Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 265 priced lines covering 5,436 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,880 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,217 head. replacement cattle receipts at 344 head. Counted as USDA files them — 41 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Apr 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,880Last week 4,480Year ago 6,987

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,217Last week 817Year ago 1,193

Replacement CattleReceipts 344Last week 535Year ago 838

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 5.00-8.00 higher, with Feeder Heifers selling 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter Cows sold steady to 3.00

higher, with Slaughter Bulls selling steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	271	215.00–310.00	270.34
16	300–350	328	265.00–300.00	274.56
28	350–400	378	225.00–290.00	261.58
61	400–450	429	225.00–282.50	255.85
37	450–500	470	200.00–265.00	245.22
35	500–550	527	210.00–250.00	229.36
19	550–600	570	205.00–248.00	226.49
10	600–650	626	180.00–227.50	207.21
3	650–700	683	190.00–210.00	203.22
9	700–750	709	140.00–205.00	175.08
1	800–850	800	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	237	265.00–342.00	312.75
22	250–300	269	256.00–355.00	328.58
69	300–350	316	242.00–330.00	300.64
156	350–400	379	235.00–325.00	289.94
135	400–450	427	235.00–310.00	278.50
272	450–500	470	225.00–282.50	265.68
225	500–550	524	215.00–265.00	250.14
124	550–600	571	207.50–258.00	241.88
122	600–650	619	210.00–262.50	230.84
46	650–700	669	177.00–247.50	224.17
54	700–750	729	180.00–224.00	198.11
10	750–800	760	140.00–201.00	178.45
3	800–850	820	160.00–183.00	169.83
2	850–900	878	184.00–187.00	185.48
1	950–1000	990	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	225.00–250.00	236.83
1	400–450	435	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	362	234.00–250.00	241.81
4	450–500	484	240.00–265.00	246.20
1	550–600	580	210.00	210.00
3	650–700	668	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	289	280.00–281.00	280.86
5	300–350	325	270.00–330.00	302.58
5	350–400	385	270.00–306.00	299.26
36	400–450	427	260.00–305.00	286.37
118	450–500	460	260.00–295.00	287.38
25	500–550	517	245.00–269.00	260.77
73	550–600	579	240.00–257.50	241.41
53	600–650	613	231.00–270.00	243.85
3	650–700	668	225.00	225.00
98	700–750	709	195.00–220.00	214.97
9	750–800	788	189.00–206.00	190.99
6	800–850	814	168.00–180.00	174.72
1	850–900	880	171.00	171.00
5	900–950	948	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	232.50–235.00	233.33
3	450–500	459	257.00–272.00	267.09
2	700–750	735	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	220.00	220.00
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00
2	400–450	420	210.00–260.00	235.30
1	450–500	455	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	690	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	230.00	230.00
13	400–450	413	230.00–275.00	266.59
1	500–550	540	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	690	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	217.50–227.50	222.62
4	350–400	393	220.00–235.00	224.35
1	400–450	435	225.00	225.00
11	450–500	478	212.50–262.50	241.41
9	500–550	513	200.00–230.00	213.26
3	550–600	572	200.00–230.00	217.84
1	600–650	615	200.00	200.00
6	650–700	668	170.00–200.00	193.77
2	700–750	728	175.00–193.00	183.78
2	750–800	768	167.50–175.00	171.24
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	265.00	265.00
1	350–400	360	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	275.00–282.50	278.77
1	550–600	570	233.00	233.00
1	650–700	670	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	427	302.50–320.00	317.58
11	450–500	475	275.00–325.00	303.57
68	500–550	528	286.00–321.00	304.79
36	550–600	571	273.00–299.00	292.09
17	600–650	632	262.50–302.50	275.89
67	650–700	678	260.00–277.50	271.89
17	700–750	723	238.50–267.50	241.03
4	750–800	763	245.00–246.00	245.50
1	800–850	815	205.00	205.00
3	900–950	912	214.00–225.00	217.64
4	1000–1050	1,013	191.00–202.50	196.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	286	250.00–320.00	281.60
22	300–350	326	240.00–337.50	304.96
18	350–400	380	216.00–327.50	279.63
19	400–450	427	240.00–300.00	276.28
19	450–500	474	203.00–290.00	267.24
17	500–550	521	215.00–275.00	253.81
14	550–600	575	210.00–276.00	249.32
17	600–650	617	160.00–255.00	233.21
10	650–700	661	217.00–241.00	234.07
1	700–750	740	215.00	215.00
10	750–800	776	190.00–217.00	201.55
3	800–850	818	200.00	200.00
1	900–950	925	184.00	184.00
1	950–1000	995	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	719	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	646	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	200–250	231	325.00–410.00	376.29
32	250–300	271	310.00–415.00	359.39
80	300–350	329	300.00–385.00	340.54
48	350–400	378	300.00–370.00	328.27
81	400–450	429	275.00–325.00	312.45
70	450–500	469	270.00–319.00	303.00
113	500–550	518	250.00–313.00	288.74
121	550–600	585	247.50–297.50	273.28
68	600–650	633	240.00–285.00	263.04
52	650–700	673	230.00–275.00	256.75
21	700–750	722	220.00–250.00	239.43
11	750–800	779	209.00–240.00	225.24
7	800–850	812	205.00–217.50	211.14
19	850–900	894	190.00–213.00	206.11
2	900–950	903	187.50–215.00	201.21
2	950–1000	970	171.00–197.50	184.32
1	1050–1100	1,080	156.00	156.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	350	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	530	240.00	240.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	280.00	280.00
5	500–550	524	260.00–277.50	270.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	315.00–320.00	317.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	300.00–350.00	328.37
23	350–400	374	245.00–312.00	282.47
41	400–450	424	224.00–300.00	272.17
45	450–500	475	225.00–297.50	264.30
17	500–550	521	223.00–270.00	248.42
26	550–600	572	202.00–255.00	237.69
8	600–650	623	200.00–235.00	222.11
14	650–700	670	200.00–238.00	222.37
2	700–750	738	160.00–185.00	172.54
1	800–850	810	192.50	192.50
12	850–900	867	120.00–172.50	164.12
1	900–950	905	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	377.50	377.50
2	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	493	293.00	293.00
1	500–550	525	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	202.00	202.00
3	500–550	507	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	295.00	295.00
