Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2026-06-20

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 20
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
381 head
▲ 156 vs last sale 225▲ 179 vs year ago 202 · +88.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 45▲ 31 vs year ago 19 · +163.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 57▼ 22 vs year ago 110 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 10.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 10.00 lower. Feeder Bulls not well tested. Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Quality good to very good, with several large groups of Value-Added steers. Demand very good on the Value-Added steers, New-Crop and excessive flesh calves and larger bull calves taking most discount.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $466.99/cwt on 99 head, up $25.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 24 comparable sales and sits +45.53 against this barn's trailing median of $421.46.
Average price
$466.99
▲ 25.78 vs prior sale
99 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,542
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$830
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$174.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.79
vs TN average
+7.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543479.012,59983
Medium and Large 2552411.272,26915thin
Small 1580305.001,7691thin
One grade step is worth $174.01/cwt here — about $830 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 sale99 hd
466.99
—
TN average16 barns · 605 hd
436.20
+30.79
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
+7.94
This barn, trailing median24 sales
421.46
+45.53
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

24 sales
505443381319median 421.4603/1405/0906/2709/1210/24
Steers 500–600 lb: high $490.86, low $333.49, median $421.46 across 24 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—Average1,557208.103,2415thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,442179.072,5828thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,253171.052,14422
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,083147.781,60111

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)1,353$3,1478
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,231$3,0859
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,187$2,9716
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,033$2,7503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,133$2,4503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)865$2,2501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,020$2,1751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,075$4,2132thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,188$3,5774thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$3,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,075$3,1253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$2,8501thin

Every lot

90 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1220605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,3311
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4251
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6807
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2326453.87/cwt445.00–470.001,4804
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1359507.53/cwt500.00–530.001,8224
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375443.20/cwt440.00–450.001,6623
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2412384.04/cwt310.00–435.001,5823
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468472.34/cwt457.50–485.002,2117
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added477498.85/cwt491.00–500.002,38016
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478443.63/cwt440.00–447.002,1212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added501412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,0645
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added513480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,46223
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514456.78/cwt455.00–476.002,34816
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added568490.03/cwt470.00–499.002,78342
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added575416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,3929
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580414.04/cwt409.00–419.002,4012
Steers550–600Small 1580305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7691
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,1721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608413.07/cwt401.00–431.002,5115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added620440.63/cwt437.00–444.002,73279
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full645337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,1741
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,4171
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added706380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,6838
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,5631
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6221
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,3641
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1922321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,9603
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2277398.95/cwt375.00–425.001,1053
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1289466.22/cwt460.00–500.001,3476
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4031
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330410.45/cwt400.00–420.001,3542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2389433.04/cwt416.00–445.001,6855
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425341.26/cwt306.00–380.001,4502
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428425.07/cwt419.00–432.501,8197
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468411.35/cwt407.00–420.001,9253
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523326.39/cwt303.00–350.001,7072
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530393.62/cwt384.00–414.002,0863
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583372.93/cwt359.00–384.002,17411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628321.05/cwt309.00–333.002,0162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0161
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,3082
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4611
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,2471
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718335.37/cwt330.00–341.002,4082
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,5641
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,2111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8671
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6591
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415388.90/cwt354.00–412.001,6143
Bulls400–450Small 1435390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6971
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440469.50/cwt453.00–485.002,0664
Bulls450–500Small 1468370.44/cwt360.00–381.001,7342
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,1502
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486378.31/cwt353.00–409.001,8394
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523430.66/cwt411.00–438.002,25212
Bulls500–550Small 1530290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5371
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540372.20/cwt340.00–405.002,0102
Bulls550–600Small 1560319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,7861
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568345.07/cwt340.00–350.001,9602
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1590378.69/cwt371.00–385.002,2347
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605383.80/cwt340.00–390.002,3228
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1688347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,3913
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1711334.77/cwt331.00–336.002,3804
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,175197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,3151
Bulls——1,653210.88/cwt203.00–215.003,4864
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3771
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,061144.80/cwt139.00–152.001,5367
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,157159.01/cwt158.00–160.001,8403
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233190.42/cwt187.00–196.002,3484
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,257172.21/cwt163.00–181.502,16512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260155.81/cwt152.50–160.501,9636
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,328192.48/cwt189.00–198.002,5563
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510171.02/cwt167.00–179.002,5825
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18652,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0202,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0332,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1002,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,449.78/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1872,970.51/head2,800.00–3,125.002,9716
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2313,084.55/head2,700.00–3,900.003,0859
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3533,146.82/head2,725.00–3,550.003,1478
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0503,425.00/head3,425.00–3,425.003,4251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0753,125.00/head3,125.00–3,125.003,1253
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1005,000.00/head5,000.00–5,000.005,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1502,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1883,576.84/head3,400.00–3,750.003,5774
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2503,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501

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.