Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 261 priced lines covering 6,260 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,905 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,146 head. replacement cattle receipts at 795 head. Counted as USDA files them — 49 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,905Last week 5,565Year ago 5,911

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,146Last week 712Year ago 992

Replacement CattleReceipts 795Last week 341Year ago 550

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 3.00-4.00 lower, and feeder heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Demand for feeder cattle was moderate at best, but there was notably good demand for long-weaned and preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows were mostly 3.00-5.00 lower, and slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	427	100.00–115.00	103.78
2	—	455	110.00–112.50	111.24
1	—	555	104.00	104.00
1	—	260	117.50	117.50
1	—	665	111.00	111.00
1	—	365	125.00	125.00
5	—	515	100.00–121.00	112.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	478	127.00–134.00	132.03
22	—	588	117.00–130.00	126.36
3	—	425	130.00	130.00
40	—	516	124.00–135.00	131.34
3	—	860	106.50	106.50
3	—	755	102.00	102.00
21	—	814	110.00–112.00	111.57
24	—	704	119.50–122.50	122.25
27	—	674	110.50–127.00	121.73
31	—	630	110.00–125.00	122.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	124.00	124.00
13	—	419	129.00–130.00	129.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	573	100.00–121.00	107.25
19	—	629	90.00–113.00	101.59
3	—	767	76.00–94.00	87.68
27	—	425	104.00–130.00	114.51
9	—	277	110.00–140.00	128.59
12	—	319	117.50–136.00	129.94
5	—	721	82.00–102.00	97.95
34	—	532	92.00–127.00	107.19
6	—	679	92.00–101.00	94.99
4	—	249	115.00	115.00
27	—	377	110.00–136.00	118.51
28	—	473	100.00–124.00	108.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
294	—	472	108.00–137.00	121.39
7	—	941	78.00–92.00	87.20
1	—	235	132.00	132.00
45	—	326	113.00–140.00	127.78
309	—	522	102.00–134.00	119.20
300	—	574	102.50–129.00	115.96
75	—	723	89.00–116.00	105.14
18	—	277	117.00–152.00	135.06
121	—	426	110.00–141.00	122.10
28	—	815	75.00–109.00	97.31
106	—	375	105.00–145.00	123.41
4	—	1,086	85.00	85.00
14	—	862	86.00–104.00	93.90
50	—	765	81.00–116.00	106.55
156	—	624	95.00–124.00	110.98
172	—	664	95.00–125.50	114.94
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	100.00	100.00
1	—	335	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	86.00	86.00
1	—	455	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
2	—	483	110.00–119.00	114.62
1	—	730	84.00	84.00
1	—	515	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	125.00	125.00
3	—	367	132.00–140.00	136.59
1	—	430	135.00	135.00
3	—	322	140.00–145.00	142.05
2	—	618	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	605	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	100.00	100.00
25	—	576	100.00–128.00	112.19
2	—	758	83.00–105.00	93.89
2	—	970	75.00	75.00
33	—	522	106.00–138.00	115.88
38	—	474	110.00–135.00	118.80
10	—	659	91.00–117.00	101.99
22	—	623	93.00–121.00	103.19
3	—	708	90.00–95.00	91.66
21	—	435	117.50–143.00	130.67
4	—	256	132.50–137.50	134.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	233	162.50	162.50
145	—	575	110.00–130.00	119.59
15	—	326	130.00–171.00	160.93
8	—	274	142.50–152.50	148.10
3	—	922	80.00–84.00	82.32
213	—	522	115.00–140.00	127.06
157	—	467	120.00–144.00	130.44
41	—	378	129.00–152.50	138.54
37	—	776	92.00–116.00	100.87
74	—	727	95.00–119.00	109.43
97	—	620	102.00–126.00	114.60
19	—	871	84.00–112.00	97.47
100	—	429	124.00–155.00	135.17
125	—	668	95.00–123.00	112.80
19	—	822	84.00–112.00	97.71
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	130.00	130.00
1	—	435	113.00	113.00
6	—	579	100.00–111.00	108.46
4	—	548	106.50	106.50
6	—	371	115.00–130.00	121.76
1	—	250	127.50	127.50
3	—	487	114.00–117.50	115.15
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	122.50–130.00	126.09
3	—	477	115.00–120.00	117.53
3	—	587	92.50–118.00	103.63
2	—	530	116.00–118.00	116.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	526	135.00–137.00	135.99
3	—	413	143.00–145.00	143.98
2	—	665	126.00–128.00	126.98
2	—	615	128.00	128.00
1	—	305	175.00	175.00
2	—	453	140.00–146.00	143.02
6	—	566	130.00–132.00	130.50
1	—	360	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	147.00–154.00	150.41
315	—	755	125.00–143.50	142.14
41	—	614	133.50–146.00	136.99
35	—	692	120.00–140.00	137.59
3	—	932	115.00	115.00
33	—	569	143.00–148.00	145.32
17	—	515	135.00–145.00	137.74
13	—	838	112.00–127.50	122.35
51	—	713	120.00–139.00	131.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	469	110.00–135.00	122.99
4	—	713	105.00–107.00	106.51
12	—	280	135.00–160.00	149.03
2	—	763	103.00–110.00	106.49
1	—	855	102.50	102.50
42	—	371	122.50–158.00	136.21
13	—	635	108.00–124.00	114.77
5	—	221	135.00–157.50	144.71
17	—	523	113.00–130.00	123.85
14	—	665	102.00–124.00	115.16
12	—	568	103.00–128.00	115.79
23	—	421	112.00–150.00	128.54
19	—	324	111.00–152.50	130.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	525	133.00	133.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	121.00	121.00
1	—	650	112.00	112.00
1	—	330	129.00	129.00
1	—	275	125.00	125.00
2	—	363	131.00–132.00	131.52
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	115.00	115.00
1	—	540	120.00	120.00
1	—	405	127.50	127.50
2	—	388	133.00–135.00	133.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	468	125.00–159.00	136.89
18	—	247	160.00–185.00	161.48
73	—	720	106.00–129.00	120.75
1	—	1,050	97.00	97.00
90	—	386	130.00–167.00	145.14
31	—	771	112.00–128.00	120.38
