Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 222 priced lines covering 3,535 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,851 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 790 head. replacement cattle receipts at 291 head. Counted as USDA files them — 18 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,851Last week 6,837Year ago 5,398

Slaughter CattleReceipts 790Last week 1,409Year ago 1,053

Replacement CattleReceipts 291Last week 300Year ago 210

Compared to last week, receipts were too limited for an accurate test due to excessive heat limiting livestock movement, but a steady to lower undertone was noted on feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls were unevenly steady. Demand was moderate at best for feeder and 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
4	—	1,014	149.50	149.50
7	—	828	122.50–168.00	151.58
138	—	467	195.00–253.00	228.43
2	—	938	132.50–160.00	146.21
10	—	225	202.50–274.00	240.19
11	—	874	120.00–186.00	159.94
23	—	721	170.00–220.00	196.06
65	—	376	200.00–261.00	229.57
1	—	970	150.00	150.00
75	—	425	200.00–245.00	224.62
103	—	575	198.00–237.00	218.83
33	—	326	200.00–270.00	235.33
47	—	624	179.00–236.00	207.06
9	—	762	170.00–220.00	187.32
14	—	277	215.00–260.00	225.15
142	—	524	191.00–244.00	220.49
70	—	667	180.00–220.00	199.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	225.00	225.00
4	—	723	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	575	203.00–235.00	219.77
9	—	375	229.00–233.00	232.58
25	—	532	222.50–248.00	236.77
13	—	721	200.00–214.00	208.30
50	—	763	209.00–223.00	222.72
18	—	609	194.00–234.00	226.25
35	—	476	218.00–255.00	231.34
4	—	314	229.00–237.50	233.13
21	—	665	205.00–239.00	227.41
19	—	428	220.00–234.00	224.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	465	269.25	269.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	676	170.00–210.00	195.83
31	—	477	150.00–231.00	205.41
12	—	330	203.00–240.00	219.28
22	—	369	185.00–243.00	216.46
27	—	575	185.00–226.00	206.96
21	—	421	187.00–238.00	215.08
2	—	213	242.50–245.00	243.71
4	—	758	170.00–200.00	184.90
5	—	742	159.00–185.00	164.04
14	—	624	150.00–213.00	186.33
31	—	524	171.00–230.00	207.36
5	—	287	220.00–250.00	232.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	235.00	235.00
2	—	533	200.00–225.00	212.56
2	—	478	200.00–220.00	209.84
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	200.00–207.50	205.05
1	—	395	185.00	185.00
1	—	475	190.00	190.00
3	—	420	185.00–210.00	193.43
1	—	305	210.00	210.00
1	—	590	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	170.00–200.00	185.34
3	—	530	200.00–210.00	206.57
11	—	586	182.00–220.00	213.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	191.00	191.00
1	—	375	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	230.00	230.00
1	—	420	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	245.00–247.50	245.80
16	—	579	249.00–265.00	253.79
6	—	828	210.00	210.00
31	—	614	237.00–270.00	265.21
27	—	531	230.00–276.00	256.68
77	—	762	231.00–236.50	236.20
19	—	731	225.00–242.00	232.99
4	—	494	245.00	245.00
4	—	320	265.00–280.00	275.08
20	—	666	225.00–253.00	242.61
1	—	855	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	220.00	220.00
2	—	570	230.00	230.00
2	—	478	210.00–220.00	215.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	326	215.00–275.00	251.50
5	—	225	245.00–270.00	258.97
5	—	714	181.00–215.00	192.18
19	—	480	200.00–255.00	217.94
7	—	764	170.00–230.00	216.11
9	—	678	203.00–240.00	218.82
1	—	810	185.00	185.00
12	—	573	210.00–245.00	222.71
2	—	913	175.00–185.00	180.01
13	—	376	210.00–265.00	238.37
10	—	528	210.00–231.00	223.57
4	—	630	180.00–210.00	191.73
11	—	422	200.00–245.00	216.33
2	—	290	265.00	265.00
Steers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	218.00	218.00
1	—	375	260.00	260.00
1	—	590	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	634	245.00	245.00
4	—	511	255.00	255.00
4	—	711	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	365	300.00	300.00
5	—	560	260.00	260.00
9	—	642	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	270.00	270.00
1	—	425	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	245	227.50–310.00	268.75
25	—	332	222.50–290.00	261.17
1	—	985	178.00	178.00
51	—	724	206.00–250.00	242.07
38	—	476	220.00–275.00	252.22
8	—	764	200.00–224.00	212.99
1	—	850	165.00	165.00
30	—	375	222.50–290.00	267.81
6	—	822	200.00–225.00	215.97
81	—	574	210.00–265.00	238.80
2	—	1,085	145.00	145.00
32	—	627	210.00–250.00	232.28
32	—	424	221.00–280.00	252.10
5	—	929	120.00–185.00	172.19
53	—	528	212.00–270.00	242.81
1	—	1,030	160.00	160.00
30	—	676	205.00–250.00	223.88
18	—	281	222.50–300.00	254.54
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	195.00	195.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	608	218.00–220.00	218.71
6	—	376	260.00–277.50	274.51
1	—	520	231.00	231.00
12	—	421	252.50–270.00	260.90
1	—	650	220.00	220.00
3	—	553	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	725	143.00–200.00	180.59
44	—	423	210.00–271.00	233.34
66	—	615	187.50–234.00	200.51
41	—	379	210.00–290.00	242.18
89	—	522	200.00–250.00	224.59
86	—	474	200.00–260.00	229.02
19	—	760	160.00–200.00	175.00
6	—	334	215.00–270.00	237.76
46	—	670	161.00–227.00	197.07
10	—	815	131.00–180.00	156.43
2	—	955	117.00–130.00	123.50
86	—	570	190.00–250.00	219.59
6	—	876	130.00–149.00	138.75
1	—	935	105.00	105.00
1	—	265	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	207.50	207.50
1	—	405	240.00	240.00
1	—	475	220.00	220.00
1	—	590	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	210.00	210.00
1	—	445	190.00	190.00
1	—	605	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	170.00	170.00
1	—	455	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	478	192.50–250.00	221.47
5	—	682	160.00–174.00	170.00
39	—	529	157.00–235.00	211.17
4	—	828	96.00–141.00	129.65
27	—	425	200.00–255.00	229.31
3	—	315	215.00–235.00	226.51
20	—	618	142.50–215.00	192.40
7	—	715	155.00–190.00	164.95
2	—	288	215.00	215.00
3	—	245	235.00	235.00
13	—	578	185.00–224.00	204.02
4	—	752	140.00–180.00	149.98
4	—	371	180.00–235.00	210.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	190.00–220.00	207.09
1	—	495	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	139.00	139.00

