Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 226 priced lines covering 5,462 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,730 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,299 head. replacement cattle receipts at 316 head. Counted as USDA files them — 20 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,730Last week 7,298Year ago 6,217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,299Last week 1,615Year ago 848

Replacement CattleReceipts 316Last week 268Year ago 306

Compared to last week, feeder steers were 3.00-5.00 higher, and feeder heifers mostly 1.00-3.00 higher with good demand for all feeder classes. Slaughter cows were mostly 4.00-7.00 lower, and slaughter bulls mostly 1.00-3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	150.00	150.00
1	—	465	150.00	150.00
1	—	325	157.50	157.50
1	—	390	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	475	150.00–174.00	166.00
10	—	622	134.00–162.00	145.35
34	—	378	139.00–187.00	167.08
9	—	418	145.00–187.50	168.65
9	—	730	132.00–135.50	134.94
9	—	680	132.50–144.00	140.12
2	—	868	122.00–136.00	128.94
3	—	770	132.50–133.00	132.84
1	—	825	143.00	143.00
23	—	563	135.00–160.00	146.13
12	—	520	144.00–168.00	158.11
17	—	329	138.00–185.00	167.50
16	—	285	150.00–200.00	170.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	520	167.50–187.50	176.43
216	—	629	158.00–175.00	165.29
1	—	970	135.00	135.00
113	—	832	164.00–170.00	166.91
51	—	683	160.00–164.50	161.76
18	—	705	156.00–159.50	158.99
101	—	581	167.00–186.50	179.10
4	—	421	194.00	194.00
63	—	877	132.00–168.25	167.11
111	—	768	133.00–166.50	161.01
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	170.00	170.00
3	—	520	140.00–159.00	151.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	154.00	154.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	120.00–137.50	128.88
1	—	735	116.00	116.00
1	—	400	130.00	130.00
1	—	360	160.00	160.00
2	—	623	110.00–136.00	122.84
1	—	585	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	650	155.00	155.00
5	—	534	175.00	175.00
4	—	460	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	374	155.00–205.00	183.80
4	—	229	150.00–195.00	165.51
6	—	274	160.00–202.50	191.16
2	—	980	121.00–135.00	127.89
106	—	575	147.00–179.00	165.24
40	—	431	147.00–195.00	182.32
88	—	470	144.00–190.00	177.51
82	—	671	140.00–170.00	157.18
101	—	624	146.00–175.00	157.99
7	—	862	120.00–155.00	145.62
35	—	729	131.00–161.00	150.19
3	—	933	131.00–137.50	135.32
16	—	327	150.00–207.50	172.02
39	—	773	135.00–161.00	147.45
93	—	525	151.00–180.00	164.92
14	—	826	135.00–153.00	144.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	844	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	465	142.00–178.00	166.62
42	—	425	140.00–182.50	165.87
5	—	867	110.00–118.00	114.58
10	—	319	155.00–191.00	170.55
111	—	579	138.00–168.00	149.46
53	—	383	153.00–188.00	170.62
89	—	618	130.00–155.00	142.35
81	—	667	128.00–151.00	136.74
1	—	1,000	88.00	88.00
117	—	520	136.00–170.00	154.92
16	—	829	93.00–123.00	107.85
34	—	726	122.00–137.00	129.42
9	—	912	81.00–105.50	102.71
9	—	774	117.00–137.00	125.54
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	520	120.00–151.00	135.01
2	—	383	125.00	125.00
1	—	635	131.00	131.00
2	—	413	117.00–143.00	129.92
1	—	700	101.00	101.00
1	—	670	125.00	125.00
5	—	476	143.00–168.00	152.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	150.00	150.00
6	—	468	140.00–155.00	148.25
1	—	650	120.00	120.00
1	—	405	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	150.00	150.00
3	—	382	182.50–193.00	186.72
1	—	670	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	674	127.00–141.00	133.08
32	—	473	110.00–166.00	149.23
20	—	574	127.00–150.00	140.56
2	—	765	127.00–128.00	127.51
29	—	526	130.00–152.00	144.96
34	—	427	140.00–175.00	152.52
3	—	372	129.00–158.00	144.08
19	—	629	115.00–140.00	133.63
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	150.00	150.00
2	—	370	150.00–151.00	150.53
1	—	570	129.00	129.00
7	—	329	147.00–157.50	154.11
1	—	465	128.00	128.00
2	—	428	144.00–146.00	144.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	795	110.00	110.00
26	—	520	127.50–150.00	138.78
1	—	225	142.50	142.50
31	—	470	118.00–148.00	136.69
3	—	285	147.50–152.50	150.80
16	—	423	130.00–162.00	146.91
11	—	370	130.00–161.00	146.13
2	—	805	90.00	90.00
3	—	675	114.00–128.00	120.66
10	—	331	125.00–164.00	137.91
4	—	727	120.00–130.00	122.41
33	—	569	117.00–140.00	133.58
