Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 228 priced lines covering 6,123 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,051 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 894 head. replacement cattle receipts at 578 head. Counted as USDA files them — 16 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jan 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,051Last week 3,779Year ago 5,323

Slaughter CattleReceipts 894Last week 690Year ago 829

Replacement CattleReceipts 578Last week 364Year ago 406

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, and feeder heifers were steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle were in mostly moderate to good demand, with buyers showing the best demand for long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	110.00	110.00
12	—	688	111.50	111.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	115.00	115.00
1	—	220	130.00	130.00
1	—	265	137.50	137.50
2	—	315	141.00	141.00
1	—	365	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	610	99.00–103.00	100.98
2	—	433	130.00–143.00	136.54
3	—	593	99.00–120.00	106.69
3	—	515	102.50–120.00	111.31
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	527	105.00–132.00	121.68
7	—	677	96.00–111.00	103.29
24	—	631	98.00–116.00	108.23
1	—	205	137.50	137.50
26	—	578	105.00–120.00	112.92
19	—	427	121.00–145.00	135.05
2	—	755	92.00–96.00	94.01
1	—	330	137.00	137.00
24	—	471	125.00–142.50	134.54
1	—	260	150.00	150.00
2	—	370	120.00–138.00	129.36
9	—	726	90.00–105.00	98.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	263	140.00–152.50	145.95
7	—	906	80.00–85.00	81.43
101	—	619	100.00–131.00	118.99
15	—	868	80.00–97.00	93.35
7	—	826	83.00–103.00	95.11
60	—	424	139.00–162.00	152.25
32	—	769	99.00–110.00	105.49
44	—	720	93.00–115.00	107.41
181	—	517	122.50–146.00	134.87
1	—	960	77.00	77.00
92	—	670	99.00–124.00	115.17
26	—	380	144.00–168.00	155.27
146	—	471	133.00–158.00	145.15
8	—	331	145.00–165.00	153.78
1	—	245	147.50	147.50
132	—	576	120.00–137.00	127.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	165.00	165.00
2	—	305	172.50–185.00	178.75
1	—	660	124.00	124.00
1	—	550	144.00	144.00
4	—	429	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	674	124.00–137.50	128.51
4	—	448	166.00	166.00
35	—	523	139.00–158.00	146.48
31	—	859	119.00–122.00	120.37
4	—	949	118.00	118.00
116	—	625	123.50–142.00	132.60
82	—	575	136.00–149.00	141.51
130	—	735	119.00–133.50	126.60
91	—	823	112.50–124.50	122.26
7	—	977	116.00	116.00
5	—	308	187.00	187.00
5	—	365	184.00	184.00
39	—	471	154.00–164.50	157.62
52	—	769	120.00–132.50	126.52
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	131.00	131.00
1	—	405	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	172.50	172.50
1	—	525	153.00	153.00
2	—	450	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	378	149.50–172.50	160.40
8	—	863	108.00–112.50	110.95
99	—	668	118.50–135.00	125.26
109	—	470	140.00–165.00	151.43
1	—	235	162.50	162.50
38	—	731	110.00–125.00	118.51
2	—	963	100.00–110.00	105.01
1	—	1,105	98.00	98.00
8	—	1,075	104.00	104.00
95	—	628	120.00–136.00	127.31
131	—	527	130.00–151.00	140.75
19	—	780	110.00–125.00	115.68
89	—	430	145.00–165.00	155.91
157	—	577	127.00–147.00	135.73
3	—	292	167.50–182.50	173.31
3	—	1,037	102.00–105.00	103.00
6	—	925	101.00–118.00	113.20
19	—	823	101.00–118.00	111.66
36	—	331	158.00–182.00	169.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	165.00	165.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	108.00	108.00
6	—	426	140.00–152.50	147.82
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
1	—	465	130.00	130.00
4	—	275	150.00–167.50	155.64
5	—	372	137.50–160.00	143.78
1	—	215	152.50	152.50
3	—	572	120.00–123.00	121.70
2	—	620	102.50–111.00	106.82
3	—	330	145.00–165.00	154.55
Steers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	668	110.00–116.00	113.86
28	—	331	115.00–165.00	151.58
34	—	428	125.00–155.00	142.39
20	—	266	131.00–170.00	146.10
3	—	237	160.00–165.00	162.60
4	—	776	105.00–107.00	105.75
6	—	623	112.00–124.00	117.71
15	—	575	114.00–132.00	124.46
15	—	524	102.50–139.00	127.17
26	—	472	126.00–149.00	139.44
49	—	384	132.50–157.50	148.26
9	—	725	100.00–114.00	107.66
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	130.00	130.00
1	—	460	144.00	144.00
2	—	363	135.00–140.00	137.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	444	134.00–138.00	137.09
65	—	661	114.50–122.50	118.41
15	—	465	132.00–136.00	134.89
14	—	819	104.50–109.00	107.38
4	—	861	101.00	101.00
109	—	570	121.00–127.50	124.55
