Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 232 priced lines covering 6,053 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,652 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 991 head. replacement cattle receipts at 549 head. Counted as USDA files them — 31 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Oct 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,652Last week 5,956Year ago 7,108

Slaughter CattleReceipts 991Last week 994Year ago 1,048

Replacement CattleReceipts 549Last week 466Year ago 684

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 3.00-5.00 lower, and feeder heifers were unevenly steady with instances of 4.00 higher to 4.00 lower. Demand was mostly moderate at best, with buyers showing the greatest interest in long-weaned, preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,194	885.00–1,020.00	941.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,279	650.00–875.00	716.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,193	785.00–1,175.00	900.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,200	750.00–775.00	763.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,224	720.00–1,025.00	826.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,304	675.00–735.00	723.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	725.00	725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,267	635.00–740.00	681.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,144	610.00–750.00	671.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	800.00–875.00	837.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	840.00	840.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	850.00–985.00	922.21
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	950	875.00–925.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,100	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,277	750.00–1,000.00	883.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,055	485.00–550.00	517.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,130	560.00–800.00	675.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	735.00	735.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,235	650.00–750.00	699.85
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	880	550.00–710.00	631.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	630.00	630.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	900.00–950.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,210	925.00–1,120.00	1,051.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	950.00–1,175.00	1,077.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	800.00–1,000.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,055.00	1,055.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	925.00–1,220.00	1,094.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,237	1,010.00	1,010.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	717	650.00	650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	800	720.00	720.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	735.00	735.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	875	660.00–800.00	730.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	650.00	650.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	637	114.00	114.00
2	—	535	112.50–118.00	115.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	326	134.00–166.00	151.80
134	—	627	112.50–134.00	126.29
10	—	868	106.00–117.00	112.52
5	—	918	104.00–111.00	106.58
15	—	818	100.00–114.00	111.13
5	—	236	135.00–167.50	154.56
57	—	427	120.00–162.00	142.37
64	—	727	107.00–129.00	119.31
65	—	382	129.00–163.00	141.89
73	—	473	123.00–151.00	134.54
129	—	662	111.00–128.25	122.00
1	—	995	112.00	112.00
170	—	524	118.00–140.00	128.68
1	—	1,090	93.00	93.00
169	—	576	118.00–139.00	127.95
35	—	755	109.00–123.00	118.45
16	—	277	133.00–170.00	147.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	750	104.00	104.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	462	119.00–120.00	119.79
2	—	528	94.00–110.00	101.81
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	127.50	127.50
1	—	540	115.00	115.00
1	—	340	138.00	138.00
3	—	370	118.00–140.00	132.57
Steers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	477	115.00–146.00	129.41
9	—	284	124.00–140.00	134.17
7	—	629	95.00–123.00	109.19
29	—	333	110.00–154.00	131.26
17	—	526	106.00–127.50	118.29
16	—	577	105.00–132.00	118.79
20	—	376	114.00–144.00	131.87
1	—	890	112.00	112.00
3	—	930	100.00–103.00	101.98
9	—	681	108.00–122.00	115.79
37	—	417	113.00–145.00	122.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	880	105.50–120.00	113.54
3	—	1,027	92.00	92.00
79	—	713	123.00–138.00	135.70
91	—	640	128.00–142.50	140.69
6	—	521	138.00–141.00	139.00
10	—	671	128.00–129.00	128.20
57	—	569	130.50–137.50	136.76
2	—	950	118.00	118.00
3	—	947	97.00	97.00
76	—	459	148.75–154.00	149.03
14	—	820	120.00–130.75	128.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	383	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	80.00	80.00
