Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2026-09-19

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Sep 19
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 240▼ 87 vs year ago 258 · −33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 52▲ 4 vs year ago 41 · +9.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 33▼ 99 vs year ago 136 · −72.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established due to lack of comparable sales.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $321.23/cwt on 15 head, up $7.60 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −40.96 against this barn's trailing median of $362.19.
Average price
$321.23
▲ 7.60 vs prior sale
15 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.33
vs TN average
−33.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560330.351,84811thin
Medium and Large 2557296.171,6504thin
One grade step is worth $34.18/cwt here — about $198 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 sale15 hd
321.23
—
TN average15 barns · 751 hd
336.56
−15.33
National average171 barns · 9,246 hd
354.31
−33.08
This barn, trailing median34 sales
362.19
−40.96
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—Average1,863184.253,4322thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,430156.922,24411
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,343144.221,93718
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,215115.661,4058thin

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)1,358$2,6434thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$2,4833thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,460$2,2251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,405$2,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,260$1,8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,307$4,1433thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3753
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3301
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5171
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4971
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,7134
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458381.18/cwt370.00–392.001,7462
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510347.00/cwt335.00–359.001,7702
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518330.52/cwt326.00–335.001,7122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582352.64/cwt350.00–356.002,0527
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full630318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0031
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880307.41/cwt301.00–320.002,7053
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,9721
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000304.00/cwt304.00–304.003,0401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285335.00/cwt335.00–335.009551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0871
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365378.81/cwt372.00–386.001,3832
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1851
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3181
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430354.26/cwt344.00–365.001,5232
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475341.27/cwt329.00–358.001,62112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495324.33/cwt315.00–329.001,6053
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,7021
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565329.68/cwt316.00–335.001,86310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573291.56/cwt272.00–303.001,6713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612335.75/cwt311.00–344.002,05514
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy678313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,1222
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684311.01/cwt295.00–320.002,1274
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735304.91/cwt300.00–307.002,2417
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1405404.50/cwt380.00–429.001,6382
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426318.15/cwt310.00–330.001,3554
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4851
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,7381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515300.98/cwt300.00–302.001,5502
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518322.32/cwt315.00–330.001,6702
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570313.66/cwt308.00–321.001,7884
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588295.52/cwt291.00–300.001,7382
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624320.26/cwt311.00–323.001,99812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9221
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1668307.85/cwt305.00–311.002,0565
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1112
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1768297.91/cwt290.00–303.002,2883
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2770281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1641
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2880263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,3141
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,6081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,610175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,8181
Bulls——2,115193.50/cwt193.50–193.504,0931
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,135107.57/cwt101.00–115.001,2215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255159.57/cwt155.00–163.502,0034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318130.77/cwt130.50–131.001,7242
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,348129.14/cwt118.00–135.501,7413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,377141.35/cwt135.00–150.001,94612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418151.92/cwt145.00–158.002,1545
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440171.63/cwt166.00–177.002,4714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0162
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3074,143.24/head3,575.00–4,400.004,1433
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2552,483.27/head2,400.00–2,600.002,4833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2601,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3582,643.44/head2,250.00–2,900.002,6434
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4052,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4602,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251

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.