Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 228 priced lines covering 4,046 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,969 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 896 head. replacement cattle receipts at 432 head. Counted as USDA files them — 24 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,969Last week 8,143Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 896Last week 1,039Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 432Last week 452Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 4.00-8.00 lower with a few instances sharply lower; feeder heifers 4.00-8.00 lower. Demand was moderate at best this week for feeder classes due to volatility in the futures market, with the continued best demand noted for preconditioned cattle weaned more than 30 days. Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 lower, and slaughter bulls mostly 3.00-5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	110.00–112.50	111.26
4	—	463	92.50–113.00	105.76
1	—	295	116.00	116.00
1	—	365	106.00	106.00
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
1	—	640	100.00	100.00
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	431	129.00–131.00	129.27
2	—	453	125.00–128.00	126.51
1	—	665	111.00	111.00
2	—	388	132.50–134.00	133.25
2	—	583	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	110.00	110.00
1	—	960	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,058	89.00–92.00	90.49
5	—	821	91.00–117.00	108.71
13	—	271	117.50–139.00	133.22
4	—	860	79.00–117.50	101.38
25	—	761	92.00–120.00	104.59
30	—	719	90.00–119.00	108.42
34	—	326	110.00–132.50	122.40
72	—	379	110.00–137.00	126.52
99	—	669	95.00–121.00	112.24
101	—	621	100.00–125.00	114.70
131	—	423	115.00–137.00	123.68
180	—	473	110.00–135.00	123.28
187	—	578	101.00–135.00	118.85
224	—	526	107.50–132.00	119.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	121.00	121.00
4	—	513	125.00	125.00
13	—	680	120.00–134.00	122.90
86	—	724	112.00–130.10	126.60
5	—	781	107.00–112.00	110.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	200	130.00	130.00
4	—	724	100.00	100.00
2	—	760	93.00	93.00
16	—	435	102.50–122.00	115.60
27	—	684	90.00–112.00	104.35
6	—	626	95.00–111.00	104.53
9	—	330	110.00–140.00	121.90
13	—	372	110.00–122.50	116.84
22	—	471	105.00–130.00	114.46
24	—	571	92.00–120.00	109.24
37	—	525	100.00–119.00	114.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	110.00	110.00
3	—	597	101.00	101.00
6	—	464	102.50–110.00	107.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	107.50	107.50
2	—	358	105.00–107.00	105.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	102.00	102.00
2	—	495	107.50–108.00	107.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	280	145.00–150.00	148.81
62	—	471	130.00–148.00	140.02
112	—	525	120.00–146.00	134.54
1	—	965	101.00	101.00
2	—	908	116.00	116.00
2	—	208	172.00	172.00
4	—	855	109.00–117.00	114.01
7	—	1,100	100.00	100.00
8	—	820	110.00–123.00	117.58
43	—	424	127.00–152.00	140.29
57	—	624	119.00–149.00	131.18
106	—	575	122.00–147.00	132.80
118	—	668	117.50–136.50	131.54
15	—	785	110.00–125.00	119.50
16	—	322	138.00–167.50	152.35
17	—	722	113.00–135.00	122.65
38	—	379	135.00–159.00	142.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	127.50–142.50	134.45
5	—	708	108.00–123.00	116.00
8	—	410	120.00–136.00	126.93
10	—	326	130.00–155.00	141.11
11	—	568	110.00–126.00	117.74
16	—	469	120.00–135.00	127.57
17	—	370	117.50–154.00	133.57
32	—	521	115.00–132.00	126.69
1	—	815	109.00	109.00
2	—	225	150.00	150.00
1	—	890	97.00	97.00
3	—	660	110.00–120.00	116.64
9	—	781	100.00–115.00	102.94
7	—	617	117.50–123.00	120.22
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	110.00	110.00
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
4	—	651	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	529	137.00–145.00	140.45
1	—	390	150.00	150.00
4	—	720	130.00	130.00
14	—	614	128.00–143.50	138.42
37	—	842	123.00	123.00
39	—	659	131.00–138.50	135.59
5	—	413	146.00–149.00	147.75
13	—	559	138.00–142.00	139.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	160.00	160.00
1	—	645	135.00	135.00
2	—	505	139.00–141.00	140.00
4	—	551	141.00	141.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	108.00	108.00
1	—	365	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	319	130.00–141.00	135.43
9	—	267	135.00–164.00	148.53
19	—	378	130.00–158.00	137.89
2	—	978	82.00–85.00	83.47
74	—	624	100.00–131.00	116.01
4	—	910	88.00–94.00	90.48
25	—	770	91.00–111.00	107.68
48	—	666	94.00–133.00	115.78
70	—	523	110.00–139.00	126.30
72	—	429	123.00–150.00	136.62
83	—	577	108.00–138.00	123.28
88	—	471	116.00–149.00	131.63
22	—	718	92.00–121.00	106.64
