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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 19
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,359 head
▲ 341 vs last sale 1,018▲ 213 vs year ago 1,146 · +18.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 74▲ 2 vs year ago 145 · +1.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 26▲ 13 vs year ago 35 · +37.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder classes unevenly steady overall with exception of 5-weight steers and 6-weight bulls sharply lower. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker cows sharply lower, with boning and lean cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, and bulls sharply higher. Today's offerings included the following load lot: 1 load ML 1 preconditioned heifers, 548 lbs., $284.25 per cwt, medium flesh, mostly black.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.13/cwt on 207 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −123.59 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.
Average price
$270.13
207 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,480
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$56.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.66
vs TN average
−7.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548284.251,55876
Medium and Large 1-2547262.211,435130
Large 1595227.501,3541thin
One grade step is worth $56.75/cwt here — about $204 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 sale207 hd
270.13
—
TN average10 barns · 833 hd
261.47
+8.66
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−7.09
This barn, trailing median34 sales
393.73
−123.59
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
437394351308median 393.7303/0304/2807/0709/0110/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.87, low $321.98, median $393.73 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—Low1,766147.292,60120
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,176116.051,36441
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,377115.721,59425
CowsLean 85-90%Low984102.031,00329

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)1,055$1,8112thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,058$1,5882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,178$1,4472thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,028$1,3576
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,135$1,2784thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,004$1,2623thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)827$1,2024thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)995$1,1501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$1,9001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,055$1,5452thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$1,1901thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)840$1,6502thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$2,0501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$1,9502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$1,7333thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,4751thin

Every lot

93 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy245405.00/cwt405.00–405.009921
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273377.39/cwt365.00–390.001,0302
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327354.06/cwt350.00–355.001,15826
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added341370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2625
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364333.78/cwt320.00–345.501,21522
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added379357.04/cwt350.00–365.001,35313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418329.78/cwt320.00–347.501,37827
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3423288.80/cwt280.00–297.501,2222
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,5698
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468325.01/cwt319.00–332.501,52136
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475291.17/cwt289.00–293.001,3837
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,6567
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526294.79/cwt283.00–307.501,55118
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570309.44/cwt307.50–310.001,7649
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572279.58/cwt270.00–295.001,59924
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,7713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618270.96/cwt262.50–277.501,67514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5241
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657280.93/cwt279.00–282.501,8469
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662265.72/cwt260.00–270.001,75926
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6451
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733250.35/cwt245.00–259.001,83516
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773238.63/cwt238.50–239.001,84520
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785236.24/cwt235.00–237.501,8542
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8802
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2262327.86/cwt320.00–340.0085910
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324321.82/cwt306.00–340.001,04333
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370317.94/cwt302.50–335.001,17645
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3529
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416301.20/cwt287.50–315.001,25336
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added451310.42/cwt310.00–315.001,40012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473279.56/cwt260.00–298.001,32274
Heifers450–500Large 1485243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1796
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510284.78/cwt280.00–296.001,4525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529265.50/cwt252.50–276.001,40469
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added548284.25/cwt284.25–284.251,55876
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572267.42/cwt260.00–275.501,53027
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574245.64/cwt235.00–258.001,41029
Heifers550–600Large 1595227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3541
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613247.42/cwt240.00–251.501,51720
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy625217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,3592
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638224.55/cwt222.50–230.001,4338
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added697220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5332
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2271358.68/cwt340.00–370.009725
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy330340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1221
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335311.58/cwt300.00–330.001,04412
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2382323.70/cwt315.00–337.501,2379
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427322.83/cwt300.00–335.001,37820
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465316.52/cwt298.00–330.001,47232
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy477335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5982
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,5556
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534280.23/cwt274.00–292.501,49616
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571271.51/cwt262.50–287.501,55028
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2636236.65/cwt230.00–247.501,5057
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2676239.61/cwt232.50–244.001,6207
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2728218.19/cwt215.00–225.001,5884
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2765212.21/cwt205.00–216.001,6233
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,9711
Bulls——1,744145.78/cwt138.00–151.002,54216
Bulls——1,983159.47/cwt155.00–167.003,1623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88187.23/cwt82.00–90.007686
Cows—Lean 85-90%983118.21/cwt115.00–120.501,1624
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016103.29/cwt93.50–110.501,04919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150112.71/cwt104.00–122.501,29633
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,175102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,282129.84/cwt124.00–137.001,6658
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,370114.49/cwt106.50–122.001,56921
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,497128.89/cwt126.50–132.501,9293
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Registered7851,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-28951,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,950.00/head1,825.00–2,075.001,9502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3—1,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27581,167.49/head1,025.00–1,300.001,1672
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27601,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-37601,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38451,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39031,210.53/head1,175.00–1,250.001,2112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29951,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,810.84/head1,725.00–1,900.001,8112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0831,268.11/head1,170.00–1,350.001,2682
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,430.02/head1,275.00–1,525.001,4304
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,278.36/head975.00–1,400.001,2784
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1781,447.29/head1,125.00–1,725.001,4472
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29601,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29601,190.00/head1,190.00–1,190.001,1901
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,544.61/head1,350.00–1,725.001,5452

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.