Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 238 priced lines covering 4,619 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,716 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,066 head. replacement cattle receipts at 417 head. Counted as USDA files them — 63 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,716Last week 4,351Year ago 4,730

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,066Last week 786Year ago 913

Replacement CattleReceipts 417Last week 305Year ago 365

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers sold 4.00-5.00 higher, with Feeder Heifers selling mostly steady. Slaughter Cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher,

with Slaughter Bulls selling steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	457	296.00	296.00
10	550–600	598	274.00	274.00
2	600–650	615	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	265.00–267.50	266.26
1	650–700	695	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	495	287.50	287.50
3	550–600	568	262.50–267.50	264.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	345.00	345.00
5	350–400	363	241.00–320.00	290.66
24	400–450	419	237.50–312.00	281.53
15	450–500	469	250.00–290.00	273.55
18	500–550	516	220.00–280.00	252.85
14	550–600	571	230.00–270.00	246.56
20	600–650	635	230.00–265.00	242.34
3	650–700	672	226.00–228.00	226.99
3	700–750	705	185.00–232.50	206.02
5	850–900	884	150.00–163.00	155.13
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	410	282.50	282.50
2	450–500	488	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	520	255.00	255.00
5	600–650	641	237.50–240.00	237.98
1	650–700	680	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	270.00	270.00
2	350–400	383	295.00	295.00
1	450–500	475	267.50	267.50
1	500–550	540	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	260.00	260.00
2	450–500	450	256.00–270.00	263.00
1	550–600	550	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	267	305.00–395.00	350.63
16	300–350	320	307.50–385.00	344.40
58	350–400	377	295.00–370.00	346.63
58	400–450	426	295.00–335.00	315.56
92	450–500	468	275.00–322.50	304.09
92	500–550	525	268.00–305.00	288.46
68	550–600	574	235.00–295.00	270.31
57	600–650	628	237.50–285.00	261.91
35	650–700	665	210.00–262.50	249.88
17	700–750	715	205.00–247.50	229.00
4	750–800	765	210.00–232.50	215.63
6	800–850	826	170.00–190.00	180.19
5	850–900	868	135.00–205.00	187.80
3	900–950	912	151.00–180.00	163.73
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	206.00	206.00
1	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	613	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	370.00	370.00
5	350–400	373	367.00–387.50	379.14
10	400–450	428	306.00–326.00	315.17
44	450–500	474	320.00–326.00	323.75
57	500–550	529	301.00–327.50	316.14
40	550–600	586	284.00–325.00	289.89
78	600–650	635	280.00–294.00	289.67
10	650–700	683	270.00–287.00	280.70
102	700–750	727	245.00–260.00	256.33
8	750–800	782	227.00–240.00	235.20
57	850–900	863	232.00	232.00
4	1000–1050	1,030	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	255.00	255.00
20	700–750	713	227.50–230.00	229.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	295.00–300.00	297.47
6	450–500	456	277.50–280.00	279.58
1	550–600	585	263.00	263.00
1	650–700	690	237.00	237.00
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	238	337.50–415.00	390.63
14	250–300	262	320.00–400.00	374.78
40	300–350	320	309.00–397.50	347.97
29	350–400	377	281.00–370.00	342.89
44	400–450	419	284.00–350.00	326.77
97	450–500	476	283.00–332.50	316.70
122	500–550	528	283.00–320.00	304.72
103	550–600	572	257.50–314.00	293.12
81	600–650	621	250.00–295.00	275.40
32	650–700	669	238.00–284.00	261.05
27	700–750	732	230.00–264.00	248.30
8	750–800	770	220.00–252.00	234.23
40	800–850	812	223.00–234.00	229.77
5	850–900	870	209.00–225.00	216.77
2	900–950	923	205.00–216.00	210.54
13	950–1000	969	193.00–215.00	199.99
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	440	287.50	287.50
1	600–650	620	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	850–900	881	229.00	229.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	522	279.00–287.50	281.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	315.00–335.00	325.00
6	300–350	331	275.00–350.00	320.80
9	350–400	374	295.00–340.00	317.12
20	400–450	440	250.00–312.50	291.93
14	450–500	470	242.00–300.00	275.74
21	500–550	529	240.00–300.00	267.97
10	550–600	584	242.50–290.00	262.79
5	600–650	624	235.00–277.50	258.58
7	650–700	684	230.00–260.00	245.81
3	700–750	710	210.00–242.50	229.26
2	800–850	818	200.00–213.00	206.60
1	900–950	925	182.50	182.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	210.00–259.00	234.30
1	400–450	430	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	300.00–370.00	338.80
22	250–300	275	280.00–380.00	335.99
59	300–350	327	262.50–360.00	312.96
62	350–400	376	268.00–330.00	300.53
132	400–450	427	260.00–310.00	279.83
210	450–500	471	249.00–290.00	269.80
206	500–550	526	240.00–277.50	261.11
144	550–600	572	235.00–270.00	256.11
82	600–650	624	217.50–252.50	236.89
55	650–700	664	215.00–245.00	231.28
24	700–750	724	197.50–232.50	212.51
12	750–800	771	165.00–222.00	195.60
12	800–850	816	179.00–201.00	188.39
11	850–900	864	165.00–200.00	176.10
3	900–950	938	153.00	153.00
3	950–1000	995	144.00–150.00	146.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	260.00	260.00
2	400–450	445	230.00–280.00	255.00
4	450–500	483	210.00–257.50	241.70
1	600–650	620	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	277.50	277.50
1	400–450	430	262.50	262.50
3	500–550	525	248.00	248.00
1	600–650	615	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	235.00–239.00	237.55
6	350–400	381	234.00–260.00	245.02
