Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 257 priced lines covering 4,659 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,078 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,258 head. replacement cattle receipts at 377 head. Counted as USDA files them — 44 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Jul 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,078Last week 6,575Year ago 4,299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,258Last week 1,216Year ago 622

Replacement CattleReceipts 377Last week 355Year ago 214

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to 5.00 higher with moderate to good demand. Demand for feeder bulls was light to moderate at best. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher, and slaughter bulls were mostly steady with moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	278	200.00–276.00	245.52
37	—	720	163.00–210.00	194.32
121	—	382	195.00–250.00	232.12
137	—	424	195.00–247.00	224.34
81	—	667	188.00–217.50	201.84
4	—	825	175.00–185.00	181.22
3	—	218	237.00–280.00	264.42
191	—	522	194.00–232.50	220.30
133	—	576	193.00–230.00	217.37
1	—	945	187.50	187.50
56	—	326	190.00–265.00	225.38
192	—	474	190.00–249.00	222.75
74	—	616	180.00–228.00	208.70
5	—	771	180.00–200.00	190.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	524	180.00–220.00	209.83
3	—	678	185.00–200.00	193.32
13	—	620	175.00–207.00	191.09
2	—	775	170.00	170.00
5	—	736	175.00–180.00	177.98
7	—	283	205.00–230.00	218.05
39	—	430	185.00–225.00	212.03
17	—	376	205.00–235.00	218.42
12	—	319	182.50–240.00	217.80
23	—	474	197.50–230.00	212.20
40	—	575	175.00–217.00	203.10
1	—	225	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	210.00–216.00	212.90
2	—	628	210.00	210.00
1	—	255	190.00	190.00
1	—	510	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	173.00	173.00
2	—	585	180.00–202.50	191.35
1	—	540	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	833	180.00–187.50	186.42
69	—	515	227.50–247.00	242.14
22	—	618	217.50–230.00	226.57
28	—	574	224.00–245.00	229.03
7	—	925	177.00	177.00
10	—	387	232.50–262.00	251.70
15	—	674	215.00–220.00	218.40
16	—	773	184.50–210.00	198.74
23	—	477	236.00–249.00	242.87
12	—	412	244.00–253.00	246.32
10	—	316	260.00–277.00	271.35
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	368	201.00–220.00	210.69
1	—	505	210.00	210.00
1	—	440	220.00	220.00
1	—	335	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	140.00–195.00	176.55
2	—	260	200.00–215.00	207.64
3	—	422	170.00–210.00	193.56
3	—	385	160.00–210.00	179.91
1	—	510	180.00	180.00
1	—	220	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	172.50	172.50
1	—	560	185.00	185.00
1	—	415	177.50	177.50
2	—	620	177.00–187.00	182.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	200.00	200.00
2	—	633	175.00–176.00	175.49
2	—	478	195.00–215.00	204.74
1	—	445	225.00	225.00
1	—	525	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	232.00	232.00
3	—	875	180.00	180.00
1	—	420	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	518	252.50–280.00	275.87
3	—	435	305.00	305.00
42	—	662	240.00–268.50	253.11
7	—	768	222.00–223.00	222.56
21	—	373	265.00–295.00	282.57
8	—	281	270.00–300.00	293.14
10	—	470	255.00–280.00	268.81
55	—	609	250.00–265.00	256.12
29	—	728	222.50–250.00	241.32
30	—	571	255.00–275.00	265.03
77	—	814	205.50–232.00	230.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	367	279.00–292.50	288.96
1	—	340	266.00	266.00
2	—	508	275.00–285.00	280.07
1	—	420	260.00	260.00
3	—	495	270.00–290.00	276.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	328	215.00–275.00	239.54
26	—	374	205.00–270.00	231.83
1	—	700	200.00	200.00
2	—	220	243.00–260.00	251.11
20	—	616	202.00–230.00	219.49
2	—	770	192.00	192.00
10	—	469	187.50–250.00	231.23
7	—	676	200.00–230.00	218.52
1	—	880	180.00	180.00
6	—	282	242.50–280.00	265.30
56	—	513	207.50–243.00	228.96
18	—	575	185.00–245.00	222.29
5	—	829	175.00–187.50	181.88
18	—	419	210.00–265.00	235.70
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	200.00	200.00
2	—	333	215.00–230.00	222.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	374	217.50–310.00	271.45
10	—	268	221.00–295.00	262.08
4	—	923	181.00–210.00	194.84
21	—	720	200.00–241.00	234.78
1	—	1,015	160.00	160.00
46	—	425	217.00–295.00	258.80
88	—	580	233.00–262.50	245.94
4	—	816	211.00–225.00	221.48
57	—	323	229.00–310.00	265.78
3	—	865	215.00–217.00	215.66
21	—	778	193.00–235.00	223.05
6	—	229	237.50–320.00	274.37
62	—	681	214.00–256.00	228.51
62	—	524	215.00–272.50	246.02
86	—	471	212.50–287.00	258.26
70	—	629	204.00–252.50	239.55
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	205.00–230.00	216.74
1	—	485	240.00	240.00
1	—	795	220.00	220.00
2	—	253	220.00	220.00
1	—	320	240.00	240.00
1	—	735	200.00	200.00
1	—	410	215.00	215.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	220.00	220.00
1	—	660	210.00	210.00
1	—	710	218.00	218.00
2	—	350	208.00–240.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	285.00	285.00
5	—	476	244.00–267.50	249.31
2	—	663	191.00–195.00	192.98
3	—	418	260.00–270.00	265.70
1	—	580	234.00	234.00
2	—	523	240.00–242.50	241.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	220.00	220.00
10	—	465	255.00–265.00	259.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	204.00	204.00
1	—	610	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	225.00	225.00
1	—	680	166.00	166.00
1	—	780	161.00	161.00
3	—	560	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	199.00–248.00	221.79
1	—	985	150.00	150.00
3	—	577	180.00–225.00	210.43