34	—	623	110.00–140.00	128.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	758	113.00–144.00	130.02
39	—	326	135.00–171.00	149.61
1	—	1,075	110.00	110.00
172	—	619	124.00–155.00	142.08
7	—	926	110.00–125.00	119.32
117	—	379	140.00–175.00	154.36
41	—	727	118.00–139.00	124.77
10	—	274	125.00–175.00	153.92
117	—	430	136.00–164.00	154.75
216	—	576	127.00–159.00	143.98
197	—	467	132.00–165.00	151.41
121	—	668	120.00–143.00	136.07
17	—	821	111.00–138.00	125.66
248	—	525	128.00–156.00	147.10
1	—	980	114.00	114.00
6	—	875	99.00–128.00	118.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	525	153.00–160.00	155.23
3	—	821	125.00	125.00
67	—	763	146.00–159.10	158.52
35	—	665	135.00–149.00	145.39
4	—	854	129.00	129.00
89	—	636	140.00–150.00	146.76
34	—	737	138.00–144.00	138.81
9	—	428	163.00	163.00
12	—	474	149.00–155.00	153.97
86	—	567	145.00–164.00	153.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	563	157.25	157.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	537	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	132.50–138.00	135.30
1	—	553	140.00	140.00
4	—	480	132.50–142.50	138.75
2	—	338	135.00–146.00	140.38
4	—	414	130.00–142.50	138.58
4	—	600	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
1	—	395	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	140.00	140.00
5	—	417	130.00–144.00	138.11
6	—	469	120.00–135.00	128.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	135.00	135.00
4	—	523	119.00–145.00	130.59
1	—	695	109.00	109.00
4	—	636	115.00–122.00	119.28
1	—	480	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
3	—	370	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	141.00–142.00	141.50
1	—	420	155.00	155.00
1	—	520	144.00	144.00
1	—	675	146.00	146.00
8	—	331	170.00–178.00	174.86
1	—	620	153.00	153.00
9	—	370	157.00–185.00	164.83
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	88.00	88.00
2	—	685	86.00	86.00
1	—	630	95.00	95.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,570	1,525.00–1,600.00	1,564.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,390	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,241.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,110.00–1,270.00	1,190.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,215	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	740.00	740.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	775.00	775.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	870.00	870.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	981	880.00–1,120.00	1,001.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	943	775.00–975.00	911.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,120	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	650	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	850	875.00–940.00	923.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,236	750.00–1,070.00	929.46
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,025	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,365	930.00–1,075.00	1,010.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,180	860.00–1,075.00	945.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,080.00	1,080.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	740.00	740.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	900	875.00–950.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,141	875.00–1,135.00	955.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,028	600.00–760.00	690.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	830.00	830.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	1,140.00	1,140.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,275.00	1,275.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	86.50	86.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,565	74.00–92.00	83.47
44	—	1,840	88.00–117.00	102.60
17	—	1,870	101.00–125.00	111.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
263	—	1,152	52.00–85.00	70.92
38	—	1,242	68.00–90.00	81.43
25	—	1,156	45.00–65.00	58.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,420	69.00–88.00	81.07
10	—	1,359	57.00–70.00	64.69
171	—	1,412	64.00–85.00	74.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	60.00	60.00
24	—	979	40.00–60.00	50.77
171	—	1,024	40.00–77.50	62.72
5	—	1,135	72.00–80.00	75.20
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	123.00	123.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	121.00	121.00

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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