Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2020-03-21

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Mar 21
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 209 vs last sale 287▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 32▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.10/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$110.10
26 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.58
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546110.6160424
Medium and Large 2-3478104.004972thin
One grade step is worth $6.61/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale26 hd
110.10
—
TN average9 barns · 729 hd
114.68
−4.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,87590.111,6902thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14264.577378thin
CowsLean 85-90%High98159.165808thin

Every lot

31 lots · USDA AMS · Crossville Stockyard - Crossville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270142.50/cwt142.50–142.503851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377153.49/cwt146.00–159.005795
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435155.00/cwt155.00–155.006741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481136.55/cwt130.00–147.006574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522144.12/cwt134.00–149.007525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2555136.69/cwt130.00–145.007594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650125.00/cwt125.00–125.008131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007671
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325131.00/cwt131.00–131.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391127.50/cwt124.00–131.004997
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3405104.00/cwt104.00–104.004211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483113.51/cwt113.00–114.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525104.00/cwt104.00–104.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3550104.00/cwt104.00–104.005721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-264394.00/cwt94.00–94.006042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-267392.54/cwt91.00–94.006232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680103.00/cwt103.00–103.007007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273586.00/cwt86.00–86.006321
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410149.10/cwt145.00–153.006112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440136.00/cwt136.00–136.005981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3455131.00/cwt131.00–131.005961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472144.60/cwt142.00–147.006833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520134.00/cwt134.00–134.006971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615128.00/cwt128.00–128.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-273592.00/cwt92.00–92.006761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,87590.11/cwt89.00–91.001,6902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96157.97/cwt53.50–63.005577
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12067.50/cwt67.50–67.507561
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12165.86/cwt60.50–71.507387
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28555.50/cwt55.50–55.507131

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.