6	—	822	90.00–103.00	94.83
2	—	858	86.00–101.00	93.43
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	107.00–121.00	112.55
1	—	405	105.00	105.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
1	—	675	114.00	114.00
2	—	368	112.00–130.00	120.94
3	—	493	110.00–126.00	119.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	115.00	115.00
1	—	575	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	100.00	100.00
2	—	473	117.50–120.00	118.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	100.00–117.50	113.92
1	—	295	127.50	127.50
2	—	370	126.00	126.00
2	—	743	85.00	85.00
16	—	419	114.00–127.00	122.47
19	—	580	101.00–119.00	115.49
21	—	478	111.00–136.00	121.80
28	—	526	105.00–130.00	118.80
1	—	345	140.00	140.00
1	—	600	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	150.00	150.00
1	—	420	161.00	161.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	60.00	60.00
3	—	752	70.00	70.00
4	—	630	62.00	62.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	65.50	65.50
1	—	1,550	64.00	64.00
1	—	1,485	61.00	61.00
61	—	654	89.50	89.50
55	—	752	88.75	88.75
47	—	875	88.25	88.25
23	—	579	85.00–89.00	88.31
14	—	1,111	83.00	83.00
11	—	531	86.50–91.00	88.92
3	—	1,057	81.00	81.00
3	—	465	83.00–94.00	88.30
1	—	365	95.00	95.00
1	—	310	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	80.00	80.00
2	—	360	95.00	95.00
1	—	405	85.00	85.00
1	—	330	100.00	100.00
9	—	480	81.00–87.00	85.83
13	—	585	75.00–81.00	80.55
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	64.00	64.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,300	750.00–950.00	837.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,313	725.00–850.00	787.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,175	570.00–775.00	660.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,256	560.00–800.00	707.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,210	745.00–775.00	755.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,117	570.00–725.00	651.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	875.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,208	800.00–1,050.00	896.01
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,110	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,245	645.00–960.00	822.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,145	570.00–900.00	764.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,143	800.00–950.00	866.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	800	650.00–750.00	683.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	663	310.00	310.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,168	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	935.00	935.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	885.00	885.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,085.00	1,085.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,170.00–1,225.00	1,197.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,090.00–1,145.00	1,117.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	950.00–1,085.00	1,017.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,370.00	1,370.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,210.00	1,210.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,370.00	1,370.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,330.00	1,330.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	825.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	960.00	960.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	850.00	850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,300	950.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	620.00	620.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	90.00–94.00	91.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,610	73.50–90.00	80.83
10	—	1,686	85.00–100.00	91.58
13	—	1,570	60.00–90.00	72.03
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	93.00	93.00
5	—	1,545	81.00–86.00	83.52
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	63.00–67.00	65.35
5	—	1,209	51.00–60.00	55.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	57.00–58.00	57.46
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	58.00	58.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,029	32.00–45.00	39.87
116	—	1,009	41.00–55.00	47.77
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	67.00–71.00	68.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,302	57.00–77.00	64.83
42	—	1,147	42.50–55.00	49.94
236	—	1,192	50.50–67.00	57.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,427	50.00–64.00	58.44
9	—	1,401	50.00–53.00	51.42
8	—	1,574	63.50–67.00	65.17

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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