Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 211 priced lines covering 4,882 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,712 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 841 head. replacement cattle receipts at 432 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,712Last week 7,146Year ago 4,955

Slaughter CattleReceipts 841Last week 975Year ago 785

Replacement CattleReceipts 432Last week 463Year ago 346

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady with instances of 4.00 higher to 4.00 lower and moderate demand. The best demand continues to be noted for long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned feeder cattle, with fleshy calves facing discounts. Slaughter cows were mostly 2.00-4.00 higher, and slaughter bulls mostly steady to 1.00 higher with moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	726	136.00–142.50	141.65
13	—	562	145.00–153.00	148.65
7	—	766	135.00	135.00
23	—	634	139.00–149.00	142.00
23	—	680	132.50–137.00	135.15
26	—	523	145.00–150.00	147.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	874	112.00–131.50	126.26
5	—	967	114.00	114.00
16	—	828	108.00–130.00	121.90
24	—	285	165.00–177.00	168.14
23	—	327	149.00–179.00	162.73
48	—	419	142.50–167.50	156.39
67	—	370	141.00–175.00	160.46
71	—	664	123.00–141.00	134.68
74	—	773	115.00–136.50	125.93
82	—	718	120.00–137.00	129.92
92	—	471	138.00–160.00	150.37
141	—	522	123.00–157.00	143.28
144	—	624	129.00–147.00	138.64
155	—	571	127.00–158.00	141.51
4	—	234	155.00–175.00	166.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	878	110.00	110.00
2	—	665	110.00–121.00	115.54
23	—	528	120.00–140.00	132.23
24	—	421	129.00–154.00	142.91
25	—	625	114.00–135.00	127.81
30	—	471	128.00–150.00	139.02
5	—	714	112.00–119.00	115.60
32	—	574	115.00–140.00	128.41
34	—	376	120.00–155.00	143.27
4	—	271	145.00–172.00	162.23
5	—	774	116.00–118.00	117.39
13	—	328	121.00–145.00	135.19
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	133.00	133.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	150.00	150.00
2	—	535	117.50–120.00	118.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	134.00	134.00
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
2	—	438	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	175.00	175.00
20	—	514	148.00–153.00	150.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	125.00	125.00
2	—	420	107.50–113.00	110.18
1	—	485	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	95.00	95.00
6	—	863	88.00–103.00	98.33
108	—	378	120.00–147.00	135.25
111	—	423	114.00–146.00	132.32
131	—	665	106.00–129.00	119.91
181	—	625	110.00–133.00	121.05
229	—	470	115.00–144.00	127.63
247	—	526	115.00–136.00	126.14
267	—	576	110.00–139.00	122.83
6	—	906	92.00–104.00	95.86
23	—	772	95.00–124.00	108.60
41	—	322	121.00–149.00	135.28
51	—	724	100.00–128.00	112.93
25	—	270	127.00–150.00	137.67
15	—	829	92.00–114.00	109.73
2	—	233	140.00–145.00	142.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	115.00	115.00
2	—	475	123.00–126.00	124.53
1	—	340	135.00	135.00
1	—	430	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	112.50–115.00	113.74
1	—	560	119.00	119.00
1	—	480	115.00	115.00
2	—	513	120.00–128.00	123.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	479	138.00–144.00	140.63
4	—	760	118.00	118.00
25	—	712	112.50–122.00	117.25
30	—	571	124.00–138.00	133.23
34	—	671	121.00–133.00	127.73
36	—	519	128.00–144.00	134.16
30	—	624	134.00–138.00	136.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	141.00	141.00
3	—	678	95.00–110.00	104.55
39	—	475	110.00–133.00	122.35
2	—	270	122.50–132.50	127.69
8	—	328	125.00–135.00	130.73
9	—	625	102.50–123.00	111.66
14	—	523	105.00–130.00	118.09
19	—	563	100.00–121.00	110.49
22	—	370	117.50–142.00	130.51
29	—	429	115.00–131.00	121.02
5	—	727	90.00–116.00	102.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	136.00–147.00	143.18
1	—	355	156.00	156.00
3	—	453	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	930	90.00–95.00	92.65
6	—	874	94.00–99.00	95.67
122	—	471	132.50–153.00	145.72
142	—	525	120.00–147.00	134.86
85	—	423	135.00–165.00	146.46
101	—	670	110.00–129.00	124.70
109	—	579	118.00–138.00	131.17
1	—	1,120	80.00	80.00
3	—	975	89.00	89.00
12	—	768	91.00–125.00	106.21
18	—	827	87.50–111.00	102.04
50	—	725	100.00–128.00	116.38
30	—	376	134.00–169.00	156.22
67	—	622	112.00–130.00	121.60
17	—	329	150.00–179.00	161.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	85.00	85.00
1	—	870	86.00	86.00
1	—	285	145.00	145.00
3	—	772	90.00–95.00	93.34
4	—	724	107.50–117.00	111.09
