Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 216 priced lines covering 6,128 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,146 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 975 head. replacement cattle receipts at 463 head. Counted as USDA files them — 33 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,146Last week 5,185Year ago 4,334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 975Last week 809Year ago 786

Replacement CattleReceipts 463Last week 376Year ago 434

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 2.00-5.00 higher, and feeder heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 higher with good demand for feeder classes throughout the week. Notably, very good demand noted for long-weaned, preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower, and slaughter bulls mostly steady with light to moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	127.00–139.00	132.12
5	—	721	94.00–110.00	105.25
28	—	427	122.50–150.00	133.36
42	—	518	113.00–138.00	124.50
1	—	813	108.00	108.00
1	—	265	137.50	137.50
2	—	335	145.00–147.50	146.27
17	—	665	102.00–121.50	117.03
25	—	474	119.00–138.00	128.39
28	—	575	109.00–125.00	117.71
32	—	627	110.00–130.00	119.92
1	—	760	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	323	151.00–176.00	165.01
8	—	280	150.00–160.00	152.64
21	—	771	90.00–122.00	106.24
103	—	419	134.00–170.00	150.40
3	—	223	150.00–155.00	151.53
73	—	627	114.00–138.00	127.29
74	—	727	100.00–126.00	117.66
85	—	667	111.00–131.75	124.84
155	—	471	134.00–156.00	146.41
162	—	576	120.00–142.00	134.39
165	—	521	125.50–145.00	137.25
3	—	838	96.00–98.00	97.34
28	—	378	145.00–166.00	157.70
9	—	862	96.50–109.50	100.94
1	—	930	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	107.00	107.00
1	—	335	147.00	147.00
1	—	240	143.00	143.00
1	—	290	130.00	130.00
1	—	475	128.00	128.00
2	—	565	109.00–117.00	112.89
4	—	378	129.00–147.00	136.88
1	—	440	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	360	171.00–183.00	175.22
3	—	330	177.50–180.00	179.22
3	—	475	157.50–162.00	159.12
4	—	516	143.00–149.00	145.62
7	—	417	159.00–166.00	162.75
1	—	550	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	115.00–141.00	127.48
2	—	523	115.00–125.00	119.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	361	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	149.00	149.00
5	—	508	147.00–151.00	149.80
1	—	345	181.00	181.00
1	—	460	162.00	162.00
1	—	420	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	719	100.00–124.00	114.03
4	—	770	115.00–122.00	117.50
1	—	215	132.50	132.50
29	—	376	130.00–157.50	145.53
33	—	621	117.50–130.00	124.16
2	—	970	107.00	107.00
12	—	332	130.00–159.00	142.12
13	—	528	113.00–138.00	128.24
28	—	472	121.00–147.50	136.17
10	—	272	142.50–162.50	149.82
16	—	571	120.00–135.00	125.81
17	—	431	135.00–154.00	143.55
19	—	676	117.00–128.50	122.75
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	109.00–138.00	123.89
1	—	285	141.00	141.00
1	—	345	125.00	125.00
2	—	445	114.00–138.00	126.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	479	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	455	152.00–156.00	152.58
168	—	908	132.50–134.00	132.99
3	—	868	120.00	120.00
11	—	704	132.00–142.00	136.92
4	—	828	120.00–129.00	123.24
56	—	621	139.50–153.50	146.06
45	—	677	137.00–144.00	140.92
51	—	523	143.00–159.00	153.42
71	—	572	142.00–153.00	146.87
74	—	761	127.50–140.50	138.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	935	109.00–120.00	115.37
6	—	238	155.00–176.00	164.64
8	—	863	102.50–118.00	115.75
14	—	272	145.00–176.00	162.39
25	—	831	107.00–126.00	118.32
38	—	327	150.00–179.00	164.51
56	—	767	115.00–134.00	126.27
69	—	375	143.50–176.00	161.11
84	—	721	118.00–139.00	132.73
93	—	471	136.00–161.00	148.99
95	—	426	140.00–172.50	155.88
115	—	626	125.00–146.00	136.92
167	—	667	124.00–141.00	134.27
181	—	524	129.00–152.00	143.01
225	—	580	125.00–151.00	140.52
2	—	985	105.00–111.00	107.98
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	115.00–132.50	123.88
1	—	415	142.50	142.50
1	—	550	122.50	122.50
2	—	360	147.50–155.00	151.35
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	120.00	120.00
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
1	—	440	123.00	123.00
2	—	485	117.50–127.50	122.50
1	—	575	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	109.00	109.00
2	—	275	127.50–140.00	133.52
2	—	338	127.50–140.00	133.61
4	—	715	97.50–103.00	99.49
33	—	421	110.00–131.00	123.74
41	—	528	105.00–130.00	116.14
1	—	850	88.00	88.00
16	—	675	100.00–116.00	107.37
11	—	382	121.00–135.00	127.96
22	—	627	105.00–123.00	110.19
36	—	572	107.00–133.50	116.89
37	—	471	110.00–132.00	121.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	109.00	109.00
