Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 227 priced lines covering 3,938 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,955 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 785 head. replacement cattle receipts at 346 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,955Last week 4,334Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 785Last week 786Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 346Last week 434Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady to 5.00 higher and feeder heifers unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were unevenly steady with moderate demand.

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	740.00	740.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,173	500.00–750.00	644.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,300	725.00–950.00	841.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,300	700.00–850.00	762.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,100	790.00–1,050.00	930.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,125	840.00–925.00	887.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	875.00–900.00	885.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,100	525.00–670.00	605.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	530.00	530.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,175	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,228	995.00–1,050.00	1,013.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,097	600.00–1,000.00	899.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	575.00	575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,215	650.00–750.00	701.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	690.00	690.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	560.00	560.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	575.00	575.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,490	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	855.00	855.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,310	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	800.00–990.00	888.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,340	1,475.00–1,510.00	1,502.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	768	650.00–725.00	679.45
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	929	490.00–630.00	590.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,305	1,400.00	1,400.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	776	110.00–130.00	122.55
72	—	468	132.00–156.00	144.57
79	—	716	114.00–138.00	131.70
120	—	525	131.00–155.00	140.61
130	—	672	122.50–145.00	133.72
154	—	574	123.00–151.00	139.39
29	—	429	130.00–161.00	149.65
128	—	623	119.00–145.00	136.88
12	—	820	110.00–124.00	117.45
7	—	233	150.00–185.00	167.61
7	—	873	97.50–120.00	110.58
13	—	273	150.00–177.50	163.80
17	—	326	142.00–171.00	155.54
46	—	376	135.00–166.00	149.16
4	—	903	107.00–116.00	113.76
1	—	1,080	102.00	102.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	118.00	118.00
1	—	505	128.00	128.00
1	—	685	112.00	112.00
2	—	425	119.00–120.00	119.52
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
2	—	393	118.00	118.00
4	—	481	114.00–130.00	121.80
3	—	267	130.00–140.00	134.88
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	136.00–139.00	137.54
16	—	672	119.00–126.00	123.74
19	—	526	123.00–138.00	129.09
5	—	337	125.00–145.00	132.09
5	—	717	115.00–123.00	118.73
2	—	813	105.00	105.00
29	—	577	115.00–138.00	128.63
8	—	631	115.00–131.00	125.93
8	—	374	127.50–150.00	138.13
11	—	420	125.00–148.00	130.51
20	—	474	120.00–140.00	131.97
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
1	—	300	127.50	127.50
1	—	385	112.50	112.50
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
2	—	528	110.00–117.50	113.87
2	—	458	115.00–124.00	119.43
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	130.00	130.00
2	—	378	132.50–138.00	135.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	112.50	112.50
1	—	565	112.50	112.50
1	—	760	92.50	92.50
1	—	635	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	525	140.00–155.00	152.81
5	—	583	139.00–143.00	140.58
10	—	854	120.00	120.00
2	—	448	160.00	160.00
106	—	812	132.50–134.00	133.11
6	—	468	148.00	148.00
24	—	726	125.00–137.50	129.89
29	—	668	127.00–140.50	133.07
97	—	771	126.00–135.00	133.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	170.00–171.00	170.48
2	—	455	150.00–153.00	151.52
4	—	420	145.00–159.00	151.38