64	—	527	123.00–135.50	127.15
79	—	616	114.00–124.50	118.34
9	—	779	109.00–114.00	110.42
3	—	378	149.00	149.00
122	—	715	112.00–126.50	123.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	108.00	108.00
1	—	360	140.00	140.00
3	—	425	140.00–141.00	140.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	330	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	625	104.00–123.00	113.22
20	—	278	118.00–152.50	136.22
43	—	770	97.50–110.00	104.32
54	—	721	95.00–118.00	104.21
7	—	826	92.50–104.00	98.08
3	—	904	95.00–100.00	98.33
281	—	475	115.00–136.50	128.17
288	—	523	110.00–131.00	123.07
1	—	1,010	86.00	86.00
4	—	233	123.00–144.00	135.98
119	—	674	97.50–122.00	111.49
226	—	429	116.00–138.00	128.43
246	—	576	109.00–127.00	117.69
130	—	377	117.00–148.00	136.22
7	—	872	85.00–103.00	95.73
56	—	325	118.00–145.00	132.76
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	461	115.00–120.00	117.35
1	—	605	101.00	101.00
4	—	570	102.50–114.00	109.19
6	—	432	115.00–124.00	118.82
8	—	369	110.00–135.00	122.14
5	—	529	100.00–113.00	106.56
3	—	338	119.00–134.00	125.60
1	—	745	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	621	100.00–111.00	104.71
1	—	755	85.00	85.00
11	—	275	118.00–140.00	131.26
5	—	678	92.50–111.00	103.74
32	—	421	112.50–132.00	123.80
26	—	574	105.00–121.00	110.93
41	—	470	110.00–128.00	119.04
16	—	525	104.00–123.00	110.25
21	—	383	114.00–134.00	124.45
1	—	225	130.00	130.00
2	—	718	92.50–100.00	96.18
26	—	318	119.00–135.00	127.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	112.50–117.00	114.74
1	—	485	116.00	116.00
1	—	580	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	764	72.00–73.50	73.20
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	74.00	74.00
1	—	420	75.00	75.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	918	600.00–610.00	603.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	570.00	570.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	972	550.00–800.00	721.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,180	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,102	500.00–750.00	649.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	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)	2	—	985	800.00–975.00	887.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,036	975.00–1,000.00	985.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,205	585.00–1,150.00	870.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,219	800.00–1,100.00	930.94
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,325	700.00–825.00	756.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,213	575.00–750.00	665.44
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	745.00	745.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,111	835.00–1,300.00	987.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,159	625.00–1,050.00	885.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,130	575.00–700.00	641.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,134	640.00–800.00	734.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,191	600.00–925.00	763.17
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	475.00	475.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,287.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	950.00–1,025.00	987.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,187.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,415	72.00	72.00
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,742	90.00–101.00	95.27
9	—	1,813	78.00–91.00	84.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,735	72.00–92.00	80.72
7	—	1,832	83.00–95.00	90.13
29	—	1,545	60.00–79.00	69.31
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,331	69.00–76.50	72.10
26	—	1,209	57.00–68.00	62.52
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,064	68.00–73.00	71.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,353	57.00–66.00	60.82
2	—	1,288	68.00–69.00	68.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,093	36.00–54.00	43.74
30	—	1,049	25.00–45.00	34.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	1,212	46.00–66.00	52.55
24	—	1,302	52.00–74.00	62.11
30	—	1,198	40.00–50.00	45.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,375	57.00–59.00	57.93
6	—	1,333	45.00–51.00	48.36
84	—	1,461	47.00–65.00	53.66
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,090	53.00–58.00	54.58
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	59.00–86.00	70.35

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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