Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 209 priced lines covering 2,730 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,267 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 541 head. replacement cattle receipts at 235 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,267Last week 5,556Year ago 2,285

Slaughter CattleReceipts 541Last week 933Year ago 633

Replacement CattleReceipts 235Last week 528Year ago 287

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady on a light test with mostly moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady on a limited test. Lighter offerings prevalent this week due to the Memorial Holiday weekend as well as hay cutting in full swing.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	672	125.00–144.00	133.43
64	—	472	138.00–163.50	155.41
18	—	339	150.00–185.00	171.34
3	—	1,122	101.00–104.00	102.33
63	—	580	131.00–154.00	141.58
10	—	730	122.00–133.00	125.72
7	—	811	115.00–127.00	122.38
34	—	762	120.00–134.00	127.21
33	—	426	150.00–170.00	162.09
1	—	930	113.00	113.00
37	—	379	150.00–175.00	163.13
5	—	1,019	102.50–109.00	106.12
1	—	1,175	101.00	101.00
58	—	524	134.00–156.00	146.60
4	—	263	147.50–165.00	159.24
2	—	1,065	105.00–107.00	106.00
3	—	203	170.00	170.00
47	—	625	129.00–144.00	136.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	626	144.00	144.00
13	—	729	132.00–135.00	133.09
30	—	578	144.25–156.00	149.48
1	—	831	120.00	120.00
5	—	488	160.00	160.00
14	—	662	133.50–140.00	138.08
2	—	753	127.00	127.00
11	—	501	158.00–160.00	159.64
1	—	415	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	153.00	153.00
2	—	595	157.00	157.00
1	—	545	162.00	162.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	135.00	135.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	118.00–130.00	124.13
2	—	503	130.00–145.00	137.54
1	—	250	127.50	127.50
1	—	375	147.50	147.50
1	—	405	140.00	140.00
1	—	610	120.00	120.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	423	140.00–159.00	147.50
2	—	770	120.00	120.00
8	—	620	115.00–130.00	123.93
5	—	286	160.00–171.00	162.65
13	—	377	140.00–163.00	155.48
2	—	713	115.00–118.00	116.52
1	—	860	100.00	100.00
2	—	243	160.00	160.00
14	—	316	140.00–171.00	157.62
3	—	667	124.00–130.00	125.95
8	—	518	130.00–142.50	133.80
7	—	465	127.50–145.00	138.16
15	—	572	125.00–137.50	133.15
1	—	830	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	127.50	127.50
1	—	680	119.00	119.00
1	—	455	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	140.00–143.00	141.51
3	—	387	160.00	160.00
3	—	658	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	132.00	132.00
4	—	610	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	777	123.00	123.00
14	—	461	142.00	142.00
14	—	568	130.00–132.00	131.00
4	—	728	116.00	116.00
4	—	398	147.00	147.00
78	—	680	119.00–131.00	129.21
76	—	620	127.50–133.75	133.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	155.00	155.00
1	—	400	156.00	156.00
5	—	472	147.00–148.00	147.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	92.00–99.00	95.50
115	—	525	118.00–144.00	129.02
8	—	820	100.00–111.00	107.62
74	—	427	120.00–153.00	138.51
9	—	280	130.00–155.00	142.06
24	—	723	100.00–124.00	110.33
70	—	623	108.00–126.00	118.51
153	—	471	120.00–143.00	132.52
1	—	940	90.00	90.00
48	—	375	120.00–152.50	139.96
92	—	569	112.00–137.00	126.02
53	—	667	107.00–128.00	116.26
1	—	960	90.00	90.00
29	—	329	125.00–151.00	137.89
1	—	1,060	93.00	93.00
23	—	771	92.50–115.00	108.89
4	—	240	130.00–150.00	138.43
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	127.50	127.50
1	—	395	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
2	—	525	110.00–120.00	114.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	318	116.00–145.00	131.98
31	—	425	124.00–137.00	130.74
4	—	358	125.00–143.00	134.52
6	—	508	120.00–131.00	125.82
4	—	670	104.00–115.00	108.53
5	—	635	105.00–116.00	107.99
1	—	230	152.00	152.00
21	—	476	115.00–134.00	124.78
5	—	287	127.50–135.00	133.39
1	—	735	100.00	100.00
14	—	564	110.00–125.00	119.70
1	—	765	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	115.00	115.00
2	—	268	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	125.00	125.00
1	—	675	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	115.00–123.00	119.05
1	—	545	120.00	120.00
2	—	588	106.00–116.00	111.02
2	—	468	125.00–126.00	125.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	544	130.00	130.00
2	—	428	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	120.00–147.50	135.81
1	—	375	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	118.00	118.00
3	—	517	112.50–120.00	114.94
1	—	550	122.00	122.00
3	—	483	124.00–140.00	131.16
3	—	670	99.00–120.00	105.79
1	—	445	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	85.00	85.00
2	—	333	147.50–148.00	147.75
1	—	745	87.00	87.00
2	—	275	142.50–149.00	145.63
21	—	474	127.00–143.00	136.41
5	—	610	111.00–124.00	117.60
1	—	810	85.00	85.00
8	—	416	136.00–146.00	142.26
16	—	576	112.00–130.00	122.24
2	—	668	108.00–115.00	111.59
8	—	518	119.00–135.00	127.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	122.50	122.50
2	—	543	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	576	120.00–143.00	131.10
1	—	905	86.00	86.00
47	—	424	133.00–161.00	148.52
79	—	522	129.00–147.00	140.63
1	—	865	85.00	85.00
9	—	776	104.00–111.00	106.90
64	—	468	130.00–156.00	147.55
13	—	372	139.00–162.50	154.17
39	—	670	117.50–130.00	121.70
2	—	218	160.00–165.00	162.59
31	—	614	124.00–136.00	130.45
2	—	830	94.00–95.00	94.50
5	—	317	145.00–175.00	159.81
13	—	724	106.00–123.00	114.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	147.00	147.00
1	—	315	182.50	182.50
2	—	418	153.00–163.00	157.97
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	100.00	100.00
3	—	582	70.00	70.00
2	—	860	94.00	94.00
2	—	718	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	104.00	104.00
3	—	293	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	88.00	88.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,140	925.00–1,100.00	998.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,175	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,157.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,375.00–1,500.00	1,416.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,375.00–1,450.00	1,403.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,435.00	1,435.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	983	800.00–900.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,075	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	680.00	680.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	950	800.00–875.00	837.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,232	725.00–1,000.00	868.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,306	925.00–1,200.00	1,000.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,283	825.00–975.00	888.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,322	860.00–950.00	937.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,304	885.00	885.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,078	950.00–985.00	969.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,205	800.00–875.00	840.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	958	650.00–775.00	701.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,393	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,098	675.00–875.00	783.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,100	1,130.00	1,130.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,110	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,800	111.00	111.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	875.00	875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,225	68.00–85.00	75.74
138	—	1,154	59.00–78.00	68.11
11	—	1,213	54.00–64.50	58.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	942	44.00–52.50	49.18
1	—	1,015	74.00	74.00
51	—	1,050	46.00–69.50	59.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,562	70.00–79.00	76.20
56	—	1,434	61.50–75.50	69.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,554	87.00–104.50	95.92
5	—	1,598	77.00–87.00	82.82
17	—	1,784	94.00–112.00	103.49
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	95.50–106.50	100.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	114.00	114.00

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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