1	—	580	102.00	102.00
1	—	420	126.00	126.00
3	—	632	102.50–105.00	103.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	409	140.00–150.00	144.13
3	—	372	152.00–161.00	155.59
13	—	455	142.00–145.00	142.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	585	136.50	136.50
36	—	522	130.00–136.00	134.44
22	—	672	120.50–127.00	122.60
48	—	713	116.00–134.00	126.13
59	—	623	123.50–135.00	129.81
4	—	827	108.50	108.50
15	—	762	118.00–119.00	118.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	879	90.00–100.00	93.51
15	—	228	133.00–160.00	147.56
5	—	938	88.00–100.00	93.60
18	—	272	130.00–152.50	141.00
31	—	771	100.00–117.00	110.40
58	—	321	130.00–156.00	143.94
107	—	715	100.00–125.00	116.47
139	—	380	125.00–151.00	136.38
146	—	425	125.00–147.00	135.15
151	—	623	110.00–135.00	122.04
174	—	673	105.00–127.50	120.95
316	—	472	117.00–144.00	131.48
321	—	575	113.00–136.00	125.52
367	—	523	115.00–137.00	128.80
13	—	817	90.00–107.00	100.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	100.00	100.00
7	—	477	111.00	111.00
5	—	436	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	122.00	122.00
2	—	478	114.00–118.00	116.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	129.00	129.00
5	—	630	128.00	128.00
5	—	725	123.00	123.00
8	—	686	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	126.00	126.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	70.00	70.00
1	—	605	84.00	84.00
2	—	918	89.00	89.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	985	36.00–43.00	40.33
98	—	1,049	42.00–59.50	51.02
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	793	60.00–69.00	62.99
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	69.00	69.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,429	50.00–67.00	58.85
9	—	1,478	47.00–55.50	51.17
7	—	1,371	62.00–69.50	65.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
267	—	1,190	50.00–68.00	59.17
28	—	1,269	62.00–78.50	66.94
26	—	1,166	47.00–55.00	52.19
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	68.00	68.00
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	68.00–72.00	70.04
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	90.00–97.00	93.83
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	73.00	73.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,900	96.00–102.00	98.64
86	—	1,698	78.00–94.50	86.55
14	—	1,430	65.00–80.00	74.47
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,633	85.00–92.00	87.94

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	760.00	760.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,045.00	1,045.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	813	735.00–900.00	827.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,400	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,267	825.00–1,160.00	989.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,213	800.00–925.00	863.75
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,400	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,280	725.00–825.00	773.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,252	650.00–750.00	710.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	690.00–700.00	694.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,375	735.00–1,050.00	892.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	800.00–850.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,158	610.00–900.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,185	875.00–1,040.00	941.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	630.00	630.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,158	900.00–1,000.00	947.19
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	685.00	685.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	620.00	620.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	710.00	710.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,220	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	730.00	730.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,900	2,050.00	2,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,066.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,050.00–1,500.00	1,231.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,550.00–1,650.00	1,591.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	1,100.00–1,450.00	1,284.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,250.00–1,375.00	1,312.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,425.00–1,650.00	1,537.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,150.00–1,425.00	1,287.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	925.00	925.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	640.00	640.00

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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