Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-05-10

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, May 10
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
194 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 89▼ 82 vs year ago 276 · −29.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 32▲ 10 vs year ago 48 · +20.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 21▼ 14 vs year ago 96 · −14.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, on feeder cattle, due to lack of comparable receipts previous week. Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher, Slaughter Bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $340.49/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 10 of 33 comparable sales and sits −50.81 against this barn's trailing median of $391.30.
Average price
$340.49
26 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$348
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.89
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562359.732,02116thin
Medium and Large 2540309.711,67310thin
One grade step is worth $50.02/cwt here — about $348 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale26 hd
340.49
—
TN average16 barns · 349 hd
341.38
−0.89
This barn, trailing median33 sales
391.30
−50.81
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

33 sales
486423359295median 391.3003/0705/0207/1109/0510/31
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $472.37, low $309.23, median $391.30 across 33 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—Low1,867172.863,2275thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,372154.742,12411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,285154.091,98035
CowsLean 85-90%Low977131.661,2868thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,176$2,5825
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,211$2,49312
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,148$2,2389
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,055$1,8333thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)965$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,188$3,1753thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2230393.51/cwt390.00–397.509052
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2881
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,1692
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320475.78/cwt450.00–500.001,5222
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2402356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,4313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,9001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460366.00/cwt357.00–375.001,6842
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535374.12/cwt365.00–380.002,0023
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558374.55/cwt364.00–380.002,0903
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558339.37/cwt330.00–349.001,8942
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,0641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1686296.50/cwt296.50–296.502,0343
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270346.11/cwt325.00–365.009342
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,1621
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376346.07/cwt328.00–363.001,3014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,4782
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433369.06/cwt359.00–379.001,5982
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470307.85/cwt278.00–339.001,4472
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478345.47/cwt339.00–354.001,65110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6601
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,5911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571318.99/cwt299.00–329.001,8216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4951
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6741
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625302.74/cwt300.00–315.001,8927
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2697240.24/cwt237.00–250.001,6744
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy715248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7731
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,8431
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,6351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380385.09/cwt372.00–397.501,4632
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424411.58/cwt407.50–420.001,7453
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445391.28/cwt382.00–401.001,7414
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480395.18/cwt370.00–402.501,89713
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,9111
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523312.55/cwt306.00–342.001,6356
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565358.98/cwt349.00–370.002,02815
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2566305.45/cwt280.00–325.001,7294
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616317.28/cwt300.00–330.001,9544
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9181
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7091
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673280.91/cwt276.00–286.001,8912
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,8221
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1766281.97/cwt262.00–296.002,1606
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8481
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2805240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9321
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2890243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,1631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,315165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,1701
Bulls——2,005174.82/cwt170.00–180.003,5054
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925119.71/cwt118.50–120.501,1073
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003134.54/cwt131.50–136.501,3494
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,6071
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,196151.34/cwt142.50–159.501,81019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310165.00/cwt160.00–177.002,16212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,328164.11/cwt161.00–169.002,1793
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,389151.22/cwt143.50–159.502,1008
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,634134.42/cwt130.00–138.502,1964
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19651,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0051,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1482,237.66/head1,825.00–2,425.002,2389
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1551,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1762,582.11/head2,200.00–3,000.002,5825
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1952,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2142,492.03/head2,200.00–2,750.002,49210
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1883,175.32/head3,000.00–3,250.003,1753

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.