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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Aug 13
● Final125 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
834 head
▲ 226 vs last sale 608▼ 252 vs year ago 1,086 · −23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 70▼ 43 vs year ago 192 · −22.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 9▲ 8 vs year ago 34 · +23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

On a much heavier test compared to this same sale last week, feeder steers 15.00 to 30.00 lower, heifers steady to 2.00 lower, feeder bulls 6.00 to 12.00 lower. Slaughter cows/bulls 12.00 to 15.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.77/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −148.95 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.
Average price
$244.77
92 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,372
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.99
vs TN average
−7.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564248.951,40356
Medium and Large 2555238.291,32336
One grade step is worth $10.66/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale92 hd
244.77
—
TN average15 barns · 662 hd
237.78
+6.99
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−7.17
This barn, trailing median34 sales
393.73
−148.95
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—High1,616178.322,88112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,450150.302,17937
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,274149.901,91030
CowsLean 85-90%High1,096141.631,55230

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)1,245$1,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,190$1,7582thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)865$1,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,135$1,6003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,4751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)993$1,4533thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,043$1,2652thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)800$1,5251thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$1,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$1,3751thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,675$3,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$2,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,2751thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$1,6882thin

Every lot

125 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2267261.38/cwt250.00–267.506983
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1287279.90/cwt270.00–287.508037
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338311.80/cwt300.00–330.001,0549
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338285.07/cwt280.00–300.009647
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380305.07/cwt300.00–310.001,1592
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386318.36/cwt310.00–330.001,2298
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420276.04/cwt272.50–282.501,1593
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424284.33/cwt280.00–292.501,2064
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added426308.97/cwt307.50–310.001,3167
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed437294.17/cwt290.00–312.501,2865
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3442227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0062
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476260.96/cwt255.00–270.001,2425
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added488300.42/cwt297.50–312.501,46621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1491281.43/cwt280.00–290.001,3827
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3494240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1865
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added505280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4141
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521262.70/cwt250.00–270.001,3696
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522291.91/cwt282.50–302.501,52413
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added562290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6302
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577252.66/cwt245.00–257.501,4587
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578265.89/cwt260.00–270.001,5378
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added589281.42/cwt277.50–287.501,65817
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620238.04/cwt230.00–243.501,4765
Steers600–650Small 1625237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4841
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,8144
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638266.71/cwt260.00–270.001,70218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4501
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5071
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675259.98/cwt257.50–265.001,7553
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725228.96/cwt220.00–237.501,6604
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770231.48/cwt225.00–240.001,7828
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2783218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7072
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7654
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2864212.75/cwt212.50–213.001,8384
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,0507
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1945216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0411
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1985200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9701
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278271.31/cwt270.00–272.507542
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1292248.31/cwt245.00–250.007253
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324272.06/cwt255.00–277.508816
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335288.71/cwt287.50–290.009672
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372273.28/cwt265.00–277.501,0176
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372270.97/cwt250.00–277.501,00815
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed392300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1762
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423245.80/cwt245.00–247.501,0403
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426271.62/cwt260.00–277.501,15721
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429266.82/cwt252.50–272.501,14512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2457245.31/cwt237.50–247.501,12111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476264.42/cwt260.00–270.001,25932
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added487256.11/cwt252.50–258.001,2476
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526255.68/cwt248.00–259.001,34518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529242.79/cwt232.50–247.501,28415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2574235.07/cwt227.50–239.001,34921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581246.42/cwt242.50–255.001,43235
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy588238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3993
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2612202.51/cwt195.00–210.001,23910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2451
Heifers600–650Small 1622229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4242
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623239.06/cwt222.50–245.001,48915
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678216.60/cwt215.00–220.001,4698
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680198.35/cwt190.00–208.001,3494
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added710219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5552
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy711201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4295
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4403
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811197.67/cwt195.00–199.001,6033
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2905175.73/cwt172.50–179.001,5902
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375314.58/cwt300.00–325.001,1803
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2392286.68/cwt285.00–290.001,1243
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420303.77/cwt290.00–310.001,2766
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2423274.82/cwt265.00–280.001,1626
Bulls400–450Small 1445230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0241
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465263.85/cwt250.00–275.001,22712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3480220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0561
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1484296.47/cwt285.00–302.501,43515
Bulls500–550Small 1505239.90/cwt230.00–250.001,2112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,2384
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523255.02/cwt250.00–257.501,3343
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530268.28/cwt260.00–279.001,42213
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed537220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1816
Bulls500–550Large 1543242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,3173
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2577233.82/cwt220.00–245.001,34910
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582261.23/cwt247.00–267.501,5209
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3586210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2314
Bulls550–600Small 1595242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4432
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3610200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2201
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1611234.60/cwt228.00–239.001,4337
Bulls600–650Large 1630214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3482
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673230.32/cwt220.00–240.001,55010
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715211.60/cwt200.00–215.001,5139
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2723195.50/cwt194.00–197.501,4133
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4431
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6701
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1838187.13/cwt185.00–196.001,5685
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,138170.68/cwt167.50–175.001,9423
Bulls——1,648192.13/cwt186.00–200.003,1663
Bulls——1,838175.24/cwt172.00–180.003,2216
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055150.63/cwt150.00–153.001,5894
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075129.86/cwt124.00–136.001,3964
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,107142.14/cwt138.00–146.001,57322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,251163.78/cwt159.00–170.002,0494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254139.91/cwt138.00–142.001,7545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283149.64/cwt144.00–157.501,92021
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355160.91/cwt159.00–164.002,1805
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,454149.69/cwt143.00–157.502,17629
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570138.46/cwt136.00–140.002,1743
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,6753,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-28401,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Small 1-28651,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39251,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-39351,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0001,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0701,529.56/head1,450.00–1,600.001,5302
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0731,499.36/head1,475.00–1,525.001,4992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,530.00/head1,530.00–1,530.001,5301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2451,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2601,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4452,190.00/head2,190.00–2,190.002,1901
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28001,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-39101,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0101,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3—2,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—1,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001

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.