2	—	475	104.00–107.00	105.44
2	—	430	106.00–110.00	107.98
3	—	567	102.00–105.00	103.68
2	—	613	95.00–100.00	97.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
2	—	523	105.00–106.00	105.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	85.00–103.00	93.88
167	—	624	90.00–119.00	107.28
244	—	576	99.00–119.00	109.99
337	—	525	100.00–123.00	112.17
69	—	324	107.50–132.00	122.33
2	—	968	98.00–103.00	100.45
158	—	377	105.00–136.00	122.16
22	—	778	87.00–111.00	100.68
15	—	865	88.00–107.00	101.07
141	—	425	106.00–129.00	119.08
5	—	223	115.00–130.00	121.08
65	—	727	88.00–107.00	100.35
13	—	822	85.00–104.00	94.16
126	—	668	90.00–117.00	106.25
18	—	276	105.00–137.50	122.54
351	—	469	105.00–127.00	115.35
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	484	98.00–110.00	103.73
1	—	655	93.00	93.00
2	—	325	105.00–115.00	109.69
1	—	290	115.00	115.00
10	—	428	98.00–112.50	104.88
4	—	519	95.00–108.00	102.02
1	—	605	90.00	90.00
5	—	376	104.00–124.00	112.53
3	—	558	102.00–109.00	104.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	321	105.00–128.00	115.07
3	—	265	122.50–127.50	124.36
9	—	618	94.00–108.00	97.69
18	—	520	92.50–111.00	103.70
3	—	242	125.00–127.00	126.35
25	—	369	105.00–126.00	114.58
3	—	732	90.00–94.00	91.99
4	—	684	90.00–101.00	94.49
1	—	865	92.00	92.00
29	—	429	95.00–123.00	108.48
32	—	574	92.50–111.00	101.84
32	—	468	100.00–115.00	105.76
4	—	752	90.00–100.00	97.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	112.50	112.50
1	—	535	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	90.50	90.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	831	105.50	105.50
10	—	718	110.00–115.00	111.90
8	—	897	106.00	106.00
32	—	632	111.00–119.00	115.85
17	—	673	109.00–115.00	113.34
41	—	559	117.00–121.00	120.24
32	—	476	120.00–130.00	128.75
63	—	430	120.00–131.00	130.46
76	—	536	122.00–126.00	125.62
11	—	792	104.00–112.00	110.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	114.00	114.00
1	—	450	141.00	141.00
1	—	310	155.00	155.00
3	—	412	143.00–150.00	145.63
6	—	520	133.00–136.00	135.01
2	—	605	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	335	130.00–144.00	134.80
206	—	523	110.00–134.00	120.77
162	—	432	117.00–155.00	130.39
201	—	581	107.50–128.00	120.13
18	—	876	75.00–95.00	83.96
85	—	622	97.00–123.00	112.65
45	—	377	130.00–150.00	139.80
149	—	472	115.00–142.00	128.54
128	—	661	92.50–122.00	112.01
21	—	827	79.50–109.00	92.56
64	—	729	87.00–115.00	99.15
11	—	282	133.00–145.00	140.18
46	—	768	86.00–110.00	99.13
7	—	918	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	112.00	112.00
6	—	375	114.00–135.00	123.43
4	—	328	110.00–132.00	118.23
2	—	273	120.00–137.50	129.47
3	—	448	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	117.50	117.50
2	—	563	101.00–120.00	110.37
1	—	600	107.00	107.00
1	—	530	114.00	114.00
2	—	435	117.50–128.00	122.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	424	110.00–141.00	123.49
7	—	765	85.00–95.00	89.89
23	—	669	90.00–107.00	99.03
27	—	478	108.00–125.00	117.50
1	—	290	127.50	127.50
37	—	524	95.00–122.00	115.33
1	—	865	69.00	69.00
36	—	577	100.00–121.00	109.77
4	—	736	89.00–104.00	96.98
2	—	818	90.00	90.00
10	—	621	93.00–114.00	102.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	100.00	100.00
6	—	464	110.00–114.00	111.36
2	—	695	94.00	94.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	77.00	77.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	73.00	73.00
1	—	380	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	62.50	62.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	70.00	70.00
1	—	345	65.00	65.00
2	—	388	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	1,252	43.00–56.50	49.25
15	—	1,304	50.00–64.00	55.68
41	—	1,223	40.00–47.00	44.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,221	46.00–57.00	52.86
1	—	1,195	60.00	60.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,435	40.00–58.00	50.16
8	—	1,489	53.00–59.00	55.54
11	—	1,319	42.00–46.00	44.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,365	44.00–58.00	50.57
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	903	52.00–69.00	59.40
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,006	42.00–54.00	45.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,132	58.00–59.00	58.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	54.00–62.00	58.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	993	25.00–40.00	34.36
130	—	1,079	35.00–49.50	42.37
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,096	65.00–72.00	68.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,695	65.00–83.00	74.79
10	—	1,915	80.00–88.00	83.42
26	—	1,528	50.00–76.00	66.21
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,770	67.00–77.00	73.08
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	79.00	79.00

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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