Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-12-06

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Dec 6
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
254 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 190▲ 254 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 50▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 102▲ 94 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to, no sale previous week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.90/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −34.29 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$327.90
39 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,796
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$427
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.79
vs TN average
−42.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550330.721,81937
Medium and Large 2505275.751,3932thin
One grade step is worth $54.97/cwt here — about $427 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 sale39 hd
327.90
—
TN average15 barns · 920 hd
338.69
−10.79
National average194 barns · 19,992 hd
370.45
−42.55
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−34.29
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—Average1,640176.332,8927thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,462160.412,34520
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,215145.901,77220
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,149127.211,46111

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)Young (2-4 yrs)929$2,4224thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$2,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$2,1003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$2,0503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,150$1,9939
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,173$1,9501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,157$1,9256
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)915$1,4252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,110$3,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,250$2,5751thin

Every lot

95 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2284354.75/cwt327.50–415.001,0073
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,4795
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,4522
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4631
Steers400–450Small 1405375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5191
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,7951
Steers450–500Small 1475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4251
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1491415.72/cwt403.00–424.002,0419
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added513414.18/cwt400.00–417.002,1256
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525374.65/cwt367.00–381.001,9674
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554374.16/cwt370.00–375.002,0736
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1782
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,1943
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,0721
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1701320.88/cwt313.00–323.502,2494
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,3011
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4801
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,6221
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270310.00/cwt310.00–310.008371
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280377.67/cwt369.00–395.001,0573
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329368.03/cwt355.00–370.001,2118
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330300.45/cwt290.00–310.009912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2368260.61/cwt204.00–318.009592
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388357.92/cwt350.00–368.001,3897
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3331
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434349.94/cwt340.00–362.001,5196
Heifers400–450Small 1435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0881
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added447370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478343.70/cwt331.00–354.001,64312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505275.75/cwt250.00–301.001,3932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523326.33/cwt315.00–336.001,70711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,8664
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564325.65/cwt300.00–330.001,83717
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added581339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,9705
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,9861
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7121
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611321.77/cwt318.00–325.001,9664
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy670270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8091
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681297.91/cwt289.00–306.002,0295
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added682315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1487
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715290.89/cwt281.00–296.002,0803
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2958186.98/cwt185.00–189.001,7912
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,0301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed375475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7811
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390439.00/cwt439.00–439.001,7122
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419419.23/cwt409.00–437.501,7578
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430233.00/cwt179.00–341.001,0023
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473366.08/cwt361.00–371.001,7322
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475333.48/cwt303.00–358.001,5843
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy487412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,00612
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511372.81/cwt363.00–375.001,9058
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530333.40/cwt300.00–345.001,7675
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578338.56/cwt335.00–341.001,95713
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2582275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6012
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0461
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed717340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4382
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723255.12/cwt250.00–260.001,8452
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1773
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1001
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,0071
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,0321
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2923196.51/cwt196.00–197.001,8142
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2965191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,8431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,633162.43/cwt151.50–169.002,6523
Bulls——1,645186.75/cwt180.00–190.003,0724
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%905148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3391
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160169.34/cwt163.00–175.001,9642
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,169132.88/cwt130.00–140.001,5535
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171136.14/cwt130.50–144.001,5947
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,200118.73/cwt115.00–125.501,4254
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236153.44/cwt146.50–160.001,8979
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325122.70/cwt120.00–126.501,6262
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,449158.11/cwt153.00–168.502,29115
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453182.33/cwt175.00–187.002,6493
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575144.73/cwt140.00–149.002,2792
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29151,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29252,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29292,421.57/head2,300.00–2,575.002,4224
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19902,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0431,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0501,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1731,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1812,047.94/head1,850.00–2,275.002,0487
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2252,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2632,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1753
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1103,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2502,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751

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.