Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-08-02

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Aug 2
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 313▲ 54 vs year ago 206 · +26.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 44▲ 16 vs year ago 25 · +64.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 89▲ 7 vs year ago 73 · +9.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs. 3.00-8.00 lower, over 600 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.17/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −37.02 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$325.17
53 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,835
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$281
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.32
vs TN average
−22.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567327.731,85749
Medium and Large 2537293.761,5764thin
One grade step is worth $33.97/cwt here — about $281 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 sale53 hd
325.17
—
TN average15 barns · 967 hd
340.49
−15.32
National average149 barns · 6,369 hd
347.50
−22.33
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−37.02
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—High1,816188.403,4225thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,460166.912,4379thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,141163.461,86510
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,015124.081,2607thin

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)1,298$2,7853thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)995$2,7502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,032$2,6382thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$2,5445
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,219$2,47211
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)970$2,3754thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,345$2,3504thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,076$2,3005
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,193$2,2943thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,140$2,1001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,085$2,0251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)865$1,8501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)865$1,9751thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,505$2,9401thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$4,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,025$3,6252thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)875$3,5003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,025$2,7751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)885$2,0251thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)755$1,6251thin

Every lot

85 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,3121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,1961
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364413.25/cwt407.00–420.001,5044
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,6201
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481379.31/cwt372.00–392.001,8248
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added484409.36/cwt401.00–411.001,9816
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,6701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540359.78/cwt359.00–362.001,9435
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560350.52/cwt348.00–353.001,9632
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added572381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,1792
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,8331
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623342.93/cwt341.00–345.002,1362
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added641350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2449
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,2244
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added705334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,3551
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1787316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,4872
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,4441
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added902291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,6253
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,6701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360335.74/cwt333.00–341.001,2093
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377362.59/cwt355.00–381.001,3674
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,4405
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474338.31/cwt332.00–341.001,60412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484316.41/cwt307.00–325.001,5316
Heifers450–500Small 1485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523295.52/cwt289.00–302.501,5462
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534320.63/cwt315.00–332.501,71213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550292.00/cwt288.00–296.001,6062
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added565345.50/cwt345.50–345.501,95216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1589318.13/cwt309.00–323.001,87420
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626310.84/cwt302.50–315.001,94611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added665326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1687
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,9943
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9601
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,1961
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added821274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,2503
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,2891
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,4311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6072
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,3721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473338.17/cwt322.00–347.501,60010
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,6131
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509341.84/cwt322.00–347.001,7405
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2517314.28/cwt310.00–319.001,6253
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,6971
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582316.02/cwt315.00–319.001,8394
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615312.02/cwt310.00–314.001,9192
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,9601
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1821
Bulls700–750Small 1730277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,0261
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,0961
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,9661
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,448176.95/cwt175.50–179.002,5622
Bulls——1,725208.50/cwt208.50–208.503,5971
Bulls——2,230189.79/cwt185.00–195.504,2322
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%920120.15/cwt115.00–125.001,1055
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,0231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,137166.17/cwt163.00–172.501,8896
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,152152.85/cwt145.00–157.001,7613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,253133.90/cwt130.00–138.501,6782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,4821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460167.67/cwt162.50–172.502,4487
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510152.50/cwt152.50–152.502,3031
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,5052,940.00/head2,940.00–2,940.002,9401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28651,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29702,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29952,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0322,637.50/head2,625.00–2,650.002,6382
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0762,300.19/head2,125.00–2,675.002,3005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0852,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1932,294.38/head2,050.00–2,725.002,2943
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,543.66/head2,525.00–2,575.002,5445
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2192,472.45/head2,300.00–2,700.002,47211
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2982,785.04/head2,750.00–2,800.002,7853
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3452,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3504
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28753,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0253,625.00/head3,625.00–3,625.003,6252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0252,775.00/head2,775.00–2,775.002,7751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0504,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-27551,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-28852,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28651,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751

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.