Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2024-08-10

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Aug 10
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 206▼ 216 vs year ago 405 · −53.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 25▼ 38 vs year ago 64 · −59.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to this same sale last week, too few comparable receipts on all feeder classes. Slaughter cows/bulls 5.00 to 20.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.88/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −118.31 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$243.88
27 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,325
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$32.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.52
vs TN average
−1.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541249.351,34922
Medium and Large 2558222.031,2403thin
Small 1543216.471,1752thin
One grade step is worth $32.88/cwt here — about $174 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 sale27 hd
243.88
—
TN average16 barns · 689 hd
240.36
+3.52
National average152 barns · 6,273 hd
245.07
−1.19
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−118.31
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—Average1,499168.292,5237thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,268147.471,8702thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,289146.711,8916thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,050130.211,3675thin

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280323.01/cwt308.00–339.009044
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2295272.00/cwt272.00–272.008021
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315303.00/cwt303.00–303.009541
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324333.36/cwt325.00–354.001,0804
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,2502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428280.70/cwt269.00–292.001,2012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430312.47/cwt305.00–315.001,3444
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473247.04/cwt246.00–248.001,1682
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4991
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565265.97/cwt264.00–267.001,5033
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6868
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633253.05/cwt241.00–257.001,6024
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723231.72/cwt224.00–234.001,6755
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5981
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2870218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,8971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed311302.00/cwt302.00–302.009395
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322274.29/cwt270.00–282.008833
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370269.00/cwt269.00–269.009951
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382279.73/cwt271.00–284.001,0697
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421275.67/cwt270.00–279.001,1617
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435263.09/cwt259.00–267.001,1442
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463264.59/cwt255.00–271.001,2257
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,2272
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531252.70/cwt244.00–256.001,34215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2471
Heifers500–550Small 1543216.47/cwt210.00–223.001,1752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563242.18/cwt239.00–245.001,3637
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570216.54/cwt212.00–221.001,2342
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628229.17/cwt225.00–238.001,4393
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4302
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770210.51/cwt207.00–213.001,6216
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372284.08/cwt271.00–289.001,0574
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373310.02/cwt309.00–311.001,1562
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408290.34/cwt282.00–299.001,1852
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0921
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479271.28/cwt261.00–280.001,2994
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485240.97/cwt240.00–243.001,1693
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512264.43/cwt263.00–267.001,3547
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1803
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2941
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578249.64/cwt245.00–254.001,4432
Bulls550–600Large 1587236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3852
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3951
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2161
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5341
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678204.03/cwt203.00–205.001,3832
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2721202.53/cwt199.00–205.001,4605
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6381
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1850205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight998171.22/cwt161.00–179.001,7093
Bulls——1,875166.09/cwt158.50–171.503,1144
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%985111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0931
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066135.01/cwt133.00–137.501,4394
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268147.47/cwt147.00–148.001,8702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,289146.71/cwt139.00–154.501,8916

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.