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
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,050	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,270	1,510.00	1,510.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,675.00	1,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,258	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,442.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,575.00	1,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,350.00–1,560.00	1,443.75
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,190.00–1,240.00	1,215.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,270.00	1,270.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	924	950.00–1,170.00	1,052.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	833	1,025.00	1,025.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	550.00–695.00	629.75
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	850	675.00–910.00	768.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	1,030.00	1,030.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	995	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	790	570.00–1,000.00	793.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,143	800.00–1,275.00	1,055.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,340	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	840.00	840.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	965	820.00–1,170.00	1,042.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,122	1,000.00–1,080.00	1,033.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,094	1,075.00–1,300.00	1,233.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,235	1,170.00–1,760.00	1,406.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,118	1,050.00–1,600.00	1,352.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,585.00	1,585.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,095	900.00–1,210.00	1,019.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,203	1,000.00–1,450.00	1,279.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,072	1,010.00–1,260.00	1,124.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,275	1,325.00–1,540.00	1,432.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	840.00	840.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	119.00	119.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,416	103.00–123.00	116.01
19	—	1,865	130.00–144.00	136.00
65	—	1,672	114.50–137.00	127.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	1,196	93.00–115.00	103.81
43	—	1,262	103.50–126.00	114.28
18	—	1,116	89.00–100.00	93.99
1	—	1,270	85.00	85.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,412	109.00–122.00	114.50
115	—	1,405	93.00–115.00	106.27
7	—	1,359	75.00–102.00	93.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	997	70.00–106.00	93.61
46	—	1,030	66.00–93.00	82.60
5	—	1,076	101.50–109.00	104.01

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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