Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 229 priced lines covering 3,772 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,176 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,420 head. replacement cattle receipts at 406 head. Counted as USDA files them — 9 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,176Last week 1,657Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,420Last week 721Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 406Last week 124Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone based on a limited test. Moderate to good demand was noted as buyers proceed with caution in this volatile market. Slaughter cows and bulls were sharply lower due to light demand and decreased buyer activity.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	130.00	130.00
4	—	318	120.00–148.00	136.43
3	—	422	130.00–133.00	130.96
2	—	285	137.50–142.50	139.96
1	—	380	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	320	132.50–147.50	139.42
2	—	232	145.00	145.00
5	—	380	142.50–149.00	143.72
1	—	285	157.50	157.50
4	—	725	111.00	111.00
11	—	566	110.00–126.00	119.09
24	—	425	130.00–160.00	140.97
14	—	474	127.00–145.00	134.43
4	—	679	109.00–110.00	109.50
8	—	534	100.00–137.00	122.64
7	—	621	100.00–120.00	109.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	414	155.00–167.00	162.48
2	—	320	170.00–175.00	172.46
2	—	458	163.00–165.00	164.02
2	—	555	137.00–149.00	142.95
4	—	369	170.00–182.50	174.42
4	—	518	154.00–156.00	155.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
1	—	415	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	87.50	87.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	673	101.00–123.00	113.95
76	—	574	114.00–141.00	130.48
29	—	380	142.00–168.00	154.73
7	—	921	86.50	86.50
74	—	424	137.50–177.00	151.66
82	—	467	137.50–164.00	150.01
1	—	880	95.00	95.00
2	—	225	162.00–180.00	170.60
15	—	266	160.00–175.00	167.74
19	—	330	151.00–171.00	157.82
31	—	625	106.00–130.00	119.55
63	—	525	121.00–152.00	136.65
12	—	723	90.00–114.00	101.04
7	—	804	80.00–96.00	83.58
10	—	779	82.00–103.00	92.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	591	70.50	70.50
4	—	464	72.00–78.00	76.43
1	—	825	62.00	62.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	89.00	89.00
2	—	298	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	168.00	168.00
18	—	531	154.50	154.50
13	—	575	148.50	148.50
2	—	615	139.00–140.00	139.50
5	—	789	110.00	110.00
8	—	673	121.00–136.00	128.68
23	—	853	105.00	105.00
26	—	725	117.00–122.00	119.30
65	—	842	105.00–115.00	105.31
7	—	446	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	195.00	195.00
5	—	467	169.00–174.00	170.80
3	—	528	150.00–161.00	155.91
2	—	423	171.00–181.00	175.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	124.00	124.00
4	—	479	141.00–145.00	144.05
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	120.00	120.00
18	—	581	110.00–129.00	115.16
2	—	818	84.00–87.50	85.74
11	—	272	130.00–174.00	153.17
11	—	427	132.00–157.50	139.32
15	—	377	120.00–174.00	147.71
1	—	775	112.50	112.50
5	—	631	110.00–122.50	117.43
10	—	473	123.00–147.50	137.69
13	—	521	118.00–145.00	130.56
24	—	320	134.00–170.00	153.82
7	—	667	113.00–127.00	117.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	988	91.00	91.00
3	—	902	92.00	92.00
6	—	866	100.50–111.00	104.12
67	—	378	145.00–187.00	166.01
67	—	525	129.00–161.00	142.96
67	—	656	116.00–136.00	118.86
71	—	624	123.00–149.00	132.86
58	—	481	138.00–164.00	154.26
35	—	420	142.00–172.00	154.17
37	—	762	106.00–115.00	106.90
39	—	570	123.00–149.00	136.51
5	—	814	100.00–106.00	104.16
10	—	286	150.00–177.50	164.07
10	—	734	107.00–123.00	114.10
12	—	228	154.00–185.00	158.58
34	—	316	157.50–180.00	166.48
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	155.00	155.00
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
1	—	520	115.00	115.00
1	—	410	137.00	137.00
2	—	270	132.50–150.00	141.25
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	110.50	110.50
4	—	791	105.50	105.50
5	—	532	131.00	131.00
2	—	615	117.50–122.50	119.96
1	—	550	127.50	127.50
1	—	480	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	147.50	147.50
1	—	355	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	140.50	140.50
3	—	343	150.00	150.00
3	—	890	91.00	91.00
10	—	531	122.00–123.50	122.60
11	—	447	128.00	128.00
47	—	578	117.50–132.00	124.57
6	—	808	93.00	93.00
6	—	972	81.00	81.00
51	—	634	112.50–126.00	119.83
102	—	741	101.00–115.00	104.26
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	102.00–123.00	114.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	82.50	82.50
