Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-19

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Jul 19
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 192▼ 43 vs year ago 327 · −13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 41▼ 9 vs year ago 34 · −26.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 165▲ 48 vs year ago 48 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Bulls Steady. Feeder Heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls Steady on a light test. Feeder cattle quality good with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.26/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −44.93 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$317.26
42 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$46.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.54
vs TN average
−21.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554326.921,81132
Medium and Large 2553287.071,5889thin
Small 1570280.001,5961thin
One grade step is worth $46.92/cwt here — about $215 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale42 hd
317.26
—
TN average15 barns · 1,076 hd
330.80
−13.54
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−21.48
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−44.93
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—Average1,925194.363,7415thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,377160.952,2164thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,226157.461,93013
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,089136.941,4916thin

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 Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$3,0002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,023$2,3173thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,190$2,1866
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,196$2,1429
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)865$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)843$1,9442thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,076$1,8555
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)898$1,6503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,046$3,4507
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,200$2,8252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$2,5751thin

Every lot

88 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1207417.50/cwt417.50–417.508643
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1296427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,2656
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,3921
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421406.76/cwt406.00–409.001,7124
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430351.86/cwt348.00–356.001,5132
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478362.30/cwt355.00–370.001,7322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,5881
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0152
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518325.11/cwt302.00–349.001,68411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528360.13/cwt355.00–368.001,9016
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560356.08/cwt349.00–360.001,99410
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy581337.06/cwt335.50–342.001,95814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2584322.27/cwt319.00–325.001,8824
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy605321.32/cwt320.00–324.001,9443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621309.26/cwt302.00–315.001,9215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628335.93/cwt332.00–343.502,11017
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670321.24/cwt314.00–332.002,1524
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680298.63/cwt290.00–303.002,0313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,2341
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245395.00/cwt395.00–395.009686
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260339.00/cwt339.00–339.008811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335338.57/cwt301.00–367.001,1347
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed370375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383348.37/cwt342.00–359.001,3344
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2392336.78/cwt330.00–339.001,3205
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418328.28/cwt318.00–339.001,3723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed458359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,6443
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy472331.32/cwt326.00–333.001,56412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474310.90/cwt294.00–322.001,4747
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486340.13/cwt340.00–341.001,6537
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy510302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5401
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524336.73/cwt334.00–340.001,7647
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537281.13/cwt276.00–289.001,5105
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy541326.04/cwt320.00–328.001,7644
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566325.36/cwt323.50–329.001,84217
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy569317.25/cwt316.00–318.001,8054
Heifers550–600Small 1570280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5961
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,7373
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614272.75/cwt266.00–280.001,6758
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628302.04/cwt300.00–304.001,8972
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7091
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed665318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,1151
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678278.37/cwt275.00–280.001,8873
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7691
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3684
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417352.57/cwt347.00–356.001,4703
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429293.98/cwt240.00–330.001,2614
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480306.99/cwt306.00–308.001,4742
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492332.33/cwt320.00–334.001,6358
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6382
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed575317.25/cwt314.00–320.001,8248
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578294.28/cwt288.00–300.001,7013
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585269.92/cwt250.00–280.001,5793
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617291.09/cwt283.00–296.001,7963
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2637274.93/cwt265.00–281.001,7513
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663285.97/cwt275.00–295.001,8963
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8491
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9271
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875230.00/cwt226.00–234.002,0132
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2895214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,9151
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1905219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,680205.50/cwt205.50–205.503,4521
Bulls——1,986191.58/cwt185.00–197.003,8054
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970122.72/cwt121.50–124.001,1902
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,148144.05/cwt140.00–146.501,6544
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215167.92/cwt165.50–170.002,0402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228155.56/cwt150.00–162.501,91011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,377160.95/cwt159.00–165.502,2164
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29502,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29753,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0253,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0503,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1003,650.00/head3,600.00–3,700.003,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2002,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28431,943.69/head1,825.00–2,075.001,9442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28652,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28652,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28981,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0503,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0532,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0761,854.82/head1,800.00–1,925.001,8555
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0902,128.88/head2,025.00–2,400.002,1294
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1652,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2142,150.01/head1,975.00–2,275.002,1508
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3402,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3902,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002

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.