Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 284 priced lines covering 6,209 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,138 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,055 head. replacement cattle receipts at 759 head. Counted as USDA files them — 138 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,138Last week 5,246Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,055Last week 764Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 759Last week 663Year ago 0

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady with instances 2.00-3.00 higher to 2.00-3.00 lower throughout the week. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 higher, and slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	83.00	83.00
1	—	675	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	140.00	140.00
3	—	310	142.50–145.00	144.14
1	—	285	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	155.00	155.00
1	—	573	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	325	141.00–180.00	161.42
20	—	765	110.00–129.00	115.81
1	—	915	98.00	98.00
31	—	821	107.00–117.00	111.88
100	—	423	140.00–173.00	154.66
106	—	377	138.00–181.00	159.16
111	—	673	120.00–139.00	128.17
125	—	472	135.00–165.00	149.50
128	—	629	121.00–141.00	130.88
180	—	576	118.50–148.00	136.21
251	—	525	125.00–155.00	143.87
14	—	723	112.00–123.00	117.16
16	—	231	155.00–232.50	182.76
25	—	283	150.00–190.00	167.69
2	—	1,033	104.00–105.00	104.50
8	—	867	103.00–108.00	107.36
10	—	988	100.00–106.00	103.90
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	120.00	120.00
1	—	520	122.50	122.50
1	—	445	142.50	142.50
1	—	340	148.00	148.00
1	—	295	140.00	140.00
2	—	580	120.00–125.00	122.48
3	—	388	135.00–155.00	144.87
3	—	468	134.00–143.00	137.21
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	478	120.00–150.00	141.84
9	—	279	150.00–168.00	158.10
7	—	819	90.50–109.00	95.94
9	—	777	94.00–116.00	101.70
20	—	429	134.00–154.00	142.29
26	—	322	134.00–170.00	156.07
30	—	574	110.00–139.00	128.00
1	—	720	100.00	100.00
3	—	237	162.50–172.50	165.95
18	—	685	106.00–120.00	117.29
24	—	531	117.00–139.00	129.02
37	—	620	104.00–132.00	118.94
49	—	382	131.00–167.00	145.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	714	122.00–130.00	125.49
42	—	827	110.00–115.00	114.05
66	—	571	132.00–149.00	144.00
2	—	862	105.00	105.00
11	—	769	117.50–130.00	124.68
23	—	622	130.50–140.00	135.16
38	—	660	136.00–153.00	142.67
62	—	521	141.00–156.00	150.26
30	—	471	155.00–163.00	157.03
48	—	423	154.50–174.00	163.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	132.00	132.00
1	—	695	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	500	120.00	120.00
1	—	755	117.00	117.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	127.50	127.50
1	—	390	132.00	132.00
1	—	410	126.00	126.00
1	—	550	111.00	111.00
1	—	285	149.00	149.00
2	—	525	120.00–130.00	124.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	160.00	160.00
1	—	280	175.00	175.00
1	—	310	172.50	172.50
1	—	450	159.00	159.00
3	—	520	152.00–158.00	154.95
3	—	558	141.00–149.00	144.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	135.00	135.00
1	—	540	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	105.00	105.00
5	—	670	106.00–116.00	110.42
21	—	563	112.00–126.00	120.95
1	—	260	132.50	132.50
3	—	378	135.00–140.00	138.41
1	—	855	90.00	90.00
2	—	335	133.00–141.00	137.00
31	—	478	120.00–142.50	131.36
27	—	521	100.00–137.50	125.09
25	—	426	122.00–149.00	135.74
8	—	631	104.00–122.50	110.61
4	—	780	94.00–103.00	97.75
4	—	716	105.00–108.00	106.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	576	136.00–140.00	138.19
3	—	443	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	127.00	127.00
1	—	485	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	119.00	119.00
3	—	417	132.50–147.50	139.84
2	—	553	115.00–130.00	122.47
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
1	—	495	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	326	147.50–162.50	156.01
29	—	377	140.00–160.00	148.15
97	—	429	130.00–162.00	144.66
161	—	525	121.00–148.00	134.73
171	—	469	129.00–156.00	143.60
172	—	573	111.00–147.00	128.00
1	—	980	87.00	87.00
6	—	276	152.50–165.00	158.02
8	—	240	147.50–170.00	159.41
12	—	821	93.00–104.00	98.83
17	—	767	97.00–113.00	105.89
45	—	730	92.00–116.00	109.20
62	—	627	113.00–132.00	122.72
87	—	663	112.00–126.00	120.23
2	—	908	96.00	96.00
6	—	868	95.00–107.50	100.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	320	165.00–168.00	166.48
3	—	457	150.00–151.00	150.34
4	—	507	140.00–144.00	141.51
1	—	410	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	125.00	125.00
1	—	500	117.00	117.00
2	—	278	135.00–142.50	138.78
7	—	338	126.50–137.50	129.70
1	—	645	104.00	104.00
3	—	375	125.00–130.00	126.76
9	—	431	123.00–136.00	127.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	707	94.00–106.00	101.92
3	—	477	116.00–125.00	120.29
1	—	375	131.00	131.00
8	—	578	102.50–110.00	107.72
5	—	529	102.50–119.00	112.73
3	—	668	94.00–108.00	101.02
3	—	620	100.00–103.00	101.68
1	—	435	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	120.00	120.00
1	—	390	117.50	117.50
14	—	466	110.00–126.00	123.13
1	—	325	140.00	140.00
2	—	528	102.50–107.50	105.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	293	123.00–127.50	125.23
1	—	225	122.50	122.50
2	—	388	116.00–122.50	119.27
2	—	470	102.50–116.00	108.96
2	—	538	107.50–110.00	108.76
5	—	429	107.50–115.00	110.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	84.00	84.00
3	—	672	100.00–101.00	100.33
8	—	716	83.00–100.00	90.83
38	—	570	102.50–121.00	113.73
48	—	425	110.00–131.00	122.77
69	—	478	103.00–126.00	118.77
26	—	325	117.50–140.00	129.99
28	—	625	96.00–116.00	107.85
36	—	516	107.00–121.00	114.48
45	—	373	114.00–134.00	127.24
6	—	813	85.50	85.50
10	—	272	127.50–158.00	137.82
