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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 7
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
688 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 747▼ 212 vs year ago 900 · −23.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 93▲ 5 vs year ago 92 · +5.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 32▲ 29 vs year ago 16 · +181.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no trends could be established on Feeder Steers due to lack of comparable data however traded with a sharply higher undertone; Feeder Heifers were well tested trading 10.00 to 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 15.00 to 20.00 higher; Quality good with strong demand on all classes of Feeder Cattle; Slaughter Cows 6.00 to 8.00 higher with good quality; No trends on Slaughter Bulls due to lack of comparable data.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $363.37/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −82.02 against this barn's trailing median of $445.38.
Average price
$363.37
30 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.25
vs TN average
−82.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556378.942,10622
Medium and Large 2558320.541,7878thin
One grade step is worth $58.40/cwt here — about $318 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 sale30 hd
363.37
—
TN average14 barns · 492 hd
378.62
−15.25
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−82.48
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.38
−82.02
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—Average1,739186.713,24613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,497169.572,53821
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,293165.872,14439
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,042142.631,48717

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)1,134$2,6714thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$2,2252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,205$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,067$2,1847
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,155$2,0594thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)820$1,8001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,165$2,9501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,500$2,8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,440$3,1822thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)910$1,7502thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)995$1,6751thin

Every lot

109 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,1281
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2250370.00/cwt370.00–370.009251
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1271450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2204
Steers300–350Small 1300365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0951
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324396.08/cwt315.00–440.001,2835
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339475.86/cwt460.00–485.001,61310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374448.88/cwt435.00–455.001,67914
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385391.21/cwt360.00–410.001,5063
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410424.76/cwt410.00–440.001,74210
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432377.93/cwt360.00–387.501,6335
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474407.08/cwt395.00–415.001,93013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478339.21/cwt320.00–357.501,6215
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3478292.43/cwt290.00–295.001,3982
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy483380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8352
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509392.76/cwt385.00–397.501,9999
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522313.29/cwt310.00–320.001,6353
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579324.89/cwt285.00–350.001,8815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588369.37/cwt365.00–377.502,17213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added606370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2425
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619360.22/cwt342.50–365.002,23012
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,3734
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709332.39/cwt330.00–334.002,3575
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,5831
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added819345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,82614
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828316.48/cwt310.00–323.002,6202
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,6771
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added897342.75/cwt342.75–342.753,07458
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added947327.65/cwt318.00–328.003,10355
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282420.12/cwt417.50–425.001,1853
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2293336.66/cwt300.00–390.009865
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323413.23/cwt400.00–425.001,33510
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328382.40/cwt380.00–385.001,2542
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy345370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2771
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376412.62/cwt400.00–417.501,55116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2377339.59/cwt305.00–355.001,2804
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4451
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427385.62/cwt370.00–395.001,64720
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added466384.08/cwt384.00–385.001,79012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466367.41/cwt360.00–375.001,7129
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2469346.25/cwt345.00–350.001,6244
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy485332.50/cwt330.00–335.001,6132
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy505319.54/cwt315.00–324.001,6142
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515351.92/cwt340.00–365.001,81217
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530244.86/cwt1.00–335.001,2984
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy562317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7842
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,6531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572352.86/cwt335.00–365.002,01823
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0891
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7532
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623315.90/cwt307.00–337.501,96813
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664317.55/cwt307.50–320.002,1099
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,9111
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7941
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added696345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,40110
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2708267.00/cwt265.00–268.001,8903
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716305.62/cwt305.00–307.502,1884
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753286.66/cwt280.00–290.002,1593
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added763346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,64071
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383439.18/cwt415.00–465.001,6822
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4251
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414415.33/cwt405.00–425.001,7194
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470401.14/cwt390.00–415.001,8854
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483355.96/cwt350.00–375.001,7194
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7851
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515383.75/cwt375.00–395.001,9764
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527312.49/cwt270.00–370.001,6475
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563366.95/cwt355.00–375.002,0666
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8981
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624345.85/cwt325.00–350.002,15811
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy625360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2504
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640315.04/cwt310.00–320.002,0162
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658297.43/cwt280.00–315.001,9572
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675326.57/cwt322.50–335.002,20411
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1721322.98/cwt321.00–330.002,3296
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,2391
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1759316.22/cwt313.00–320.002,4005
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2783292.30/cwt280.00–305.002,2892
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 3845185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5631
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2940220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0685
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,664183.86/cwt174.00–189.003,05910
Bulls——1,988196.19/cwt192.50–200.503,9003
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%863117.39/cwt114.00–124.001,0133
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050156.30/cwt152.00–160.001,6415
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098143.44/cwt138.00–149.001,5759
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,7181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265155.12/cwt152.00–159.001,9627
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,287164.92/cwt160.00–170.002,12319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,322175.97/cwt172.00–183.002,32612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,392158.76/cwt157.00–160.002,2103
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,481174.64/cwt172.00–179.002,5869
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,547168.11/cwt166.00–169.502,6019
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Registered1,1652,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,5002,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0382,012.93/head1,675.00–2,550.002,0135
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,664.89/head2,500.00–2,850.002,6652
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1382,610.81/head2,450.00–2,750.002,6112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1432,676.48/head2,600.00–2,750.002,6762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,1532,011.71/head1,750.00–2,120.002,0123
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2052,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2652,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 2-39951,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39101,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4403,182.42/head3,050.00–3,275.003,1822
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 2-38201,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001

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.