Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 198 priced lines covering 2,803 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,162 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 785 head. replacement cattle receipts at 516 head. Counted as USDA files them — 18 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,162Last week 5,414Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 785Last week 829Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 516Last week 348Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder classes were sharply lower with light demand due to market volatility throughout the week. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, and slaughter bulls mostly steady with moderate demand.

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
15	—	698	101.00–116.00	102.98
38	—	573	110.00–117.00	116.02
46	—	518	118.00–125.00	121.44
21	—	628	105.00–108.00	107.42
15	—	436	125.00–130.00	126.94
7	—	456	126.00–129.00	127.27
4	—	374	133.00	133.00
9	—	727	101.00	101.00
6	—	877	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	475	107.50–135.00	117.96
3	—	832	82.50	82.50
6	—	760	85.00–88.00	85.68
13	—	719	82.00–102.00	94.34
46	—	324	110.00–140.00	123.31
53	—	680	92.00–106.00	100.20
66	—	571	96.00–119.00	109.15
108	—	375	107.50–137.50	121.13
108	—	427	110.00–136.00	121.79
135	—	525	100.00–133.00	115.51
6	—	227	117.50–152.50	130.28
18	—	274	117.50–147.50	128.53
45	—	623	93.00–108.00	102.63
1	—	895	82.00	82.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	430	104.00–124.00	114.15
2	—	325	120.00–128.00	124.06
4	—	768	77.50–86.00	83.83
8	—	572	92.00–111.00	99.93
14	—	378	100.00–120.00	112.24
3	—	625	98.00	98.00
15	—	522	92.50–112.00	102.37
18	—	471	105.00–113.00	108.54
2	—	288	100.00–116.00	108.21
1	—	700	99.00	99.00
1	—	650	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	127.50	127.50
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
1	—	520	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	90.00	90.00
2	—	438	105.00–106.00	105.51
1	—	530	92.00	92.00
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
7	—	471	96.00–102.00	99.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	688	88.00–93.00	90.47
1	—	630	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	99.00–100.00	99.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	105.00	105.00
1	—	865	110.00	110.00
2	—	925	115.00–117.50	116.26
2	—	975	110.00–112.50	111.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	724	113.00–115.00	114.51
29	—	585	125.00–130.00	125.66
30	—	660	110.00–123.00	118.58
28	—	524	125.00–158.00	140.61
13	—	852	97.00	97.00
17	—	471	138.00–145.00	139.57
3	—	417	147.00–153.00	150.87
10	—	770	103.50–108.00	106.61
2	—	845	97.00	97.00
22	—	613	123.00–133.00	125.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	673	100.00–127.00	117.81
74	—	369	132.00–160.00	142.09
75	—	527	120.00–152.00	131.52
2	—	928	97.00–105.00	100.97
12	—	765	100.00–105.50	103.79
23	—	631	105.00–129.00	118.31
3	—	813	98.00–107.00	101.63
24	—	730	100.00–113.50	111.54
6	—	890	94.00–102.00	96.18
8	—	286	147.50–167.50	154.21
31	—	431	130.00–161.00	145.47
43	—	577	112.50–142.00	124.66
43	—	466	120.00–162.00	142.03
28	—	320	138.00–165.00	148.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	530	114.00–124.00	121.21
11	—	576	92.50–122.00	110.11
20	—	366	128.00–147.00	136.79
6	—	323	115.00–147.00	137.47
6	—	423	120.00–132.50	127.25
8	—	481	120.00–147.50	135.14
2	—	763	100.00	100.00
6	—	607	110.00–112.00	110.35
3	—	689	95.00–109.00	99.68
8	—	704	90.00	90.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
1	—	320	130.00	130.00
3	—	417	118.00–137.00	130.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	761	90.00–108.00	101.00
38	—	625	97.50–125.00	111.36
16	—	327	132.50–170.00	151.21
2	—	255	145.00–147.50	146.25
6	—	242	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,015	81.00	81.00
6	—	805	75.00–84.00	79.98
14	—	731	87.00–110.00	97.59
15	—	662	92.50–119.00	107.20
48	—	377	128.00–166.00	143.41
50	—	425	130.00–158.00	145.99
58	—	573	106.00–134.00	120.23
79	—	523	115.00–144.00	127.74
101	—	470	116.00–154.50	139.48
1	—	870	70.50	70.50
1	—	905	79.00	79.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	619	92.50–102.50	99.56
12	—	574	101.00–111.00	107.45
4	—	665	93.00	93.00
2	—	323	130.00–148.00	138.79
1	—	240	136.00	136.00
3	—	384	140.00–145.00	141.67
13	—	429	115.00–140.00	130.88
7	—	469	120.00–136.00	126.05
17	—	527	102.50–125.00	115.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	157.50	157.50
3	—	513	137.50–151.00	143.70
5	—	401	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	115.00	115.00
5	—	657	107.00–109.00	108.39
1	—	475	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	109.00	109.00
4	—	509	110.00–113.00	110.76
2	—	630	102.00–104.00	103.02
1	—	205	130.00	130.00
2	—	375	135.00–136.00	135.47
2	—	455	127.50	127.50
3	—	290	117.50–135.00	129.27
3	—	327	128.00–130.00	128.66
6	—	423	120.00–130.00	124.04
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	102.50	102.50
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	74.00	74.00
1	—	910	75.00	75.00
2	—	350	55.00	55.00
1	—	695	60.00	60.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	58.00	58.00
1	—	660	64.00	64.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	42.00–43.00	42.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,505	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,163	775.00–825.00	800.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	625.00	625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	785.00	785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,174	550.00–985.00	823.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	900	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	915	420.00–490.00	455.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,099	700.00–1,000.00	776.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,193	540.00–800.00	695.35
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,075	665.00	665.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,050	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	770.00	770.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	830.00	830.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	680.00	680.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	850.00–1,000.00	917.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	860.00	860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,190.00	1,190.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	975.00	975.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	870.00	870.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,260.00	1,260.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,140	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	850	775.00	775.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	940	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	983	675.00–750.00	708.59
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	600.00	600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,591	64.50–76.00	72.23
10	—	1,860	93.50–112.00	99.98
41	—	1,692	75.00–92.00	83.67
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	96.00–107.00	101.44
6	—	1,496	82.00–98.00	88.06
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,240	78.00–82.00	80.17
12	—	1,170	55.00–63.00	59.85
21	—	1,218	64.00–77.00	71.04
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	76.00	76.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	77.00	77.00
5	—	1,407	67.00–73.00	69.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	55.00	55.00
8	—	1,066	54.00–63.00	58.65
1	—	1,025	66.00	66.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,684	50.50–58.00	54.84
9	—	1,552	68.00–74.00	71.03
60	—	1,476	55.00–69.00	63.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	938	26.00–49.50	36.08
4	—	1,184	57.00–60.00	58.23
99	—	1,052	40.00–61.00	51.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,264	64.00–82.50	73.00
36	—	1,217	48.00–58.50	54.29
166	—	1,254	53.00–73.00	62.38
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	886	59.00–67.00	63.71

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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