Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2024-03-09

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Mar 9
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Receipts
327 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 362▼ 122 vs year ago 449 · −27.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to this market last week, not enough comparable feeder receipts to form a trend

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.34/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −110.85 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$251.34
42 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.89
vs TN average
−20.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558258.131,43934
Medium and Large 2-3538222.511,1978thin
One grade step is worth $35.62/cwt here — about $242 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale42 hd
251.34
—
TN average13 barns · 594 hd
248.45
+2.89
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
−20.57
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−110.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
470412354296median 362.1903/0705/0207/1109/0510/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.21, low $309.60, median $362.19 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275320.00/cwt320.00–320.008802
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3320276.25/cwt245.00–307.508842
Steers300–350Small 1-2325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331308.71/cwt291.00–330.001,0224
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2261
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395230.00/cwt230.00–230.009091
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added414346.29/cwt337.50–347.501,4348
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415306.16/cwt302.50–310.001,2712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Full430250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0751
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3447286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,2782
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added461339.00/cwt331.00–342.501,56310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468309.66/cwt299.00–330.001,4495
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522290.16/cwt280.00–297.001,5155
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525319.95/cwt306.00–323.001,68011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525270.25/cwt259.00–274.001,4194
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,69614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5271
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3605217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3131
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633276.14/cwt275.50–285.001,74814
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7951
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7011
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6531
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240247.50/cwt247.50–247.505942
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305266.93/cwt250.00–287.508144
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3331213.38/cwt205.00–231.007065
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370237.26/cwt217.00–252.008787
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375269.73/cwt261.00–277.501,01111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added403291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,1733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423277.74/cwt264.00–287.001,17510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435248.61/cwt226.00–261.001,0814
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3Value Added448235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0536
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3463197.92/cwt195.00–201.009162
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Value Added480237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1381
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487269.32/cwt267.50–270.001,31211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added488282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,3765
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522250.60/cwt237.00–272.001,3089
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3538222.51/cwt220.50–237.001,1978
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568242.17/cwt238.00–244.001,3765
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added571265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,51620
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613232.36/cwt227.00–237.001,4243
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4181
Heifers800–850Small 1-2825162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Small 1-2340303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,0301
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3361317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1463
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378330.57/cwt325.50–347.501,2506
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2422320.34/cwt300.00–345.001,3527
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3445300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3351
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed473318.49/cwt312.50–320.001,5065
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2484293.06/cwt291.00–304.001,4189
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2513290.00/cwt289.00–291.001,4882
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3540250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3501
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2631235.66/cwt231.00–246.001,48710
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3670213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4271
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6251
Bulls750–800Small 1-2778194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5092

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.