Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 180 priced lines covering 3,982 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,831 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,156 head. replacement cattle receipts at 292 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,831Last week 4,271Year ago 5,556

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,156Last week 870Year ago 933

Replacement CattleReceipts 292Last week 279Year ago 528

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 1.00-4.00 lower with the best demand being shown for long-weaned, preconditioned cattle. Slaughter cows were 2.00-5.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher with good demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	926	123.00–130.00	127.22
23	—	832	134.00–143.00	139.15
108	—	527	150.00–184.00	170.97
15	—	224	180.00–210.00	200.75
38	—	774	130.00–157.00	143.21
13	—	283	169.00–235.00	190.81
65	—	620	146.00–175.00	158.64
66	—	430	155.00–197.00	182.17
57	—	719	125.00–162.00	143.55
10	—	879	130.00–134.50	132.27
9	—	966	117.00–129.00	123.83
84	—	569	150.00–176.00	164.75
34	—	383	167.50–196.00	188.74
31	—	321	167.50–210.00	190.27
57	—	676	135.00–170.00	153.12
79	—	472	165.00–188.00	176.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	140.00	140.00
1	—	355	142.50	142.50
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	138.00	138.00
1	—	560	138.00	138.00
1	—	490	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	146.00	146.00
1	—	610	149.00	149.00
1	—	515	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	164.00	164.00
1	—	600	140.00	140.00
1	—	450	162.00	162.00
1	—	400	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	624	156.00–178.00	166.27
28	—	527	167.50–186.00	173.29
41	—	582	162.00–183.00	167.55
11	—	717	142.00–150.50	147.02
2	—	678	160.00–163.00	161.47
14	—	475	185.00–188.00	186.08
75	—	814	139.50–146.00	144.12
13	—	430	185.00	185.00
10	—	855	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	267	160.00–185.00	172.20
4	—	580	145.00–158.00	149.20
14	—	519	130.00–165.00	153.94
14	—	480	140.00–173.00	162.25
3	—	680	133.00–140.00	135.62
9	—	618	127.00–151.00	140.58
1	—	730	130.00	130.00
10	—	384	147.50–171.00	161.97
1	—	850	127.50	127.50
8	—	317	162.50–188.00	182.96
14	—	426	150.00–180.00	170.31
1	—	810	95.00	95.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	179.00–188.00	182.03
2	—	625	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	465	167.00–172.50	167.69
43	—	620	144.00–150.00	148.78
25	—	527	158.00–161.50	159.71
4	—	846	128.00	128.00
28	—	660	137.50–139.50	138.27
11	—	429	165.00–170.00	167.73
15	—	792	129.50–132.00	129.82
8	—	738	135.00	135.00
26	—	573	153.00–157.00	156.40
2	—	855	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	575	127.50–154.00	141.41
67	—	667	120.00–137.00	131.88
214	—	521	127.00–163.00	149.00
11	—	227	142.50–205.00	173.65
8	—	1,083	100.00–105.50	103.47
80	—	619	120.00–144.00	133.92
2	—	913	116.00	116.00
88	—	380	138.00–170.00	157.90
42	—	317	150.00–177.50	163.49
20	—	726	111.00–134.00	123.31
8	—	823	110.00–125.00	121.47
17	—	274	145.00–195.00	173.73
1	—	1,005	95.00	95.00
185	—	466	134.00–167.00	153.40
13	—	777	123.00–135.00	125.63
170	—	427	139.00–170.00	160.53
21	—	859	115.00–123.00	116.64
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	116.00	116.00
1	—	420	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	687	104.00–120.00	110.99
2	—	713	97.50–100.00	98.75
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
1	—	470	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	112.50	112.50
5	—	569	107.50–140.00	118.96
1	—	395	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	524	117.00–150.00	134.03
18	—	374	120.00–170.00	145.88
26	—	476	118.00–158.00	139.80
36	—	423	125.00–154.00	146.27
12	—	620	110.00–137.00	126.95
10	—	230	130.00–135.00	130.53
16	—	680	113.00–130.00	120.07
15	—	290	127.50–170.00	143.49
10	—	331	140.00–157.50	144.58
25	—	571	105.00–148.00	132.75
1	—	835	108.00	108.00
5	—	706	110.00–120.00	117.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	93.00–95.00	93.49
3	—	380	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	145.00–149.00	146.82
1	—	520	162.50	162.50
1	—	410	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	146.00	146.00
8	—	567	158.00–166.00	164.98
1	—	405	188.00	188.00
3	—	517	164.00–173.00	168.35
1	—	600	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	423	150.00–188.00	171.38
1	—	255	177.50	177.50
94	—	521	145.00–170.00	157.31
8	—	872	100.00–119.00	109.48
114	—	469	140.00–184.00	166.92
43	—	667	120.00–145.00	135.11
11	—	818	104.00–123.00	115.39
28	—	721	119.00–141.00	129.20
1	—	205	175.00	175.00
42	—	630	129.00–150.00	143.36
87	—	574	122.50–159.50	151.72
46	—	377	160.00–195.00	177.27
7	—	332	162.50–180.00	169.68
19	—	767	120.00–132.00	124.82
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	119.00	119.00
2	—	435	132.50–142.50	137.39
1	—	590	126.00	126.00
2	—	455	115.00–130.00	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	115.00	115.00
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
1	—	360	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	668	115.00–130.00	126.03
1	—	700	105.00	105.00
15	—	418	150.00–180.00	162.02
16	—	519	122.50–150.00	141.10
20	—	579	129.00–145.00	139.76
11	—	463	140.00–162.00	152.88
12	—	621	117.00–139.00	128.87
4	—	374	170.00–177.50	173.78
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	117.00	117.00
4	—	601	111.00	111.00
1	—	580	94.00	94.00
3	—	523	110.00–116.00	112.73

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	900	750.00–1,025.00	879.86
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,220.00	1,220.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,510.00	1,510.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	917	500.00–1,025.00	815.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,145	950.00–1,200.00	1,072.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,063	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,450	1,150.00	1,150.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,078	810.00–840.00	825.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,180	925.00–1,100.00	969.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,076	875.00–1,175.00	990.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	720.00–810.00	765.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,183	910.00–1,370.00	1,086.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	930	950.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	800.00	800.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	750	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	108.00	108.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,717	100.00–129.00	111.87
13	—	1,825	110.00–134.50	122.34
19	—	1,501	74.00–107.00	92.63
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,178	73.00–99.00	84.06
46	—	1,224	85.00–113.00	97.56
38	—	1,155	66.00–78.00	71.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,453	68.00–78.00	72.85
133	—	1,427	74.00–96.00	85.56
25	—	1,462	85.00–110.00	97.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	984	56.00–86.00	68.93
12	—	1,068	72.00–89.50	79.04
33	—	928	40.00–62.00	54.05

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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