Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 203 priced lines covering 3,308 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,970 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 636 head. replacement cattle receipts at 352 head. Counted as USDA files them — 32 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Mar 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,970Last week 5,143Year ago 9,304

Slaughter CattleReceipts 636Last week 800Year ago 1,301

Replacement CattleReceipts 352Last week 368Year ago 615

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were 2.00-5.00 lower based on a light to moderate test due to winter weather that impacted the region late in the week. Livestock movement was moderate early in the week with heavy snowfall greatly impacting movement on Friday and Saturday.

Slaughter cows were mostly 1.00-2.00 higher, and bulls were 4.00-5.00 higher with good to very good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	738	133.00–137.00	134.32
2	—	918	102.00–114.00	108.02
19	—	474	140.00–174.00	168.41
19	—	377	150.00–185.00	176.48
21	—	327	150.00–190.00	179.65
1	—	860	120.00	120.00
5	—	616	130.00–145.00	137.43
1	—	225	200.00	200.00
2	—	770	127.50–130.00	128.77
9	—	576	142.00–155.00	149.07
16	—	416	160.00–185.00	172.86
7	—	284	170.00–197.50	180.20
16	—	514	144.00–173.00	161.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	166.00	166.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	169.00	169.00
4	—	589	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	130.00	130.00
3	—	905	110.00–141.00	127.04
40	—	422	160.00–197.50	190.22
107	—	573	154.00–174.50	165.44
15	—	365	190.00–201.00	195.04
30	—	328	172.50–220.00	196.09
12	—	269	165.00–210.00	185.18
57	—	482	172.50–193.00	183.47
1	—	1,110	125.00	125.00
2	—	248	200.00	200.00
37	—	667	131.00–170.00	151.91
72	—	523	161.00–187.00	175.47
24	—	729	135.00–157.50	142.77
12	—	773	125.00–153.00	139.66
76	—	630	136.00–167.00	158.99
2	—	858	130.00–140.00	135.04
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	263	155.00	155.00
1	—	435	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	530	174.00–198.00	178.65
8	—	688	146.00–167.00	151.91
5	—	419	200.00	200.00
38	—	570	168.00–188.00	175.40
36	—	620	162.00–170.00	167.25
8	—	472	195.00–204.00	197.70
2	—	813	135.00	135.00
28	—	716	141.00–152.50	146.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	563	163.00	163.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	155.00	155.00
3	—	330	185.00–191.00	189.15
2	—	470	165.00–170.00	167.39
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
4	—	423	166.00–175.00	171.44
1	—	285	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	664	137.00–140.00	138.01
6	—	458	158.00	158.00
118	—	621	142.00–144.00	143.49
3	—	417	160.00–162.50	161.45
15	—	376	163.00	163.00
37	—	715	125.00–132.00	130.57
3	—	802	127.50	127.50
54	—	535	151.50–157.50	153.43
28	—	572	140.00–154.50	150.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	716	120.00–136.00	126.86
15	—	774	115.00–125.00	122.25
143	—	475	139.00–159.00	152.39
133	—	427	129.00–162.50	153.33
92	—	373	141.00–165.00	155.54
4	—	820	108.00–126.00	121.35
94	—	576	124.00–152.50	142.65
4	—	869	110.00–125.00	119.69
69	—	671	125.00–142.00	132.13
47	—	624	125.00–143.00	134.53
120	—	520	126.00–157.50	146.52
50	—	330	149.00–172.00	161.69
13	—	276	139.00–172.50	158.98
3	—	228	140.00–175.00	162.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	541	162.25	162.25
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	137.50–145.00	141.28
1	—	530	132.50	132.50
2	—	468	142.50	142.50
2	—	630	125.00	125.00
1	—	330	140.00	140.00
1	—	360	147.50	147.50
1	—	290	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	162.50	162.50
2	—	488	160.00–162.50	161.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
7	—	230	140.00–160.00	148.65
9	—	566	117.50–140.00	132.00
33	—	422	123.00–152.50	143.43
11	—	469	127.50–152.50	141.10
18	—	524	112.00–145.00	135.16
4	—	638	120.00–130.00	122.53
19	—	676	120.00–130.00	125.90
6	—	280	140.00–162.50	148.50
26	—	374	130.00–155.00	144.61
16	—	325	130.00–161.00	151.13
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
1	—	540	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	130.00	130.00
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
2	—	380	130.00	130.00
1	—	255	130.00	130.00
2	—	313	130.00	130.00
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	435	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
1	—	595	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	190.00–200.00	196.64
3	—	370	197.50–200.00	198.36
1	—	280	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	175.00	175.00
7	—	821	110.00–125.00	118.07
34	—	669	125.00–150.00	139.63
54	—	474	158.00–192.00	173.82
74	—	577	130.00–172.50	157.39
6	—	866	114.00–118.00	116.33
41	—	521	136.00–175.00	166.53
23	—	378	152.50–194.00	179.63
2	—	750	117.00–120.00	118.50
38	—	619	130.00–155.00	144.02
39	—	430	154.00–196.00	176.81
3	—	325	175.00–190.00	180.00
17	—	722	127.50–141.00	134.30
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	130.00–137.50	133.64
1	—	585	150.00	150.00
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
3	—	430	170.00	170.00
2	—	463	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	475	146.00–175.00	164.65
22	—	423	149.00–182.50	168.49
1	—	610	134.00	134.00
11	—	380	145.00–177.50	160.36
3	—	710	122.00–130.00	127.28
1	—	300	155.00	155.00
15	—	518	125.00–162.50	144.82
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
8	—	573	130.00–150.00	141.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	82.50	82.50
6	—	415	102.50	102.50
5	—	305	112.50	112.50
1	—	735	88.00	88.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	798	775.00–800.00	791.19
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	883	850.00–875.00	862.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	933	875.00–1,025.00	953.82
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	720.00	720.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	700	650.00	650.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	718	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,403	1,350.00–1,550.00	1,438.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,105	725.00–940.00	834.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,166	875.00–1,425.00	1,024.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,000	1,025.00–1,075.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,350	1,060.00–1,120.00	1,090.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,025.00–1,075.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	930.00	930.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,190	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,350	900.00–1,140.00	1,020.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	875.00–970.00	924.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,214	900.00–1,160.00	1,003.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,090	775.00–975.00	885.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,356	1,120.00–1,180.00	1,167.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,221	900.00–1,400.00	1,045.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	730.00	730.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	890	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,214	700.00–800.00	775.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	995	700.00–950.00	795.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	928	760.00–800.00	779.74
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	830.00	830.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	710.00	710.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00–1,780.00	1,740.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,128	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,247.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,437.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	1,120.00	1,120.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,200.00	1,187.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,370.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,185	1,410.00	1,410.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,080	1,225.00–1,420.00	1,329.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,115	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,324.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	825.00	825.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	830.00	830.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,721	91.00–118.50	105.76
16	—	1,860	108.00–133.00	120.20
13	—	1,594	79.00–101.00	88.66
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	86.00	86.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,220	68.00–89.00	77.97
35	—	1,278	82.00–100.50	90.80
23	—	1,210	56.00–78.00	64.96
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	833	80.00–84.00	81.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,526	63.00–76.00	70.32
24	—	1,441	84.00–99.50	87.71
79	—	1,451	72.00–88.00	80.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,056	49.00–79.00	63.84
10	—	963	44.00–60.00	50.04
8	—	1,204	65.00–85.00	73.03

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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Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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