Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 218 priced lines covering 5,213 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,711 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 992 head. replacement cattle receipts at 335 head. Counted as USDA files them — 34 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,711Last week 3,429Year ago 5,301

Slaughter CattleReceipts 992Last week 713Year ago 622

Replacement CattleReceipts 335Last week 297Year ago 374

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	85.00	85.00
2	—	573	85.00–107.00	96.14
1	—	420	145.00	145.00
1	—	740	87.00	87.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	738	120.00–137.00	132.97
29	—	773	120.00–137.00	131.96
4	—	809	112.50–129.00	122.56
22	—	324	153.00–182.00	170.11
85	—	626	130.00–155.00	141.04
3	—	238	177.00–200.00	185.85
167	—	524	135.00–167.00	152.92
96	—	669	123.00–148.00	132.34
9	—	278	160.00–190.00	176.02
92	—	474	134.00–176.00	160.60
45	—	371	150.00–184.00	163.38
46	—	421	143.00–180.00	164.77
146	—	578	125.00–162.00	148.75
4	—	856	110.00–124.00	120.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	859	130.50–132.50	131.88
25	—	1,050	110.00	110.00
40	—	522	155.00–178.00	171.53
33	—	731	129.00–138.00	136.00
3	—	973	120.00	120.00
63	—	773	126.00–139.50	135.63
58	—	614	143.00–171.00	160.58
78	—	682	135.00–158.00	141.66
131	—	820	133.50–138.00	135.73
14	—	362	187.00–191.00	189.69
57	—	1,004	124.50	124.50
24	—	471	160.00–186.00	178.31
11	—	425	181.00–186.00	182.89
124	—	914	124.25–126.00	125.11
56	—	575	143.00–175.00	161.44
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	133.00	133.00
Steers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	112.50	112.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	167.50	167.50
21	—	734	110.00–126.00	112.83
29	—	371	125.00–165.00	147.31
22	—	326	130.00–163.00	148.14
10	—	434	124.00–161.00	144.74
5	—	670	122.50–130.00	124.46
15	—	275	140.00–163.00	158.15
11	—	622	115.00–142.00	130.55
3	—	763	104.00–114.00	108.04
31	—	521	121.00–154.00	139.90
7	—	464	121.00–157.00	147.40
12	—	875	100.00–110.00	109.17
32	—	577	120.00–149.00	135.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	147.00	147.00
4	—	479	130.00–138.00	136.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	377	130.00–158.00	145.16
2	—	818	103.00–114.00	108.42
81	—	718	103.00–124.00	118.81
79	—	622	110.00–136.00	123.21
127	—	426	127.00–156.00	142.77
2	—	1,035	94.00–100.00	97.00
24	—	277	137.50–162.00	151.47
217	—	526	118.00–146.00	132.51
44	—	331	130.00–160.00	138.71
54	—	672	108.00–129.00	118.02
1	—	910	107.00	107.00
195	—	472	124.00–150.00	139.33
179	—	577	114.00–140.00	128.01
19	—	757	100.00–115.00	109.91
2	—	860	103.00–105.00	104.01
3	—	232	147.00–150.00	148.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	147.00	147.00
1	—	505	128.00	128.00
2	—	305	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	537	130.00–154.00	147.50
71	—	578	130.00–148.00	139.15
10	—	466	152.00–154.00	152.84
4	—	446	140.00	140.00
130	—	779	127.75	127.75
7	—	366	166.00	166.00
17	—	661	124.00	124.00
102	—	624	131.00–141.00	136.83
29	—	710	127.00–132.50	130.96
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	120.00–125.00	122.45
2	—	520	75.00–112.50	93.75
4	—	410	110.00–125.00	118.60
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	122.50	122.50
1	—	660	105.00	105.00
1	—	435	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	127.00–135.00	131.04
1	—	520	135.00	135.00
1	—	385	148.00	148.00
1	—	475	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	239	131.00–143.00	138.65
30	—	427	117.00–141.00	129.20
13	—	363	122.00–143.00	134.41
7	—	276	123.00–147.00	137.09
5	—	626	105.00–115.00	111.36
3	—	678	90.00–106.00	98.74
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
3	—	717	98.00–110.00	103.41
18	—	558	110.00–120.00	116.30
15	—	476	118.00–130.00	125.52
10	—	520	115.00–130.00	121.08
14	—	325	129.00–149.00	137.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	711	107.50	107.50
5	—	653	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	484	120.00–122.00	120.67
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
2	—	325	126.00–130.00	128.03
1	—	680	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	126.00	126.00
3	—	585	108.00–115.00	112.73
1	—	650	108.00	108.00
1	—	740	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	136.00	136.00
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	149.00	149.00
3	—	423	151.00–165.00	159.41
1	—	450	157.00	157.00
1	—	365	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	717	104.00–126.00	117.10
43	—	673	112.00–141.00	126.06
78	—	627	113.00–140.00	127.56
2	—	912	89.00	89.00
29	—	385	148.00–164.00	155.88
104	—	577	121.00–158.00	137.37
122	—	522	122.00–161.00	139.60
7	—	331	155.00–170.00	161.94
2	—	967	89.00	89.00
12	—	868	88.00–101.00	92.77
7	—	819	92.50–109.00	100.46
23	—	775	100.00–119.00	108.72
1	—	290	165.00	165.00
43	—	423	130.00–175.00	151.59
90	—	470	126.00–169.00	149.21
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	120.00–148.00	131.77
1	—	580	126.00	126.00
1	—	385	133.00	133.00
1	—	500	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	85.00–120.00	102.67
1	—	455	137.50	137.50
3	—	417	130.00–140.00	136.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	684	110.00–112.00	110.25
10	—	524	119.00–132.00	126.67
1	—	360	143.00	143.00
2	—	310	145.00–154.00	149.57
2	—	820	92.50–94.00	93.26
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
28	—	432	125.00–153.00	142.86
17	—	476	122.00–155.00	138.05
7	—	625	105.00–123.00	115.74
9	—	588	118.00–130.00	124.74
4	—	730	102.50–117.00	109.25
5	—	774	95.00–111.00	103.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	132.50	132.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	117.50	117.50
1	—	450	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	244	112.50	112.50
22	—	474	116.00	116.00
30	—	174	107.50–112.50	109.98
22	—	594	106.00	106.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	80.00	80.00
1	—	405	109.00	109.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	75.00	75.00

