Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 274 priced lines covering 5,510 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,475 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,008 head. replacement cattle receipts at 673 head. Counted as USDA files them — 40 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,475Last week 5,921Year ago 4,092

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,008Last week 938Year ago 859

Replacement CattleReceipts 673Last week 478Year ago 464

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 3.00-5.00 lower, and feeder heifers mostly 2.00-4.00 lower. Demand for feeders was moderate at best, with buyers showing the most interest in long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned cattle with moderate-to-thin flesh, most suitable for grazing. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly 2.00-4.00 lower.

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	—	570	150.00	150.00
1	—	525	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	151.00–162.50	157.95
7	—	319	180.00–190.00	182.48
7	—	365	175.00–180.00	178.36
3	—	420	157.00–177.50	164.40
1	—	555	151.00	151.00
1	—	260	185.00	185.00
7	—	509	147.00–155.00	151.82
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	481	125.00–140.00	133.56
2	—	525	137.00–143.00	140.03
1	—	410	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	111.00	111.00
3	—	232	160.00–162.50	161.64
1	—	355	142.50	142.50
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
1	—	590	120.00	120.00
1	—	260	160.00	160.00
3	—	442	125.00–140.00	133.34
2	—	515	121.00–131.00	125.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	572	123.00–136.00	132.00
1	—	790	108.00	108.00
15	—	620	117.00–128.00	122.01
1	—	215	155.00	155.00
1	—	275	147.50	147.50
2	—	885	85.00	85.00
26	—	476	133.00–155.00	146.87
1	—	820	113.00	113.00
14	—	534	122.50–143.00	133.84
8	—	370	131.00–152.50	144.92
35	—	426	130.00–164.00	151.04
12	—	723	70.00–123.00	109.30
9	—	674	107.50–124.00	118.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	818	96.00–107.00	100.76
156	—	574	129.50–156.00	138.93
81	—	425	141.00–183.00	161.28
153	—	468	134.00–167.00	153.04
7	—	928	90.00–100.00	95.39
11	—	270	162.50–180.00	170.23
14	—	865	90.00–118.00	104.55
13	—	768	109.00–126.00	115.10
15	—	325	150.00–175.00	163.99
152	—	521	130.00–160.00	144.94
76	—	630	115.00–141.00	128.91
57	—	383	154.00–181.00	164.51
5	—	229	170.00–180.00	172.67
42	—	669	110.00–136.00	125.69
39	—	724	110.00–126.00	116.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	101.00	101.00
1	—	580	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	524	161.75–167.00	164.10
14	—	814	126.00	126.00
61	—	626	138.00–158.00	147.03
9	—	903	116.50–122.00	117.73
35	—	761	129.00–129.50	129.43
25	—	467	161.00–167.50	165.60
22	—	707	125.00–139.50	133.63
81	—	571	145.00–163.00	155.27
67	—	674	138.00–146.00	139.93
23	—	426	169.00–176.00	173.77
113	—	873	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	169.00–170.00	169.50
1	—	425	177.00	177.00
1	—	305	190.00	190.00
4	—	467	172.00–177.00	173.76
2	—	575	148.00–152.00	150.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	135.00	135.00
1	—	615	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	379	149.00–196.00	172.20
42	—	721	120.00–136.50	131.57
9	—	243	170.00–182.00	178.44
96	—	630	127.00–148.00	139.28
2	—	1,028	98.00–99.00	98.50
9	—	811	110.00–127.00	119.19
1	—	990	117.00	117.00
60	—	674	120.00–141.00	131.99
126	—	474	145.00–172.00	161.08
113	—	573	131.00–159.00	148.88
2	—	1,090	105.00	105.00
103	—	428	149.00–183.00	165.51
51	—	324	156.00–201.00	173.05
29	—	772	112.00–136.00	123.65
119	—	525	139.00–170.00	154.59
8	—	274	167.50–200.00	185.88
42	—	882	116.00–118.00	116.64
19	—	911	106.00–118.25	116.44
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	130.00–132.00	130.98
4	—	470	137.00–144.00	141.21
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
3	—	393	131.00–142.50	137.86
1	—	340	147.50	147.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	137.50–155.00	144.91
1	—	500	142.50	142.50
1	—	285	150.00	150.00
2	—	550	130.00–137.50	133.75
1	—	495	140.00	140.00
4	—	324	152.50–160.00	154.47
5	—	375	140.00–157.50	151.14
1	—	640	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	421	145.00–163.00	153.30
2	—	238	155.00–170.00	162.42
6	—	331	153.00–160.00	156.11
9	—	670	111.00–134.00	128.02
8	—	717	107.00–128.00	119.62
12	—	627	111.00–143.00	132.80
25	—	527	128.00–150.00	141.69
18	—	470	131.00–159.00	149.56
5	—	274	142.50–190.00	176.69
26	—	365	140.00–188.00	161.00
22	—	566	126.00–146.00	138.28
2	—	775	108.00–125.00	116.55
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	743	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	648	127.00	127.00
1	—	535	137.50	137.50
1	—	440	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	162.50	162.50
34	—	671	117.00–126.50	123.33
45	—	522	130.00–150.00	142.33
132	—	626	126.00–132.00	130.69
23	—	575	134.00–142.00	139.08
8	—	815	110.00–113.00	112.24
18	—	862	111.50–117.00	113.62
17	—	475	152.00–155.00	153.62
59	—	734	117.50–120.00	119.92
2	—	363	150.00	150.00
4	—	769	116.00	116.00
4	—	423	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	224	142.50–150.00	148.47
3	—	840	94.00–104.00	97.27
3	—	879	90.00–100.00	96.62
97	—	626	108.00–131.00	119.79
7	—	919	95.00–99.50	98.72
60	—	328	130.00–169.00	147.95
35	—	723	105.00–123.00	111.66
191	—	575	117.00–141.00	128.84
259	—	425	130.00–158.00	142.35
69	—	669	104.00–124.00	116.62
27	—	779	104.00–114.00	107.97
124	—	374	130.00–166.00	146.19
213	—	472	128.00–152.00	139.21
222	—	523	120.00–151.00	133.41
2	—	970	87.00–98.00	92.44
