Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 250 priced lines covering 4,775 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,231 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 932 head. replacement cattle receipts at 668 head. Counted as USDA files them — 50 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,231Last week 4,092Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 932Last week 859Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 668Last week 464Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady to 5.00 lower, and feeder heifers were mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate at best, with long-weaned, preconditioned cattle in the best demand. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 lower, and slaughter bulls mostly 1.00-2.00 lower with mostly moderate demand for slaughter classes.

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,075	700.00–770.00	736.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,100	625.00–740.00	665.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,142	775.00–1,090.00	870.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	—	1,139	705.00–900.00	807.55
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,325	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,142	750.00–885.00	780.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	750.00–825.00	787.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,300	750.00–1,070.00	894.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,275	875.00–950.00	912.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	975	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,253	750.00–935.00	854.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,103	950.00–1,050.00	998.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,103	850.00–900.00	875.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,113	875.00–1,145.00	992.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,145	685.00–900.00	762.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,425	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	685.00	685.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	915	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	945	500.00–585.00	546.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,140	750.00–825.00	787.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,043	725.00–850.00	794.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	780	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,485	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,500	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	610.00	610.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,005	1,250.00–1,325.00	1,287.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	825.00–1,000.00	908.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,206	1,450.00–1,735.00	1,633.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,341.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,075.00–1,175.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	935.00	935.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,190	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	950.00–1,000.00	970.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	875.00–925.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	770	780.00–785.00	782.56
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	610.00–650.00	630.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	560.00–600.00	580.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	620.00	620.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	905	760.00–775.00	766.80
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	500.00	500.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	800	560.00–675.00	636.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,400	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	950.00	950.00
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	850.00	850.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	750	700.00–725.00	712.50
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	825	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	750.00	750.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,240	1,025.00	1,025.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,050	935.00	935.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,400	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,110	1,300.00	1,300.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	570	118.00–149.00	138.62
142	—	479	127.00–157.00	144.28
75	—	623	114.00–135.00	125.17
77	—	376	138.00–173.00	156.40
123	—	523	124.00–154.00	139.71
7	—	824	99.00–110.00	103.99
1	—	905	98.00	98.00
26	—	274	150.00–187.50	168.53
45	—	666	109.00–128.00	120.11
55	—	721	101.00–120.00	111.03
45	—	324	141.00–177.50	162.74
56	—	424	137.50–159.00	147.71
24	—	764	100.00–110.00	106.82
2	—	235	157.50–158.00	157.74
3	—	957	93.00–98.00	94.66
2	—	870	95.50	95.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	281	123.00–160.00	135.69
1	—	220	162.50	162.50
9	—	421	130.00–145.00	138.64
14	—	568	115.00–136.00	126.00
20	—	374	130.00–155.00	143.05
22	—	473	122.50–144.00	135.39
11	—	678	95.00–115.00	105.48
12	—	626	100.00–120.00	110.72
10	—	530	111.00–134.00	124.25
4	—	773	95.00–103.00	100.80
11	—	328	125.00–148.00	139.38
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	100.00	100.00
1	—	255	175.00	175.00
1	—	405	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	122.00	122.00
1	—	415	128.00	128.00