4	—	226	142.50–155.00	146.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	522	119.00–130.50	125.97
1	—	985	102.00	102.00
23	—	468	126.00–135.00	131.14
27	—	612	117.00–121.00	119.07
1	—	415	130.00	130.00
2	—	755	110.00	110.00
12	—	570	121.00–123.50	122.45
52	—	665	105.00–126.00	113.85
2	—	830	108.00	108.00
7	—	864	105.00–106.50	105.64
34	—	734	104.00–113.50	110.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	820	90.00–104.00	98.11
36	—	275	130.00–157.50	143.96
51	—	722	90.00–110.00	100.06
67	—	327	127.00–156.00	138.63
75	—	667	98.00–116.50	110.92
133	—	378	126.00–141.00	133.36
158	—	624	104.00–124.00	114.21
188	—	428	118.00–139.00	129.39
254	—	575	108.00–127.00	118.87
278	—	469	118.00–133.00	126.32
364	—	524	114.00–131.00	123.29
2	—	970	92.00–94.00	92.99
2	—	1,040	97.00	97.00
28	—	766	89.00–107.00	98.01
11	—	231	127.50–157.50	145.77
9	—	859	81.00–101.00	95.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	133.00–141.00	136.41
7	—	515	127.00–130.00	127.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	118.00	118.00
1	—	315	110.00	110.00
3	—	367	115.00–120.00	117.52
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	124.00	124.00
2	—	480	114.00–116.00	114.99
4	—	365	102.50–125.50	119.43
2	—	415	113.00–120.00	116.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	566	117.50–123.00	118.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	106.00	106.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	289	99.00	99.00
1	—	470	76.00	76.00
1	—	410	83.00	83.00
1	—	380	81.00	81.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	80.00	80.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	670.00	670.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,181	675.00–925.00	798.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	840	620.00	620.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	978	650.00–925.00	730.45
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	820.00	820.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,333	800.00–910.00	873.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,100	650.00–870.00	726.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	765.00	765.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,271	750.00–1,075.00	938.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,067	770.00–1,000.00	874.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,100	800.00–970.00	867.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	967	850.00–890.00	871.67
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	910.00	910.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,208	710.00–900.00	792.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	760.00	760.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,005	700.00–850.00	782.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,102	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,132	925.00–1,300.00	1,139.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,165	875.00–1,300.00	1,028.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,183	950.00–1,050.00	1,016.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,205	700.00–935.00	844.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,269	825.00–1,075.00	932.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,269	860.00–1,010.00	931.27
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	730.00	730.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	870.00	870.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	939	825.00–1,100.00	879.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	830	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	903	1,025.00–1,050.00	1,033.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	837	950.00–1,225.00	1,091.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,430.00	1,315.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,252	1,900.00–2,025.00	1,980.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,248	885.00–1,250.00	1,052.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,072	975.00–1,400.00	1,250.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,289	1,225.00–1,500.00	1,418.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	—	1,138	1,950.00–2,075.00	2,007.85
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,013	935.00–1,300.00	1,154.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,118	1,175.00–2,000.00	1,725.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,230	1,950.00	1,950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	860	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	860	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	933	750.00–975.00	895.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	867	520.00–570.00	553.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	560.00	560.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,435	1,225.00–1,600.00	1,434.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,822	95.00–100.00	98.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,481	65.00–88.00	76.21
31	—	1,737	90.00–113.00	100.57
54	—	1,743	78.00–98.00	91.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,265	62.00–84.00	69.10
277	—	1,177	52.00–73.00	60.92
22	—	1,179	50.00–59.00	55.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,497	65.00–76.00	69.96
4	—	1,413	52.00–57.00	54.60
96	—	1,437	52.50–70.00	61.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,041	41.00–65.00	52.91
27	—	921	32.00–53.00	38.90
3	—	1,112	59.50–60.00	59.82
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	56.00	56.00
4	—	1,115	66.00–75.00	71.63
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,038	61.00–64.00	61.93
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	80.00	80.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	66.00	66.00

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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