1	—	935	83.00	83.00
7	—	817	90.00–93.00	91.21
15	—	761	90.00–97.00	92.99
26	—	278	125.00–147.50	138.02
42	—	323	122.50–144.00	133.71
43	—	668	92.00–120.00	106.57
48	—	622	93.00–120.00	108.17
109	—	519	108.00–137.50	119.39
112	—	379	118.00–147.00	132.46
152	—	582	104.50–125.00	115.27
162	—	422	120.00–145.50	129.82
1	—	1,040	86.00	86.00
178	—	470	114.00–141.00	126.03
17	—	715	86.00–109.00	96.77
10	—	216	140.00–150.00	144.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	410	134.00–141.00	140.24
2	—	258	147.50–150.00	148.79
1	—	620	111.00	111.00
1	—	720	108.00	108.00
1	—	560	132.50	132.50
7	—	378	138.00–143.00	138.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	100.00	100.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
4	—	578	107.50–117.50	113.19
1	—	750	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
1	—	570	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	674	94.00–120.00	100.52
18	—	470	108.00–122.50	114.12
5	—	280	122.50–147.50	132.43
10	—	371	115.00–130.00	121.03
14	—	326	120.00–144.00	131.19
18	—	518	97.00–125.00	111.93
23	—	432	111.00–130.00	115.65
1	—	205	142.50	142.50
3	—	620	92.50–105.00	96.57
16	—	581	101.00–115.00	108.69
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	110.00	110.00
2	—	413	122.50–125.00	123.74
2	—	473	107.50–115.00	111.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	104.00–112.00	108.20
4	—	590	105.00	105.00
1	—	330	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	107.00	107.00
1	—	460	92.50	92.50
1	—	400	112.50	112.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	47.50	47.50
2	—	685	50.00	50.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,083	675.00–700.00	691.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,206	850.00–875.00	851.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,240	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,234	735.00–850.00	795.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,600	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,300	620.00–850.00	730.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,058	555.00–750.00	639.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,250	775.00–925.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,275	750.00–950.00	831.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,100	800.00–1,000.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,033	790.00–825.00	813.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,380	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,038	700.00–775.00	735.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,107	620.00–730.00	670.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	828	630.00	630.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	750.00	750.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,500	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,125.00–1,350.00	1,237.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	810.00	810.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,070	730.00	730.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	820.00	820.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	636.00	636.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	700.00	700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	675.00	675.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	975	550.00–725.00	661.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,763	82.00–103.00	92.82
18	—	1,456	61.00–81.00	71.28
91	—	1,729	66.00–97.00	83.57
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,940	79.00	79.00
2	—	1,713	99.00–102.00	100.50
8	—	1,758	84.00–94.00	89.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	78.00–80.00	79.04
9	—	1,176	62.00–73.00	67.03
4	—	1,179	46.50–58.00	53.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	77.00	77.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	61.00–66.00	63.40
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	56.00–58.00	57.08
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	823	62.00–74.00	67.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,266	50.00–77.00	65.08
52	—	1,167	40.00–57.00	49.89
288	—	1,182	44.00–69.00	56.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,370	44.00–71.00	54.63
2	—	1,298	60.00–80.00	71.95
5	—	1,429	47.00–50.00	49.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	952	32.00–56.00	40.09
204	—	1,018	35.00–62.00	47.91
3	—	962	54.00–69.00	59.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	58.00–64.00	61.01

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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