Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 231 priced lines covering 4,637 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,052 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,004 head. replacement cattle receipts at 279 head. Counted as USDA files them — 4 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,052Last week 5,072Year ago 4,519

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,004Last week 878Year ago 726

Replacement CattleReceipts 279Last week 99Year ago 419

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 5.00-6.00 lower with lighter demand. Slaughter cows were 1.00-3.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were mostly 2.00-3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	656	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	375	136.00–190.00	159.59
125	—	666	121.00–156.00	135.99
9	—	274	140.00–184.00	159.35
3	—	1,015	108.00	108.00
38	—	326	140.00–184.00	158.06
8	—	240	125.00–133.00	126.96
124	—	425	140.00–175.00	156.47
9	—	857	109.00–130.00	112.83
28	—	726	115.00–145.00	130.16
1	—	930	126.00	126.00
4	—	839	122.50–130.00	127.12
28	—	765	122.00–146.00	133.11
264	—	521	130.00–171.00	148.53
76	—	621	120.00–153.00	141.84
229	—	469	138.00–173.00	153.76
189	—	577	130.00–161.00	144.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	150.00	150.00
2	—	303	195.00	195.00
2	—	235	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	674	147.50–160.00	151.90
30	—	524	145.00–173.00	157.68
105	—	575	146.00–167.50	159.95
9	—	741	139.00–150.00	141.68
44	—	631	142.50–156.00	150.17
15	—	787	124.50–145.00	130.92
66	—	860	133.00–155.50	154.48
1	—	290	144.00	144.00
1	—	410	181.00	181.00
1	—	815	140.00	140.00
31	—	484	152.50–180.00	165.82
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	142.50	142.50
3	—	515	119.00–125.00	121.38
1	—	440	110.00	110.00
2	—	623	130.00–138.00	134.11
4	—	578	105.00–143.00	117.98
3	—	388	140.00	140.00
2	—	330	110.00–143.00	127.25
1	—	490	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	121.00	121.00
1	—	335	124.00	124.00
1	—	535	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	110.00–140.00	126.40
12	—	628	117.00–140.00	124.62
5	—	779	112.50–138.00	121.19
5	—	280	124.00–155.00	142.32
2	—	725	118.00–120.00	119.01
36	—	570	110.00–152.00	134.75
16	—	328	117.00–150.00	127.89
14	—	418	107.00–161.00	136.86
6	—	861	110.50	110.50
11	—	380	121.00–168.00	139.78
2	—	215	130.00–190.00	159.30
58	—	471	117.50–164.00	142.00
8	—	687	105.00–136.00	130.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	150.00	150.00
1	—	235	155.00	155.00
2	—	430	120.00–130.00	124.94
2	—	560	110.00	110.00
5	—	522	112.50–125.00	116.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	133.00	133.00
3	—	658	110.00–116.00	113.98
1	—	490	135.00	135.00
2	—	420	140.00	140.00
3	—	580	110.00–130.00	121.85
2	—	363	142.50–145.00	143.74
Heifers — Small 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	486	138.00–140.00	139.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	140.00–145.00	141.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	182.50–185.00	183.74
7	—	616	177.00	177.00
1	—	485	192.50	192.50
1	—	695	171.00	171.00
1	—	580	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	815	158.00	158.00
67	—	781	150.00–168.00	166.15
29	—	569	158.00–184.00	166.17
68	—	622	155.00–181.00	168.74
19	—	726	149.00–172.00	157.04
35	—	672	149.00–175.00	166.61
27	—	530	159.00–193.00	176.77
14	—	438	182.50–205.00	197.70
10	—	454	175.00–200.00	188.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	603	150.00	150.00
1	—	910	129.00	129.00
1	—	760	129.00	129.00
1	—	395	170.00	170.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	142.50	142.50
2	—	515	140.00–154.00	147.14
1	—	335	149.00	149.00
1	—	415	165.00	165.00
1	—	590	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	122.50–150.00	132.47
3	—	455	112.50	112.50
1	—	690	107.50	107.50
1	—	645	126.00	126.00
1	—	425	135.00	135.00
1	—	380	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	190.00	190.00
4	—	551	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	229	236.00–237.00	236.38
7	—	359	205.00–207.50	206.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	205.00	205.00
96	—	527	149.00–189.00	166.99
42	—	470	150.00–195.00	172.98
94	—	580	140.00–183.00	158.60
4	—	931	132.00–140.00	137.53
43	—	378	165.00–225.00	186.13
20	—	824	136.00–171.00	147.65
17	—	273	152.00–215.00	186.08
82	—	630	140.00–183.00	161.99
21	—	760	133.00–155.00	146.86
12	—	882	135.00–149.00	139.51
37	—	420	170.00–200.00	183.22
99	—	667	139.00–177.00	157.72
3	—	1,032	129.00–130.00	129.32
1	—	1,130	120.00	120.00
40	—	728	135.00–174.00	149.38