54	—	327	130.00–175.00	151.16
7	—	888	113.00–116.00	114.78
126	—	628	115.00–135.00	127.71
16	—	827	100.00–123.00	115.25
153	—	526	114.00–150.00	131.42
9	—	283	147.50–177.50	162.68
169	—	579	118.00–145.00	130.33
62	—	431	128.00–161.00	143.09
10	—	923	101.00–113.00	109.50
1	—	1,100	90.00	90.00
117	—	670	110.00–138.00	124.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	171.00	171.00
2	—	515	142.00–144.00	143.02
3	—	625	134.00–136.00	135.31
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	64.00	64.00
3	—	892	64.00	64.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	95.00	95.00
3	—	590	86.00–87.00	86.67
2	—	513	85.00–91.00	87.93
1	—	665	89.00	89.00
3	—	867	85.00–92.00	87.33
6	—	810	76.00–92.00	81.29
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	80.00	80.00
1	—	435	86.00	86.00
1	—	500	74.00	74.00
1	—	310	82.00	82.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	660.00	660.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,220	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,275	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,300	650.00–975.00	812.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,327	625.00–925.00	799.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,200	700.00–1,100.00	907.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,165	775.00–825.00	801.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,133	800.00–900.00	833.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,288	850.00–1,400.00	1,135.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,164	720.00–1,085.00	894.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,228	575.00–750.00	665.11
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,250	675.00–1,025.00	870.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,273	825.00–1,150.00	1,012.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,690	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,370	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,064	875.00–925.00	916.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	920	875.00–1,000.00	930.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	975	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,125	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,134.38
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	880.00	880.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,110	720.00	720.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,070	550.00–700.00	646.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	420.00	420.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	750.00–850.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,148	620.00–840.00	734.55
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,110.00	1,110.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,325.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	935.00–1,225.00	1,065.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,125.00–1,375.00	1,254.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	875.00–1,075.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	1,025.00–1,300.00	1,160.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,175.00–1,500.00	1,316.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,000	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	700	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	650.00	650.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	775.00	775.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	950	950.00–1,050.00	1,000.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	940	750.00–1,025.00	845.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	900	800.00–900.00	866.43
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	930	900.00–935.00	919.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,167	975.00–1,140.00	1,030.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	992	850.00–1,050.00	924.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	710.00–900.00	786.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	750.00	750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	710.00–800.00	755.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	670.00	670.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,145	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,625	1,100.00–1,900.00	1,500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,350	1,000.00–1,450.00	1,225.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	900.00–1,200.00	1,016.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,565	50.00–79.00	68.67
13	—	1,788	75.50–92.00	84.27
77	—	1,834	63.50–88.00	77.56
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,673	86.00–91.00	88.04
10	—	1,468	74.50–88.00	79.79
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	55.00–56.00	55.30
31	—	1,195	50.00–67.00	57.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,011	30.00–40.00	34.49
125	—	1,094	35.00–55.00	44.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,236	56.00–67.00	59.73
39	—	1,207	39.00–51.00	46.02
265	—	1,207	42.00–62.00	51.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,446	53.00–60.00	56.61
7	—	1,456	42.00–46.00	43.86
135	—	1,464	42.50–59.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	883	53.00–65.00	58.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,366	45.00–58.00	50.68
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	58.00–64.00	60.45
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,054	51.00–61.00	54.76
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	79.00	79.00
1	—	1,000	68.00	68.00

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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