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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 30
● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
862 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 845▲ 43 vs year ago 819 · +5.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 142▼ 26 vs year ago 147 · −17.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 37▲ 35 vs year ago 34 · +102.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers and bulls measuring 5.00 to 6.00 higher overall, with feeder steers sharply higher, and high-quality feeder offerings noted. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher with slaughter bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.92/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −123.80 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.
Average price
$269.92
101 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$36.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.88
vs TN average
+1.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551273.561,50890
Medium and Large 2-3513253.601,3012thin
Large 1573237.221,3609thin
One grade step is worth $36.34/cwt here — about $148 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 sale101 hd
269.92
—
TN average11 barns · 425 hd
258.04
+11.88
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
+1.54
This barn, trailing median34 sales
393.73
−123.80
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—High1,662152.972,54218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,367121.071,65521
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,220121.001,47641
CowsLean 85-90%High1,045108.301,13220

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)1,080$1,7152thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,095$1,6655
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,049$1,58918
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,151$1,5529
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$1,3501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,068$1,2642thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,048$1,2492thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)750$1,0001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)748$1,2642thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)800$1,2501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,295$2,2001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$1,8382thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$1,9555

Every lot

107 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added262420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1002
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1951
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added316391.52/cwt387.50–400.001,23710
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added370398.24/cwt385.00–405.001,4733
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377366.51/cwt350.00–380.001,3829
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added416350.33/cwt345.00–370.001,45713
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426329.72/cwt310.00–340.001,40526
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added487331.48/cwt330.00–333.001,6148
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488322.85/cwt317.50–327.501,5769
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523318.73/cwt300.00–327.501,66733
Steers500–550Large 1547240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3132
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566316.85/cwt312.00–320.001,7935
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587300.19/cwt285.00–305.001,76214
Steers550–600Large 1597275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6422
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy613256.57/cwt253.00–260.001,5732
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621298.56/cwt298.00–300.001,8547
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624281.18/cwt270.00–291.001,75512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,8501
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662259.21/cwt250.00–277.501,7163
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722247.30/cwt241.00–255.001,7865
Steers800–850Large 1Value Added810227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Value Added242365.00/cwt365.00–365.008832
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245330.00/cwt330.00–330.008091
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2265317.41/cwt315.00–320.008412
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added268359.35/cwt350.00–370.009632
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added315325.68/cwt322.50–332.501,0263
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2321300.79/cwt290.00–315.0096611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added353335.22/cwt327.50–337.501,1839
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375305.01/cwt295.00–325.001,14419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added401314.00/cwt311.00–317.501,25917
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy419278.53/cwt277.50–280.001,1675
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431295.38/cwt287.50–307.501,27331
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3432283.76/cwt280.00–285.001,2264
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added461300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3833
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467284.82/cwt274.00–292.501,33044
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470269.17/cwt267.50–270.001,2653
Heifers450–500Large 1480237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1402
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy481262.09/cwt260.00–268.001,2615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3513253.60/cwt247.50–260.001,3012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5092
Heifers500–550Large 1525227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1941
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528274.28/cwt267.50–283.001,44838
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy540257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559279.35/cwt275.00–280.001,56223
Heifers550–600Large 1Value Added579240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3907
Heifers550–600Large 1580227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3201
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582267.30/cwt260.00–272.501,55625
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614245.83/cwt235.00–257.501,50911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy660217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,4361
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6424
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5822
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731210.42/cwt202.50–212.501,5385
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2235396.97/cwt385.00–410.009332
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2277393.24/cwt385.00–400.001,0896
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2326368.63/cwt360.00–395.001,2027
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2374355.86/cwt340.00–370.001,3315
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2414348.51/cwt327.00–367.501,44319
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3439312.50/cwt307.50–317.501,3724
Bulls400–450Large 1445285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2681
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458338.07/cwt337.50–340.001,5487
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2477318.26/cwt295.00–327.501,51830
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy517273.07/cwt270.00–277.501,4124
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522305.15/cwt290.00–312.501,59323
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2569295.10/cwt280.00–310.001,67919
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy575257.75/cwt257.50–258.001,4822
Bulls550–600Large 1580230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3343
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2611266.50/cwt257.50–275.001,6285
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670253.22/cwt245.00–265.001,6973
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6461
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2795215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7091
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers250–300Medium and Large 3-4Value Added265390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0341
Beef/Dairy Steers400–450Medium and Large 3-4Value Added440232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0214
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Medium and Large 3-4Value Added518220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1403
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Medium and Large 3-4Value Added681175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1926
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3-4Value Added465238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1071
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3-4480255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2241
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3-4Value Added538213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1468
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,118137.97/cwt133.50–142.001,5432
Bulls——1,663152.85/cwt146.00–158.002,54213
Bulls——2,018163.46/cwt162.00–166.003,2993
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%985117.54/cwt116.50–119.001,1583
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,042107.33/cwt99.00–115.001,11816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,2641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,199119.37/cwt110.00–124.501,43130
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,203108.81/cwt107.00–110.501,3092
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,2191
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288127.15/cwt125.00–129.501,63810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,384122.36/cwt115.00–127.001,69319
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2952,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27501,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27501,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-39001,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-29051,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39281,297.44/head1,250.00–1,350.001,2972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0481,249.46/head1,225.00–1,275.001,2492
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0681,264.11/head1,200.00–1,325.001,2642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,650.52/head1,425.00–1,925.001,65115
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0801,714.53/head1,625.00–1,800.001,7152
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1441,731.72/head1,575.00–1,950.001,7324
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2011,599.53/head1,475.00–1,750.001,6008
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-27481,263.88/head1,225.00–1,300.001,2642
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-28001,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
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—1,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,955.00/head1,850.00–2,025.001,9555

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.