26	—	321	157.00–220.00	181.19
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	127.00–160.00	143.26
1	—	445	132.50	132.50
1	—	395	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	330	130.00–190.00	158.83
23	—	582	131.00–170.00	152.12
5	—	669	132.00–146.00	138.96
7	—	422	145.00–178.00	164.33
11	—	283	170.00–221.00	195.22
20	—	378	138.00–190.00	175.96
20	—	627	119.00–150.00	131.37
13	—	524	130.00–170.00	155.91
2	—	778	100.00–132.50	115.88
13	—	474	135.00–187.00	150.28
2	—	223	170.00–177.50	173.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	148.00	148.00
2	—	587	166.00	166.00
1	—	605	156.00	156.00
5	—	459	181.00–185.00	182.92
6	—	508	158.00–170.00	165.08
1	—	440	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	526	130.00–180.00	153.97
12	—	820	114.00–145.00	122.31
122	—	463	132.00–187.00	170.56
82	—	666	117.00–157.00	136.27
91	—	423	150.00–191.00	173.03
1	—	975	102.50	102.50
7	—	871	112.00–130.00	115.28
145	—	576	125.00–170.00	144.76
44	—	386	158.00–183.00	170.55
23	—	771	116.00–150.00	125.91
1	—	200	172.50	172.50
2	—	345	170.00–177.00	173.50
53	—	619	124.00–160.00	144.25
1	—	940	113.00	113.00
36	—	721	111.00–155.00	131.95
4	—	288	160.00–171.00	162.77
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	364	140.00–165.00	152.65
5	—	481	146.00–150.00	149.21
3	—	420	145.00–156.00	149.61
2	—	530	134.00–140.00	136.97
1	—	660	116.00	116.00
2	—	323	150.00–160.00	154.81
1	—	625	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	571	110.00–157.00	138.63
39	—	472	127.50–170.00	147.51
5	—	737	98.00–117.50	106.82
9	—	385	138.00–168.00	148.77
14	—	422	120.00–180.00	149.09
44	—	519	120.00–165.00	143.29
27	—	635	110.00–150.00	125.67
24	—	657	110.00–137.00	111.17
3	—	777	120.00–130.00	124.72
1	—	840	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	118.00	118.00
1	—	705	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	583	110.00–150.00	124.43
2	—	528	110.00–130.00	119.86
1	—	420	155.00	155.00
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	110.00–135.00	122.17
2	—	525	120.00–125.00	122.57
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
4	—	419	110.00–135.00	124.84
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	102.50	102.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	1,030.00	1,030.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,385.00	1,385.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,435	1,060.00–1,090.00	1,075.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,251	830.00–1,225.00	997.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	980.00–1,275.00	1,135.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,240.00	1,240.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,200	850.00–1,275.00	1,057.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,203	830.00–1,190.00	979.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,225	950.00–1,125.00	1,031.43
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	830.00	830.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	730.00	730.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	943	720.00–750.00	734.01
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,045	750.00–875.00	828.88
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	910.00	910.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	750	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	650	640.00	640.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,370	1,275.00	1,275.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	890.00	890.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	915	1,050.00	1,050.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	775.00	775.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	750.00	750.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	910.00	910.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	1,150.00	1,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,465	106.50	106.50
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	96.50–100.00	98.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,753	85.00–121.50	108.63
8	—	1,866	110.00–125.00	116.89
24	—	1,447	72.00–100.00	91.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,192	67.00–89.50	79.34
24	—	1,221	51.00–74.00	66.01
31	—	1,243	79.00–106.50	90.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,121	78.00–83.00	79.96
106	—	1,058	45.00–80.50	69.32
1	—	990	61.50	61.50
22	—	1,070	47.00–66.00	57.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,359	68.00–74.50	71.62
26	—	1,450	79.00–97.50	89.95
133	—	1,414	72.00–89.00	81.35

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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