33	—	275	140.00–167.00	154.93
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	110.00–119.00	114.59
1	—	345	120.00	120.00
2	—	375	120.00–130.00	124.73
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	124.00–125.00	124.52
2	—	620	108.00–110.00	108.97
1	—	560	70.00	70.00
1	—	405	125.00	125.00
1	—	290	117.50	117.50
1	—	350	132.50	132.50
2	—	330	132.50–137.50	134.92
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	106.00–117.00	109.93
17	—	616	103.00–125.00	112.62
2	—	768	101.00–113.00	106.90
36	—	425	120.00–148.00	134.76
15	—	324	121.00–150.00	138.10
28	—	388	122.50–150.00	142.15
1	—	200	130.00	130.00
6	—	267	130.00–150.00	139.27
34	—	473	121.00–140.00	130.60
18	—	572	107.50–133.00	121.69
15	—	525	112.50–138.00	125.70
4	—	810	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	122.50	122.50
1	—	435	122.50	122.50
1	—	495	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	137.50	137.50
3	—	427	117.50–127.50	123.21
1	—	265	135.00	135.00
4	—	456	115.00–128.00	123.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	105.00	105.00
6	—	439	135.00–138.00	135.82
1	—	1,055	90.00	90.00
3	—	573	119.00	119.00
2	—	868	100.00–101.00	100.50
1	—	630	115.00	115.00
2	—	925	96.00	96.00
7	—	467	129.00–137.50	132.15
2	—	523	116.00	116.00
1	—	380	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	700	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	315	167.50	167.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	103.50–104.00	103.62
2	—	603	100.00	100.00
1	—	535	107.00	107.00
2	—	665	96.00–97.00	96.49
1	—	390	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	219	89.00–90.00	89.30
3	—	355	87.50	87.50
5	—	414	77.50	77.50
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	98.00	98.00
1	—	495	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,595	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,500	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,020	690.00–950.00	842.94
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	610.00	610.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,075	750.00–1,025.00	900.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,067	800.00–960.00	906.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,114	665.00–950.00	756.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,220	775.00–1,150.00	923.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,177	900.00–1,200.00	1,020.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,186	875.00–1,050.00	954.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,138	800.00–1,050.00	946.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	675.00–850.00	762.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,239	850.00–1,000.00	928.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,030	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	975.00–1,010.00	993.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,183	850.00–875.00	867.25
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	860.00	860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	925	750.00–900.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	730	650.00	650.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	800	675.00–700.00	687.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	800	800.00–925.00	862.50
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	725	700.00–750.00	712.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,237	1,060.00–1,100.00	1,079.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,135.00	1,135.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	982	925.00–1,125.00	1,033.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,195.00	1,195.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,110.00	1,110.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,075.00–1,235.00	1,167.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,075.00–1,235.00	1,122.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,260.00	1,260.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,160.00–1,350.00	1,273.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,495.00	1,495.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	735	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	990.00	990.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,050.00–1,075.00	1,062.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	690.00	690.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	915	650.00–700.00	673.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	725.00	725.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	700	570.00	570.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,818	89.00–101.00	94.78
13	—	1,448	67.00–87.00	80.09
68	—	1,715	77.00–98.00	87.86
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,754	80.00–90.00	83.90
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,235	70.00	70.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	61.00–65.00	62.84
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,005	56.00–60.00	58.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,409	51.00–63.00	59.29
164	—	1,454	56.00–74.00	64.98
9	—	1,466	67.00–78.50	71.61
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,135	60.00–62.00	61.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	883	37.00–54.00	43.89
139	—	1,003	44.00–64.50	55.56
2	—	1,080	63.00–65.00	63.95
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	63.00–68.00	65.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,244	62.00–77.00	69.86
17	—	1,025	50.00–62.00	55.66
217	—	1,180	55.00–72.00	63.44

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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