The Morning Wire / Tennessee / Mon Oct 26, 2026

Tennessee cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 26

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The market in a line

Mon, Oct 26

Choice cutout closed $3.65 higher at $369.44. 3 Tennessee barns reported 247 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Tennessee, week of Oct 26 USDA

Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	445.46/cwt	$20.46 lower	107	10
400-499 lb	409.82/cwt	$3.41 higher	169	10
500-599 lb	381.24/cwt	$3.87 higher	390	10
600-699 lb	351.62/cwt	$7.30 higher	463	10
700-799 lb	337.18/cwt	$4.11 higher	401	10
800-899 lb	336.57/cwt	$3.57 higher	447	9

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Oct 26, weighted by head. Spread of $37.55 between the top and bottom of 2 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN	TN	403.56/cwt	23
Dickson Livestock Auction	TN	366.02/cwt	110

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 26 USDA

Choice $369.44, $3.65 higher. Select $357.56, $4.87 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.88. 89 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

391 head traded Oct 17–Oct 23.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.50	152
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the Tennessee barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers & Feeder Heifers mostly steady, Feeder Bulls $2.00-$4.00 lower, Slaughter Cows & Slaughter Bulls steady-$2.00 higher. Quality good to fancy, Demand moderate.
Dickson Livestock Auction · Tennessee

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 10.00-20.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 7.00-15.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower.
Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN · Tennessee

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	243.48/cwt	$2.44 lower	628
Boner (85% lean)	250.13/cwt	$1.17 lower	1,980
Cutter (90% lean)	253.64/cwt	$1.94 lower	4,027
Premium White	261.10/cwt	$3.64 lower	1,492
Bull (92% lean)	315.79/cwt	$2.96 lower	474

What published

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Every USDA report carried this date is listed in the archive.

Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Tennessee only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.