Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 263 priced lines covering 4,617 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,126 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,189 head. replacement cattle receipts at 560 head. Counted as USDA files them — 42 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,126Last week 4,797Year ago 6,475

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,189Last week 892Year ago 1,008

Replacement CattleReceipts 560Last week 276Year ago 673

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady with instances of 3.00-4.00 higher to 3.00-4.00 lower. Moderate to good demand was noted throughout the week and buyers showed the most interest in long-weaned feeder cattle (45+ days). Slaughter cows were mostly steady, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher with moderate to good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	630	118.00–128.00	123.83
20	—	371	132.50–155.00	146.46
15	—	421	130.00–153.00	144.33
2	—	760	115.00–123.00	119.05
6	—	730	110.00	110.00
18	—	578	121.00–135.00	126.29
13	—	323	135.00–157.50	146.04
42	—	472	128.00–148.00	141.72
45	—	531	116.00–149.00	132.98
4	—	232	157.50–160.00	158.08
9	—	271	130.00–158.00	143.97
24	—	684	128.00–131.00	128.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	119.00	119.00
14	—	233	145.00–202.50	176.05
7	—	832	118.00–120.00	119.72
66	—	672	120.00–139.00	131.92
67	—	323	140.00–175.00	159.53
186	—	525	134.00–160.00	148.31
32	—	773	117.00–130.00	126.72
77	—	621	120.00–146.00	134.29
2	—	925	117.00	117.00
144	—	425	140.00–167.00	155.97
152	—	577	131.00–153.00	143.89
110	—	374	143.00–175.00	160.17
11	—	854	110.00	110.00
22	—	273	147.50–172.00	159.26
2	—	1,055	115.00	115.00
26	—	734	113.00–133.00	127.92
2	—	985	108.00–117.00	112.48
256	—	471	140.00–166.00	154.96
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	131.00	131.00
1	—	510	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	140.00	140.00
1	—	565	127.50	127.50
3	—	457	129.00–140.00	132.65
2	—	413	110.00–147.50	128.41
1	—	605	110.00	110.00
2	—	338	155.00–157.50	156.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	174.00	174.00
18	—	627	140.00–148.00	145.70
29	—	511	156.00–163.00	156.24
44	—	566	149.00–157.00	150.68
2	—	1,018	124.00	124.00
4	—	710	133.00	133.00
39	—	480	159.00–168.00	161.13
59	—	680	127.00–141.50	140.52
15	—	420	165.00–171.00	168.62
14	—	867	119.00–129.25	127.76
71	—	778	127.00–129.00	127.55
4	—	833	128.00–129.00	128.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	772	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	135.00	135.00
1	—	230	140.00	140.00
2	—	478	121.00–127.50	124.23
3	—	537	103.00–125.00	116.86
2	—	425	121.00–132.50	126.61
3	—	572	121.00	121.00
2	—	303	130.00–147.50	138.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	136.00–137.50	136.77
3	—	688	120.00–126.00	122.83
1	—	420	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	157.00–169.00	162.07
1	—	550	147.00	147.00
11	—	428	157.00–175.00	164.60
2	—	373	160.00	160.00
3	—	312	172.00–174.00	172.64
2	—	518	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	205.00	205.00
1	—	315	210.00	210.00
2	—	528	178.00–189.00	183.63
1	—	555	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	142.50	142.50
42	—	587	162.00–183.00	166.08
38	—	664	157.00–167.00	158.11
1	—	1,150	117.00	117.00
2	—	1,038	129.00	129.00
40	—	535	177.00–185.00	180.78
173	—	863	132.50–146.00	143.04
4	—	723	155.00–160.00	158.75
14	—	464	190.00–201.00	197.66
40	—	769	144.50–145.50	145.32
37	—	624	154.00–171.00	162.87
38	—	827	137.50–142.00	140.84
1	—	365	216.00	216.00
2	—	437	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	485	146.00–167.50	158.61
20	—	376	152.50–182.50	171.66
19	—	527	132.00–162.50	148.92
4	—	243	160.00–192.50	174.19
2	—	660	135.00	135.00
19	—	718	123.00–136.00	124.00
11	—	272	167.50–187.50	176.27
1	—	875	126.00	126.00
27	—	575	135.00–157.50	142.09
18	—	325	155.00–192.50	172.07
31	—	423	125.00–180.00	173.35
8	—	629	124.00–147.00	131.46
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	160.00	160.00
1	—	345	180.00	180.00
1	—	555	141.00	141.00
1	—	440	170.00	170.00
2	—	510	130.00	130.00
1	—	620	146.00	146.00
3	—	360	150.00–172.50	162.15
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	403	195.00	195.00
24	—	482	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	470	160.00–187.50	175.39
8	—	819	131.00–141.00	139.33
95	—	575	148.00–178.00	163.08
6	—	1,004	128.00	128.00
41	—	784	131.00–150.00	142.10
55	—	320	175.00–210.00	190.68
54	—	379	180.00–201.00	191.08
25	—	719	128.00–151.00	139.37
52	—	625	145.00–166.00	154.80
1	—	1,185	129.00	129.00
1	—	995	130.00	130.00
76	—	435	165.00–203.00	179.92
65	—	661	137.00–165.50	153.32
1	—	905	127.00	127.00
13	—	227	180.00–225.00	210.50
1	—	875	140.50	140.50
85	—	525	155.00–182.50	168.74
3	—	285	192.50–210.00	200.91
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	162.50	162.50
1	—	300	145.00	145.00
5	—	374	155.00–187.50	174.69
1	—	495	155.00	155.00
2	—	285	170.00–182.50	176.14
1	—	605	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	157.50	157.50
2	—	468	157.50–165.00	161.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	415	185.00–209.00	191.65
8	—	383	194.00–198.00	195.02
13	—	456	178.00–185.00	179.31
4	—	534	170.00–175.00	171.22
1	—	655	150.00	150.00
5	—	614	146.00–159.00	153.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	573	144.00–169.00	154.62
24	—	675	129.00–147.00	136.94
82	—	468	155.00–180.00	168.03
