Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2021-02-27

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Feb 27
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
297 head
▲ 184 vs last sale 113▲ 49 vs year ago 248 · +19.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 48▲ 3 vs year ago 68 · +4.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.27/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$122.27
89 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.81
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2515124.0363979
Medium and Large 2-3526108.4057010thin
One grade step is worth $15.63/cwt here — about $69 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 sale89 hd
122.27
—
TN average9 barns · 1,619 hd
123.08
−0.81
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—Low1,80088.401,59111
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,42765.6793713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54862.519686thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02348.6749813

Every lot

56 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2238172.50/cwt172.50–172.504112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290155.00/cwt155.00–155.004501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323155.12/cwt150.00–161.005012
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3355147.50/cwt147.50–147.505241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385161.38/cwt153.00–165.006216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435154.00/cwt154.00–154.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470158.91/cwt156.00–160.507479
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480144.00/cwt144.00–144.006911
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520138.00/cwt138.00–138.007181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530150.15/cwt143.00–154.0079615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575136.20/cwt131.00–140.007834
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605137.05/cwt134.00–139.0082916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625139.50/cwt139.50–139.508725
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635121.00/cwt121.00–121.007681
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690127.24/cwt124.00–128.008785
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708124.50/cwt124.50–124.508812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740117.00/cwt117.00–117.008661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935102.00/cwt102.00–102.009541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2216148.78/cwt145.00–150.003214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372133.68/cwt127.00–138.004979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added419141.84/cwt141.00–144.005947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422131.00/cwt126.00–135.005536
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3435103.00/cwt103.00–103.004481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465129.93/cwt126.00–137.006048
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3473110.99/cwt105.00–116.005253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510119.75/cwt118.00–121.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521132.00/cwt132.00–132.006885
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3530110.01/cwt109.00–111.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553131.00/cwt131.00–131.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568120.98/cwt115.00–125.006879
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3570108.67/cwt104.00–113.006193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607121.34/cwt118.00–123.007373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628106.08/cwt104.00–109.006668
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635102.00/cwt102.00–102.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664105.31/cwt102.00–107.506997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-273398.93/cwt92.50–102.007253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-285584.00/cwt84.00–84.007181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3413139.98/cwt139.00–141.005782
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425150.49/cwt150.00–151.006402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2461156.67/cwt147.00–159.0072214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2532140.99/cwt130.00–144.0075020
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585125.99/cwt122.00–131.007377
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605124.81/cwt122.50–126.007553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690110.00/cwt110.00–110.007591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715107.98/cwt105.00–112.007723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280097.00/cwt97.00–97.007761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44380.17/cwt79.50–82.001,1573
Bulls——1,89789.14/cwt84.50–95.501,6916
Bulls——2,04398.52/cwt98.00–99.002,0132
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96741.41/cwt31.00–46.004005
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05853.20/cwt50.50–55.505638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38764.37/cwt59.50–69.5089311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54862.51/cwt58.00–65.009686
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,64572.85/cwt71.50–74.501,1982

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.