Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 244 priced lines covering 3,364 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,826 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 776 head. replacement cattle receipts at 364 head. Counted as USDA files them — 55 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,826Last week 4,730Year ago 4,037

Slaughter CattleReceipts 776Last week 913Year ago 1,051

Replacement CattleReceipts 364Last week 365Year ago 278

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly 5.00-8.00 higher with instances 10.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers were mostly 3.00-8.00 higher with some instances sharply higher.

Slaughter cows were 5.00-9.00 higher with instances 15.00 higher as offerings this week were significantly higher quality than normal at some markets. Slaughter bulls were mostly 2.00-6.00 higher with very good demand.

Offerings were lighter for all classes this week due in part to many producers being in the hay field, as well as this week leading up to Memorial Day weekend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	475	185.00–222.50	210.30
7	—	829	140.00–168.00	155.96
100	—	571	170.00–217.50	200.61
2	—	208	210.00	210.00
17	—	718	150.00–185.50	175.95
10	—	780	135.00–175.00	164.38
17	—	277	150.00–255.00	220.00
96	—	422	205.00–236.00	219.45
51	—	377	207.00–242.50	224.89
29	—	666	175.00–199.00	187.88
134	—	527	190.00–220.00	207.68
32	—	324	201.00–242.50	224.49
75	—	617	175.00–208.00	189.23
1	—	1,005	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	430	190.00–221.00	206.85
3	—	232	220.00–240.00	228.27
6	—	725	150.00–167.50	153.67
15	—	577	165.00–202.50	187.23
21	—	473	170.00–212.00	195.43
24	—	530	130.00–194.00	183.99
4	—	281	201.00–215.00	210.50
19	—	634	140.00–180.00	167.21
10	—	326	185.00–222.50	203.34
1	—	765	157.50	157.50
2	—	680	170.00–175.00	172.48
10	—	381	170.00–215.00	198.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	239.00	239.00
21	—	536	209.00–223.00	214.46
10	—	416	227.50–240.00	233.46
110	—	562	205.00–232.10	227.64
5	—	770	177.00–185.00	180.16
16	—	668	190.00–200.00	195.22
9	—	387	218.00–231.00	225.36
12	—	621	212.00–214.00	212.32
5	—	825	174.00	174.00
124	—	485	217.00–236.50	232.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	570	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	189.00	189.00
1	—	225	205.00	205.00
1	—	690	150.00	150.00
1	—	460	195.00	195.00
1	—	430	160.00	160.00
1	—	545	170.00	170.00
1	—	390	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	120.00–150.00	135.48
1	—	540	170.00	170.00
1	—	650	141.00	141.00
1	—	370	160.00	160.00
1	—	715	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	593	185.50–187.00	185.74
2	—	475	140.00–155.00	147.82
2	—	420	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	195.00	195.00
1	—	410	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	370	235.00–253.00	250.69
7	—	422	225.00–242.00	228.47
2	—	310	242.50–252.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	722	215.00	215.00
16	—	383	244.00–270.00	255.41
179	—	861	202.25–204.00	202.84
21	—	480	241.00–267.50	251.86
52	—	576	224.00–260.00	239.48
1	—	655	240.00	240.00
19	—	625	218.00–254.50	245.58
1	—	780	189.00	189.00
1	—	220	200.00	200.00
11	—	438	244.00–260.00	249.94
32	—	525	237.00–268.00	253.07
1	—	265	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	764	197.00–210.00	204.59
8	—	285	205.00–280.00	248.94
5	—	230	250.00–270.00	258.11
8	—	711	188.00–206.00	195.67
14	—	860	174.00–190.00	187.48
1	—	1,020	150.00	150.00
37	—	377	219.00–285.00	256.30
59	—	426	232.00–275.00	252.81
53	—	667	185.00–236.00	219.68
87	—	574	210.00–248.00	231.66
44	—	470	220.00–260.00	240.20
67	—	622	205.00–244.00	231.28
31	—	323	200.00–285.00	250.95
6	—	823	170.00–191.00	186.58
3	—	918	150.00–160.00	153.96
82	—	525	219.00–251.00	234.11
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	210.00	210.00
2	—	393	230.00–235.00	232.52
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	150.00–172.50	165.46
1	—	585	150.00	150.00
1	—	445	210.00	210.00
1	—	330	200.00	200.00
1	—	865	170.00	170.00
1	—	290	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	442	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	300.00	300.00
5	—	317	280.00–300.00	288.91
3	—	633	235.00	235.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	170.00	170.00
1	—	310	225.00	225.00
1	—	690	180.00	180.00
1	—	270	160.00	160.00
2	—	363	200.00–220.00	209.93
2	—	433	190.00–210.00	200.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	427	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	428	203.00–232.50	222.17
9	—	464	202.50–240.00	223.05
2	—	730	168.00–182.00	174.95
10	—	532	190.00–230.00	208.29
1	—	685	190.00	190.00
7	—	569	190.00–215.00	203.54
5	—	765	167.50–195.00	187.80
16	—	620	192.50–222.00	208.65
3	—	262	225.00–240.00	230.16
10	—	324	175.00–245.00	219.31
11	—	373	220.00–240.00	227.70
1	—	240	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	481	244.00	244.00
4	—	321	267.50–287.50	274.50
4	—	536	231.00–239.00	236.06
1	—	595	221.00	221.00
7	—	432	255.00–267.50	262.15
6	—	628	207.50–212.50	209.33
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	200.00	200.00
4	—	320	200.00–220.00	211.92
1	—	480	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	215.00	215.00
1	—	550	170.00	170.00
2	—	453	180.00	180.00
1	—	625	175.00	175.00
1	—	760	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	423	209.00–260.00	234.44
24	—	374	200.00–255.00	235.10
13	—	729	170.00–187.00	175.64
3	—	232	227.50–237.50	230.88
1	—	990	125.00	125.00
58	—	531	201.00–239.00	219.52
2	—	803	160.00–161.00	160.50
1	—	190	255.00	255.00
9	—	271	240.00–272.50	250.69
4	—	1,026	120.00–136.00	123.96
11	—	323	220.00–257.50	240.34
30	—	620	180.00–221.00	194.82
54	—	567	197.00–233.00	213.88
11	—	667	182.50–207.00	195.21
1	—	905	130.00	130.00
47	—	475	210.00–240.00	228.86
11	—	772	155.00–174.00	165.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	511	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	426	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	422	170.00–230.00	213.99
1	—	890	162.50	162.50
1	—	765	156.00	156.00
9	—	571	170.00–210.00	194.53
2	—	373	222.50–235.00	228.37
13	—	523	180.00–210.00	194.73
2	—	290	225.00	225.00
5	—	681	162.00–182.50	175.32
22	—	478	162.00–221.00	209.08
2	—	718	157.50–172.00	164.57
8	—	634	160.00–190.00	178.30
2	—	825	160.00–162.00	161.02
1	—	935	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	180.00	180.00
1	—	445	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	127.50	127.50
5	—	440	150.00–157.50	153.05
4	—	499	167.50	167.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	127.50–137.00	132.43

