The Morning Wire / Tennessee / Wed Oct 28, 2026

Tennessee cattle market

The trading day in one page — Wed, Oct 28
● 4 barns reportedEvery figure as filed

The market in a line

Wed, Oct 28
Choice cutout closed $3.22 lower at $369.00. 4 Tennessee barns reported 231 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.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb445.46/cwt$20.46 lower10710
400-499 lb409.82/cwt$3.41 higher16910
500-599 lb381.24/cwt$3.87 higher39010
600-699 lb351.62/cwt$7.30 higher46310
700-799 lb337.18/cwt$4.11 higher40110
800-899 lb336.57/cwt$3.57 higher4479

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 28 USDA
Choice $369.00, $3.22 lower. Select $355.25, $3.60 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $13.75. 107 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
11,551 head traded Oct 22–Oct 28.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered357.121,980
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed FOB355.00256
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB224.234,381
NebraskaDressed Delivered351.193,735
NebraskaDressed FOB353.00885
NebraskaLive FOB224.36314

At the Tennessee barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers unevenly steady, Feeder Heifers steady-$4.00 lower, Slaughter Cows $1.00-$2.00 lower, Feeder Bulls & Slaughter Bulls not well established last week. Quality good to fancy, Demand good to strong.

Savannah Livestock Auction · Tennessee

No trends could be established due to lack of comparable data however all classes of Feeder Cattle traded higher with fair to good quality and stronger demand; Sale included two Video load lots and can be viewed at the following; athttps://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3340

Columbia Livestock Auction · Tennessee

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady with no comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Sweetwater Livestock Auction · Tennessee

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)244.29/cwt$3.13 higher558
Boner (85% lean)251.31/cwt$2.50 higher1,757
Cutter (90% lean)254.76/cwt$2.00 higher3,900
Premium White264.63/cwt$0.12 lower1,586
Bull (92% lean)309.89/cwt$2.03 lower428

What published

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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.