Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 250 priced lines covering 5,257 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,800 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,009 head. replacement cattle receipts at 449 head. Counted as USDA files them — 87 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,800Last week 3,851Year ago 4,748

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,009Last week 790Year ago 807

Replacement CattleReceipts 449Last week 291Year ago 204

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady to 5.00 higher with instances sharply higher; feeder heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 lower.

Slaughter cows were mostly steady, and slaughter bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

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	7	—	—	1,475.00–2,075.00	1,765.71
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,625.00–2,200.00	1,810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,825.00–2,250.00	2,037.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,580.00–1,725.00	1,652.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	890	1,750.00–2,150.00	2,028.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	—	1,325.00–1,750.00	1,522.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,950.00–2,375.00	2,125.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,190	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,308	1,600.00–1,625.00	1,610.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	1,875.00–2,225.00	2,090.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	1,375.00–2,200.00	1,804.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,290.00	1,290.00
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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,200.00	1,187.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	980.00	980.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	670.00	670.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,290.00	1,290.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,400.00	1,400.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,120.00	1,120.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	845	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	900.00	900.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,153	1,850.00	1,850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,293	1,225.00–1,500.00	1,377.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,203	1,170.00–1,725.00	1,376.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,166	1,350.00–1,750.00	1,562.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,370.00	1,370.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,395	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,160.00	1,160.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,133	1,180.00–1,750.00	1,459.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,340.00–1,480.00	1,400.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,197	1,120.00–1,650.00	1,361.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,413	1,310.00–1,650.00	1,500.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,299	1,300.00–1,725.00	1,484.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,170.00	1,170.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	1,330.00–1,575.00	1,425.50
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,048	910.00–1,310.00	1,135.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	949	825.00–1,310.00	1,194.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	980.00	980.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	1,060.00	1,060.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	941	960.00–1,290.00	1,115.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	920	1,060.00	1,060.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	1,040.00	1,040.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,130	102.50–107.50	104.53
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,190.00	1,190.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	840.00	840.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	945	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	970.00–1,000.00	987.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,090	1,220.00	1,220.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,650	1,950.00	1,950.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	373	208.00–252.50	234.00
122	—	667	192.00–227.00	218.53
3	—	270	218.00–265.00	239.94
69	—	712	180.00–215.50	207.57
1	—	930	169.00	169.00
172	—	577	209.00–242.50	225.01
110	—	625	185.00–230.00	218.87
38	—	331	200.00–270.00	247.15
257	—	528	192.00–250.00	230.82
1	—	885	188.00	188.00
3	—	1,092	160.00	160.00
5	—	989	164.00–195.50	170.05
168	—	475	191.00–250.00	233.75
163	—	434	202.00–253.00	236.03
19	—	774	164.00–209.00	189.21
10	—	238	240.00–275.00	250.19
11	—	820	185.00–198.00	191.25
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	437	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	200.00–210.00	203.28
2	—	578	200.00–204.00	201.99
1	—	610	213.00	213.00
8	—	522	205.00–222.00	212.98
3	—	477	214.00–220.00	216.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
167	—	683	214.00–237.50	228.48
26	—	721	192.50–219.00	209.90
63	—	465	234.00–255.00	248.51
49	—	630	224.50–239.00	229.71
61	—	573	228.00–242.00	235.27
130	—	519	229.00–264.75	257.97
20	—	441	233.00–259.00	242.59
