Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 239 priced lines covering 5,485 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,721 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 973 head. replacement cattle receipts at 464 head. Counted as USDA files them — 8 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Dec 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,721Last week 5,926Year ago 7,684

Slaughter CattleReceipts 973Last week 919Year ago 1,329

Replacement CattleReceipts 464Last week 385Year ago 627

Compared to close last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher; Feeder steers over 550 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand moderate to good with buyers continuing to show the most interest in weaned (45+ days), preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

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
3	—	410	161.00	161.00
261	—	578	130.00–148.50	144.43
1	—	960	115.50	115.50
21	—	949	115.50	115.50
51	—	623	128.50–139.00	131.74
4	—	471	152.00	152.00
29	—	524	141.00–153.00	149.52
25	—	671	127.50–132.00	130.01
44	—	771	120.00–126.00	124.04
18	—	721	117.50–125.00	120.87
44	—	839	120.00–128.50	125.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	468	158.00–171.00	160.33
6	—	510	150.00	150.00
1	—	800	124.00	124.00
14	—	589	136.00–137.00	136.93
1	—	360	180.00	180.00
3	—	433	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	162.50	162.50
82	—	723	111.00–129.00	121.38
4	—	914	92.50–102.00	94.92
31	—	322	149.00–180.00	163.13
66	—	430	131.00–172.50	158.50
12	—	273	160.00–190.00	173.63
90	—	476	128.00–162.50	149.58
138	—	623	115.00–138.00	128.36
3	—	1,022	92.50–101.00	97.81
11	—	818	110.00–118.00	115.25
10	—	872	105.00–119.00	111.02
71	—	378	139.50–175.00	160.74
30	—	778	108.00–124.50	117.26
157	—	578	117.00–149.00	131.44
4	—	969	100.00–117.00	107.02
127	—	672	113.00–136.00	125.26
170	—	521	120.00–155.00	138.75
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	120.00	120.00
1	—	460	124.00	124.00
1	—	595	109.00	109.00
1	—	630	118.00	118.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	110.00	110.00
1	—	495	121.00	121.00
7	—	367	134.00–162.50	145.29
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
3	—	330	137.50–165.00	147.68
2	—	420	120.00–132.50	125.95
6	—	629	112.50–125.00	117.59
2	—	523	115.00–120.00	117.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	482	130.00–146.00	138.68
2	—	835	82.50–105.00	93.75
14	—	328	136.00–160.00	150.04
2	—	230	137.50–165.00	150.95
32	—	377	105.00–160.00	146.16
14	—	518	115.00–133.00	127.70
3	—	982	90.00	90.00
11	—	670	100.00–121.00	114.76
15	—	571	110.00–135.00	121.36
15	—	427	121.00–150.00	138.43
19	—	609	112.50–125.00	119.63
12	—	263	140.00–162.50	148.44
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	102.50–132.50	117.39
2	—	360	130.00–131.00	130.51
1	—	445	112.50	112.50
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
1	—	265	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	728	105.00–112.00	108.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	545	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	101.00	101.00
1	—	775	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	132.00	132.00
3	—	323	157.50–162.50	159.74
1	—	650	119.00	119.00
16	—	478	139.00–158.00	150.97
1	—	605	117.00	117.00
17	—	427	152.50–158.00	155.96
12	—	382	157.00–175.00	164.42
1	—	510	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	124.00	124.00
3	—	470	115.00–121.00	118.63
1	—	340	127.00	127.00
1	—	655	110.00	110.00
1	—	200	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	111.00–116.00	113.48
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
4	—	514	112.50–120.00	116.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	574	107.50–120.00	113.98
3	—	355	132.00–135.00	133.15
31	—	519	114.00–130.00	124.67
7	—	721	90.00–108.00	103.67
26	—	476	117.50–137.00	130.07
2	—	323	125.00–131.00	128.21
10	—	667	106.00–112.50	109.25
8	—	616	110.00–118.00	115.43
23	—	423	125.00–149.00	132.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	115.00–120.00	117.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	283	150.00–165.00	155.82
54	—	669	100.00–126.00	110.79
7	—	816	90.00–105.00	98.19
3	—	912	87.00	87.00
1	—	960	90.00	90.00
31	—	720	85.00–114.00	100.72
60	—	420	132.00–165.00	147.06
37	—	776	80.00–108.00	100.99
78	—	623	103.00–129.00	117.32
112	—	526	116.00–145.00	128.78
123	—	574	112.00–134.00	125.39
15	—	320	140.00–169.00	153.91
140	—	473	122.00–165.00	141.91
23	—	375	135.00–165.00	148.93
4	—	879	80.00–96.00	88.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	118.00–119.00	118.48
1	—	670	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	98.00	98.00
22	—	476	125.50–132.00	130.11
7	—	382	145.00	145.00
16	—	682	104.00–121.50	116.46
13	—	843	99.50–100.00	99.58
58	—	619	115.00–122.00	117.24
36	—	574	121.00–124.00	122.10
23	—	762	104.00–110.00	107.92
27	—	522	123.00–130.00	126.01
21	—	722	114.00–115.50	114.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	426	110.00–138.00	127.64
1	—	1,070	71.00	71.00
111	—	377	114.00–142.00	130.34
255	—	573	100.00–125.00	116.30
154	—	624	92.00–123.00	112.20
57	—	721	80.00–115.00	101.70
52	—	324	116.00–150.00	134.13
270	—	472	109.00–130.00	122.55
151	—	670	89.00–122.00	112.94
41	—	766	84.00–112.00	104.15
8	—	925	76.00–102.00	91.76
5	—	861	88.00–95.00	90.79
10	—	821	75.00–100.00	90.64
15	—	276	119.00–144.00	136.81
267	—	524	96.00–127.00	118.08
3	—	235	130.00–147.50	138.69
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	100.00	100.00
1	—	410	105.00	105.00
1	—	485	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	92.00	92.00
5	—	479	105.00–122.50	112.38
2	—	523	100.00–102.00	101.03
1	—	630	92.50	92.50
2	—	310	125.00–130.00	127.42
4	—	378	110.00–131.00	122.80
3	—	430	80.00–107.50	97.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	480	107.50–122.00	116.64
31	—	375	100.00–129.00	118.44
19	—	526	94.00–120.00	112.61
9	—	659	90.00–105.00	99.55
3	—	713	90.00–96.00	92.88
1	—	235	140.00	140.00
31	—	431	110.00–125.00	120.12
16	—	326	119.00–135.00	125.64
27	—	573	100.00–115.00	109.81
10	—	279	117.50–140.00	126.68
14	—	611	92.50–115.00	107.71
1	—	815	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	693	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	100.00	100.00
1	—	475	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	122.50	122.50
1	—	385	123.00	123.00
1	—	520	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	107.00–112.50	111.08
1	—	585	100.00	100.00
3	—	435	100.00–122.50	113.47
1	—	620	93.00	93.00
1	—	740	90.00	90.00
1	—	360	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	114.00–115.00	114.33
11	—	503	123.00–128.00	124.36
2	—	388	134.00	134.00
2	—	455	135.00	135.00
9	—	427	128.00–145.00	136.65
3	—	550	114.00	114.00
1	—	650	117.00	117.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	88.00	88.00
1	—	610	75.00	75.00
1	—	685	79.00	79.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	60.00	60.00
1	—	535	60.00	60.00