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
3	—	317	122.50–137.50	130.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	152.50	152.50
1	—	870	109.00	109.00
7	—	404	127.00–130.00	127.46
2	—	528	150.00–151.00	150.49
6	—	608	110.50	110.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	626	120.00–141.00	129.97
3	—	660	127.50	127.50
6	—	398	159.00	159.00
13	—	332	163.00	163.00
63	—	573	129.00–152.00	139.93
14	—	737	111.50–116.25	113.87
12	—	776	99.00–113.50	106.10
4	—	497	153.00–168.00	160.48
6	—	425	169.00	169.00
26	—	516	140.00–159.00	150.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	133.00	133.00
1	—	480	143.00	143.00
4	—	513	135.00–142.00	138.73
2	—	315	170.00–178.00	173.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	87.00–93.00	89.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	447	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	380	130.00–148.00	140.03
23	—	628	87.50–112.00	102.51
33	—	472	110.00–142.00	127.05
1	—	330	140.00	140.00
4	—	662	91.00–108.00	98.62
2	—	730	90.00	90.00
1	—	780	86.00	86.00
42	—	423	120.00–152.00	133.21
22	—	524	110.00–122.00	117.16
13	—	580	108.00–123.00	114.47
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
2	—	520	110.00–121.00	115.50
1	—	280	135.00	135.00
1	—	360	126.00	126.00
6	—	476	120.00–127.00	123.67
4	—	323	127.50–137.50	131.14
2	—	418	120.00–126.00	123.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	732	90.00–107.00	98.46
52	—	376	137.50–169.00	148.52
77	—	622	96.00–127.00	113.24
5	—	923	78.00–97.00	87.50
11	—	879	80.00–93.00	83.80
14	—	329	140.00–167.50	152.37
10	—	270	146.00–162.00	153.99
5	—	236	150.00–165.00	157.51
16	—	761	85.00–98.00	93.04
8	—	820	87.00–94.00	90.99
48	—	666	92.50–122.00	110.08
134	—	469	125.00–160.00	138.50
112	—	573	110.00–141.00	124.95
115	—	429	130.00–162.00	143.27
113	—	525	117.00–141.00	128.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	125.00	125.00
1	—	550	112.50	112.50
1	—	665	79.00	79.00
4	—	483	106.00–122.00	113.17
2	—	540	112.00–112.50	112.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	114.00	114.00
4	—	602	105.00	105.00
1	—	715	93.00	93.00
1	—	520	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	129.00–131.00	129.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	138.00	138.00
3	—	290	148.00	148.00
1	—	705	111.00	111.00
2	—	615	113.00–118.00	115.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
3	—	572	102.50–108.00	105.11
4	—	535	100.00–111.00	105.49
2	—	635	100.00	100.00
2	—	688	75.00–95.00	84.96
4	—	479	110.00–115.00	111.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	100.00–106.00	102.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	80.00–100.00	89.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	664	106.00–110.00	107.51
43	—	531	117.00–128.00	123.98
3	—	430	133.00	133.00
10	—	764	102.50	102.50
31	—	492	125.00–138.00	129.40
101	—	582	117.00–123.00	122.54
26	—	725	100.00–102.00	101.14
43	—	640	108.50–110.00	109.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	623	90.00–117.00	105.82
168	—	574	100.00–123.00	112.84
212	—	428	116.00–137.50	126.14
21	—	229	135.00–150.00	138.56
21	—	718	84.00–103.00	97.11
81	—	665	90.00–108.00	101.03
21	—	776	83.00–101.00	94.77
59	—	324	125.00–144.00	132.12
160	—	372	119.00–144.00	134.10
5	—	864	83.00–91.00	87.75
22	—	278	126.00–150.00	137.41
3	—	918	83.00–105.00	94.04
6	—	803	89.00–103.00	95.18
269	—	471	112.00–134.00	124.07
3	—	973	78.00–87.00	83.35
247	—	524	90.00–126.00	118.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	577	98.00–112.00	103.63
15	—	326	103.00–134.00	117.20
25	—	526	106.00–118.00	110.30
3	—	275	125.00–137.50	129.98
31	—	420	100.00–125.00	116.80
7	—	668	92.00–102.00	96.58
16	—	469	111.00–124.00	117.37
4	—	240	125.00–145.00	135.05
2	—	615	94.00–100.00	96.98
25	—	381	115.00–135.00	121.81
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	385	107.00–115.00	110.90
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
3	—	432	110.00–120.00	114.04
1	—	305	125.00	125.00
1	—	630	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	112.00	112.00
1	—	550	105.00	105.00
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	760	69.50	69.50
3	—	617	76.00–79.00	77.95
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	54.00	54.00
1	—	735	55.00	55.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	63.00	63.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,786	88.00–97.00	93.17
10	—	1,400	66.00–81.00	74.43
66	—	1,700	70.50–93.50	83.30
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,280	70.00	70.00
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	92.00–93.00	92.44
6	—	1,929	80.00–87.00	83.34
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	95.00	95.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	56.00–59.00	58.40
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,181	59.00–66.00	63.19
1	—	1,055	54.00	54.00
1	—	1,260	71.00	71.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,068	68.00–69.00	68.47
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	791	60.00–85.00	69.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	950	30.00–43.00	35.92
123	—	1,016	41.00–58.50	50.15
1	—	1,110	58.00	58.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,394	51.00–54.00	52.18
3	—	1,492	64.00–67.50	65.79
103	—	1,459	53.00–68.00	58.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	1,193	52.00–67.00	58.21
35	—	1,240	59.00–70.50	66.27
38	—	1,194	44.00–56.00	51.35

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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