50	—	934	144.00–187.00	184.51
9	—	785	193.50–201.00	194.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	144.00	144.00
7	—	514	219.00	219.00
7	—	621	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	200.00–230.00	220.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	175.00	175.00
8	—	328	200.00–235.00	223.04
5	—	735	159.00–200.00	184.00
4	—	269	210.00–235.00	221.40
14	—	620	151.00–210.00	197.07
25	—	579	191.00–235.00	213.36
41	—	428	180.00–237.00	203.76
23	—	376	183.00–230.00	207.82
4	—	670	184.00–190.00	186.68
23	—	522	197.50–228.00	211.22
1	—	240	230.00	230.00
29	—	474	182.50–230.00	212.44
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	169.00	169.00
2	—	380	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	170.00	170.00
1	—	555	182.50	182.50
3	—	520	180.00–190.00	186.51
1	—	330	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	184.00	184.00
1	—	575	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	171.00	171.00
1	—	655	180.00	180.00
2	—	620	185.00–210.00	197.30
1	—	435	210.00	210.00
2	—	505	200.00–210.00	204.95
1	—	770	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	224.00	224.00
1	—	455	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	217.00	217.00
1	—	405	190.00	190.00
2	—	585	187.50–190.00	188.76
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	221.00	221.00
2	—	778	193.00–210.00	201.58
2	—	560	210.00–225.00	217.63
3	—	458	200.00–223.00	210.87
1	—	395	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	220.00	220.00
1	—	575	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,063	207.00	207.00
116	—	943	235.00–236.00	235.50
59	—	815	215.00–250.00	247.90
67	—	534	261.00–277.50	265.08
51	—	636	243.00–272.50	253.78
78	—	675	240.00–264.00	247.03
56	—	716	250.00–255.00	252.49
38	—	467	249.00–280.00	264.15
29	—	442	252.00–293.00	287.13
7	—	855	221.00–237.00	232.43
1	—	295	305.00	305.00
2	—	767	244.00	244.00
61	—	577	247.50–270.00	255.62
6	—	368	284.00–292.50	288.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	214.00	214.00
4	—	509	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	230.00	230.00
7	—	381	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	821	209.00–238.00	226.73
57	—	675	216.00–254.00	232.44
2	—	983	190.00–193.00	191.50
96	—	430	227.50–292.50	268.17
36	—	373	250.00–307.50	279.84
53	—	729	141.00–246.00	228.49
11	—	269	242.50–300.00	261.51
126	—	522	228.00–266.00	249.33
25	—	769	200.00–250.00	225.80
62	—	479	235.00–277.00	257.57
138	—	572	222.50–275.00	250.46
54	—	624	216.00–266.00	241.40
2	—	223	280.00–295.00	287.25
22	—	325	234.00–307.50	272.74
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	525	220.00–235.00	224.20
9	—	277	220.00–275.00	250.11
17	—	666	200.00–230.00	213.58
11	—	376	210.00–245.00	227.94
1	—	760	227.00	227.00
12	—	615	187.50–231.00	213.30
2	—	955	201.00	201.00
17	—	573	205.00–246.00	227.28
1	—	800	185.00	185.00
10	—	465	213.00–250.00	231.61
8	—	723	210.00–233.00	230.16
9	—	331	219.00–265.00	240.90
6	—	422	205.00–240.00	228.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	704	227.50	227.50
64	—	797	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	362	290.00	290.00
3	—	656	210.00–220.00	216.67
3	—	490	267.00–279.00	273.02
4	—	611	217.50–230.00	220.80
4	—	516	238.00–263.00	249.90
3	—	318	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	187.50–188.00	187.75
76	—	467	217.50–275.00	245.39
1	—	1,010	132.00	132.00
27	—	726	167.50–200.00	185.34
55	—	427	224.00–290.00	243.78
1	—	230	252.50	252.50
66	—	572	199.00–247.50	225.40
4	—	324	255.00–275.00	262.68
3	—	932	90.00–144.00	111.88
102	—	521	206.00–260.00	233.96
23	—	367	220.00–275.00	256.04
3	—	853	154.00–183.00	173.26
99	—	619	185.00–233.00	214.39
2	—	970	169.00	169.00
16	—	764	178.00–200.00	186.71
50	—	666	183.00–220.00	206.86
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	202.00	202.00
3	—	445	200.00–220.00	206.67
3	—	389	229.00–237.50	231.70
2	—	467	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	182.50–205.00	196.46
2	—	535	210.00–216.00	213.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	230.00–235.00	232.48
22	—	469	172.00–235.00	211.04
31	—	571	170.00–225.00	203.78
10	—	630	155.00–217.50	190.07
39	—	518	166.00–235.00	209.45
3	—	778	156.00–180.00	165.49
10	—	681	173.00–195.00	184.58
4	—	374	215.00–239.00	226.69
38	—	426	167.00–240.00	209.32
2	—	248	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	180.00–190.00	187.50
1	—	575	190.00	190.00
3	—	443	222.00	222.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	522	204.00	204.00
1	—	600	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	165.00	165.00
1	—	305	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,156	115.00–122.00	118.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,775	113.00–135.00	127.47
12	—	1,944	128.00–142.00	135.40
13	—	1,450	105.00–120.00	115.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,220	102.00–125.00	114.42
35	—	1,206	77.00–104.00	94.02
1	—	1,150	90.00	90.00
191	—	1,191	85.50–115.00	105.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,408	87.50–119.00	108.26
51	—	1,452	105.50–126.00	115.61
8	—	1,350	97.00–105.00	102.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,069	101.00–110.00	104.11
32	—	1,010	69.50–90.00	82.56
138	—	1,049	75.50–105.00	94.15
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	175.00	175.00

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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