Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 275 priced lines covering 4,927 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,101 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 846 head. replacement cattle receipts at 510 head. Counted as USDA files them — 41 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,101Last week 4,160Year ago 5,143

Slaughter CattleReceipts 846Last week 847Year ago 800

Replacement CattleReceipts 510Last week 302Year ago 368

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly 5.00-7.00 higher with instances sharply higher with very good demand throughout the week. Buyers are showing significant interest in long-weaned (45+ days), preconditioned cattle.

Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly 3.00-4.00 higher with very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	811	154.00–165.75	164.23
34	—	428	202.50–227.50	211.69
90	—	713	151.00–165.50	163.61
6	—	904	133.00	133.00
69	—	565	168.00–187.00	179.48
102	—	524	176.00–192.50	185.89
17	—	481	190.00–210.00	199.48
7	—	788	151.00	151.00
203	—	634	164.00–180.50	171.03
51	—	667	154.00–181.00	171.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	621	183.85	183.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	277	180.00–270.00	212.16
2	—	880	126.00–130.00	128.02
22	—	769	139.00–151.00	147.02
121	—	379	175.00–222.50	202.34
77	—	678	142.50–171.00	155.11
29	—	727	132.00–153.50	147.75
110	—	523	150.00–192.50	177.63
9	—	221	185.00–225.00	207.53
63	—	630	144.00–176.00	160.82
4	—	809	135.00–140.00	138.71
100	—	470	168.00–197.50	184.58
113	—	427	170.00–217.00	196.23
96	—	569	157.00–180.00	170.57
62	—	324	180.00–227.50	206.25
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	160.00	160.00
2	—	340	170.00–172.50	171.23
1	—	385	194.00	194.00
2	—	628	140.00–141.00	140.51
1	—	270	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	564	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	155.00–180.00	167.43
2	—	288	170.00	170.00
1	—	575	152.50	152.50
1	—	380	180.00	180.00
1	—	345	164.00	164.00
2	—	505	150.00–165.00	157.57
3	—	470	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	132.50	132.50
40	—	469	145.00–203.00	175.19
1	—	905	127.50	127.50
19	—	576	144.00–160.00	152.63
2	—	223	186.00–190.00	188.16
3	—	790	130.00–132.50	130.83
5	—	286	175.00–210.00	186.98
26	—	425	140.00–187.50	169.92
7	—	316	180.00–190.00	183.33
8	—	655	125.00–147.00	136.91
10	—	520	150.00–172.00	163.14
19	—	374	150.00–200.00	176.30
6	—	633	140.00–156.00	151.45
3	—	727	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	115.00–120.00	117.43
1	—	660	140.00	140.00
2	—	375	150.00–160.00	154.73
1	—	320	145.00	145.00
3	—	575	111.00–120.00	114.05
1	—	495	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	172.50	172.50
1	—	340	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	235.00	235.00
1	—	655	164.00	164.00
11	—	482	200.00–210.00	201.59
8	—	363	215.00–242.50	225.55
3	—	502	188.00	188.00
2	—	265	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	441	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	162.00	162.00
1	—	530	155.00	155.00
2	—	595	152.50–153.00	152.75
1	—	640	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	165.00–177.00	170.83
1	—	690	172.50	172.50
1	—	485	195.00	195.00
1	—	565	155.00	155.00
1	—	530	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	364	252.50–270.00	260.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	853	127.00	127.00
1	—	380	170.00	170.00
1	—	455	187.50	187.50
2	—	420	175.00–180.00	177.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	176.00	176.00
2	—	525	162.00–190.00	176.27
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	482	154.00	154.00
12	—	575	160.00	160.00
4	—	523	148.00	148.00
2	—	645	143.00–144.00	143.50
3	—	698	145.00	145.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	175.00–197.50	186.37
1	—	360	172.50	172.50
2	—	535	170.00–180.00	174.91
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	424	195.00–220.00	205.56
10	—	523	164.00–202.00	185.38
18	—	327	180.00–227.50	202.56
7	—	694	160.00–170.00	161.70
4	—	268	165.00–222.50	201.99
15	—	476	170.00–212.50	196.87
2	—	628	179.00–182.00	180.52
21	—	572	142.50–200.00	186.10
14	—	374	180.00–225.00	212.55
1	—	725	157.00	157.00
4	—	223	210.00–225.00	216.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
246	—	635	199.00–214.00	208.57
52	—	718	177.00–187.50	180.58
183	—	670	180.00–206.25	202.68
50	—	760	165.00–178.00	172.95
1	—	1,060	149.00	149.00
28	—	485	230.00–233.00	232.80
2	—	1,123	126.00–150.00	138.08
14	—	422	240.50–242.50	241.23
7	—	299	245.00	245.00
4	—	302	250.00	250.00
5	—	357	234.00	234.00
283	—	575	215.00–229.50	226.39
112	—	528	215.00–242.50	228.59
77	—	865	160.00–174.50	171.89
3	—	945	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	914	136.00–151.00	142.42
4	—	879	157.50–165.00	162.13
66	—	679	170.00–212.00	186.31
1	—	975	145.00	145.00
44	—	614	170.00–213.00	193.72
6	—	1,023	136.00–149.00	139.50
62	—	528	195.00–235.00	208.35
49	—	575	180.00–215.00	201.50
84	—	471	202.00–255.00	223.79
53	—	327	210.00–247.50	227.97
2	—	1,110	130.00–131.00	130.50
45	—	425	202.00–242.50	222.55
18	—	274	202.50–260.00	228.15
9	—	830	145.00–156.00	151.88
12	—	770	160.00–182.00	173.74
38	—	726	160.00–192.00	175.61
44	—	373	208.00–255.00	230.18
5	—	225	227.50–280.00	240.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	240.00–245.00	242.46
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	180.00–190.00	185.00
1	—	590	160.00	160.00
2	—	220	195.00–210.00	201.99
4	—	383	190.00–210.00	198.94
3	—	268	200.00	200.00
1	—	640	160.00	160.00
1	—	420	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	220.00–225.00	222.46
2	—	375	221.00–224.00	222.44
4	—	523	216.00–245.00	230.46
6	—	408	212.00–250.00	239.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	698	170.00	170.00
1	—	575	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	421	194.00–200.00	195.90
1	—	565	167.50	167.50
1	—	650	164.00	164.00
3	—	623	142.50–155.00	150.51
4	—	329	170.00–200.00	182.24
3	—	378	170.00–190.00	178.22
1	—	455	180.00	180.00
1	—	505	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	831	145.00–156.00	147.17
103	—	430	198.00–242.50	218.26
51	—	466	197.50–240.00	212.07
88	—	526	180.00–225.00	203.45
2	—	243	235.00–245.00	239.95
2	—	968	111.00–132.00	121.69
2	—	928	130.00–150.00	139.81
2	—	873	124.00–139.00	131.69
52	—	381	200.00–242.50	223.43
41	—	618	168.00–191.00	179.81
31	—	660	155.00–184.00	173.89
3	—	278	227.50	227.50
6	—	756	143.00–171.00	156.64
8	—	322	215.00–235.00	224.23
53	—	575	170.00–210.00	193.90
15	—	726	150.00–175.00	161.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	165.00	165.00
2	—	688	149.00	149.00
1	—	715	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	160.00–190.00	175.00
4	—	420	160.00–205.00	175.99
1	—	385	170.00	170.00
1	—	675	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	371	172.50–215.00	194.27
4	—	670	130.00–150.00	139.82
13	—	617	136.00–167.50	158.43
1	—	945	115.00	115.00
6	—	520	175.00–195.00	185.40
13	—	478	175.00–200.00	185.34
9	—	574	125.00–182.00	160.58
20	—	428	170.00–215.00	191.27
3	—	322	175.00–197.50	187.82
1	—	720	135.00	135.00
2	—	843	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	170.00	170.00
1	—	700	130.00	130.00
1	—	420	165.00	165.00
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
1	—	580	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	123.00	123.00
3	—	398	140.00	140.00
1	—	315	122.50	122.50
2	—	495	139.00	139.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	353	102.50–112.50	109.10

