Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 237 priced lines covering 4,758 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,754 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 958 head. replacement cattle receipts at 386 head. Counted as USDA files them — 7 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,754Last week 6,597Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 958Last week 1,039Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 386Last week 452Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 4.00-8.00 higher, and feeder heifers were mostly 3.00-6.00 higher. Very good demand reported for feeder classes this week, with the best demand noted for long-weaned and preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows were 2.00-4.00 higher, and slaughter bulls mostly 2.00-3.00 higher with good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	480	139.00–151.50	144.94
52	—	675	119.00–128.00	123.16
53	—	523	130.00–147.00	142.02
74	—	624	125.00–133.00	128.78
93	—	429	142.00–158.50	153.27
99	—	574	125.00–134.00	131.04
6	—	324	129.00	129.00
18	—	762	110.00–120.00	118.88
22	—	375	147.00–152.00	151.33
36	—	719	116.50–121.00	119.41
30	—	821	100.00–113.00	110.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	649	116.00	116.00
3	—	577	123.00	123.00
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
5	—	388	130.00–144.00	141.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	372	110.00–145.00	132.28
25	—	476	110.00–132.50	120.77
6	—	672	102.00–110.00	106.29
7	—	613	102.00–120.00	108.03
18	—	564	108.00–125.00	116.55
26	—	513	107.50–125.00	120.48
22	—	327	117.50–142.50	131.84
25	—	425	111.00–140.00	124.22
1	—	830	105.00	105.00
4	—	794	90.00–96.00	91.49
8	—	735	91.00–117.00	109.83
16	—	278	115.00–150.00	137.57
9	—	218	127.50–137.50	135.17
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	110.00–127.50	119.86
2	—	293	130.00	130.00
3	—	358	122.50–137.50	131.79
1	—	615	105.00	105.00
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
1	—	705	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	85.00	85.00
193	—	422	113.00–147.00	137.10
9	—	932	101.00–102.00	101.22
3	—	785	104.00–111.00	108.32
7	—	226	132.50–155.00	140.84
8	—	812	95.00–110.00	103.46
166	—	476	115.00–147.00	132.64
153	—	572	113.00–137.00	126.36
151	—	520	111.00–140.00	129.34
128	—	376	115.00–156.00	138.90
94	—	323	115.00–155.00	142.36
71	—	618	108.00–128.00	120.53
62	—	671	104.00–123.00	115.17
38	—	723	100.00–120.50	114.50
38	—	274	130.00–155.00	143.88
10	—	878	94.00–103.00	98.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	100.00	100.00
4	—	690	104.00–118.00	114.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	107.50	107.50
1	—	265	122.50	122.50
1	—	445	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	149.00	149.00
2	—	420	152.50–153.00	152.74
2	—	280	157.00–157.50	157.25
1	—	470	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	160.00	160.00
1	—	525	140.00	140.00
6	—	483	128.00–147.50	131.06
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	128.00–147.00	135.06
1	—	495	127.00	127.00
1	—	310	142.50	142.50
1	—	285	145.00	145.00
2	—	438	122.50–142.00	132.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	129.00	129.00
7	—	504	158.00–165.00	161.58
1	—	460	168.00	168.00
1	—	675	139.00	139.00
2	—	265	182.50–185.00	183.68
2	—	413	171.00–173.00	171.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	95.00	95.00
13	—	430	130.00–158.00	145.19
4	—	711	96.00–110.00	106.56
3	—	673	110.00–119.00	115.60
2	—	775	100.00–105.00	102.44
24	—	531	110.00–139.00	128.64
1	—	370	145.00	145.00
1	—	325	152.50	152.50
1	—	280	155.00	155.00
13	—	572	115.00–135.00	127.81
36	—	471	125.00–154.00	143.31
13	—	629	103.50–122.00	112.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	330	156.00–175.00	165.61
1	—	1,045	83.00	83.00
3	—	878	91.00–98.00	95.38
46	—	628	114.00–136.00	128.62
9	—	769	100.00–116.00	107.32
8	—	833	91.00–99.00	96.14
22	—	730	109.00–116.00	112.31
3	—	917	81.00–95.00	88.23
82	—	473	130.00–177.50	155.98
42	—	383	144.00–170.00	162.44
53	—	673	110.00–133.00	120.47
64	—	423	144.00–177.00	161.20
66	—	577	122.00–145.00	133.54
117	—	520	129.00–156.00	142.32
12	—	273	145.00–177.50	169.43
2	—	238	171.00–175.00	173.02
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	140.00	140.00
1	—	510	136.00	136.00
3	—	483	130.00–140.00	136.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	75.00	75.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	129.00	129.00
1	—	435	155.00	155.00
1	—	580	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	375	136.00–165.00	152.10
24	—	475	142.00–164.00	150.31
20	—	576	121.00–141.00	134.47
12	—	621	119.00–132.50	128.08
9	—	517	130.00–149.00	142.62
4	—	676	107.00–132.50	119.41
4	—	723	110.00–125.00	118.89
13	—	240	145.00–170.00	163.84
20	—	322	132.50–175.00	157.12
24	—	275	132.50–177.50	159.84
24	—	430	136.00–162.50	154.84
1	—	770	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	727	126.00–141.00	133.05
