Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 245 priced lines covering 5,337 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,882 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,040 head. replacement cattle receipts at 603 head. Counted as USDA files them — 13 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Nov 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,882Last week 9,678Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,040Last week 1,424Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 603Last week 549Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 500 lbs were mostly 3.00-5.00 higher; steers over 500 lbs were steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Mostly moderate demand was reported throughout the week, with the best demand remaining for preconditioned and long-weaned groups. Slaughter cows were mostly steady, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 1.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	479	110.00–136.00	129.21
3	—	223	132.00–148.00	142.34
3	—	715	100.00–114.00	108.41
10	—	668	108.00–120.00	114.29
16	—	273	130.00–157.50	143.17
16	—	321	131.00–162.50	141.49
17	—	618	90.50–130.00	118.18
18	—	570	100.00–130.00	123.27
25	—	413	110.00–150.00	132.30
29	—	527	110.00–136.00	121.14
31	—	379	120.00–155.00	135.91
1	—	775	108.00	108.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	110.00	110.00
1	—	770	105.00	105.00
3	—	375	115.00–147.50	133.02
2	—	618	111.00–115.00	113.02
1	—	285	147.50	147.50
3	—	535	110.00–127.50	116.57
7	—	344	132.00–135.00	132.39
1	—	685	115.00	115.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	120.00	120.00
1	—	270	120.00	120.00
1	—	430	126.00	126.00
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	522	110.00–152.00	135.87
6	—	1,173	86.00–90.00	86.66
8	—	1,027	92.00–100.00	97.06
74	—	431	134.00–160.00	146.42
91	—	627	115.00–137.50	126.56
104	—	578	116.00–142.50	130.25
89	—	671	114.00–136.00	126.34
101	—	375	138.00–165.00	150.96
5	—	863	103.00–126.00	111.08
6	—	280	145.00–180.00	159.22
27	—	328	140.00–167.50	155.18
31	—	763	112.00–125.00	121.40
65	—	721	109.00–131.00	119.91
3	—	928	99.00–107.00	103.62
91	—	478	125.00–156.00	139.32
12	—	805	110.00–122.00	117.98
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	127.50	127.50
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
1	—	535	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	148.00	148.00
4	—	411	157.00–165.00	160.69
2	—	553	133.00	133.00
1	—	335	172.50	172.50
1	—	350	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	122.50	122.50
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	412	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	566	137.00–142.00	139.81
123	—	782	125.00–138.00	135.70
24	—	622	136.00–142.00	138.40
23	—	814	125.50–130.00	127.92
30	—	858	124.00–138.50	130.36
12	—	548	147.00	147.00
109	—	712	127.00–139.00	136.72
38	—	660	125.00–134.00	131.75
6	—	458	150.00	150.00
3	—	445	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	556	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	243	110.00–125.00	113.02
49	—	567	96.00–115.00	106.38
14	—	326	100.00–130.00	116.99
29	—	524	91.00–115.00	105.49
29	—	626	90.00–113.00	103.04
32	—	375	91.00–127.50	114.23
51	—	434	105.00–120.00	110.66
8	—	272	110.00–120.00	113.90
13	—	683	92.00–104.00	99.88
56	—	475	91.00–122.50	109.95
2	—	718	94.00–95.00	94.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	119.00	119.00
1	—	450	129.00	129.00
2	—	405	127.50–132.00	129.75
2	—	750	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
2	—	785	90.00–100.00	94.97
1	—	530	107.50	107.50
1	—	465	101.00	101.00
1	—	710	91.00	91.00
3	—	670	90.00–91.00	90.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	362	123.00	123.00
14	—	255	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	713	115.00–125.00	120.32
5	—	421	128.00	128.00
1	—	1,025	78.00	78.00
3	—	850	100.00	100.00
28	—	525	116.00–122.00	120.17
14	—	468	134.00	134.00
57	—	585	115.00–126.00	123.07
23	—	671	114.00–123.00	121.09
19	—	613	115.00–123.00	119.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	618	95.00–123.00	112.18
51	—	325	110.00–145.00	123.01
131	—	671	95.00–121.00	112.63
268	—	474	107.00–130.00	118.87
232	—	577	100.00–125.00	114.26
151	—	427	110.00–133.00	121.59
6	—	272	116.00–150.00	124.41
8	—	830	82.00–106.00	97.73
3	—	867	90.00–100.00	94.70
111	—	377	107.50–137.00	122.82
64	—	721	88.00–117.00	104.59
28	—	772	82.50–117.00	102.45
2	—	963	85.00–94.00	89.44
7	—	914	89.00–105.00	102.60
247	—	524	100.00–126.00	114.74
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	97.50–112.50	104.48
4	—	325	120.00–132.00	124.42
4	—	534	92.00–110.00	101.87
3	—	588	80.00–96.00	88.67
1	—	760	88.00	88.00
2	—	708	73.00	73.00
1	—	235	95.00	95.00
4	—	409	112.00	112.00
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	112.00	112.00
2	—	430	100.00	100.00
1	—	280	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	112.50	112.50
1	—	460	106.50	106.50
6	—	408	107.50–110.00	109.58
4	—	350	100.00	100.00
