Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2026-01-10

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Jan 10
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 174▲ 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 45▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 74▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Feeder Cattle trends established, due to lack of comparable data. Slaughter Cows 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.63/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 13 of 34 comparable sales and sits −18.56 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$343.63
12 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,890
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$386
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$73.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.03
vs TN average
−66.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548368.162,0188thin
Medium and Large 2554294.581,6324thin
One grade step is worth $73.59/cwt here — about $386 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale12 hd
343.63
—
TN average15 barns · 956 hd
361.67
−18.03
National average199 barns · 28,725 hd
410.10
−66.47
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−18.56
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—Average1,592196.703,1316thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,519152.702,3193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,366150.782,05911
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,268132.271,67710

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)Young (2-4 yrs)965$2,6251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,316$2,4544thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,195$2,3632thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,053$2,2752thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)890$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$4,0001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,000$3,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,075$2,3751thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5041
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0352
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435464.71/cwt431.00–500.002,0212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480357.73/cwt350.00–365.001,7172
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added485477.88/cwt470.00–479.002,3188
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,4441
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added539448.36/cwt445.00–450.002,4176
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,1361
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4812
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3211
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added753360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7114
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,5521
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8881
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added902320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8862
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,2171
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,2241
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5701
Heifers350–400Small 1375280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383388.07/cwt386.00–390.001,4862
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,4901
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added415411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,7062
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465329.97/cwt329.00–331.001,5342
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470387.52/cwt371.00–391.001,82115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513309.15/cwt275.00–345.001,5862
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535377.86/cwt374.00–380.002,0225
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,0063
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6662
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768286.89/cwt280.00–294.002,2032
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy945233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,2021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488422.28/cwt419.00–450.002,0619
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,2131
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1596385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2953
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,3363
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,3411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,592196.70/cwt188.00–201.003,1316
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,142122.94/cwt122.00–123.501,4043
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220166.50/cwt166.50–166.502,0311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,246133.89/cwt129.50–140.501,6686
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262138.76/cwt137.00–140.501,7513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428157.80/cwt155.50–160.002,2532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,431153.68/cwt146.00–162.002,1997
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,700142.50/cwt142.50–142.502,4231
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,780150.50/cwt150.50–150.502,6791
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0752,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3504,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18902,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19652,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0532,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0852,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3052,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3162,454.04/head2,300.00–2,650.002,4544

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.