Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 175 priced lines covering 3,030 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,429 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 713 head. replacement cattle receipts at 297 head. Counted as USDA files them — 26 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,429Last week 3,267Year ago 5,802

Slaughter CattleReceipts 713Last week 541Year ago 882

Replacement CattleReceipts 297Last week 235Year ago 598

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady with mostly moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady to 1.00 lower with moderate demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	94.00–97.00	95.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,118	68.00–77.00	72.70
85	—	1,029	47.00–73.00	61.91
3	—	938	43.00–53.00	47.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	1,190	62.00–77.50	69.31
4	—	1,201	59.00–61.00	60.05
33	—	1,264	71.00–83.50	77.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,423	73.50–79.50	76.00
113	—	1,436	62.00–75.00	69.24
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,148	83.50–89.00	86.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,657	88.00–104.50	95.02
16	—	1,849	100.00–116.00	105.84
9	—	1,441	74.00–87.00	83.57

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 · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,062.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,441.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,260.00–1,400.00	1,330.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,320	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,208	1,050.00–1,250.00	1,139.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,330.00	1,330.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,150.00–1,285.00	1,217.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,250.00–1,300.00	1,275.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	875.00–1,125.00	979.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	630.00	630.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	650.00–730.00	690.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,040.00	1,040.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,053	775.00–835.00	807.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,380	940.00	940.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,193	885.00–1,110.00	971.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	955	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,060.00	1,060.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,213	825.00–900.00	865.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,099	850.00–1,250.00	993.61
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,040	725.00–750.00	736.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	970	640.00–950.00	793.40
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	890	500.00	500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,153	790.00–1,060.00	935.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,505	1,800.00	1,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	650.00	650.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	1,225.00	1,225.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	134.00	134.00
2	—	513	148.00	148.00
1	—	360	177.50	177.50
1	—	555	148.00	148.00
2	—	280	187.50	187.50
5	—	418	162.00–170.00	165.05
3	—	472	148.00–167.00	157.83
1	—	630	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	128.00	128.00
1	—	625	111.00	111.00
3	—	490	136.00–137.00	136.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	766	104.00–114.00	109.06
3	—	887	95.00	95.00
43	—	664	110.00–130.00	124.19
49	—	631	116.00–135.00	126.53
57	—	375	152.00–172.50	165.73
29	—	425	135.00–162.50	152.44
16	—	326	157.50–175.00	166.55
3	—	238	175.00–182.50	179.93
77	—	468	130.00–158.00	149.04
110	—	524	126.00–150.00	140.12
82	—	580	119.00–145.00	135.13
40	—	729	107.50–125.00	116.29
10	—	824	104.00–111.00	107.70
7	—	278	167.50–182.50	172.58
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	127.50	127.50
1	—	515	122.50	122.50
2	—	473	132.50–141.00	136.91
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	124.00	124.00
2	—	375	130.00–134.00	131.89
1	—	540	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	418	130.00–145.00	134.56
3	—	680	103.00–115.00	109.34
24	—	480	127.00–139.00	131.25
11	—	614	110.00–128.00	118.78
2	—	765	102.00–115.00	108.54
10	—	575	116.00–132.50	122.82
23	—	522	116.00–133.00	123.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	660	140.05–149.00	144.50
26	—	609	146.00–151.00	149.45
6	—	807	126.00–127.25	126.84
7	—	745	133.50	133.50
2	—	425	164.00	164.00
14	—	564	151.50–152.00	151.71
22	—	769	121.00–130.00	126.23
24	—	525	152.00–159.00	154.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	492	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	820	112.00–123.50	120.17
110	—	521	137.00–163.00	149.01
6	—	273	157.00–180.00	166.14
1	—	885	111.00	111.00
109	—	576	130.00–155.00	142.81
16	—	924	109.00–114.00	112.78
4	—	984	106.00–107.00	106.50
27	—	327	157.50–179.00	164.98
15	—	366	160.00–176.00	169.25
44	—	468	144.00–166.00	154.60
23	—	779	113.00–126.50	121.55
2	—	243	155.00–182.50	168.61
80	—	666	122.00–145.00	135.31
1	—	1,025	109.00	109.00
28	—	434	149.00–167.50	158.76
56	—	628	130.00–150.00	139.31
20	—	722	120.00–135.00	126.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	122.50–126.00	124.82
2	—	820	106.00–111.00	108.50
8	—	427	122.50–152.00	143.83
11	—	327	134.00–165.00	142.81
1	—	720	117.00	117.00
5	—	528	120.00–145.00	128.62
4	—	664	120.00–130.00	124.36
2	—	575	130.00–136.00	133.08
18	—	479	135.00–146.00	140.14
13	—	386	139.00–150.00	142.52
2	—	788	110.00–113.00	111.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	150.00	150.00
3	—	470	136.00–141.00	137.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	416	141.00–142.00	141.64
26	—	659	124.50–126.00	125.47
1	—	780	100.00	100.00
30	—	625	109.00–130.50	125.05
4	—	511	139.00	139.00
4	—	462	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	519	115.00–139.00	131.05
154	—	466	121.00–141.00	135.64
32	—	331	126.00–167.50	138.26
64	—	376	130.00–156.00	137.93
2	—	918	88.00	88.00
66	—	662	105.00–124.00	117.85
12	—	756	90.00–117.00	110.99
70	—	429	123.00–138.00	133.35
142	—	580	109.00–135.50	125.40
10	—	821	98.00–106.00	100.33
109	—	614	104.00–127.00	122.96
37	—	731	95.00–111.00	108.28
4	—	245	164.00	164.00
1	—	860	91.00	91.00
10	—	266	130.00–148.00	134.61
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	135.00	135.00
1	—	595	110.00	110.00
1	—	465	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	143.00	143.00
1	—	510	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	106.00	106.00
16	—	574	110.00–122.50	115.32
5	—	321	122.00–139.00	133.28
1	—	280	132.50	132.50
1	—	680	108.00	108.00
9	—	406	123.00–132.50	126.92
7	—	371	127.50–132.50	130.44
7	—	523	112.00–122.00	118.97
11	—	473	120.00–132.50	127.69
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	558	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	105.00–121.00	113.14
1	—	495	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
1	—	660	113.00	113.00
4	—	639	105.00–110.00	108.74
3	—	465	119.00–127.00	124.04
1	—	505	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	118.00–121.00	120.00
2	—	423	117.50–125.00	121.32

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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