Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-28

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 28
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 202▲ 127 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 19▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 110▲ 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established on Feeder Cattle due to lack of comparable receipts. Slaughter Cows 7.00 lower, with Slaughter Bulls steady on light test of slaughter cattle. Quality below average, with demand moderate to light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $295.81/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −95.50 against this barn's trailing median of $391.30.
Average price
$295.81
18 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$455
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$60.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.13
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549311.611,7109thin
Medium and Large 2561283.641,5908thin
Small 1500251.001,2551thin
One grade step is worth $60.61/cwt here — about $455 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 sale18 hd
295.81
—
TN average10 barns · 231 hd
310.94
−15.13
This barn, trailing median33 sales
391.30
−95.50
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—Average1,732193.613,35410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,323162.502,1492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,154156.641,80824
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,070136.121,4574thin

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/Aged (>5 yrs)1,253$2,8175
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,240$2,6384thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$2,5502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,347$2,5305
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,230$2,3805
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,113$2,2002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)827$2,0184thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,040$1,8253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,219$3,3148

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265350.51/cwt334.00–369.009292
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1287381.97/cwt376.00–385.001,0963
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,1101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,1721
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375388.89/cwt366.00–395.001,4585
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5561
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475353.59/cwt350.00–361.001,6803
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3201
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9163
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675293.67/cwt288.00–295.501,9824
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8561
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,1231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245315.00/cwt315.00–315.007722
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320301.98/cwt280.00–315.009664
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,1154
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1354343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,2144
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1962
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1442321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,4192
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2450271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2201
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy476311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4804
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531294.10/cwt280.00–315.001,5625
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595273.00/cwt271.00–275.001,6242
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638257.97/cwt251.00–265.001,6462
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,7031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375354.16/cwt350.00–358.001,3282
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1389366.61/cwt365.00–371.001,4267
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419290.53/cwt271.00–300.001,2173
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470319.01/cwt318.00–321.001,4993
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474327.67/cwt325.00–336.001,5534
Bulls500–550Small 1500251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2551
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512313.78/cwt310.00–315.001,6074
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2534273.29/cwt271.00–274.001,4594
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578309.87/cwt304.00–319.001,7915
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2587293.98/cwt285.00–297.001,7264
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,532174.01/cwt169.00–180.002,6663
Bulls——1,752214.73/cwt210.00–221.003,7623
Bulls——1,868192.47/cwt187.00–196.503,5954
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%910150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3651
Cows—Lean 85-90%995126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2541
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128149.69/cwt146.00–155.001,6896
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,162157.25/cwt152.50–162.501,82715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168167.50/cwt166.00–170.001,9563
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,188134.23/cwt130.00–140.001,5952
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,310155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,0311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,2701
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2193,314.28/head3,170.00–3,650.003,3148
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18272,017.55/head1,960.00–2,175.002,0184
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0051,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0402,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0552,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1102,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1132,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1352,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2402,638.15/head2,600.00–2,650.002,6384
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2532,816.78/head2,475.00–3,025.002,8175
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3472,530.44/head2,425.00–2,675.002,5305
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3472,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5003

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.