Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 217 priced lines covering 4,016 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,910 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 659 head. replacement cattle receipts at 342 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,910Last week 7,049Year ago 4,323

Slaughter CattleReceipts 659Last week 971Year ago 794

Replacement CattleReceipts 342Last week 510Year ago 359

Compared to last week, feeder steers were steady to 3.00 higher with moderate to good demand; feeder heifers were mostly 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand. The best demand is noted for long-weaned, preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady with mostly moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,065.00–1,175.00	1,120.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,360.00	1,360.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,273	910.00–920.00	915.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,125.00–1,325.00	1,191.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,250.00–1,425.00	1,345.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,223	780.00–875.00	824.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,212	745.00–885.00	817.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,227	990.00–1,000.00	993.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	665.00	665.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,025	800.00–850.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,194	800.00–1,050.00	888.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,217	650.00–870.00	786.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,325	700.00–910.00	805.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,410	910.00–1,025.00	959.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,163	600.00–800.00	707.02
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	770.00	770.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	725.00	725.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	767	630.00–660.00	650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	725.00	725.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	850.00	850.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	140.00–142.00	141.01
1	—	575	132.50	132.50
1	—	440	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	137.50–138.00	137.75
2	—	418	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	423	117.00–147.00	134.94
29	—	524	111.00–141.00	127.39
2	—	230	160.00–171.00	165.74
6	—	288	150.00–167.00	160.79
6	—	708	115.00–131.00	125.96
6	—	781	114.00–120.00	119.00
13	—	320	117.50–166.00	144.82
13	—	369	132.50–150.00	142.19
15	—	574	115.00–135.00	126.50
15	—	675	101.00–126.00	119.39
19	—	623	110.00–133.00	119.85
26	—	474	121.00–142.50	132.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	143.00–157.50	149.23
3	—	325	173.00–187.50	182.82
2	—	358	168.00–169.00	168.51
2	—	480	151.00–154.00	152.48
9	—	410	153.00–166.00	164.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	822	120.00	120.00
17	—	609	135.00–140.00	138.03
2	—	505	155.00	155.00
7	—	573	148.00	148.00
27	—	663	135.25–140.00	136.90
29	—	735	119.00–132.00	128.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	468	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	133.00	133.00
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	109.50	109.50
7	—	236	160.00–167.50	161.69
7	—	817	115.00–125.00	120.61
14	—	864	105.00–117.00	112.73
21	—	773	120.00–130.00	124.56
28	—	324	150.00–170.00	161.12
50	—	476	136.00–161.00	146.89
55	—	373	140.00–168.00	154.28
57	—	426	134.00–162.50	150.03
57	—	718	115.00–135.00	121.77
65	—	669	121.00–139.00	127.93
96	—	529	129.00–149.00	138.52
129	—	574	125.00–150.00	134.51
131	—	623	122.00–141.00	132.74
5	—	914	104.00–114.00	112.02
7	—	272	164.00–182.50	173.29
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	110.00–113.00	111.47
1	—	345	125.00	125.00
1	—	495	126.00	126.00
2	—	378	122.50–130.00	126.27
1	—	425	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	120.00	120.00
1	—	460	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	120.00–125.00	122.72
1	—	550	115.00	115.00
2	—	490	116.00–121.00	118.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	277	145.00–170.00	157.55
2	—	225	158.00–162.50	160.10
7	—	844	99.00–100.00	99.14
2	—	865	88.00–97.00	92.47
122	—	520	121.00–140.00	132.45
126	—	577	118.00–137.50	128.85
64	—	667	107.00–126.00	118.23