1	350–400	385	220.00	220.00
2	400–450	413	205.00–230.00	217.42
1	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	645	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	355	310.00–375.00	366.29
2	400–450	408	335.00–340.00	337.55
1	650–700	680	242.50	242.50
1	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	295.00	295.00
4	350–400	374	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	405	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	455	287.50	287.50
5	500–550	518	265.00–269.00	267.40
1	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	655	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	275	290.00–380.00	335.14
12	300–350	321	275.00–385.00	337.17
64	350–400	374	270.00–355.00	318.91
142	400–450	426	270.00–335.00	308.93
143	450–500	470	262.50–315.00	297.63
167	500–550	525	231.00–302.50	274.21
129	550–600	577	229.00–292.50	262.99
59	600–650	622	225.00–280.00	253.80
74	650–700	666	158.00–257.50	237.17
27	700–750	722	177.50–239.00	221.82
26	750–800	764	190.00–234.00	211.18
11	800–850	824	172.00–200.00	189.00
5	850–900	869	136.00–210.00	183.87
2	900–950	918	123.00–165.00	143.60
4	950–1000	971	124.00–170.00	148.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	259.00–292.50	276.97
6	450–500	476	255.00–285.00	271.32
5	500–550	533	262.50–272.50	268.42
10	550–600	578	215.00–257.50	248.22
4	600–650	613	200.00–257.50	229.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	307.50	307.50
3	450–500	463	245.00–278.00	266.60
1	500–550	535	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	655	237.00	237.00
1	700–750	710	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	237.50	237.50
1	500–550	500	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	565	223.00	223.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1150–1200	1,173	123.00	123.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	1,210.00	1,210.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	640	890.00	890.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,025.00–1,040.00	1,032.34
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	1,375.00	1,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,230	1,375.00–1,925.00	1,680.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,445.00	1,445.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,329	1,380.00–1,825.00	1,536.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,280	1,400.00–2,050.00	1,695.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,213	1,000.00–1,450.00	1,211.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,079	1,400.00–2,050.00	1,698.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,020	1,270.00–1,675.00	1,445.35
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,227.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,209	1,350.00–1,930.00	1,635.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,140	1,375.00–1,650.00	1,515.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,095	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,360.56
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,025	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,308.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	1,435.00	1,435.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	680.00	680.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,060	1,290.00–1,325.00	1,307.42
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,014	1,350.00–1,575.00	1,473.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	833	1,275.00–1,875.00	1,489.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	987	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,394.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	738	720.00–860.00	815.90
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	900	1,075.00–1,375.00	1,239.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	720	1,060.00	1,060.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	750	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,150.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,600.00	1,600.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	778	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,381.99
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,175	1,950.00	1,950.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	1,600.00	1,600.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,375.00	2,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,120	1,500.00–1,750.00	1,610.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,495	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	2,560.00	2,560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,225.00–2,275.00	2,258.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,060.00	2,060.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,375.00	2,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,175.00	2,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,590.00	1,590.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,045	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,223	1,475.00–2,375.00	2,032.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,880.00–2,025.00	1,952.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,510.00	1,510.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,160	2,150.00	2,150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,151	117.00–147.00	133.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,910	145.50–176.00	159.25
16	—	1,527	120.00–142.00	133.70
75	—	1,718	120.00–165.00	147.33
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	119.00	119.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	1,409	97.00–140.00	130.17
46	—	1,427	134.00–151.00	139.46
12	—	1,422	114.50–127.00	120.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
292	—	1,181	88.00–138.00	125.87
65	—	1,264	127.50–149.00	138.30
44	—	1,162	103.00–126.00	116.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,026	71.00–114.00	99.92
19	—	1,076	91.00–127.00	119.11
111	—	1,030	79.00–125.00	110.19
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,095	160.00	160.00
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,835	109.00–111.00	109.95
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	99.00–117.00	110.69
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,488	116.00–130.00	121.03

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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