Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 204 priced lines covering 3,529 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,050 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,108 head. replacement cattle receipts at 208 head. Counted as USDA files them — 19 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jun 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,050Last week 4,318Year ago 3,836

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,108Last week 977Year ago 729

Replacement CattleReceipts 208Last week 275Year ago 273

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 600 lbs were mostly 3.00-5.00 higher, with instances of 8.00 higher; steers over 600 lbs were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers were mostly 1.00-3.00 higher with instances of 5.00 higher. Feeder classes were in very good demand, especially for groups of long-weaned, preconditioned cattle.

Slaughter cows were 2.00-4.00 higher with good demand, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady with moderate demand.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	900	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	852	725.00–850.00	752.28
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	918	840.00–1,100.00	968.23
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	650.00	650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,041	900.00–1,240.00	1,046.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	950.00	950.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	700	720.00	720.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	815	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,300	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,333	870.00–1,000.00	937.32
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,226	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,051.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,215	950.00–1,160.00	1,077.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,070	775.00–880.00	829.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,133	900.00–1,320.00	1,140.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,070	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,149	700.00–1,190.00	978.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,133	825.00–1,150.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	930	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	790.00	790.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,035	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,130	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,048	875.00–925.00	900.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,080	700.00–800.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	875.00	875.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	780.00	780.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	990.00	990.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	950	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,015	1,080.00–1,175.00	1,124.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,425.00–1,600.00	1,512.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,075	1,200.00–1,275.00	1,237.50
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	875	1,300.00	1,300.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	900.00	900.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	136.00–145.00	140.50
1	—	295	134.00	134.00
1	—	540	129.00	129.00
1	—	485	130.00	130.00
2	—	380	140.00–147.50	143.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	143.00–149.00	146.00
7	—	469	161.00–171.00	163.65
1	—	560	153.00	153.00
5	—	524	159.00–170.00	164.72
3	—	622	148.00–158.00	153.30
1	—	440	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	130.00	130.00
1	—	580	130.00	130.00
1	—	435	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	569	130.00–147.50	138.63
4	—	368	125.00–162.50	149.62
25	—	424	137.50–165.00	147.41
1	—	685	137.50	137.50
1	—	765	110.00	110.00
8	—	631	126.00–142.00	133.59
9	—	467	141.00–160.00	154.14
16	—	523	140.00–150.00	141.87
1	—	880	123.00	123.00
2	—	725	113.00–137.00	124.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	155.00	155.00
1	—	600	147.50	147.50
2	—	538	142.50–152.50	147.52
1	—	465	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	466	140.00–180.00	162.67
16	—	718	117.50–138.00	128.74
22	—	770	112.50–131.00	119.70
27	—	616	124.00–152.00	141.71
32	—	372	150.00–180.50	170.68
40	—	666	125.00–142.00	134.49
2	—	935	104.00–108.00	106.02
