Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-28

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Sep 28
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 178 vs last sale 298▼ 297 vs year ago 417 · −71.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 80▼ 53 vs year ago 84 · −63.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 109▼ 14 vs year ago 80 · −17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to insufficient receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.86/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −130.33 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$231.86
7 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,275
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$43.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.91
vs TN average
−8.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562239.601,3475thin
Medium and Large 2510229.001,1681thin
Small 1530196.001,0391thin
One grade step is worth $43.60/cwt here — about $308 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 sale7 hd
231.86
—
TN average11 barns · 673 hd
225.95
+5.91
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−8.23
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−130.33
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—Average1,733140.722,4393thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,199109.791,31611
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,092102.371,11714

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)1,239$1,67613
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,086$1,5928
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,108$1,5252thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,120$1,4484thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)880$1,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)932$1,1026
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)800$1,1502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$1,8501thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2355254.00/cwt254.00–254.009021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,1332
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453283.00/cwt280.00–286.001,2823
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2493260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2822
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added504282.40/cwt282.00–283.001,4235
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523268.74/cwt263.00–275.001,4062
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590252.34/cwt249.00–260.001,4895
Steers600–650Small 1615201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2361
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5311
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added665245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6291
Steers650–700Small 1683210.96/cwt200.00–222.001,4412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6221
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5191
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5551
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,9071
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350240.00/cwt240.00–240.008401
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377235.44/cwt224.00–251.008884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2405214.00/cwt214.00–214.008671
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427250.97/cwt249.00–255.001,0723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478231.81/cwt225.00–234.001,1084
Heifers450–500Small 1488225.98/cwt225.00–227.001,1032
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1498249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,2402
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1681
Heifers500–550Small 1530196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0391
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3281
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3453
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3691
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610226.26/cwt220.00–230.001,3803
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2656207.76/cwt204.00–209.001,3634
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665215.49/cwt213.00–222.001,4336
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy682210.67/cwt210.00–211.001,4373
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4241
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy710194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3771
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,5361
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2261
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,575138.58/cwt136.00–140.002,1832
Bulls——2,050145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,9731
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068107.15/cwt102.00–112.001,1447
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11597.59/cwt94.00–103.001,0887
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195112.60/cwt108.50–114.501,3466
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203106.42/cwt103.00–109.501,2805
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-28351,490.00/head1,490.00–1,490.001,4901
Bred Cows—Small 2-3845870.00/head870.00–870.008702
Bred Cows—Small 1-28551,157.50/head940.00–1,375.001,1582
Bred Cows—Small 2-38801,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Small 1-29501,440.00/head1,440.00–1,440.001,4401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0001,130.00/head1,130.00–1,130.001,1301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0451,168.01/head1,130.00–1,200.001,1682
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0691,544.86/head1,475.00–1,600.001,5454
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1081,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1771,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1901,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1911,688.41/head1,625.00–1,775.001,6883
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2221,730.06/head1,675.00–1,875.001,7307
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3651,835.74/head1,650.00–2,000.001,8364
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-38001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29501,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501

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.