Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 251 priced lines covering 3,985 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,480 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 817 head. replacement cattle receipts at 535 head. Counted as USDA files them — 55 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,480Last week 5,888Year ago 5,125

Slaughter CattleReceipts 817Last week 1,123Year ago 1,193

Replacement CattleReceipts 535Last week 466Year ago 534

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 4.00-7.00 lower, with Feeder Heifers selling steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 3.00 higher, with Slaughter Bulls selling mostly steady with a weak undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	340.00	340.00
7	250–300	274	285.00–345.00	326.74
18	300–350	334	269.00–337.50	313.26
83	350–400	374	280.00–335.00	313.70
58	400–450	422	283.00–320.00	299.09
124	450–500	471	255.00–310.00	288.96
104	500–550	520	255.00–292.50	273.92
82	550–600	570	235.00–287.50	264.79
36	600–650	623	212.00–272.50	243.46
28	650–700	672	214.00–246.00	237.34
29	700–750	722	205.00–236.00	219.11
12	750–800	761	182.00–224.00	213.93
4	800–850	817	185.00–195.00	189.99
2	850–900	878	170.00–181.00	175.58
3	900–950	917	167.00	167.00
2	950–1000	980	118.00–130.00	124.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	250.00–270.00	261.69
10	450–500	483	244.00–277.50	271.94
13	500–550	530	240.00–263.00	254.17
4	550–600	556	200.00–262.50	238.73
1	600–650	610	230.00	230.00
4	650–700	670	205.00–227.50	210.91
4	800–850	817	184.50–189.00	186.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	585	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	250.00–255.00	252.55
1	500–550	535	232.50	232.50
1	550–600	550	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	510	212.50	212.50
1	550–600	575	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	387	319.00	319.00
1	400–450	410	325.00	325.00
15	450–500	463	302.00–317.00	311.54
3	550–600	562	293.00	293.00
8	600–650	622	245.00–266.00	259.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	262	280.00–300.00	290.06
2	300–350	333	275.00–285.00	280.11
12	350–400	372	257.50–312.50	277.02
22	400–450	425	250.00–290.00	272.63
26	450–500	477	210.00–285.00	259.57
34	500–550	518	225.00–270.00	251.72
8	550–600	581	217.50–250.00	237.92
5	600–650	631	212.00–240.00	225.82
9	650–700	668	215.00–230.00	224.77
4	700–750	737	197.00–214.00	201.24
1	750–800	770	202.00	202.00
3	900–950	934	140.00–167.00	157.89
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	277.50	277.50
1	450–500	455	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	540	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	635	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	610	238.00–240.00	238.98
1	650–700	665	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	303	265.00–280.00	276.22
4	400–450	426	250.00–292.50	281.41
13	450–500	475	270.00–292.50	282.44
1	500–550	505	267.50	267.50
1	550–600	590	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	660	238.00	238.00
2	750–800	780	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	228	340.00–375.00	355.07
26	250–300	279	315.00–405.00	359.26
34	300–350	321	300.00–375.00	325.86
31	350–400	373	312.00–345.00	328.68
74	400–450	425	285.00–330.00	310.20
69	450–500	471	274.00–325.00	300.78
84	500–550	526	252.00–300.00	279.93
55	550–600	579	245.00–292.50	271.87
26	600–650	624	243.00–280.00	264.76
36	650–700	684	245.00–270.00	256.61
16	700–750	719	215.00–251.50	240.73
55	750–800	783	220.00–247.50	231.89
15	800–850	828	210.00–226.00	220.69
6	850–900	874	201.00–215.00	208.12
1	900–950	905	183.00	183.00
5	950–1000	959	168.00–188.00	179.88
2	1000–1050	1,025	190.00	190.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	255.00	255.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	240.00–285.00	262.50
1	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
3	400–450	433	260.00–280.00	268.25
1	450–500	480	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	305.00	305.00
5	250–300	269	295.00–375.00	344.60
16	300–350	322	265.00–355.00	301.70
7	350–400	379	270.00–302.00	293.17
8	400–450	437	282.00–307.00	297.27
7	450–500	468	252.00–300.00	271.31
8	500–550	521	230.00–272.50	250.46
7	550–600	572	249.00–265.00	254.03
8	600–650	629	220.00–265.00	243.02
2	650–700	673	235.00–237.00	235.97
7	700–750	723	207.00–237.00	223.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
147	650–700	661	277.10	277.10
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	419	280.00–347.00	324.14
11	450–500	484	300.00–320.00	310.75
43	500–550	512	290.00–324.00	306.32
20	550–600	579	271.00–307.50	289.88
56	600–650	628	250.00–300.00	283.42
19	650–700	664	259.00–277.00	264.36
7	700–750	718	246.00–262.50	252.53
67	800–850	841	210.00–226.00	225.52
2	950–1000	950	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	995	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	200–250	224	262.50–345.00	311.82
20	250–300	274	255.00–342.00	306.12
34	300–350	330	265.00–350.00	304.78
70	350–400	370	235.00–325.00	287.96
113	400–450	429	225.00–305.00	271.54
147	450–500	467	222.50–295.00	258.40
122	500–550	524	220.00–267.50	247.59
94	550–600	573	220.00–267.50	243.85
52	600–650	619	202.50–257.50	236.53
55	650–700	664	195.00–250.00	219.33
18	700–750	727	185.00–225.00	200.50
17	750–800	771	162.00–209.00	197.83
3	800–850	820	180.00–187.00	182.96
5	850–900	875	150.00–162.00	157.81
2	950–1000	973	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	260.00–265.00	261.68
3	350–400	365	255.00–262.50	259.16
3	400–450	442	255.00–257.50	256.66
3	450–500	472	237.50–247.50	241.72
3	500–550	522	220.00–230.00	223.32
9	550–600	574	220.00–230.00	223.74
6	600–650	632	225.00–230.00	227.93
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	215.00	215.00
2	350–400	370	210.00–302.00	253.51
