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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 2
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
911 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 918▲ 333 vs year ago 578 · +57.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 58▲ 27 vs year ago 78 · +34.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 102▲ 64 vs year ago 12 · +533.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle unevenly steady overall and slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower overall with exception of lean cows 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $386.55/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 7 of 34 comparable sales and sits −58.84 against this barn's trailing median of $445.38.
Average price
$386.55
50 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.58
vs TN average
−29.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545387.092,10849
Medium and Large 2515360.001,8541thin
One grade step is worth $27.09/cwt here — about $254 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 sale50 hd
386.55
—
TN average11 barns · 346 hd
382.96
+3.58
National average140 barns · 6,808 hd
416.53
−29.98
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.38
−58.84
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—Low1,699198.863,37915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,507171.072,57913
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,195169.942,03025
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,037156.251,62012

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)1,210$2,9953thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,275$2,9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,420$2,6443thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,226$2,49112
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,298$2,4053thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$2,2213thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,048$1,9632thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)720$1,7001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)883$2,6712thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)895$2,6001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)750$1,9001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,110$2,4501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$4,4002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$3,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$3,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)—$3,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$3,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$3,2004thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$3,8756

Every lot

106 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 1Value Added282635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,7912
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332514.55/cwt505.00–525.001,7084
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy368410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5093
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378466.23/cwt440.00–495.001,7622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405426.67/cwt420.00–430.001,7283
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added430435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8711
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476395.20/cwt390.00–405.001,8813
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added487450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1926
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7892
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8541
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525378.55/cwt370.00–395.001,98729
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added541432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,3403
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569381.69/cwt365.00–395.002,17210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added592410.71/cwt407.50–415.002,4317
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620336.35/cwt324.00–370.002,08511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added639396.59/cwt385.00–405.002,5348
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0991
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666368.19/cwt357.50–395.002,4526
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2743320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3783
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added800350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,8001
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,6191
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added922349.75/cwt349.75–349.753,22557
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added961329.50/cwt329.50–329.503,166103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225488.17/cwt480.00–495.001,0982
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed270550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,4851
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290480.00/cwt450.00–495.001,3926
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed305480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4641
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324440.62/cwt425.00–455.001,4286
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed370440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378415.38/cwt400.00–430.001,57012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427422.13/cwt415.00–435.001,80219
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy427379.05/cwt377.50–380.001,6195
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added451420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8944
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471378.01/cwt365.00–390.001,78010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy472347.54/cwt345.00–355.001,6406
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy500330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added501388.32/cwt375.00–390.001,9459
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522349.74/cwt340.00–365.001,82628
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added574352.88/cwt350.00–360.002,02610
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574337.64/cwt330.00–345.001,93815
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy584321.57/cwt320.00–325.001,8785
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy607301.68/cwt300.00–305.001,8316
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629312.18/cwt310.00–317.501,96410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631333.73/cwt325.00–340.002,1066
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added667327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1842
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669322.47/cwt317.50–325.002,1576
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added708300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1243
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,1832
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760297.50/cwt295.00–300.002,2612
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1823296.73/cwt288.00–301.002,4426
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1285596.67/cwt580.00–610.001,7013
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324502.81/cwt490.00–520.001,6295
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378466.58/cwt440.00–490.001,76414
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed418470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9653
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427433.16/cwt410.00–455.001,85029
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy447395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7662
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy463370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7134
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476397.35/cwt380.00–420.001,89117
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519369.30/cwt350.00–390.001,91735
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572352.03/cwt335.00–375.002,01416
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,7681
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618328.12/cwt317.50–342.502,02820
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed620355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2011
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1669316.35/cwt310.00–325.002,11611
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1731320.06/cwt317.50–321.002,34010
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1776293.09/cwt275.00–305.002,2745
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820283.88/cwt270.00–300.002,3285
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,610181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,9141
Bulls——1,695215.98/cwt214.00–218.003,6612
Bulls——1,707197.50/cwt192.00–206.003,37112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%915144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3181
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048157.36/cwt151.00–165.001,64911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,139184.16/cwt183.00–187.502,0984
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,199167.99/cwt160.00–174.002,01420
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,235150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,8591
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,0291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,526170.76/cwt162.00–180.002,60611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575195.00/cwt195.00–195.003,0711
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1102,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,400.00/head4,350.00–4,450.004,4002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27201,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27581,523.84/head1,375.00–1,650.001,5242
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28151,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-28551,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1782,393.42/head2,300.00–2,500.002,3932
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,995.18/head2,950.00–3,050.002,9953
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2752,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2802,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2982,405.20/head2,300.00–2,550.002,4053
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3202,684.77/head2,200.00–3,100.002,68510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4202,644.48/head2,350.00–2,950.002,6443
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,350.00/head4,350.00–4,350.004,3502
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,150.00/head4,150.00–4,150.004,1502
Heifer Pairs—Small and Medium 1-2—3,125.00/head3,100.00–3,150.003,1252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small 1-27501,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28832,670.82/head2,300.00–3,000.002,6712
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28952,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001

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.