Tennessee Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Tennessee reported 239 priced lines covering 5,093 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,053 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,331 head. replacement cattle receipts at 530 head. Counted as USDA files them — 22 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Aug 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,053Last week 6,908Year ago 5,800

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,331Last week 1,457Year ago 1,009

Replacement CattleReceipts 530Last week 531Year ago 449

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 500lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher, with Steers over 500lbs selling sharply lower; Feeder Heifers under 500lbs sold steady to 8.00 lower, with Heifers over 500lbs selling 3.00-6.00 lower; Slaughter Cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower, with Slaughter Bulls selling mostly steady with a firm market undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	212	237.50	237.50
2	300–350	313	260.00–300.00	280.48
42	350–400	374	232.50–312.50	282.47
59	400–450	421	230.00–300.00	277.15
64	450–500	476	230.00–285.00	259.94
87	500–550	522	225.00–265.00	247.75
63	550–600	571	220.00–252.50	236.58
62	600–650	621	200.00–237.50	222.11
35	650–700	668	195.00–236.00	214.52
25	700–750	723	185.00–220.00	199.87
14	750–800	777	175.00–202.00	187.97
6	800–850	810	180.00–205.00	190.53
5	850–900	868	162.50–175.00	168.46
1	900–950	935	152.50	152.50
2	950–1000	983	150.00–153.00	151.51
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	240.00	240.00
7	450–500	479	220.00–255.00	239.71
2	500–550	530	210.00–220.00	214.86
2	600–650	628	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	725	189.00	189.00
1	950–1000	970	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	217.50	217.50
3	450–500	477	195.00–245.00	216.07
7	500–550	534	191.00–225.00	211.93
2	550–600	573	210.00	210.00
2	600–650	633	190.00–200.00	195.10
1	850–900	850	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	250.00–260.00	254.94
6	450–500	470	250.00–255.00	253.35
1	500–550	535	242.50	242.50
1	550–600	550	232.50	232.50
1	650–700	655	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	260.00–280.00	270.07
20	350–400	375	235.00–302.50	265.73
28	400–450	425	220.00–287.50	249.35
46	450–500	476	217.50–262.00	243.33
48	500–550	524	200.00–245.00	224.33
34	550–600	577	195.00–245.00	220.08
12	600–650	626	190.00–222.00	206.03
17	650–700	673	185.00–220.00	210.84
8	700–750	724	172.50–215.00	201.63
5	750–800	777	181.00–190.00	184.72
15	800–850	809	162.00–190.00	182.36
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	227	300.00–325.00	312.86
17	250–300	277	305.00–352.00	330.12
35	300–350	330	280.00–345.00	304.54
43	350–400	380	280.00–325.00	303.87
43	400–450	426	255.00–317.50	294.38
70	450–500	476	260.00–288.00	276.80
95	500–550	528	235.00–282.00	263.57
108	550–600	575	232.50–275.00	253.42
84	600–650	624	220.00–262.50	243.45
77	650–700	668	230.00–252.50	242.23
64	700–750	719	200.00–245.00	234.43
37	750–800	771	209.00–235.00	221.18
17	800–850	817	176.00–227.00	210.38
7	850–900	880	200.00–225.00	216.08
1	900–950	900	200.00	200.00
1	950–1000	980	207.00	207.00
3	1000–1050	1,030	184.00–202.00	190.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	402	270.00	270.00
21	450–500	491	269.00	269.00
6	500–550	506	240.00	240.00
4	550–600	576	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	290.00–305.00	299.71
6	250–300	272	250.00–310.00	273.82
25	300–350	324	250.00–305.00	281.60
13	350–400	379	232.50–290.00	269.72
28	400–450	426	200.00–280.00	258.83
28	450–500	475	215.00–265.00	249.23
29	500–550	523	210.00–270.00	245.57
39	550–600	578	210.00–252.00	235.26
22	600–650	629	220.00–245.00	233.41
14	650–700	673	182.50–240.00	221.21
39	700–750	739	202.50–226.00	223.92
4	750–800	781	215.00–225.00	217.48
3	850–900	885	190.00–209.00	202.77
1	900–950	930	172.50	172.50
1	950–1000	975	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	245.00–250.00	247.50
3	400–450	442	252.50	252.50
1	500–550	525	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	565	230.00	230.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	240.00–265.00	248.20
1	550–600	575	190.00	190.00
2	600–650	610	207.50–220.00	213.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	535	227.00	227.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	235.00–255.00	245.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	230.00–242.50	236.44
1	600–650	645	225.00	225.00
3	650–700	653	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	447	267.50	267.50
1	600–650	630	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	423	309.00–310.00	309.66
40	450–500	471	242.00–310.00	303.68
42	500–550	534	256.00–295.00	287.54
12	550–600	578	275.00–281.00	278.08
16	600–650	615	247.50–274.00	264.13
43	650–700	676	225.00–270.00	257.00
12	700–750	717	226.00–235.00	232.77
4	750–800	789	218.00–228.00	222.94
130	800–850	827	197.00–236.75	232.87
70	850–900	871	229.50–231.00	229.72
62	900–950	939	205.00–225.50	223.63
55	950–1000	970	193.00–224.00	223.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	446	307.00–309.00	308.87
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	521	242.50–275.00	252.30
7	550–600	587	243.50–270.00	258.59
10	650–700	693	224.00–228.00	226.44
23	700–750	746	233.00	233.00
3	850–900	867	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	600–650	607	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	412	244.00–279.00	265.21
33	450–500	455	276.00–277.00	276.45
35	500–550	510	260.00	260.00
21	550–600	581	236.00–259.00	240.08
80	650–700	671	217.00–225.00	224.01
71	700–750	712	222.00–222.50	222.08
68	750–800	788	210.00–213.25	213.07
19	800–850	818	206.00–213.00	210.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	235.00	235.00
6	250–300	255	225.00–260.00	235.15
2	300–350	328	200.00–210.00	205.19
6	350–400	372	200.00–230.00	208.56
6	400–450	420	205.00–237.50	217.78
14	450–500	477	190.00–220.00	208.56
3	500–550	523	195.00–220.00	208.47
2	550–600	558	215.00–217.50	216.27
6	650–700	656	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	237.50	237.50
1	400–450	445	217.50	217.50
3	450–500	455	205.00	205.00
1	750–800	785	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	382	242.50	242.50
2	400–450	410	235.00–238.00	236.50
5	450–500	480	200.00–232.50	219.45
12	500–550	522	208.00–230.00	222.00
8	550–600	569	187.50–227.50	217.55
8	600–650	623	199.00–220.00	209.61
5	650–700	671	195.00–215.00	199.90
2	750–800	765	170.00–185.00	177.60
2	800–850	818	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	203.00	203.00
1	500–550	500	227.50	227.50
1	550–600	590	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	192.50	192.50
1	400–450	415	232.00	232.00
1	450–500	465	235.00	235.00
3	500–550	520	200.00–220.00	206.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	230	250.00–300.00	281.25
17	250–300	281	220.00–320.00	270.19
36	300–350	325	220.00–305.00	268.17
84	350–400	382	210.00–292.00	270.35
79	400–450	427	210.00–275.00	251.63
186	450–500	476	220.00–272.00	253.49
142	500–550	526	215.00–264.00	236.76
141	550–600	571	205.00–254.00	233.66
135	600–650	620	187.50–235.00	223.76
55	650–700	678	186.00–233.00	213.84
24	700–750	721	180.00–218.00	207.80
10	750–800	771	180.00–211.00	198.32
5	800–850	825	185.00–196.00	191.97
2	950–1000	983	176.00–181.00	178.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	273	212.50–290.00	254.88
28	300–350	329	220.00–287.00	251.15
37	350–400	371	220.00–277.00	250.33
63	400–450	424	215.00–262.00	242.12
98	450–500	474	212.00–255.00	234.39
47	500–550	522	200.00–246.00	226.11
42	550–600	575	194.00–237.50	218.60
40	600–650	622	191.00–230.00	214.30
21	650–700	668	180.00–217.50	205.22
6	700–750	722	194.00–207.50	198.79
2	750–800	780	200.00–211.00	205.39
1	800–850	800	170.00	170.00
3	900–950	910	160.00–175.00	169.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	635	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	499	261.00	261.00
9	500–550	520	230.00–238.00	235.28
2	650–700	682	200.00	200.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	555	207.50	207.50
1	650–700	695	205.00	205.00
1	750–800	770	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	512	185.00	185.00