2	—	375	148.00–168.00	157.60
1	—	505	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	473	126.00–151.00	138.48
75	—	524	115.50–142.00	129.62
108	—	571	112.50–135.00	128.29
4	—	865	85.00–103.00	92.74
17	—	835	86.00–96.00	93.62
14	—	372	125.00–156.00	142.32
23	—	723	95.00–114.00	104.74
51	—	663	104.00–127.00	119.66
53	—	617	109.00–128.00	119.54
27	—	774	90.00–114.00	102.87
1	—	1,070	73.00	73.00
5	—	276	150.00–169.00	161.07
10	—	329	129.00–163.00	149.67
72	—	432	123.00–154.00	139.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	722	93.00–109.00	101.18
15	—	425	117.00–139.00	129.29
23	—	568	105.00–128.00	117.50
27	—	522	108.00–133.00	121.64
2	—	808	92.00	92.00
2	—	763	88.00–90.00	88.98
3	—	380	117.50–130.00	125.67
1	—	920	80.00	80.00
7	—	667	105.00–113.00	108.83
12	—	628	105.00–121.00	114.24
20	—	476	115.00–130.00	124.40
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	101.00	101.00
1	—	545	112.00	112.00
1	—	260	141.00	141.00
1	—	685	100.00	100.00
1	—	415	110.00	110.00
2	—	638	100.00–104.00	101.99
3	—	455	115.00–121.00	118.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	105.00	105.00
3	—	522	105.00–111.00	108.95
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	112.50–120.00	116.23
1	—	635	102.50	102.50
3	—	577	103.00–122.00	112.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	128.00	128.00
1	—	380	134.00	134.00
1	—	565	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	663	92.50–94.00	93.25
1	—	755	97.50	97.50
1	—	465	107.50	107.50
1	—	515	102.50	102.50
1	—	590	112.50	112.50
1	—	335	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	746	111.00	111.00
16	—	511	128.00–133.00	131.70
20	—	675	120.50–127.00	124.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	473	109.00–132.00	123.90
203	—	576	104.00–126.50	118.05
43	—	324	111.00–139.00	129.92
50	—	721	94.00–117.00	108.15
91	—	427	108.00–135.00	121.74
137	—	624	103.00–125.00	116.50
190	—	525	105.00–130.00	119.28
38	—	667	102.00–123.00	113.49
30	—	764	94.00–115.00	105.94
12	—	264	122.50–137.00	131.14
7	—	871	88.50–100.50	97.69
46	—	380	107.00–137.50	125.10
7	—	826	92.00–107.00	96.42
4	—	225	125.00–142.50	130.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	430	104.00–125.00	116.70
5	—	815	93.50	93.50
25	—	471	100.00–122.00	114.45
22	—	568	102.00–121.00	109.54
3	—	328	121.00–125.00	122.84
13	—	623	102.00–122.00	112.24
11	—	375	110.00–127.50	121.89
2	—	243	114.00–121.00	117.54
1	—	775	107.00	107.00
26	—	529	100.00–123.00	113.50
2	—	273	128.00–135.00	131.21
3	—	715	98.00–110.00	106.09
3	—	690	110.00–112.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	105.00	105.00
2	—	330	112.00–122.50	117.41
1	—	355	122.50	122.50
5	—	480	104.00–120.00	111.24
3	—	428	107.50–110.00	108.29
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
1	—	315	105.00	105.00
1	—	395	112.50	112.50
1	—	505	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	115.00	115.00
1	—	580	102.00	102.00
2	—	433	109.00–110.00	109.50
1	—	530	94.00	94.00
2	—	353	107.50–110.00	108.74
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	52.00	52.00
2	—	438	59.00–62.00	60.51
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	76.00	76.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	67.00	67.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	50.00	50.00
1	—	510	69.00	69.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,665	64.00–66.00	65.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	973	35.00–44.00	40.70
81	—	1,004	41.00–55.00	47.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,123	40.50–53.00	49.08
231	—	1,228	49.00–85.00	55.91
36	—	1,264	58.00–69.00	64.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	72.00	72.00
4	—	1,216	55.00–60.00	57.57
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	56.00–58.00	57.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	733	52.00–77.00	64.75
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,069	62.00–67.50	64.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,452	49.00–64.00	57.38
11	—	1,576	60.00–65.50	64.13
4	—	1,364	48.50–55.00	51.60
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	58.00	58.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,666	72.00–88.00	80.77
6	—	1,743	88.00–93.00	90.83
11	—	1,472	63.00–78.00	70.46
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	90.00	90.00

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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