Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-12-13

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Dec 13
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 254▼ 58 vs year ago 232 · −25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 68▲ 1 vs year ago 38 · +2.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 94▼ 25 vs year ago 80 · −31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to lack of comparable recites.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.31/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −33.87 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$328.31
31 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$391
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$66.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.88
vs TN average
−49.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548334.721,83328
Medium and Large 2537268.551,4423thin
One grade step is worth $66.17/cwt here — about $391 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 sale31 hd
328.31
—
TN average14 barns · 675 hd
343.20
−14.88
National average184 barns · 19,282 hd
377.96
−49.65
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−33.87
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—Low2,025184.543,7383thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,453157.792,2937thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,295155.052,00811
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,069125.991,3477thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,228$2,2192thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,103$2,0751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,345$1,9103thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,105$1,8751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,322$1,8563thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,240$1,8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,200$2,4632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)780$1,3751thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,2901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed358444.97/cwt440.00–450.001,5932
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387423.46/cwt417.50–427.501,6393
Steers400–450Small 1410350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4351
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410225.00/cwt225.00–225.009231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475414.24/cwt407.50–417.501,9684
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530393.88/cwt372.00–407.002,0884
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added545415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2625
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,5101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0121
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,2202
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627331.99/cwt328.00–337.002,0823
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671331.14/cwt320.00–340.002,2224
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756323.50/cwt323.50–323.502,4464
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,060208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,2051
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,090261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,8451
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310320.00/cwt320.00–320.009921
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329370.76/cwt356.00–400.001,2204
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379365.81/cwt356.00–371.001,3865
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2161
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422360.97/cwt359.00–365.001,5233
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added454352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5987
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4641
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483336.46/cwt323.00–345.001,6258
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537268.55/cwt184.00–315.001,4423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1541337.59/cwt324.00–341.001,82620
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567339.55/cwt329.00–349.001,9256
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy595282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6781
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623315.82/cwt313.00–320.001,9685
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added675320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1601
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675285.34/cwt282.00–289.001,9263
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1746276.39/cwt275.50–280.002,0625
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,1701
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7381
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418344.80/cwt334.00–356.001,4412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460405.02/cwt404.00–406.001,8632
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7102
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522380.21/cwt375.00–399.001,9859
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9398
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628260.09/cwt240.00–281.001,6332
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629313.75/cwt309.00–324.001,9734
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1687302.63/cwt300.00–306.002,0799
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2688285.67/cwt280.00–290.001,9656
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1865249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,1541
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1968201.01/cwt199.00–203.001,9462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——2,008189.81/cwt184.50–195.003,8112
Bulls——2,060174.00/cwt174.00–174.003,5841
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%905105.00/cwt105.00–105.009501
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023117.92/cwt115.00–120.001,2063
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143134.34/cwt129.50–139.501,5362
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,198162.17/cwt160.00–164.001,9432
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,225154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,8931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,250170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317153.47/cwt145.00–159.002,0219
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487155.76/cwt152.50–159.502,3166
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1032,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1051,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1551,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2282,218.99/head2,150.00–2,275.002,2192
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3221,855.87/head1,775.00–1,900.001,8563
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4402,002.16/head1,860.00–2,125.002,0022
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 27801,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1802,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2202,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9251

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.