Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 194 priced lines covering 3,263 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,779 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 690 head. replacement cattle receipts at 364 head. Counted as USDA files them — 3 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,779Last week 4,783Year ago 5,974

Slaughter CattleReceipts 690Last week 752Year ago 1,089

Replacement CattleReceipts 364Last week 167Year ago 550

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs were mostly 3.00-4.00 higher with very good demand. Feeder steers and heifers over 500 lbs were mostly steady to 3.00 lower with mostly moderate demand. Buyers continue to show the most interest in weaned (45+ days) and preconditioned feeder cattle to limit illness as much as possible. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand.

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	780.00	780.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	575.00–725.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	880	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,217	750.00–900.00	816.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,275	790.00–1,210.00	981.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,060	825.00–1,010.00	939.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,200	710.00–875.00	758.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,300	825.00–850.00	837.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,130	625.00–800.00	676.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,395	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	945	800.00–950.00	880.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,248	700.00–925.00	811.41
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	525.00	525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	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	—	900	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	590.00	590.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	700	640.00	640.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	131.00	131.00
37	—	684	112.00	112.00
91	—	777	103.00–118.00	113.55
35	—	579	120.50–130.00	123.40
1	—	355	119.00	119.00
3	—	942	97.00	97.00
11	—	739	109.00	109.00
30	—	838	97.50–101.25	99.74
1	—	310	122.00	122.00
72	—	520	116.00–129.75	125.28
12	—	423	120.00–138.50	133.72
49	—	623	115.00–119.00	116.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	139.00–141.00	140.04
1	—	480	133.00	133.00
2	—	508	119.00	119.00
1	—	610	109.00	109.00
1	—	385	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	424	105.00–140.00	124.74
123	—	522	104.00–129.00	117.13
79	—	619	96.00–123.50	111.41
120	—	374	104.00–145.50	136.12
50	—	670	95.00–120.00	109.19
14	—	821	87.00–110.00	99.92
3	—	1,137	73.50–80.00	75.68
6	—	283	123.00–142.50	133.29
26	—	762	94.00–117.00	106.63
2	—	863	95.00	95.00
3	—	220	130.00–142.50	134.36
38	—	324	108.00–150.00	129.42
123	—	579	102.00–124.50	114.23
145	—	467	107.00–134.00	123.31
39	—	717	86.00–114.00	103.01
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
2	—	390	120.00–125.00	122.50
3	—	432	115.00–118.00	115.97
1	—	525	100.00	100.00
3	—	472	117.00–118.00	117.66
1	—	720	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	427	107.50–123.00	118.76
22	—	578	100.00–112.50	106.51
8	—	263	125.00–135.00	132.10
3	—	238	124.00	124.00
1	—	725	92.50	92.50
1	—	650	105.00	105.00
24	—	326	117.50–133.00	125.52
1	—	765	92.00	92.00
12	—	516	98.00–116.00	106.73
37	—	375	115.00–130.00	119.57
8	—	619	90.00–104.00	95.49
26	—	469	105.00–122.50	115.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	436	110.00–111.00	110.84
4	—	333	101.00–116.00	111.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	185.00–187.50	185.83
1	—	430	162.00	162.00
2	—	503	145.00–148.00	146.49
1	—	455	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	951	122.50	122.50
9	—	490	152.00	152.00
5	—	943	120.50	120.50
30	—	695	130.00	130.00
7	—	887	118.00	118.00
37	—	732	122.00–127.00	126.18
54	—	574	137.00–145.00	139.92
49	—	835	113.00–118.00	116.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	763	106.00–126.00	119.89
20	—	723	108.00–123.00	118.71
30	—	417	140.00–171.00	155.26
1	—	970	105.00	105.00
63	—	477	134.00–162.00	147.21
3	—	885	103.00–111.00	106.03
6	—	829	102.50–119.00	111.69
73	—	524	128.00–154.00	138.23
8	—	279	141.00–195.00	167.24
36	—	625	116.00–133.00	125.40
40	—	670	117.50–126.00	122.70
99	—	380	140.00–182.00	159.02
1	—	905	110.00	110.00
16	—	328	146.00–190.00	166.50
1	—	1,010	103.00	103.00
53	—	579	120.00–151.00	135.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	144.00	144.00
1	—	665	127.50	127.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	114.00	114.00
2	—	403	126.00–139.00	132.46
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	120.00	120.00
2	—	613	110.00–120.00	115.02
1	—	580	115.00	115.00
2	—	455	132.50	132.50
1	—	335	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	337	132.50–172.50	146.06
11	—	424	137.50–155.00	144.80
3	—	880	100.00–107.50	105.03
13	—	377	132.00–155.00	143.36
3	—	770	99.00–112.00	104.42
8	—	464	130.00–143.00	137.14
6	—	275	130.00–172.50	149.24
5	—	669	103.00–121.00	113.94
3	—	717	110.00–113.00	110.98
12	—	572	100.00–132.00	122.29
2	—	625	115.00–121.00	118.02
8	—	521	120.00–132.50	123.65
1	—	245	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	107.50	107.50
2	—	423	120.00–127.50	123.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	580	125.00	125.00
1	—	425	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	105.00–115.00	109.98
1	—	280	147.50	147.50
2	—	308	139.00–140.00	139.50
1	—	355	130.00	130.00
2	—	685	102.00–103.00	102.51
4	—	480	115.00–129.00	121.98
2	—	403	120.00–127.50	123.73
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	117.00–120.00	118.45
3	—	637	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	106.00–110.00	108.06
6	—	421	126.00–140.00	133.99
2	—	365	125.00–141.00	133.33
17	—	572	110.00–124.00	119.51
5	—	269	135.00–145.00	140.34
25	—	484	114.00–140.00	126.31
1	—	645	96.00	96.00
10	—	46	122.50	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	883	92.00	92.00
1	—	925	86.00	86.00
88	—	527	121.00–153.00	129.96
70	—	572	117.00–138.00	124.68
21	—	372	145.00–164.00	153.44
92	—	466	130.00–159.00	141.66
1	—	290	175.00	175.00
11	—	775	96.00–109.00	106.76
34	—	426	128.00–158.00	146.58
4	—	320	158.00–175.00	163.98
19	—	719	95.00–110.00	102.73
24	—	618	104.00–125.00	115.23
7	—	814	90.00–96.00	94.12
54	—	666	94.00–122.00	111.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	135.00	135.00
2	—	365	168.00–177.50	172.55
3	—	477	148.00–156.00	152.65
1	—	555	143.00	143.00
2	—	408	159.00–160.00	159.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	83.50	83.50
1	—	715	70.00	70.00
3	—	633	80.50	80.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,238	66.00–71.00	67.91
8	—	1,333	56.50–66.00	60.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,396	53.50–63.50	58.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,102	40.00–54.50	46.34
23	—	988	30.00–45.00	36.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,081	50.00–57.00	53.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,279	54.00–66.00	58.54
171	—	1,246	44.00–60.50	53.01
12	—	1,175	39.00–50.00	46.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,451	46.00–61.00	53.98
4	—	1,416	48.00–52.00	50.00
7	—	1,416	57.00–63.00	60.34
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	65.00–80.00	70.40
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,725	89.00	89.00
9	—	1,787	75.00–86.00	81.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,736	70.50–91.00	81.94
17	—	1,499	60.00–75.00	69.06
3	—	1,777	89.00–95.50	91.82
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	62.50–65.00	63.81

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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