Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2024-10-12

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Oct 12
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 259▼ 137 vs year ago 433 · −31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 76▲ 10 vs year ago 49 · +20.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Bulls under 450 lbs. 25.00 higher, over 450 lbs. steady to 7.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-7.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $231.99/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −130.20 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$231.99
34 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.99
vs TN average
−20.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533237.571,26625
Medium and Large 2546216.511,1829thin
One grade step is worth $21.06/cwt here — about $83 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 sale34 hd
231.99
—
TN average12 barns · 584 hd
235.99
−3.99
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−20.69
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−130.20
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—Low1,794143.812,57913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,428117.171,67416
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,229116.981,43819
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,077103.421,11312

Every lot

60 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1255322.06/cwt300.00–345.008212
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2283278.74/cwt277.50–280.007892
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326335.71/cwt330.00–350.001,0945
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432285.19/cwt282.00–286.001,2325
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3761
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,2731
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568248.02/cwt244.00–254.001,4093
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added588270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5883
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5824
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1853220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210230.00/cwt230.00–230.004831
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230242.50/cwt242.50–242.505581
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260250.00/cwt250.00–250.006501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320240.00/cwt240.00–240.007682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340248.83/cwt246.00–255.008465
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371265.65/cwt262.50–267.509864
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421247.94/cwt240.00–252.501,0447
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2437235.95/cwt230.00–238.001,0314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476244.30/cwt240.00–249.001,16310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520235.42/cwt233.00–242.001,22412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added521248.67/cwt248.00–249.001,2966
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527219.69/cwt213.00–227.501,1585
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565231.73/cwt228.00–239.001,3097
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570212.53/cwt210.00–218.001,2114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615204.87/cwt200.00–212.001,2605
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619225.40/cwt218.00–230.001,39517
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,3171
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718196.73/cwt195.00–200.001,4133
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1691
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1880148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3021
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,3872
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2990124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2283
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,098130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4273
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,1771
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418320.65/cwt307.50–327.501,3404
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427264.08/cwt237.50–272.501,1287
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478274.90/cwt268.00–285.001,3146
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515231.97/cwt225.00–240.001,1954
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523253.72/cwt247.50–260.001,3277
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572218.19/cwt200.00–228.001,2483
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573239.58/cwt237.00–244.001,3738
Bulls550–600Small 1580208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2061
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605223.49/cwt222.00–228.001,3524
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,2991
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4501
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2688189.55/cwt185.00–194.001,3042
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1719206.71/cwt203.00–208.501,4866
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,675132.43/cwt130.00–135.002,2183
Bulls——1,804145.67/cwt141.00–150.002,6288
Bulls——1,930153.47/cwt152.50–154.502,9622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95890.21/cwt85.00–95.008643
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,102106.19/cwt102.00–110.001,1707
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165113.55/cwt112.00–115.001,3232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200118.46/cwt113.00–123.501,42212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262126.04/cwt124.00–128.001,5913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293105.73/cwt102.00–110.001,3674
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355124.77/cwt124.00–125.501,6912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,423104.89/cwt100.00–110.001,4933
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443119.14/cwt115.00–123.501,71911

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.