Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 213 priced lines covering 3,522 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,866 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 772 head. replacement cattle receipts at 440 head. Counted as USDA files them — 23 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,866Last week 4,445Year ago 5,445

Slaughter CattleReceipts 772Last week 750Year ago 998

Replacement CattleReceipts 440Last week 442Year ago 448

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower with light to moderate demand. Higher corn futures hampered demand for feeder cattle this week, with buyers continuing to show the most demand for long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned feeder cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate demand.

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 (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,149	700.00–1,000.00	904.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	900.00–1,050.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	967	900.00–1,060.00	978.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,100	775.00–860.00	815.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,413	985.00–1,200.00	1,068.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,242	825.00–980.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,083	700.00–800.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,270	695.00–1,020.00	855.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,150	700.00–870.00	767.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,036	625.00–910.00	787.43
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	640.00	640.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	640.00	640.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,500	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	980.00	980.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	990	975.00	975.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	800	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	835.00	835.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	825	850.00–875.00	862.50
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	875.00	875.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	925	900.00–1,000.00	952.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	775.00	775.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	750.00	750.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	725	625.00–725.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	700.00	700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,200	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,079	900.00–1,125.00	973.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,094	1,040.00–1,125.00	1,074.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,136.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,316.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	875.00–1,025.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	900.00	900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	123.00	123.00
3	—	587	117.00–124.00	119.37
1	—	465	112.50	112.50
1	—	285	134.00	134.00
3	—	367	122.50–129.00	125.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	294	166.00	166.00
20	—	414	147.00–151.00	149.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	427	145.00–148.00	146.08
13	—	461	129.00–138.50	137.78
4	—	938	102.00	102.00
32	—	741	115.00	115.00
30	—	521	135.50–138.00	137.27
2	—	825	110.00	110.00
12	—	565	129.00–132.00	131.75
19	—	639	119.50–129.00	123.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
1	—	460	136.00	136.00
1	—	220	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	625	107.00–131.00	117.14
33	—	326	127.00–157.00	139.50
27	—	670	106.00–128.00	115.24
5	—	241	142.50–157.50	148.64
190	—	525	115.00–136.00	127.38
39	—	769	95.00–108.50	104.02
10	—	814	95.00–105.00	102.12
4	—	935	105.00	105.00
135	—	575	114.00–135.00	123.35
100	—	376	124.00–150.00	136.49
197	—	469	118.00–142.00	130.58
19	—	275	130.00–165.00	145.79
2	—	875	89.00–100.00	94.47
131	—	427	116.00–143.00	132.06
25	—	724	98.00–110.00	106.10
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	120.00	120.00
1	—	310	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	476	117.50–130.00	122.32
7	—	665	103.00–117.00	108.13
9	—	523	110.00–126.00	117.39
23	—	420	120.00–138.00	128.37
9	—	374	120.00–140.00	128.98
1	—	220	151.00	151.00
12	—	318	125.00–147.00	132.32
21	—	575	109.00–130.00	118.79
8	—	620	107.50–122.00	113.27
2	—	760	94.00–100.00	97.04
5	—	272	131.00–151.00	136.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	116.00	116.00
2	—	308	114.00–125.00	119.63
1	—	435	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	110.00–112.50	111.30
1	—	880	87.00	87.00
1	—	740	102.50	102.50
3	—	477	115.00–117.50	115.82
3	—	562	102.50–105.00	104.15
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	111.00–126.00	118.82
1	—	580	117.50	117.50
2	—	618	111.00–119.00	115.02
4	—	476	117.50–145.00	130.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	153.00–157.00	154.32
2	—	325	171.00–175.00	172.91
1	—	250	175.00	175.00
1	—	600	134.00	134.00
2	—	513	150.00–151.00	150.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	120.00–135.00	128.12
2	—	370	140.00–146.00	143.12
2	—	515	125.00	125.00
2	—	473	130.00–135.00	132.46
1	—	255	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	598	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	580	115.00–131.00	122.08
23	—	424	129.00–150.00	140.74
3	—	675	102.50–120.00	111.63
12	—	533	122.50–137.00	129.20
1	—	365	147.50	147.50
1	—	825	85.00	85.00
2	—	780	94.00–100.00	96.96
9	—	721	96.00–110.00	101.02
24	—	478	127.00–146.00	134.62
4	—	624	119.00–122.00	121.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	148.00	148.00
1	—	530	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	814	88.00–104.00	96.26
1	—	1,170	94.00	94.00
49	—	621	107.50–132.00	123.00
1	—	970	85.00	85.00
85	—	524	125.00–150.00	138.26
37	—	665	105.00–125.00	117.82
2	—	228	172.50–185.00	178.82
4	—	266	155.00–167.50	161.35
7	—	329	150.00–167.50	159.71
73	—	428	138.00–162.50	151.44
4	—	873	84.00–100.00	93.69
26	—	726	107.25–116.00	109.82
78	—	475	133.00–156.00	145.15
11	—	757	100.00–112.00	105.71
31	—	375	150.00–170.00	156.16
2	—	903	81.00–82.00	81.50
63	—	569	120.00–143.00	133.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	562	148.00–161.00	153.35
3	—	463	168.00	168.00
4	—	760	126.00	126.00
60	—	925	116.50	116.50
3	—	650	140.00	140.00
19	—	629	140.00–142.00	140.42
5	—	512	150.00–159.00	153.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	572	130.00–153.00	142.12
3	—	290	170.00–177.50	172.50
10	—	758	115.00–124.00	121.27
36	—	729	113.00–128.50	124.32
84	—	471	141.00–164.00	155.45
52	—	379	150.00–175.00	163.71
89	—	624	123.00–143.00	134.77
96	—	531	137.00–156.00	144.81
1	—	995	105.00	105.00
23	—	328	132.50–180.00	164.09
71	—	430	144.50–165.00	157.91
12	—	834	100.00–117.00	113.98
8	—	871	111.00–113.00	111.63
63	—	678	121.00–138.00	127.92
2	—	218	177.50–190.00	183.82
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	379	132.50–137.50	135.02
1	—	305	152.50	152.50
3	—	435	131.00–155.00	141.79
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
2	—	453	132.50–138.00	135.27
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	573	127.00–140.00	133.00
2	—	673	119.00–121.00	120.01
7	—	624	120.00–130.00	126.01
11	—	323	145.00–163.00	154.34
27	—	383	136.00–165.00	153.60
16	—	527	112.50–145.00	133.00
26	—	422	130.00–157.00	145.67
31	—	478	130.00–152.00	138.82
1	—	980	100.00	100.00
2	—	285	152.00	152.00
1	—	240	142.50	142.50
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	143.00	143.00
1	—	315	153.00	153.00
1	—	370	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	574	122.50–132.00	130.06
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	85.00	85.00
1	—	425	100.00	100.00
3	—	575	98.00–115.00	109.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,639	81.00–98.00	90.06
9	—	1,772	90.00–111.00	99.96
9	—	1,418	74.00–86.00	80.14
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	106.00	106.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	79.00	79.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,186	57.00–75.00	66.17
47	—	1,274	67.00–82.00	74.52
8	—	1,136	46.00–60.00	54.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,508	56.00–59.00	57.64
118	—	1,420	58.00–75.00	65.93
11	—	1,445	67.00–76.00	72.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	62.50	62.50
13	—	910	37.00–49.00	43.83
141	—	1,017	46.00–67.00	56.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	74.00–85.00	79.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	866	70.00–81.00	75.58
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	81.00	81.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	82.00	82.00

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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