2	—	725	200.00	200.00
2	—	530	165.00–225.00	195.57
5	—	384	210.00–237.50	228.34
3	—	330	185.00–220.00	208.33
1	—	695	200.00	200.00
2	—	888	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	378	200.00–280.00	245.83
5	—	269	215.00–260.00	242.50
94	—	524	193.00–252.00	225.87
1	—	205	265.00	265.00
32	—	664	170.00–215.00	199.59
96	—	471	203.00–267.50	232.54
13	—	831	146.00–185.00	169.79
90	—	576	190.00–239.00	218.31
10	—	961	165.00–175.00	166.98
29	—	715	160.00–205.00	191.72
2	—	928	170.00	170.00
9	—	321	200.00–255.00	220.25
20	—	761	166.00–194.00	181.80
50	—	625	177.00–223.00	206.58
73	—	423	197.50–270.00	243.70
12	—	869	142.00–178.00	162.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	230.00	230.00
3	—	777	165.00–177.50	173.37
3	—	824	165.00–170.00	166.69
6	—	389	207.00–250.00	234.49
32	—	426	187.50–252.00	225.63
17	—	626	170.00–210.00	197.63
21	—	467	210.00–237.00	221.28
3	—	987	161.00	161.00
32	—	663	175.00–215.00	207.37
28	—	527	180.00–230.00	210.66
2	—	322	225.00	225.00
20	—	574	192.50–220.00	207.13
7	—	723	170.00–189.00	182.52
1	—	855	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	187.00	187.00
1	—	440	210.00	210.00
1	—	505	188.00	188.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	178.00–184.00	181.05
1	—	555	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	429	160.00	160.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,023.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,045	950.00–1,000.00	974.52
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,036	1,060.00–1,425.00	1,187.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	1,475.00	1,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,103	975.00–1,290.00	1,125.71
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	815	1,110.00	1,110.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	905	1,310.00	1,310.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,277	1,060.00–1,600.00	1,385.64
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	1,260.00	1,260.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	960.00–1,275.00	1,117.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,187	1,150.00–1,925.00	1,361.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,206	1,025.00–1,350.00	1,239.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,180.00	1,180.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,067	1,260.00–1,350.00	1,295.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,164	1,050.00–1,500.00	1,266.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,050	975.00–1,175.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,158	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	835	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	900.00–1,100.00	993.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	812	650.00–1,100.00	896.61
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,068	1,300.00–1,435.00	1,386.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,072	1,225.00–1,500.00	1,411.95
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	763	735.00	735.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,160.00	1,160.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,590.00	1,590.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,425.00	1,425.00
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,010.00	1,010.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,480.00	1,480.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,360.00	1,360.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,100.00–1,725.00	1,370.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,143	1,675.00–2,100.00	1,772.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,475.00–1,635.00	1,570.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	1,375.00–1,850.00	1,623.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,750.00	1,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,810.00–2,075.00	1,876.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,325.00–1,825.00	1,495.83
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,250.00	1,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,250.00	1,212.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,775.00–1,850.00	1,812.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,985.00	1,985.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,360	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,555	2,200.00	2,200.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,023	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,475.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,535	110.50	110.50
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,182	107.00–135.00	118.97
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	123.00	123.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,464	94.00–139.00	116.25
98	—	1,726	117.00–136.00	126.31
22	—	1,888	130.00–146.00	136.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,402	95.00–120.00	107.41
34	—	1,453	108.00–128.00	115.46
16	—	1,401	88.00–103.00	96.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,013	76.00–102.00	90.99
35	—	942	65.00–89.00	79.03
12	—	1,066	93.00–107.00	100.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	115.00–120.00	117.39
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	109.00	109.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,213	80.00–101.00	92.24
265	—	1,160	88.00–116.00	102.82
48	—	1,251	102.00–129.00	115.87

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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