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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 9
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,004 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 1,002▲ 241 vs year ago 763 · +31.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 119▼ 50 vs year ago 147 · −34.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 19▼ 7 vs year ago 30 · −23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and bulls measuring 6.00 higher overall, with feeder heifers weighing up to 550 lbs. 6.00 lower and those weighing over 550 lbs. sharply higher. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows gauging 3.00 to 6.00 higher, with lean cows mostly steady, and bulls 5.00 higher. Today's offerings included the following load lots: 2 loads ML 1 preconditioned Steers, 661 lbs., $277.10 per cwt, medium flesh, mixed colors.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.92/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −142.47 against this barn's trailing median of $445.38.
Average price
$302.92
36 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+24.49
vs TN average
−2.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524302.921,58636
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale36 hd
302.92
—
TN average11 barns · 588 hd
278.43
+24.49
National average170 barns · 11,306 hd
305.47
−2.55
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.38
−142.47
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
517458400341median 445.3803/0304/2807/0709/0110/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.18, low $355.08, median $445.38 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—Average1,717159.062,73111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,402134.741,88916
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,148129.601,48843
CowsLean 85-90%Average924114.961,06216

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,110$1,6882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,055$1,5301thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$1,4265
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)770$1,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)803$1,0382thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)780$1,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$1,8632thin

Every lot

96 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2293340.27/cwt320.00–350.009973
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy302280.00/cwt280.00–280.008463
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313322.40/cwt320.00–325.001,0092
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373323.62/cwt312.50–337.501,2074
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy420292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2293
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426306.11/cwt300.00–325.001,30438
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467308.32/cwt300.00–325.001,44024
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy474288.00/cwt280.00–292.501,3659
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added502315.91/cwt314.00–324.001,58620
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy505267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535288.09/cwt280.00–300.001,5417
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6883
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574285.03/cwt277.50–290.001,6364
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy590255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615294.38/cwt286.00–300.001,81020
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7458
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added661277.10/cwt277.10–277.101,832147
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686260.56/cwt255.00–270.001,78720
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,9292
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775233.32/cwt220.00–247.501,8086
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy780210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6382
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added840210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7642
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added950190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230314.45/cwt295.00–330.007237
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275311.34/cwt300.00–320.008564
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325292.97/cwt280.00–315.0095210
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy343261.68/cwt260.00–265.008983
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy365259.16/cwt255.00–262.509463
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370280.51/cwt270.00–290.001,0386
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420277.71/cwt272.50–300.001,16617
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy442256.66/cwt255.00–257.501,1343
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,3082
Heifers450–500Large 1460242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1165
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy463242.64/cwt237.50–247.501,1232
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475265.49/cwt255.00–272.501,26129
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517279.16/cwt277.50–280.001,4436
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520258.26/cwt245.00–267.501,34325
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added521280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,46154
Heifers500–550Large 1545240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3081
Heifers550–600Large 1553231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,2773
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565259.94/cwt240.00–267.501,46916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy569223.72/cwt222.50–227.501,2734
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,60213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added611258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,57631
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626252.08/cwt240.00–257.501,57812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy632227.93/cwt225.00–230.001,4416
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6012
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2701206.75/cwt206.00–207.501,4494
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774197.44/cwt195.00–205.001,5284
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,6102
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added916170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5575
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2213340.00/cwt340.00–340.007242
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy255360.00/cwt360.00–360.009181
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Full260300.00/cwt300.00–300.007801
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3263290.10/cwt280.00–300.007632
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2278332.99/cwt310.00–345.009266
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2333319.11/cwt305.00–337.501,0639
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3340285.00/cwt285.00–285.009691
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372311.60/cwt300.00–335.001,15917
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3407285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1602
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3331
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428301.99/cwt295.00–315.001,29314
Bulls400–450Large 1430277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1932
Bulls450–500Large 1455280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2741
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475302.68/cwt290.00–310.001,43831
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy483275.43/cwt270.00–277.501,3306
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3505255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2881
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2517286.99/cwt280.00–290.001,48410
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy532263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,3995
Bulls500–550Large 1540270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4581
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy553261.26/cwt260.00–262.501,4452
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571280.16/cwt267.50–287.501,60016
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619268.13/cwt265.00–272.501,6604
Bulls600–650Large 1635247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5721
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy675227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,270142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,8031
Bulls——1,580170.35/cwt169.00–172.002,6922
Bulls——1,807158.37/cwt154.00–165.002,8628
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed806123.04/cwt119.00–128.009924
Cows—Lean 85-90%963112.26/cwt105.00–118.001,08112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,105106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114128.67/cwt117.00–135.501,43338
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,396133.07/cwt125.00–140.001,85813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,427142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,0263
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,483144.30/cwt138.00–148.002,1404
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-2730925.00/head925.00–925.009251
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27701,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27801,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-38081,062.38/head1,025.00–1,100.001,0622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28751,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0551,530.00/head1,530.00–1,530.001,5301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1101,688.06/head1,375.00–1,875.001,6882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2201,668.59/head1,400.00–1,775.001,6693
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,862.50/head1,575.00–2,150.001,8632

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.