1	—	215	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	159.00–164.00	162.33
4	—	403	148.00–162.00	157.49
1	—	450	149.00	149.00
1	—	565	131.00	131.00
8	—	537	135.00–150.00	145.97
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	106.00	106.00
5	—	588	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	822	81.00–100.00	92.21
23	—	768	90.00–101.00	97.51
13	—	271	145.00–163.00	153.85
105	—	432	128.00–159.00	141.72
107	—	523	115.00–137.00	124.14
3	—	916	70.00–80.50	76.93
73	—	673	100.00–120.00	109.86
1	—	1,025	61.00	61.00
5	—	879	80.00–92.00	85.63
110	—	578	110.00–134.00	117.37
30	—	321	135.00–156.00	144.60
72	—	625	102.00–120.00	113.03
34	—	720	92.00–112.00	103.43
25	—	375	134.00–159.00	149.28
99	—	476	124.00–156.00	135.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	76.00–101.00	89.10
23	—	623	92.00–116.00	101.38
15	—	566	100.00–117.50	108.74
22	—	416	117.00–138.00	129.54
1	—	265	127.50	127.50
21	—	666	87.50–110.00	98.75
5	—	380	133.00–135.00	134.62
5	—	723	90.00–103.00	97.11
44	—	525	105.00–128.00	114.22
36	—	481	112.00–135.00	124.03
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	225	122.50–137.50	132.28
3	—	380	110.00–127.50	121.60
2	—	678	83.00–95.00	89.11
5	—	325	107.00–120.00	117.60
1	—	480	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	476	115.00–125.00	116.93
2	—	623	100.00–106.00	102.96
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
1	—	575	117.50	117.50
3	—	527	110.00–120.00	115.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	102.50–110.00	106.16
1	—	725	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	104.00	104.00
2	—	418	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	57.00	57.00
2	—	683	56.00	56.00
1	—	420	86.00	86.00
3	—	317	84.00	84.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	58.00	58.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	873	56.00	56.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,007	45.00	45.00
2	—	550	59.00	59.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	485.00	485.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	875	560.00–700.00	630.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,233	625.00–900.00	742.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,249	675.00–800.00	710.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,295	750.00–810.00	780.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	480.00	480.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,168	435.00–725.00	561.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,200	625.00–900.00	732.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,268	725.00–850.00	813.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,188	535.00–800.00	716.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,409	810.00–825.00	813.58
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,285	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	400.00	400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	600.00–850.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,125	600.00–640.00	621.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	925.00–1,025.00	968.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	850.00–1,075.00	962.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	850	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,500	1,350.00	1,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	450.00	450.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	440.00–530.00	485.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	585.00	585.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	867	485.00–650.00	575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	925	500.00–710.00	581.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	965.00	965.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	783	520.00–600.00	553.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	555.00	555.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,322	78.50–80.00	78.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,531	50.00–65.00	58.77
44	—	1,697	62.00–76.00	68.83
10	—	1,745	75.00–81.50	77.68
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,853	85.00–87.00	86.07
7	—	1,652	70.00–80.00	76.42
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	60.00–77.00	68.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,337	50.00–68.00	54.90
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,161	54.00–67.00	58.19
9	—	1,131	40.00–52.00	48.94
4	—	1,074	63.00–73.00	69.51
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	48.00	48.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	44.00	44.00
159	—	1,064	32.00–45.00	38.24
86	—	976	20.00–35.00	28.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,547	48.00–60.00	54.36
11	—	1,401	37.00–47.50	40.62
91	—	1,488	41.00–62.50	46.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,216	34.50–45.50	39.88
242	—	1,241	35.00–62.00	47.63
32	—	1,316	47.00–74.50	56.20

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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