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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 21

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066

← Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

618 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 662▲ 409 vs year ago 209 · +195.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

62 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 91▲ 8 vs year ago 54 · +14.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

46 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 43▲ 31 vs year ago 15 · +206.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 2.00 to 3.00 higher overall with heifers 6.00 lower with lighter demand noted, and feeder bulls 2.00 lower. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher and lean cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.59/cwt on 192 head.

Average price

$131.59

192 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.60

vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	131.59	714	192

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale192 hd

131.59

—

TN average9 barns · 1,985 hd

127.99

+3.60

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,818	94.19	1,712	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	70.08	846	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,415	67.33	952	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,140	60.31	688	4thin

Every lot

69 lots · USDA AMS · Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	570	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	650	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	415	174.51/cwt	174.00–175.00	724	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	160.11/cwt	150.00–165.00	676	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	162.26/cwt	162.00–162.50	763	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	675	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	157.72/cwt	152.00–162.50	815	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	145.41/cwt	143.00–150.00	845	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	588	136.74/cwt	136.00–137.50	804	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	602	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	909	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	140.49/cwt	133.00–147.50	860	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	138.73/cwt	135.00–140.00	928	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	140.64/cwt	130.00–143.50	1,008	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	755	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,068	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,024	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	812	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,137	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	130.12/cwt	123.00–137.50	1,073	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	139.37/cwt	133.00–145.00	523	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	414	136.63/cwt	133.00–141.00	566	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	464	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	675	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	133.17/cwt	127.00–138.00	629	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	132.18/cwt	125.00–137.00	686	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	141.83/cwt	140.00–142.50	743	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	129.08/cwt	124.00–136.00	738	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	123.25/cwt	120.00–126.00	760	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	633	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	855	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	118.05/cwt	116.00–122.50	811	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	695	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	914	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	112.81/cwt	110.00–118.00	817	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	108.51/cwt	107.00–110.00	836	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	109.31/cwt	105.00–111.50	904	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	165.20/cwt	154.00–167.50	631	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	151.27/cwt	145.00–157.50	640	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	455	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	717	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	150.14/cwt	143.00–155.00	703	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	497	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	656	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	140.39/cwt	133.00–145.00	724	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	137.84/cwt	131.00–144.00	779	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	130.72/cwt	128.00–132.50	804	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	122.99/cwt	117.50–130.00	834	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	111.57/cwt	110.00–115.00	814	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	846	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	817	104.99/cwt	100.00–111.00	858	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,732	91.39/cwt	88.00–93.50	1,583	10
Bulls	—	—	1,910	103.50/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,977	4
Bulls	—	—Heavy Weight	2,310	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,964	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,140	60.31/cwt	54.00–64.00	688	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,202	74.53/cwt	74.00–75.00	896	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	67.86/cwt	64.50–73.00	820	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,023	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,424	66.31/cwt	62.50–71.50	944	10
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	1,743.75/cwt	1,450.00–2,000.00	22,669	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Registered	1,400	2,050.00/cwt	1,800.00–2,300.00	28,700	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,443	1,451.86/cwt	1,225.00–1,650.00	20,950	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	775	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	4,573	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,095	775.09/cwt	700.00–830.00	8,487	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	790	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,530	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	7,697	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,755	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	965	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,720	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,260	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,690	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,145	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,275	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,213	966.47/cwt	900.00–1,030.00	11,723	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,235	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	9,757	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,370	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	10,686	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 →

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Tue Sep 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 618Last week 662Year ago 209

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 91Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 43Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	174.00–175.00	174.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	135.00	135.00
2	—	588	136.00–137.50	136.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	178.00	178.00
4	—	669	135.00–140.00	138.73
11	—	422	150.00–165.00	160.11
8	—	788	130.00	130.00
18	—	717	130.00–143.50	140.64
19	—	612	133.00–147.50	140.49
1	—	335	170.00	170.00
2	—	825	123.00–137.50	130.12
7	—	581	143.00–150.00	145.41
2	—	470	162.00–162.50	162.26
23	—	517	152.00–162.50	157.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	141.50	141.50
2	—	812	140.00	140.00
2	—	602	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	524	140.00–142.50	141.83
2	—	695	131.50	131.50
9	—	633	135.00	135.00
7	—	464	145.50	145.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	414	133.00–141.00	136.63
6	—	827	105.00–111.50	109.31
4	—	724	110.00–118.00	112.81
2	—	770	107.00–110.00	108.51
40	—	572	124.00–136.00	129.08
11	—	375	133.00–145.00	139.37
5	—	687	116.00–122.50	118.05
30	—	472	127.00–138.00	133.17
26	—	519	125.00–137.00	132.18
14	—	617	120.00–126.00	123.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	125.00	125.00
2	—	497	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	817	100.00–111.00	104.99
5	—	769	110.00	110.00
5	—	730	110.00–115.00	111.57
1	—	340	175.00	175.00
6	—	382	154.00–167.50	165.20
15	—	516	133.00–145.00	140.39
9	—	615	128.00–132.50	130.72
9	—	565	131.00–144.00	137.84
8	—	468	143.00–155.00	150.14
11	—	423	145.00–157.50	151.27
9	—	678	117.50–130.00	122.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	157.50	157.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,140	54.00–64.00	60.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,209	64.50–73.00	67.86
5	—	1,202	74.00–75.00	74.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	77.50	77.50
10	—	1,424	62.50–71.50	66.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,732	88.00–93.50	91.39
4	—	1,910	101.00–105.00	103.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,310	85.00	85.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,095	700.00–830.00	775.09

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	775	590.00	590.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	825.00	825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	860.00	860.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	790	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,145	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,080	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,370	780.00	780.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,213	900.00–1,030.00	966.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	850.00	850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	965	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,443	1,225.00–1,650.00	1,451.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	4	—	1,300	1,450.00–2,000.00	1,743.75

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,400	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,050.00

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.