Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 251 priced lines covering 5,650 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,108 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,048 head. replacement cattle receipts at 684 head. Counted as USDA files them — 17 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 21, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,108Last week 5,939Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,048Last week 785Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 684Last week 348Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower with moderate demand. Feeder heifers were unevenly steady, with instances 2.00 higher to 2.00 lower, with moderate demand. Preconditioned feeder cattle weaned a minimum of 30 days remain in the best demand as fall temperature fluctuations become more prevalent and trade remains active. Slaughter cows were unevenly steady, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	521	110.00–136.00	121.68
2	—	225	140.00–150.00	144.56
1	—	870	105.00	105.00
5	—	276	112.50–160.00	147.20
26	—	373	100.00–140.00	127.71
7	—	672	110.00–125.00	118.82
1	—	750	116.00	116.00
12	—	316	114.00–141.00	130.54
7	—	716	105.00–125.00	114.32
15	—	624	100.00–125.00	116.05
16	—	472	106.00–141.00	119.20
18	—	420	102.50–144.00	124.58
28	—	575	107.50–133.00	123.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	106.00–109.00	107.50
67	—	420	127.50–154.00	142.72
86	—	628	112.00–137.00	126.80
134	—	525	118.00–147.00	132.15
18	—	872	96.00–132.50	113.68
8	—	822	105.00–120.00	115.98
139	—	571	114.00–144.00	131.50
1	—	1,075	102.00	102.00
1	—	1,330	87.00	87.00
32	—	769	109.00–132.00	124.06
66	—	662	110.00–134.00	123.55
2	—	918	103.00–117.00	109.90
2	—	960	95.50	95.50
100	—	474	122.50–147.00	135.18
6	—	237	132.50–160.00	140.97
47	—	718	115.00–133.50	125.47
49	—	329	125.00–160.00	142.54
129	—	373	128.00–159.00	146.04
16	—	282	127.50–160.00	141.86
1	—	1,170	89.00	89.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	579	110.00–125.00	117.49
2	—	625	94.00–120.00	106.90
2	—	420	145.00	145.00
1	—	510	101.00	101.00
1	—	735	97.50	97.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	125.00	125.00
1	—	240	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	110.00–121.00	115.33
2	—	565	111.00–118.00	114.41
1	—	420	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	140.00–147.50	142.81
1	—	335	147.50	147.50
1	—	685	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	118.00	118.00
2	—	530	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	668	130.00–140.00	135.78
19	—	526	131.50–150.00	140.04
47	—	632	128.50–142.50	135.84
3	—	898	116.00	116.00
34	—	469	142.00–154.00	152.32
14	—	772	129.00–131.50	130.41
192	—	810	121.00–138.50	138.31
20	—	721	127.00–133.50	130.34
17	—	561	135.00–146.00	141.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	114.00–116.00	114.99
1	—	450	133.00	133.00
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
1	—	315	160.00	160.00
1	—	505	133.00	133.00
1	—	600	124.00	124.00
1	—	880	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	93.00	93.00
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
1	—	790	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	922	76.00–80.00	76.66
13	—	271	125.00–145.00	131.33
1	—	985	82.00	82.00
31	—	378	125.00–146.00	134.16
12	—	316	128.00–145.00	135.42
53	—	764	84.00–103.00	98.61
15	—	815	81.00–95.00	90.09
68	—	619	93.00–124.00	110.60
39	—	716	88.50–111.00	97.42
178	—	523	106.00–138.00	123.21
142	—	468	112.50–144.00	125.91
96	—	423	115.00–145.00	131.75
92	—	671	94.50–124.00	109.32
4	—	868	70.00–85.00	76.05
1	—	200	140.00	140.00
186	—	576	93.00–132.00	116.94
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	128.00	128.00
1	—	780	80.00	80.00
1	—	805	78.00	78.00
2	—	615	91.00–105.00	97.94
4	—	567	104.00–125.00	114.59
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	80.00	80.00
6	—	327	110.00–128.00	118.85
13	—	374	117.50–126.00	121.60
3	—	782	84.00–95.00	87.93
18	—	620	91.00–118.00	105.00
19	—	682	85.00–110.00	99.99
34	—	478	102.50–133.00	116.69
35	—	587	90.00–123.00	104.71
39	—	421	102.50–140.00	121.45
5	—	724	85.00–102.00	91.03
1	—	280	130.00	130.00
49	—	523	97.50–124.00	108.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	103.00	103.00
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	125.00	125.00
1	—	565	104.00	104.00
5	—	432	106.00–110.00	109.23
1	—	315	119.00	119.00
2	—	618	89.00–104.00	96.47
2	—	673	83.00–94.00	88.60
3	—	470	107.00–119.00	113.61
3	—	527	100.00–112.00	108.16
4	—	371	105.00–125.00	115.10
3	—	263	120.00–126.00	122.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	372	120.00–131.00	126.46
2	—	615	112.00–114.00	113.00
4	—	514	118.00–123.00	120.73
1	—	410	125.00	125.00
2	—	563	117.00–117.50	117.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	118.00	118.00
2	—	398	124.00	124.00
1	—	640	90.00	90.00
1	—	750	88.00	88.00
1	—	525	112.00	112.00
1	—	585	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	105.00	105.00
11	—	695	81.50	81.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	452	132.00	132.00
11	—	726	121.00–122.50	121.99