17	—	622	95.00–125.00	118.32
23	—	431	127.50–144.00	134.44
24	—	678	100.00–120.00	112.65
26	—	469	122.50–137.00	131.60
29	—	577	110.00–132.00	119.98
39	—	523	110.00–135.00	122.94
1	—	375	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	141.00–146.00	143.80
6	—	355	169.00–175.00	171.52
7	—	409	159.00–167.00	161.68
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	130.00	130.00
1	—	540	123.00	123.00
1	—	550	118.00	118.00
2	—	468	125.00–128.00	126.48
1	—	615	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	127.00	127.00
2	—	490	134.00	134.00
2	—	515	102.50–120.00	111.50
4	—	569	120.00–125.00	123.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	118.00	118.00
1	—	550	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	127.00	127.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	76.00	76.00
4	—	314	76.00–81.00	79.76
1	—	350	112.50	112.50
1	—	290	80.00	80.00
1	—	435	79.00	79.00
2	—	198	80.00	80.00
1	—	695	77.00	77.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	91.00	91.00
2	—	423	89.00–93.00	91.08
2	—	530	88.00–91.00	89.47
3	—	569	95.00	95.00
1	—	965	71.00	71.00
1	—	270	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,054	42.00–65.00	53.97
18	—	1,026	35.00–46.50	41.05
3	—	1,075	61.00–66.50	64.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,436	54.00–70.00	62.69
12	—	1,515	62.50–74.00	66.97
5	—	1,274	52.00–55.00	53.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	1,212	52.00–71.50	61.60
44	—	1,179	45.00–59.50	53.59
41	—	1,241	62.00–79.00	68.32
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	76.00–76.50	76.25
3	—	1,052	60.00–61.50	60.95
11	—	1,248	66.50–74.00	70.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	73.50	73.50
12	—	1,353	62.50–70.00	67.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,729	80.00–93.00	86.92
20	—	1,677	70.00–85.00	77.56
9	—	1,915	91.50–108.00	96.05
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,763	95.00	95.00
7	—	1,560	86.00–92.00	89.70
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	70.00	70.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	71.50	71.50

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,123	825.00–875.00	848.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,090	825.00–900.00	874.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,225	740.00–980.00	860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	950	875.00–900.00	887.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	985.00	985.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,210	955.00–975.00	965.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,199	785.00–1,050.00	966.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	953	700.00–835.00	768.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,350	770.00–975.00	836.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,121	675.00–950.00	890.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,242	735.00–875.00	818.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,308	750.00–960.00	881.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,158	750.00–850.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,164	910.00–975.00	928.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,170	620.00–850.00	754.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,015	700.00–800.00	746.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,280	910.00–1,060.00	976.80
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	700.00	700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,143	985.00–1,125.00	1,059.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	925.00–1,050.00	966.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	850.00–975.00	933.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	850.00–1,075.00	962.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,485.00	1,485.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,375.00–1,485.00	1,430.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	845	850.00	850.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	650.00	650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	775.00	775.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	988	810.00–1,275.00	1,105.48
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	975.00	975.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,285	1,235.00–1,275.00	1,255.39
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	710.00	710.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	875.00	875.00

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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