80	—	583	148.00–162.00	154.40
78	—	530	157.00–170.00	164.81
72	—	675	130.00–145.00	137.34
72	—	627	139.00–156.00	145.47
71	—	462	166.00–190.50	185.92
1	—	270	177.00	177.00
11	—	328	170.00–180.00	177.47
13	—	418	186.00	186.00
57	—	778	125.00–137.50	131.13
17	—	855	126.00	126.00
6	—	825	124.00–128.00	127.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	871	102.00–134.00	118.97
15	—	726	123.00–130.00	127.22
31	—	268	160.00–195.00	174.13
40	—	672	125.00–140.50	133.27
62	—	625	125.00–147.50	135.85
71	—	331	160.00–190.00	172.26
81	—	528	132.50–169.00	152.46
97	—	426	144.00–176.00	166.94
98	—	374	145.00–188.00	168.69
1	—	1,050	119.00	119.00
11	—	225	157.50–200.00	181.01
18	—	767	120.00–130.00	124.81
8	—	821	116.00–122.00	120.00
12	—	1,119	100.00–108.00	104.00
2	—	1,000	109.00	109.00
4	—	955	102.00–110.00	107.23
103	—	574	122.00–153.00	144.78
105	—	472	135.00–174.00	161.68
3	—	910	110.00–114.00	111.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	158.00–160.00	159.03
3	—	375	185.00–190.00	188.27
3	—	417	177.50–180.00	179.16
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	136.00	136.00
1	—	350	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	138.00	138.00
1	—	575	125.00	125.00
2	—	273	152.50–168.00	160.89
2	—	468	152.50–158.00	155.18
3	—	415	140.00–160.00	148.55
3	—	385	132.00–158.00	144.21
3	—	335	140.00–160.00	150.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	170.00–174.00	171.96
6	—	512	161.00–169.00	163.82
2	—	403	177.50–178.00	177.75
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	120.00–140.00	130.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	150.00	150.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,170	525.00–700.00	620.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,338	910.00	910.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,225	825.00–900.00	864.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	575.00	575.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	775.00–1,000.00	882.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	585.00	585.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,150	665.00–800.00	717.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	830.00–900.00	865.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	920	750.00–850.00	770.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,495	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,057	800.00–900.00	867.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	725.00–900.00	823.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,000	550.00–650.00	586.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	900	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,375	675.00–980.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	800.00–850.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	520.00	520.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	928	650.00–675.00	661.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,083	800.00–810.00	804.64
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	590.00	590.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,285.00	1,285.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,035.00	1,035.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	875.00	875.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,450	1,025.00–1,155.00	1,090.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,330	985.00	985.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	720.00	720.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	725.00	725.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	610.00	610.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	775.00	775.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	630.00	630.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	560.00	560.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	975	635.00–655.00	645.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	91.00	91.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,492	94.00–98.00	95.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,587	66.00–76.00	70.53
18	—	1,848	87.00–100.00	92.70
64	—	1,658	74.00–93.00	84.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,180	45.00–59.00	52.34
41	—	1,360	58.00–90.00	72.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,568	60.00–77.00	70.09
71	—	1,491	53.00–73.00	62.23
5	—	1,625	58.50–68.00	61.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,001	26.50–43.00	36.48
1	—	1,120	56.50	56.50
126	—	1,059	38.00–64.50	50.35
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,081	61.00–71.00	66.64
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,170	66.00–79.00	73.33
1	—	1,160	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,393	80.00–83.00	81.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,434	67.00–79.00	73.15

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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