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)	Open	11	—	1,028	900.00–1,275.00	1,090.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,090	1,075.00–1,375.00	1,195.18
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,210.00–1,310.00	1,260.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	975.00–1,450.00	1,204.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,310.00	1,267.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,350.00–1,525.00	1,437.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,310.00	1,267.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	975.00–1,100.00	1,037.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,350	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,083	860.00–880.00	873.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,015	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,091	910.00–1,125.00	976.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,186	910.00–1,010.00	962.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,176	850.00–1,150.00	938.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,265	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,301	660.00–1,000.00	905.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	965	650.00–970.00	878.37
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	835.00	835.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	640.00	640.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,095	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,168	835.00–925.00	879.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,135	720.00–925.00	837.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,300	1,380.00	1,380.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,400	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	635.00	635.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	770	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	973	800.00–860.00	832.85
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	925.00	925.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	650.00	650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	90.00	90.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,284	67.50–90.50	78.50
13	—	1,005	56.50–62.00	58.48
240	—	1,206	58.50–77.50	69.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	62.00	62.00
12	—	1,388	74.50–81.00	77.56
141	—	1,422	60.00–77.50	70.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,130	65.00–68.00	66.80
144	—	1,053	45.50–73.00	61.84
24	—	913	35.50–59.00	48.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	985	81.00–82.00	81.33
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	821	75.00–78.00	76.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,540	61.00–87.00	79.29
62	—	1,717	82.00–106.00	96.30
33	—	1,788	95.00–118.00	105.22
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	89.00	89.00

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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