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,225	910.00–1,000.00	953.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,350	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,125	775.00–1,130.00	952.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,217	570.00–735.00	676.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,200	740.00–1,065.00	868.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,125	650.00–750.00	690.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,260	670.00–875.00	774.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,390	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,184	835.00–1,050.00	919.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,215	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,223	700.00–900.00	808.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,201	750.00–1,125.00	964.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,203	675.00–1,000.00	853.80
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	650.00–730.00	690.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,275	625.00–775.00	698.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,059	700.00–800.00	760.53
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,650	1,525.00–1,700.00	1,612.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	725.00	725.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	750	600.00–650.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,105	690.00–750.00	720.81
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	830.00	830.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,105	1,175.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	975.00–1,275.00	1,121.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	825.00	825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,778	72.00–84.00	76.64
18	—	1,714	62.00–75.00	68.90
8	—	1,929	81.00–88.00	83.89
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,386	70.50–86.00	80.61
2	—	1,538	88.00–95.00	91.49
1	—	1,415	73.00	73.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	68.50	68.50
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	1,214	42.50–59.50	50.27
37	—	1,170	37.50–48.00	42.51
12	—	1,317	52.50–69.00	59.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,357	66.00–69.00	67.17
44	—	1,401	50.00–64.50	57.74
7	—	1,481	45.00–53.50	49.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	59.00	59.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,366	42.00–49.00	45.24
114	—	1,403	47.00–62.00	52.51
12	—	1,377	52.00–65.00	58.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,029	25.00–45.00	33.39
126	—	1,055	33.00–54.00	42.16
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	47.50–54.50	52.19
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,308	69.00–73.00	70.29
17	—	1,157	56.50–68.00	63.81
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	61.00	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	58.00–61.00	59.41

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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