Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2026-08-08

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Aug 8
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 162▼ 14 vs year ago 237 · −5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 29▲ 5 vs year ago 24 · +20.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 41▼ 41 vs year ago 81 · −50.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to lack of comparable sales. However mostly steady undertones noted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.17/cwt on 38 head, up $2.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 34 comparable sales and sits −3.02 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$359.17
▲ 2.77 vs prior sale
38 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,962
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.55
vs TN average
−14.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553364.522,01428
Medium and Large 2529344.211,82010thin
One grade step is worth $20.31/cwt here — about $194 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 sale38 hd
359.17
—
TN average16 barns · 872 hd
371.72
−12.55
National average160 barns · 6,700 hd
374.03
−14.86
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−3.02
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—Average1,806217.443,9275thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,223168.712,06419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,541167.672,5844thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,098143.721,5787thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,048$3,6002thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,273$3,1962thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)935$3,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,043$2,8132thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)845$2,7001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,420$2,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,110$2,2251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,120$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$2,7752thin

Every lot

71 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 1335490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6421
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6361
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,4231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437462.95/cwt460.00–475.002,0235
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added445496.00/cwt496.00–496.002,2073
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,8491
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486449.23/cwt421.00–465.002,1834
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2523390.68/cwt386.00–405.002,0434
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527413.11/cwt409.00–426.002,1775
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585418.68/cwt408.00–422.002,4494
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2587370.06/cwt312.00–387.002,1728
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,9681
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,41910
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5418
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,3392
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2763341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,6023
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2865315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381407.20/cwt400.00–425.001,5516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420423.90/cwt420.00–430.001,7803
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423345.69/cwt328.00–352.001,4624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463348.22/cwt340.00–356.001,6122
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed475420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9953
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1486387.12/cwt375.00–400.001,8819
Heifers450–500Small 1490270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3231
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed520403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,0961
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521387.02/cwt379.00–390.002,01612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522338.14/cwt310.00–365.001,7658
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy545359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,9574
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567359.41/cwt354.00–362.002,0383
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,9711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy593338.67/cwt336.00–339.002,0089
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,9261
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627355.75/cwt345.00–359.002,23113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672335.93/cwt331.00–343.002,2573
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3563
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,5971
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,3941
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8451
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,7921
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477348.90/cwt300.00–380.001,6643
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480427.14/cwt414.00–440.002,0502
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,8101
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535372.60/cwt371.00–380.001,9936
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563367.51/cwt366.00–370.002,0694
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580317.06/cwt290.00–348.001,8395
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1635338.76/cwt321.00–350.002,1515
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2635277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,7591
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663333.86/cwt323.00–338.002,21314
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1735325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3891
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735306.46/cwt300.00–313.002,2522
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,5341
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,4481
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,806217.44/cwt212.00–221.503,9275
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083139.72/cwt139.50–140.001,5132
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2321
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105153.65/cwt145.00–159.001,6984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218192.22/cwt185.00–199.002,3412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218174.97/cwt169.00–180.002,1318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229157.93/cwt153.00–167.001,9419
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,541167.67/cwt163.00–171.002,5844
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28452,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29353,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0252,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0483,599.88/head3,550.00–3,650.003,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0602,775.00/head2,775.00–2,775.002,7751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1102,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1202,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2733,196.07/head2,450.00–4,000.003,1962
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4202,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 31,2002,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2502,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.