Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2024-06-01

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 1
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 135▼ 166 vs year ago 366 · −45.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 49▼ 48 vs year ago 67 · −71.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 72▼ 108 vs year ago 140 · −77.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows steady on a light test. Slaughter Bulls and Feeders not well established due to inadequate receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.95/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −88.24 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$273.95
29 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,450
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$351
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$58.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.56
vs TN average
+6.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532278.791,48423
Medium and Large 2-3518262.471,3605thin
Medium and Large 3515220.001,1331thin
One grade step is worth $58.79/cwt here — about $351 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale29 hd
273.95
—
TN average8 barns · 351 hd
257.39
+16.56
National average129 barns · 6,320 hd
267.62
+6.33
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−88.24
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.

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—High1,448152.192,2045thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,171135.361,5858thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,028114.571,1782thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,110$1,7816
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$1,7501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)965$1,5251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$1,6301thin

Every lot

64 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 1-2295339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,0001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3305280.00/cwt280.00–280.008541
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380307.86/cwt301.00–325.001,1705
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0781
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3421
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470320.02/cwt310.00–324.001,5048
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3474284.28/cwt270.00–291.001,3473
Steers450–500Small 1-2488277.05/cwt268.00–286.001,3522
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy490275.00/cwt268.00–282.001,3482
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525303.73/cwt290.00–313.001,59516
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5621
Steers550–600Small 1-2570263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4991
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3281
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588288.31/cwt280.00–309.001,6957
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7294
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,7881
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added660299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,9731
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added716264.19/cwt253.00–270.001,8923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small 1-2310260.00/cwt260.00–260.008061
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335297.00/cwt297.00–297.009951
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350273.00/cwt273.00–273.009561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385286.96/cwt280.00–289.001,1054
Heifers350–400Small 1-2385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008861
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,1971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410255.00/cwt232.00–278.001,0466
Heifers450–500Small 1-2480231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1091
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481286.94/cwt281.00–292.001,3806
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3Value Added495269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy495254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2571
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1331
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3518262.47/cwt251.00–266.001,3605
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519285.13/cwt268.00–294.001,48016
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563264.31/cwt247.00–277.001,4887
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5873
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616250.20/cwt249.00–251.001,5415
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675237.94/cwt230.00–241.001,6064
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added703240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6873
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Small 1-2370231.00/cwt231.00–231.008551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2414297.31/cwt290.00–308.001,2314
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3429271.63/cwt240.00–292.001,1654
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485286.37/cwt271.00–301.001,3896
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3528245.71/cwt231.00–260.001,2972
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530281.17/cwt267.00–290.001,4904
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577273.74/cwt268.00–278.001,5796
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3583268.45/cwt266.00–271.001,5652
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2616264.04/cwt255.00–276.001,6265
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3680244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6591
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685244.61/cwt244.00–245.001,6765
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2723236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7062
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3740222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,257146.98/cwt140.50–150.001,8483
Bulls——1,735160.00/cwt159.50–160.502,7762
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028114.57/cwt113.00–116.001,1782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,089131.04/cwt126.00–136.001,4276
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,418148.33/cwt142.00–154.002,1032
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39651,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0751,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1171,875.44/head1,850.00–1,925.001,8755
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1401,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,630.00/head1,630.00–1,630.001,6301

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.