32	—	674	107.00–123.00	117.37
69	—	762	121.00–132.00	131.68
35	—	525	115.00–126.00	119.15
2	—	418	122.50	122.50
51	—	625	107.50–130.00	120.56
77	—	560	113.00–140.00	135.63
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	121.00	121.00
2	—	288	130.00–131.00	130.51
2	—	413	112.50–120.00	116.27
2	—	555	105.00	105.00
3	—	468	104.00–114.00	109.40
1	—	315	115.00	115.00
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
1	—	350	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	624	91.50–124.00	112.08
232	—	471	100.00–127.00	114.02
233	—	578	96.00–128.00	114.89
288	—	522	97.50–127.00	112.72
43	—	728	90.00–121.00	105.46
70	—	319	105.00–131.00	118.81
157	—	370	100.00–135.00	119.58
9	—	911	94.00–105.00	99.88
97	—	672	90.00–124.50	107.92
154	—	423	100.00–129.00	115.09
10	—	868	81.00–110.00	105.75
35	—	768	90.00–117.00	108.64
1	—	1,190	93.00	93.00
22	—	824	84.00–111.00	101.04
16	—	281	108.00–130.00	121.08
6	—	235	111.00–122.50	114.50
1	—	1,100	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,220	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,085	84.00	84.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	102.50	102.50
17	—	567	95.00–117.00	103.31
28	—	522	93.00–117.00	105.33
5	—	333	106.00–125.00	115.27
27	—	374	90.00–125.00	112.28
10	—	613	85.00–111.00	102.45
24	—	427	94.00–125.00	109.22
63	—	476	92.50–123.00	107.99
3	—	732	87.50–113.00	97.77
6	—	668	80.00–106.00	92.86
2	—	215	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	105.00	105.00
4	—	384	82.00–112.00	89.03
2	—	600	90.00	90.00
2	—	423	100.00–104.00	102.04
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	743	50.00	50.00
5	—	1,112	66.50	66.50
1	—	370	48.00	48.00
1	—	825	57.00	57.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	965	69.00	69.00
3	—	557	65.50	65.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	602	66.00	66.00
5	—	810	66.00	66.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,103	63.50	63.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	600.00–885.00	761.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	825.00–900.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	575.00	575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,103	500.00	500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,205	625.00–690.00	651.25
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,370	650.00–950.00	782.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,218	550.00–825.00	694.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,330	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,033	625.00–685.00	656.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,163	625.00–1,000.00	842.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,300	750.00–765.00	757.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,500	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,267	700.00–800.00	758.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,254	650.00–825.00	745.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,200	625.00–750.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,525	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	850.00–875.00	861.25
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,265	510.00–810.00	673.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,356	530.00–700.00	631.88
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	665.00	665.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	550.00	550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	580.00–600.00	590.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	600.00	600.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	725	500.00–520.00	510.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	795.00	795.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	900	600.00–820.00	710.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	555.00	555.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	850	650.00–750.00	700.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	820.00	820.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	720	675.00	675.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,190	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	75.00	75.00
62	—	1,799	55.00–78.00	68.49
20	—	1,485	51.00–66.00	60.28
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,671	74.00–85.00	79.43
1	—	1,570	66.00	66.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,021	48.50–74.00	60.60
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	65.00	65.00
12	—	1,211	50.00–59.00	53.44
6	—	1,219	45.00–49.00	47.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,563	49.00–55.00	51.84
1	—	1,105	40.00	40.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
242	—	1,238	37.00–55.50	45.93
34	—	1,263	48.00–59.50	52.11
51	—	1,272	35.00–44.00	40.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,425	40.00–42.50	41.24
106	—	1,500	40.50–56.00	47.99
9	—	1,379	46.00–57.00	51.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,024	20.00–40.00	31.29
103	—	1,084	33.00–50.00	39.79

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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