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	—	1,145	1,975.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,305	1,650.00	1,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,201	1,725.00–3,450.00	2,455.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,525	3,650.00	3,650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,380	3,400.00	3,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	1,850.00	1,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	2,010.00	2,010.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	2,195.00–2,225.00	2,205.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,028	1,600.00–1,850.00	1,719.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	2,450.00	2,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,185	1,660.00–1,900.00	1,775.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,136	1,375.00–1,800.00	1,584.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,060	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,556.76
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,190	1,875.00–2,000.00	1,937.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,146	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,836.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,043	1,300.00–2,175.00	1,739.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,290.00	1,290.00
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,225	1,450.00–1,475.00	1,462.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,700.00	1,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,055	1,350.00–1,390.00	1,369.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	1,750.00–2,150.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,295	1,320.00–2,075.00	1,829.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,371	1,400.00–2,100.00	1,794.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,105	1,825.00	1,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,304	1,575.00–2,175.00	1,837.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,320.00	1,320.00
Bred Cows — Small 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	1,210.00	1,210.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	1,300.00	1,300.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,875.00	1,875.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,262	137.00–163.00	145.89
57	—	1,188	118.00–136.00	127.30
226	—	1,223	124.00–148.00	135.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,095	125.00–146.00	131.54
115	—	1,083	113.00–135.00	123.36
49	—	1,020	90.00–120.00	110.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,434	120.00–137.00	127.74
31	—	1,429	139.00–159.00	151.26
119	—	1,417	124.00–153.00	137.83
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,169	144.00–164.00	152.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,809	166.00–181.00	174.34
85	—	1,756	153.00–176.00	165.60
31	—	1,588	142.00–160.00	153.01
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	116.00–117.00	116.54
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	131.00–135.00	133.10
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,308	146.00–160.00	153.52

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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