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	775.00	775.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	700	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	670	810.00	810.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	753	750.00–860.00	809.20
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	955.00	955.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	660	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	785	740.00–990.00	881.72
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,122	1,020.00–1,200.00	1,112.36
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,030.00	1,030.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,205	1,070.00–1,325.00	1,204.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,195	1,300.00	1,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,100.00–1,400.00	1,220.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,095	1,090.00–1,140.00	1,115.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	1,120.00–1,320.00	1,225.96
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	840.00	840.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	925	990.00–1,130.00	1,046.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	745.00	745.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	936	820.00–1,140.00	998.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	980.00	980.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	890.00	890.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	1,030.00	1,030.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,405	1,480.00	1,480.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	1,080.00–1,200.00	1,141.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	988	890.00–1,100.00	1,011.82
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	930.00	930.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,440.00	1,440.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	830.00–1,350.00	1,238.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,300.00–1,575.00	1,437.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	960.00–1,525.00	1,365.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,360.00–1,535.00	1,447.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,550.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,390.00–1,730.00	1,625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	1,150.00–1,620.00	1,453.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,125.00–1,350.00	1,211.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,585.00	1,585.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,175.00–1,600.00	1,462.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,885.00	1,885.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	767	850.00	850.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,300	2,325.00	2,325.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,200	2,125.00	2,125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,777	130.00–148.50	139.53
12	—	1,360	105.00–118.00	114.06
62	—	1,610	115.00–139.00	125.64
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	114.00–121.00	117.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	1,184	89.00–128.00	104.43
38	—	1,269	98.00–137.00	117.26
14	—	1,118	81.00–106.00	87.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,402	93.00–130.00	106.09
26	—	1,533	100.00–142.00	118.42
3	—	1,230	89.00–91.00	90.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,022	75.00–107.00	91.17
45	—	947	60.00–88.00	78.06
10	—	1,080	93.00–123.00	101.67

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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