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Crossville Livestock Auction

Name: Crossville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, May 23

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061

← May 16May 23May 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

102 head

▼ 192 vs last sale 294▼ 153 vs year ago 255 · −60.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 35▼ 32 vs year ago 61 · −52.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

57 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 42▲ 27 vs year ago 30 · +90.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to lack of comparable recites.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $399.63/cwt on 10 head, down $56.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 34 comparable sales and sits +37.44 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.

Average price

$399.63

▼ 56.59 vs prior sale

10 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$33.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.51

vs TN average

−18.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	406.41	2,156	8thin
Medium and Large 2	578	372.51	2,153	2thin

One grade step is worth $33.90/cwt here — about $3 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 sale10 hd

399.63

—

TN average15 barns · 591 hd

406.14

−6.51

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−18.63

This barn, trailing median34 sales

362.19

+37.44

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,435	196.64	2,822	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,578	179.88	2,838	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,319	171.25	2,259	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,078	145.14	1,565	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,197	$3,007	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,240	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,407	$3,000	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,277	$2,736	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,118	$2,683	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,185	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,240	$2,575	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$2,306	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	995	$3,700	1thin

Every lot

60 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,544	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,096	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,848	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,326	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	397.50/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,868	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	510	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,555	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,258	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	469.86/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,509	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,371	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	341.90/cwt	334.00–350.00	2,769	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	499.92/cwt	465.00–520.00	1,575	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,649	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	467.80/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,998	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	362.50/cwt	280.00–445.00	1,613	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	460	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,955	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,354	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	441.63/cwt	436.00–459.00	2,142	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	510	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,025	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	415.97/cwt	405.00–421.00	2,151	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	387.20/cwt	376.00–399.00	2,226	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	372.51/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,153	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,201	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	635	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,064	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	353.00/cwt	349.00–357.00	2,312	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,628	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	512.27/cwt	511.00–520.00	2,075	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,110	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	485.57/cwt	461.00–501.00	2,350	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	435.80/cwt	424.00–451.00	2,471	16
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	381.50/cwt	381.00–382.00	2,346	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,492	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,918	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,420	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,060	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,887	1
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,290	202.04/cwt	200.00–204.00	2,606	2
Bulls	—	—	2,100	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	4,295	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	149.73/cwt	141.50–159.50	1,583	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	179.48/cwt	179.00–180.00	2,168	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,225	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,384	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,338	170.78/cwt	165.50–176.00	2,285	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,178	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,375	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,654	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,643	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,957	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,650	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	2,747	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,095	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	2,812.39/head	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,812	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,135	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,143	2,018.16/head	1,725.00–2,300.00	2,018	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,153	2,449.54/head	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,450	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,185	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,217	3,193.15/head	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,193	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,240	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,240	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,277	2,736.32/head	2,700.00–2,875.00	2,736	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,407	2,999.84/head	2,425.00–3,400.00	3,000	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	995	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Crossville Stockyard - Crossville, TN

Sat May 23, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 102Last week 294Year ago 255

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 35Year ago 61

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 42Year ago 30

No trends established due to lack of comparable recites.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,143	1,725.00–2,300.00	2,018.16
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	2,425.00	2,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,217	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,193.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,153	2,200.00–2,550.00	2,449.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	2,575.00	2,575.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,130	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,812.39
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,277	2,700.00–2,875.00	2,736.32
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,185	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,407	2,425.00–3,400.00	2,999.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	3,700.00	3,700.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	490.00	490.00
1	400–450	420	440.00	440.00
2	450–500	470	375.00–420.00	397.50
1	500–550	530	426.00	426.00
1	750–800	795	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	505.00	505.00
3	450–500	456	510.00	510.00
5	500–550	534	440.00–480.00	469.86
3	550–600	577	411.00	411.00
1	600–650	610	390.00	390.00
2	800–850	810	334.00–350.00	341.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	510	501.00	501.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	465.00–520.00	499.92
1	350–400	395	417.50	417.50
2	400–450	445	280.00–445.00	362.50
1	450–500	480	282.00	282.00
2	550–600	578	370.00–375.00	372.51
1	800–850	815	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	510	397.00	397.00
1	600–650	635	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	427	460.00–480.00	467.80
4	450–500	485	436.00–459.00	441.63
5	500–550	517	405.00–421.00	415.97
2	550–600	575	376.00–399.00	387.20
1	600–650	620	355.00	355.00
2	650–700	655	349.00–357.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	405	511.00–520.00	512.27
8	450–500	484	461.00–501.00	485.57
16	550–600	567	424.00–451.00	435.80
2	600–650	615	381.00–382.00	381.50
1	750–800	755	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	800	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	880	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	449.00	449.00
1	500–550	515	400.00	400.00
1	800–850	825	232.50	232.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	159.00	159.00
2	—	1,208	179.00–180.00	179.48
9	—	1,338	165.50–176.00	170.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	113.00	113.00
7	—	1,057	141.50–159.50	149.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,650	166.50	166.50
1	—	1,375	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	200.00–204.00	202.04
1	—	1,060	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,100	204.50	204.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.