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 · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,212.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,600.00	1,412.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,053	1,350.00–1,800.00	1,607.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,450.00–1,475.00	1,462.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,550.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,275.00–1,450.00	1,341.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,300	2,200.00	2,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,190.00	1,190.00
Aged (>8 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	—	875	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,070.00	1,070.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,068	900.00–1,425.00	1,263.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	875.00–1,000.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	900.00–1,200.00	1,012.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,035	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,145.65
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,211	1,050.00–1,500.00	1,257.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,208	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,220.00	1,220.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	760	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,093	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,025.00–1,250.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,150	1,210.00	1,210.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	—	800.00–975.00	873.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,020	750.00–800.00	774.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,105	920.00	920.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	800.00–990.00	871.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	785.00–800.00	792.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	858	1,025.00–1,075.00	1,048.47
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	780	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	780	750.00–910.00	843.53
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	975.00	975.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	990.00	990.00
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,310	1,400.00–1,425.00	1,412.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	95.00	95.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,885	110.00–138.00	121.91
20	—	1,486	80.00–113.00	95.40
51	—	1,673	97.00–125.00	113.04
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	866	85.00	85.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,103	78.00–90.00	81.71
87	—	1,021	63.00–86.00	74.49
20	—	926	50.00–67.00	60.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,430	81.50–97.00	89.45
33	—	1,359	94.00–110.00	99.66
3	—	1,357	78.00–82.00	80.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,200	92.00–114.00	100.41
25	—	1,116	68.00–83.00	77.50
134	—	1,166	75.00–97.00	87.16

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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