1	—	320	155.00	155.00
52	—	574	136.00–157.00	147.96
1	—	895	109.00	109.00
85	—	524	135.00–164.00	155.25
19	—	421	150.00–177.50	167.18
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	303	155.00–165.00	160.04
1	—	265	180.00	180.00
3	—	505	145.00–155.00	149.14
1	—	585	150.00	150.00
7	—	474	151.00–175.00	167.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	170.00	170.00
2	—	533	162.00–165.00	163.46
Steers — Small 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	775	140.00–143.00	141.41
10	—	815	130.00–153.00	140.71
94	—	474	148.00–192.00	178.70
1	—	1,075	120.00	120.00
1	—	935	127.00	127.00
13	—	323	170.00–216.00	191.71
14	—	725	136.00–155.00	144.99
83	—	526	141.00–181.00	168.64
107	—	571	150.00–173.00	166.06
22	—	426	164.00–204.00	178.75
33	—	381	160.00–210.00	193.67
5	—	210	180.00–195.00	191.65
17	—	276	167.50–190.00	176.13
39	—	675	135.00–160.00	154.63
1	—	975	119.00	119.00
76	—	631	139.00–165.00	155.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	272	165.00–185.00	174.45
11	—	473	147.50–168.00	157.42
1	—	815	119.00	119.00
4	—	688	140.00–141.00	140.76
2	—	723	125.00–130.00	127.49
6	—	431	160.00–180.00	172.91
18	—	332	145.00–190.00	168.85
19	—	523	130.00–170.00	151.14
2	—	218	180.00–185.00	182.41
13	—	370	155.00–186.00	170.90
18	—	618	136.00–160.00	148.89
6	—	574	134.00–157.50	141.33
1	—	795	128.00	128.00
1	—	880	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	775	156.00	156.00
16	—	633	157.50–165.50	163.35
57	—	812	153.00–153.75	153.74
7	—	725	147.00–158.00	153.60
5	—	429	184.00–206.00	197.03
40	—	670	150.00–162.00	159.26
4	—	898	133.00	133.00
100	—	583	163.00–186.60	183.26
52	—	529	175.00–182.00	177.58
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	135.00	135.00
3	—	460	130.00–162.00	147.48
1	—	395	140.00	140.00
1	—	320	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	662	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	725	127.00–136.50	134.54
16	—	475	162.00	162.00
23	—	670	138.00–145.00	140.99
12	—	646	140.00	140.00
3	—	823	125.00	125.00
2	—	535	156.00	156.00
16	—	418	159.00–170.00	161.01
36	—	592	142.00–150.00	147.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	122.50–140.00	131.33
2	—	673	110.00–124.00	117.13
4	—	570	127.50–138.00	134.29
6	—	629	110.00–130.00	125.86
7	—	470	137.50–153.00	145.25
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	102.50–112.50	106.64
1	—	620	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	147.00	147.00
1	—	610	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	466	125.00–157.00	139.72
9	—	664	110.00–133.00	123.82
11	—	325	130.00–152.50	138.18
1	—	240	142.50	142.50
11	—	372	125.00–162.00	139.92
3	—	637	123.00–125.00	124.00
1	—	745	116.00	116.00
27	—	536	125.00–140.00	131.72
8	—	273	125.00–142.50	133.64
11	—	426	130.00–161.00	148.83
10	—	567	127.00–140.00	133.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	126.00	126.00
1	—	510	128.00	128.00
2	—	473	124.00–136.00	129.97
4	—	320	130.00–152.50	142.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	934	109.00	109.00
16	—	714	125.50–133.00	130.11
19	—	764	120.00–135.00	124.67
10	—	233	140.00–190.00	158.42
78	—	626	123.00–142.50	134.08
61	—	380	130.00–170.00	148.92
166	—	472	135.00–165.00	153.36
46	—	326	135.00–175.00	153.92
3	—	805	110.00–125.00	116.97
2	—	1,093	104.00	104.00
172	—	574	131.00–155.00	143.70
55	—	669	120.00–139.50	133.15
93	—	423	131.00–168.00	153.46
15	—	274	155.00–185.00	173.07
179	—	522	128.00–157.50	146.94
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	146.00	146.00
2	—	365	130.00–140.00	134.86
2	—	630	115.00–120.00	117.44
1	—	440	125.00	125.00
3	—	530	114.00–140.00	131.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	107.00	107.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,345	106.00	106.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,827	114.00–135.00	122.52
47	—	1,742	103.00–127.00	113.80
15	—	1,515	79.00–107.00	99.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
270	—	1,175	71.00–103.00	84.93
53	—	1,238	87.00–116.00	98.80
28	—	1,134	60.00–85.00	72.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,390	67.00–84.00	76.66
50	—	1,406	85.00–111.00	98.55
129	—	1,400	80.00–103.00	92.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	1,020	54.00–95.00	74.11
23	—	921	50.00–70.00	60.87
18	—	1,084	76.00–103.00	84.61
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	102.00–109.00	105.30

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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