Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-05-17

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, May 17
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
149 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 194▼ 145 vs year ago 294 · −49.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 58▲ 13 vs year ago 73 · +17.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 82▼ 83 vs year ago 191 · −43.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Bulls steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder Heifers 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter Cows and Bulls 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $356.52/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 6 of 24 comparable sales and sits −64.94 against this barn's trailing median of $421.46.
Average price
$356.52
20 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.09
vs TN average
−28.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551362.841,99817thin
Medium and Large 2570320.671,8283thin
One grade step is worth $42.18/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale20 hd
356.52
—
TN average12 barns · 372 hd
363.61
−7.09
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−28.08
This barn, trailing median24 sales
421.46
−64.94
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

24 sales
505443381319median 421.4603/1405/0906/2709/1210/24
Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.86, low $333.49, median $421.46 across 24 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—Average1,631188.543,07516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,293170.412,2043thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,177158.021,86036
CowsLean 85-90%Low930129.151,2008thin

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,145$3,2905
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,200$2,6251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$2,5201thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,194$2,3984thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,080$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,115$2,1253thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,186$2,10210
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,165$2,0816
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,208$1,9992thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,370$1,9601thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,215$1,9001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,098$2,5503thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,055$4,4503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,109$3,8004thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$3,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,071$3,4539

Every lot

83 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 2255400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,4143
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7216
Steers400–450Small 1415358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,4861
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,6881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529382.17/cwt380.00–389.002,0228
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8551
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added556355.50/cwt355.50–355.501,9776
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590306.00/cwt295.00–317.001,8052
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1598326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,9493
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added640329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,1064
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added651350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,27913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,8831
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678314.71/cwt312.00–329.002,1346
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680314.85/cwt308.00–322.002,1412
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300316.00/cwt316.00–316.009482
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353406.00/cwt406.00–406.001,4335
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3141
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Full422269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,1352
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,5041
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4351
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465336.13/cwt325.00–348.001,5632
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Full475250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1881
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,6845
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528272.46/cwt270.00–275.001,4392
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560263.58/cwt254.00–285.001,4769
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6931
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636296.44/cwt285.00–300.001,8855
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2679244.33/cwt230.00–260.001,6594
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,9543
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy725253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8341
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy755240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8121
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,9611
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,1005
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2313287.56/cwt280.00–295.009002
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379400.96/cwt400.00–404.001,5204
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,4202
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2400325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3001
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413402.25/cwt392.00–409.001,6613
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465389.22/cwt387.00–390.001,8104
Bulls500–550Small 1520286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,4871
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528350.36/cwt341.00–360.001,8502
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,6681
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558367.49/cwt365.00–370.002,0512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572310.01/cwt260.00–326.001,7738
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,9091
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9501
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2895224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,0051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,549186.28/cwt181.50–190.502,8859
Bulls——1,720175.49/cwt172.50–179.503,0183
Bulls——1,749203.43/cwt192.50–218.503,5584
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%887140.36/cwt137.00–142.001,2453
Cows—Lean 85-90%955122.42/cwt120.50–125.001,1695
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,144155.49/cwt150.00–164.001,77918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190172.20/cwt165.00–185.002,04911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,240199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,4681
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241142.26/cwt132.00–149.001,7657
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320156.12/cwt155.00–157.002,0612
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0253,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0554,450.00/head4,450.00–4,450.004,4503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0803,375.00/head3,375.00–3,375.003,3753
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1254,050.00/head4,050.00–4,050.004,0502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1603,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1753,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2003,475.00/head3,475.00–3,475.003,4752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29652,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0702,520.00/head2,520.00–2,520.002,5201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0701,982.48/head1,875.00–2,175.001,9823
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0802,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1152,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1453,290.00/head3,290.00–3,290.003,2905
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1582,077.27/head1,870.00–2,350.002,0775
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2002,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2081,999.34/head1,510.00–2,325.001,9992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2151,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2362,153.62/head2,125.00–2,175.002,1547
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2702,431.31/head2,150.00–2,560.002,4313
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3701,960.00/head1,960.00–1,960.001,9601
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0982,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5503

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.