3	400–450	417	220.00–245.00	235.92
2	450–500	470	220.00–235.00	227.74
2	500–550	522	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	580	200.00	200.00
3	600–650	633	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
7	450–500	489	240.00–261.00	256.61
2	500–550	530	237.50–247.50	242.64
1	550–600	560	235.00	235.00
2	600–650	615	210.00–226.00	218.13
1	650–700	675	218.00	218.00
1	750–800	760	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	260.00–350.00	302.41
7	250–300	280	310.00–340.00	318.86
9	300–350	329	265.00–320.00	295.38
28	350–400	369	240.00–322.00	273.68
29	400–450	424	230.00–285.00	262.64
29	450–500	474	230.00–265.00	248.41
30	500–550	527	205.00–257.50	242.03
34	550–600	583	200.00–250.00	236.31
25	600–650	620	190.00–237.50	221.76
3	650–700	668	197.50–220.00	210.87
2	800–850	825	181.00–182.50	181.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	295.00	295.00
4	350–400	357	312.50–329.00	324.84
10	400–450	417	292.00–307.00	301.14
24	450–500	457	277.50–286.00	284.63
49	500–550	511	277.50–283.50	282.21
66	550–600	578	257.00–264.00	260.74
5	600–650	636	240.00–254.00	248.45
97	650–700	657	245.00–249.00	245.63
78	700–750	726	215.00–230.50	229.42
6	800–850	838	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	586	248.00	248.00
63	800–850	847	214.25	214.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	517	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	215.00	215.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,360	2,275.00	2,275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	923	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,698.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,520	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	952	1,975.00–2,600.00	2,373.51
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,825.00	1,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,060	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,396.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,075.00	2,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,550	2,800.00	2,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,360	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,060.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	—	2,100.00–3,300.00	2,730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,550.00	2,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,350.00	2,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,308	2,225.00–2,350.00	2,290.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	1,375.00–2,050.00	1,683.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	1,300.00–2,600.00	2,167.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	1,800.00–2,175.00	2,085.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	2,300.00–2,375.00	2,337.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,020	1,410.00	1,410.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,203	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,035	1,400.00–2,000.00	1,843.47
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,490.00	1,490.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,207	1,300.00–2,450.00	1,829.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,142	1,350.00–2,000.00	1,784.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,350	1,425.00–1,695.00	1,560.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,175	1,750.00–1,810.00	1,780.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,425.00–1,950.00	1,687.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	1,875.00–1,900.00	1,887.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	1,260.00	1,260.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	790	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	942	1,300.00–1,910.00	1,632.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	933	1,350.00–1,540.00	1,419.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	805	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	1,510.00	1,510.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	1,840.00	1,840.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	976	1,730.00	1,730.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	1,425.00	1,425.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,440.00	1,440.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	1,600.00	1,600.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	735	1,220.00	1,220.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	755	1,500.00	1,500.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	755	1,300.00	1,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,113	129.00–138.00	133.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,676	140.00–166.00	149.83
10	—	1,405	121.00–143.00	131.95
36	—	1,851	154.00–175.00	165.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,031	80.00–117.00	101.05
17	—	1,050	117.00–128.00	122.15
94	—	1,031	100.00–133.00	114.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,399	114.50–141.00	131.93
11	—	1,338	112.00–126.00	119.87
28	—	1,364	135.00–154.00	142.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	1,159	115.00–137.00	127.61
94	—	1,204	131.00–152.00	140.51
29	—	1,185	105.00–125.00	116.80
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,910	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	130.00–146.00	135.67
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	105.00–107.00	106.08
2	—	1,230	98.00–106.00	102.11
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,305	125.00–135.00	130.69
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	126.00–130.00	128.04

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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