,510	105.00–127.00	114.98
1	—	1,440	137.00	137.00
48	—	1,486	122.00–140.00	130.04
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	119.00–124.00	121.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,075	91.00–111.00	103.67
21	—	1,095	104.00–125.00	115.69
2	—	1,065	113.00–122.00	117.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	134.00–136.00	135.07
6	—	1,867	155.00–166.00	160.51
13	—	1,664	138.00–161.00	150.36
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,088	124.00–148.00	135.58

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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