11	—	325	177.50–207.00	195.12
8	—	724	122.00–148.00	129.51
113	—	523	145.00–173.00	161.25
9	—	826	100.00–120.00	114.21
11	—	765	110.00–142.00	123.39
46	—	625	128.00–151.00	139.76
1	—	995	109.00	109.00
71	—	383	171.00–202.00	181.13
94	—	431	159.00–185.00	173.72
3	—	868	100.00–115.00	109.62
1	—	235	190.00	190.00
5	—	277	182.50–197.50	188.84
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	155.00–162.50	158.84
8	—	556	140.00–143.00	142.63
2	—	628	135.00–137.50	136.26
2	—	455	155.00–164.00	159.45
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	160.00	160.00
2	—	615	134.00–136.00	135.01
1	—	530	143.00	143.00
2	—	693	130.00–134.00	132.01
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	578	119.00–152.50	136.36
7	—	369	130.00–160.00	148.60
1	—	795	112.00	112.00
12	—	665	110.00–137.50	126.01
19	—	476	140.00–170.00	157.38
23	—	527	120.00–157.50	141.13
1	—	1,015	80.00	80.00
1	—	735	119.00	119.00
9	—	632	115.00–145.00	123.58
29	—	417	142.00–177.50	154.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	220	165.00	165.00
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
4	—	470	133.00	133.00
3	—	283	155.00	155.00
1	—	420	185.00	185.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	285	120.00	120.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	840	850.00–900.00	861.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	740	725.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	836	850.00–935.00	905.47
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	1,075.00	1,075.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	94.00	94.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	743	102.00–116.00	106.86
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	795	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	90.00	90.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,165	100.00	100.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	680.00	680.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	900	525.00–600.00	561.88
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	948	800.00–850.00	824.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	840.00	840.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,023	725.00–850.00	785.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	740.00	740.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	510.00	510.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	940.00	940.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	945	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	750.00–875.00	812.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,075	740.00–850.00	790.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,150	925.00–990.00	957.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,142	800.00–1,025.00	942.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,267	975.00–1,050.00	1,016.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,000	630.00–975.00	755.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,368	875.00–1,175.00	996.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	955.00–975.00	965.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	921	875.00–1,025.00	983.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	800.00–950.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,270	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,157	825.00–1,000.00	910.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,305	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,056	875.00–1,350.00	1,078.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,500	1,280.00	1,280.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	835.00	835.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,160.00	1,160.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,107	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,222.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,125.00–1,385.00	1,283.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,130.00–1,400.00	1,265.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,375.00	1,275.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,375	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,150.00–1,235.00	1,192.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	925	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,195.00–1,450.00	1,322.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,150.00–1,275.00	1,212.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,362.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	750	975.00–1,050.00	1,013.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	600.00	600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,325	1,125.00–1,430.00	1,277.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	93.50	93.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,767	95.00–122.50	108.66
1	—	1,335	92.00	92.00
10	—	1,640	81.00–100.00	91.53
27	—	1,822	106.00–127.50	117.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	82.00	82.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,270	80.00–104.00	90.03
203	—	1,172	70.00–89.50	79.90
18	—	1,222	58.00–76.00	69.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,394	70.00–90.00	79.58
17	—	1,408	80.00–93.00	86.12
8	—	1,379	70.50–77.00	74.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,059	69.00–94.00	79.77
129	—	1,023	50.00–79.50	68.04
24	—	1,005	35.00–62.00	52.54

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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