Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 160 priced lines covering 4,445 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,269 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 882 head. replacement cattle receipts at 320 head. Counted as USDA files them — 6 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,269Last week 4,317Year ago 7,146

Slaughter CattleReceipts 882Last week 966Year ago 975

Replacement CattleReceipts 320Last week 220Year ago 463

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 1.00-4.00 higher with good demand, and buyers showing the best interest in long-weaned, preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly 2.00-3.00 higher with good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	127.00	127.00
22	—	377	139.00–160.00	145.90
1	—	810	109.00	109.00
1	—	245	157.50	157.50
14	—	430	131.00–157.00	146.41
23	—	480	120.00–155.00	144.59
2	—	270	140.00–170.00	154.44
38	—	529	130.00–150.00	143.51
2	—	778	115.00–125.00	119.89
18	—	567	124.00–145.00	135.43
3	—	663	125.00–135.00	129.67
14	—	330	141.00–165.00	155.15
16	—	628	120.00–140.00	130.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	153.00	153.00
1	—	350	185.00	185.00
1	—	630	147.00	147.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
1	—	315	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	120.00	120.00
42	—	728	129.00–145.00	138.11
110	—	619	130.00–155.00	144.85
45	—	428	152.50–167.50	159.75
47	—	380	154.00–177.50	167.01
6	—	815	124.00–132.50	128.13
82	—	677	132.00–150.75	143.91
5	—	213	145.00–191.00	167.32
1	—	910	123.00	123.00
30	—	327	153.00–183.00	165.66
12	—	286	155.00–180.00	160.43
26	—	772	126.00–141.00	135.47
81	—	525	139.00–167.00	153.22
107	—	577	128.00–165.00	150.20
86	—	475	147.00–172.00	161.16
1	—	1,060	107.00	107.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	658	149.00–164.00	160.15
79	—	522	153.00–173.00	166.95
78	—	626	152.00–157.00	154.88
7	—	729	137.00–139.50	138.78
51	—	572	145.00–167.50	155.10
16	—	768	142.00–149.00	145.83
24	—	860	127.50–149.00	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	227	135.00–160.00	147.14
128	—	430	128.00–155.00	140.20
94	—	377	125.00–163.00	140.96
8	—	1,073	85.00	85.00
24	—	767	107.00–125.00	121.19
77	—	668	110.50–138.00	124.80
48	—	728	108.00–128.00	119.14
37	—	324	125.00–168.00	140.56
142	—	626	111.00–138.00	128.00
192	—	528	119.00–147.50	135.82
195	—	468	125.00–153.00	139.17
1	—	935	103.00	103.00
13	—	823	105.00–120.00	113.05
205	—	575	115.00–145.00	133.10
1	—	870	103.00	103.00
3	—	270	131.00–155.00	146.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	620	135.00–145.50	140.68
67	—	675	133.00–142.25	138.56
48	—	520	144.00–148.00	144.60
81	—	563	139.00–152.25	148.22
3	—	490	140.00	140.00
3	—	712	136.00	136.00
9	—	803	114.00–120.50	116.11
3	—	867	115.00	115.00
65	—	787	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	140.00	140.00
2	—	585	122.00	122.00
1	—	305	135.00	135.00
1	—	480	126.00	126.00
1	—	810	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	425	116.00–140.00	128.83
11	—	474	110.00–138.00	130.68
3	—	278	128.00–145.00	138.23
8	—	625	112.00–127.00	120.30
2	—	775	105.00–111.00	108.06
17	—	377	110.00–142.50	130.79
8	—	326	129.00–150.00	139.15
29	—	528	105.00–132.50	124.76
21	—	571	105.00–135.00	125.56
1	—	245	132.50	132.50
8	—	664	102.00–115.00	113.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	142.00	142.00
4	—	497	133.00	133.00
1	—	325	131.00	131.00
1	—	610	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	127.00	127.00
2	—	305	140.00–144.00	142.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	124.00	124.00
1	—	495	127.50	127.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	942	95.00	95.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	770	113.00–124.00	118.43
99	—	464	140.00–160.00	153.20
124	—	574	127.00–148.00	136.85
41	—	722	114.00–138.00	121.56
6	—	917	106.00–113.00	108.48
113	—	626	119.00–146.00	133.57
116	—	523	130.00–157.00	142.23
3	—	973	90.00	90.00
19	—	325	156.00–177.50	164.65
46	—	665	120.00–134.00	128.35
72	—	431	145.00–166.50	157.38
8	—	822	108.00–122.00	115.45
11	—	859	103.00–120.00	107.60
51	—	381	152.00–183.00	163.36
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
1	—	415	130.00	130.00
2	—	515	127.50–131.00	129.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	158.00	158.00
3	—	430	170.00–172.00	170.67
1	—	335	185.00	185.00
2	—	563	146.00–149.00	147.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	469	130.00–150.00	139.07
3	—	708	107.00–116.00	111.68
7	—	677	111.00–132.50	120.24
10	—	619	100.00–135.00	119.22
1	—	780	105.00	105.00
13	—	567	109.00–132.50	124.65
24	—	425	120.00–155.00	141.95
30	—	519	117.00–140.00	126.53
8	—	367	120.00–148.00	132.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,059	67.00–69.00	67.96
115	—	1,055	48.00–70.00	61.37
13	—	932	43.00–55.00	50.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	45.00	45.00
160	—	1,188	62.00–76.00	69.34
11	—	1,278	57.00–65.00	62.68
15	—	1,309	74.00–82.50	77.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,539	78.00–84.00	80.08
5	—	1,403	62.00–69.00	65.59
111	—	1,402	63.00–77.50	70.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,743	87.00–107.00	98.53
11	—	1,424	81.00–92.00	86.32
16	—	1,891	103.00–115.50	107.87

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,500	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,030	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,290	810.00–1,250.00	927.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,436	880.00–1,075.00	1,018.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,500	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,345	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,265	710.00–1,000.00	871.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	905	560.00	560.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	610.00	610.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	690.00	690.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	1,110.00	1,110.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,060.00	1,060.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	980.00	980.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	630.00	630.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,130.00	1,130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,300	1,310.00	1,310.00

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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