The Morning Wire / Tennessee / Sat Oct 31, 2026

Tennessee cattle market

The trading day in one page — Sat, Oct 31

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Sat, Oct 31

Choice cutout closed $2.62 lower at $364.66. 3 Tennessee barns reported 167 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	441.30/cwt	$24.62 lower	118	12
400-499 lb	409.58/cwt	$3.17 higher	179	12
500-599 lb	380.12/cwt	$2.75 higher	407	12
600-699 lb	351.68/cwt	$7.36 higher	469	11
700-799 lb	337.29/cwt	$4.22 higher	407	11
800-899 lb	336.14/cwt	$3.14 higher	450	11

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 30 USDA

Choice $364.66, $2.62 lower. Select $351.98, $0.35 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $12.68. 126 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

20,615 head traded Oct 24–Oct 30.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.75	2,433
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	355.00	256
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	224.25	42
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.10	7,537
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	350.34	5,800
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	352.57	1,130

At the Tennessee barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

No trends established due to lack of comparable sales. However lower undertone noted on all classes of Cattle.
Crossville Livestock Auction · Tennessee

Compared to last week, feeder bulls weighing up to 450 lbs. sold 12.00 lower and those weighing over 450 lbs. 6.00 higher, with no comparisons available for feeder steers and heifers due to limited comparable receipts.
Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN · Tennessee

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	247.82/cwt	$4.04 lower	707
Boner (85% lean)	246.30/cwt	$0.59 lower	1,856
Cutter (90% lean)	252.74/cwt	$1.95 higher	3,607
Premium White	260.74/cwt	$2.10 lower	1,166
Bull (92% lean)	307.56/cwt	$2.65 higher	472

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.