4	400–450	431	210.00–242.50	223.95
3	450–500	453	230.00–240.00	235.70
4	500–550	531	200.00–240.00	218.62
2	600–650	600	200.00–205.00	202.50
2	650–700	688	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	277.00	277.00
16	250–300	282	250.00–352.00	286.44
27	300–350	332	220.00–295.00	277.95
13	350–400	377	241.00–285.00	266.82
62	400–450	422	220.00–287.00	251.73
39	450–500	477	213.00–260.00	250.95
21	500–550	523	210.00–250.00	233.34
31	550–600	566	200.00–240.00	225.50
2	600–650	623	190.00–215.00	202.55
5	650–700	660	200.00–210.00	202.58
1	700–750	745	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	240.00–270.00	254.53
2	350–400	368	230.00–240.00	235.24
1	400–450	435	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	530	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	637	225.00–230.00	226.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	500–550	521	280.50	280.50
31	600–650	611	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	245.00	245.00
5	450–500	460	242.50	242.50
1	500–550	545	240.00	240.00
3	550–600	553	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	310.00	310.00
5	300–350	325	267.50–322.00	311.02
9	350–400	375	302.00–320.00	309.71
20	400–450	418	285.00–307.50	291.21
38	450–500	473	257.00–287.50	269.59
22	500–550	527	243.00–280.00	262.02
27	550–600	574	244.50–272.50	261.94
20	650–700	681	224.00–230.00	226.91
72	700–750	730	210.00–213.00	210.12
5	800–850	818	197.50–199.00	198.40
5	900–950	916	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	257.50	257.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	197.50	197.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	500	207.50	207.50
Dairy Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	165.00	165.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,083	2,375.00–2,850.00	2,513.85
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,375	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,018	1,900.00–2,150.00	2,071.44
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	2,020.00–2,550.00	2,276.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,775.00–2,100.00	1,937.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	—	1,575.00–2,850.00	2,244.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,425.00	2,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,550.00	2,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,000.00–2,075.00	2,041.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,375.00	2,375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,800.00–2,525.00	2,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	—	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,237.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,250.00–2,275.00	2,262.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,760.00–1,875.00	1,833.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,235	1,430.00–1,600.00	1,517.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,263	1,450.00–1,725.00	1,581.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,222	1,100.00–1,600.00	1,423.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,233	1,275.00–1,550.00	1,416.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,200	1,650.00–2,175.00	1,906.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,235	1,400.00–1,975.00	1,832.23
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,285	1,375.00–1,875.00	1,745.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,091	1,150.00–2,050.00	1,820.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,163	1,530.00–1,900.00	1,759.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,143	1,540.00–1,825.00	1,662.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	1,680.00	1,680.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,002	1,025.00–1,800.00	1,596.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	913	1,010.00–1,425.00	1,169.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	773	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	915	1,275.00–1,440.00	1,366.52
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	920	1,130.00–1,450.00	1,283.84
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	946	775.00–1,650.00	1,218.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,260.00	1,260.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,700.00	1,700.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	940	1,300.00–1,755.00	1,521.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,700.00	1,700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	727	1,250.00–1,360.00	1,286.23
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	1,110.00	1,110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,500	1,875.00–2,900.00	2,387.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,329	1,925.00–2,400.00	2,156.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,530	2,600.00	2,600.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,575.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	768	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,023	90.00–118.00	110.87
18	—	1,052	117.00–133.00	121.51
31	—	972	75.00–109.00	94.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,144	114.00–140.00	127.11
28	—	1,182	102.00–128.00	117.02
34	—	1,285	127.00–148.00	139.10
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	779	111.00–130.00	121.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,428	103.00–123.00	117.51
26	—	1,407	135.00–149.00	140.97
92	—	1,438	116.00–140.00	129.51
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,255	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,221	125.00–150.00	135.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,585	115.00–148.00	132.73
25	—	1,881	150.00–172.00	160.07
66	—	1,758	125.00–168.00	149.82

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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