83	—	424	128.00–156.00	140.91
113	—	470	126.00–159.50	138.55
1	—	960	84.00	84.00
1	—	1,030	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,230	88.00	88.00
14	—	326	147.00–172.00	159.66
21	—	371	130.00–159.00	142.36
59	—	623	108.00–134.00	122.94
23	—	719	95.00–113.00	106.17
21	—	769	97.00–117.50	103.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	515	135.00–139.00	136.75
4	—	383	163.00–165.00	164.01
2	—	420	151.00	151.00
1	—	705	119.00	119.00
1	—	760	113.00	113.00
2	—	288	165.00–170.00	167.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	147.50	147.50
4	—	720	100.00–110.00	107.55
5	—	621	110.00–122.00	115.41
22	—	424	120.00–140.00	127.22
22	—	474	113.50–137.00	125.28
23	—	574	104.00–132.50	117.10
25	—	520	113.00–134.00	122.56
25	—	664	104.00–123.00	117.19
4	—	374	135.00–136.00	135.77
2	—	795	93.00–107.00	100.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	584	116.00–124.00	119.97
1	—	440	118.00	118.00
1	—	645	113.00	113.00
2	—	375	120.00–130.00	125.27
2	—	518	114.00–121.00	117.45
4	—	480	117.00–124.00	119.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	122.00	122.00
1	—	605	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	123.00–124.00	123.50
4	—	510	113.00–126.00	121.99
1	—	675	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	112.00	112.00
1	—	480	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
1	—	560	121.00	121.00
2	—	465	105.00–121.00	112.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	384	117.50–123.00	121.90
1	—	565	102.50	102.50
1	—	240	130.00	130.00
3	—	313	112.50–120.00	117.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	424	110.00–132.50	119.54
33	—	479	110.00–133.00	121.33
30	—	528	105.00–125.00	115.16
22	—	381	115.00–140.00	127.19
14	—	579	94.00–122.50	113.94
7	—	322	120.00–147.50	133.97
6	—	687	100.00–113.00	108.17
1	—	725	92.00	92.00
3	—	277	116.00–152.50	138.73
5	—	225	130.00–152.50	142.11
5	—	610	102.00–121.00	112.83
2	—	825	91.00–103.00	97.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	109.00	109.00
1	—	770	94.00	94.00
1	—	475	130.00	130.00
1	—	585	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	724	113.00–116.00	114.82
10	—	790	114.00	114.00
15	—	436	140.00	140.00
11	—	657	110.00–127.00	119.84
12	—	598	131.50	131.50
35	—	521	125.50–132.50	129.25
35	—	614	114.00–129.00	125.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
2	—	380	117.00–120.00	118.44
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	121.00	121.00
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
3	—	385	114.00–115.00	114.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	474	116.00–139.00	128.09
241	—	577	110.00–130.00	119.40
114	—	424	120.00–145.00	130.65
128	—	622	105.00–128.00	117.57
172	—	524	111.00–132.50	122.10
3	—	867	89.00–102.50	94.41
9	—	267	120.00–152.50	137.85
10	—	215	135.00–157.50	145.28
13	—	775	90.00–109.00	101.48
24	—	732	95.00–122.50	104.27
53	—	332	122.50–157.50	136.99
76	—	380	119.00–155.00	133.85
90	—	669	93.00–123.00	111.46
2	—	823	93.00–94.00	93.50
2	—	943	80.00–90.00	84.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	369	165.00	165.00
11	—	409	143.00–155.00	152.87
2	—	308	150.00	150.00
2	—	563	122.00–125.00	123.48
3	—	458	136.00–138.00	137.33
10	—	520	130.00–130.50	130.35
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	81.00	81.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	673	78.00–91.00	88.91
1	—	745	75.00	75.00
2	—	640	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	90.00	90.00
1	—	600	83.00	83.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,013	72.00–77.00	74.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,753	91.00–105.00	98.76
15	—	1,454	65.00–84.00	76.59
48	—	1,725	76.00–98.00	87.62
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,633	84.00–95.00	89.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,357	59.00–66.00	62.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,222	67.00–75.00	70.35
27	—	1,249	47.00–59.00	54.48
1	—	1,240	45.00	45.00
179	—	1,200	55.00–69.50	61.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,479	50.50–58.00	54.27
90	—	1,455	54.00–69.00	61.82
2	—	1,648	71.00–76.50	73.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	902	30.00–45.00	40.22
74	—	1,070	44.00–64.50	54.28
2	—	1,008	60.50–64.00	62.23
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,034	55.00–63.00	58.10

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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