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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Feb 17
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,609 head
▲ 639 vs last sale 970▲ 1,274 vs year ago 335 · +380.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 82▲ 19 vs year ago 60 · +31.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 37▲ 6 vs year ago 20 · +30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, and based on a much heavier test this week, feeder steers weighing up to 450 lbs. sold sharply lower with those weighing over 450 lbs. 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers weighing up to 700 lbs. sold 20.00 higher with those weighing over 700 lbs. 6.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold 10.00 to 45.00 higher. High-quality offerings and strong demand were noted for feeder classes. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker cows sold 14.00 higher with boning cows steady, and lean cows and bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $420.10/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 33 of 34 comparable sales and sits +26.37 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.
Average price
$420.10
170 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,353
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+18.91
vs TN average
−9.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560420.102,353170
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 sale170 hd
420.10
—
TN average15 barns · 658 hd
401.19
+18.91
National average184 barns · 15,729 hd
429.17
−9.07
This barn, trailing median34 sales
393.73
+26.37
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—High1,796202.223,63215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,476182.702,6976thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,253180.222,25819
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,094151.231,6555thin

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)1,278$2,8592thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,570$2,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$2,6751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,105$2,6501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$2,5272thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,165$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,040$2,3751thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)810$2,4302thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$4,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$3,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,9001thin

Every lot

114 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1291715.00/cwt715.00–715.002,0813
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added315685.00/cwt685.00–685.002,1582
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329615.57/cwt600.00–660.002,0255
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1389593.14/cwt580.00–595.002,3078
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added410560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,2963
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added418584.70/cwt570.00–610.002,44413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy418504.91/cwt500.00–510.002,1112
Steers400–450Small 1420460.00/cwt440.00–480.001,9322
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434539.37/cwt520.00–555.002,34111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added474538.25/cwt530.00–560.002,55113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479503.69/cwt490.00–520.002,41322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2071
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,5763
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539481.49/cwt455.00–495.002,5958
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added557502.20/cwt490.00–515.002,79728
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570471.74/cwt445.00–485.002,68930
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,5081
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added623440.40/cwt425.00–460.002,74435
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624399.98/cwt390.00–410.002,49621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4321
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added686409.68/cwt400.00–430.002,81032
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,6245
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720370.39/cwt360.00–373.002,66712
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added723395.68/cwt382.50–415.002,861100
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4861
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781358.79/cwt355.00–362.502,8027
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added791365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,8877
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824342.57/cwt340.00–345.002,8234
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added848349.46/cwt349.00–355.002,96326
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added899349.75/cwt349.75–349.753,14454
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added985334.00/cwt334.00–334.003,29050
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Small 1230540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,2421
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1247620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,5312
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2270520.37/cwt500.00–540.001,4052
Heifers250–300Small 1270508.89/cwt480.00–540.001,3742
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273596.95/cwt570.00–630.001,6303
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy316503.01/cwt500.00–510.001,5905
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322556.87/cwt530.00–570.001,79311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328489.47/cwt480.00–500.001,6052
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375530.53/cwt505.00–550.001,98935
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375467.60/cwt460.00–475.001,7542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6881
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy393495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,9452
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added409539.46/cwt530.00–547.502,20615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420444.88/cwt440.00–450.001,8682
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421490.44/cwt470.00–520.002,06535
Heifers400–450Small 1428408.01/cwt395.00–420.001,7462
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added459481.69/cwt480.00–490.002,21112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485455.90/cwt430.00–475.002,21164
Heifers450–500Small 1Fleshy485390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519418.97/cwt400.00–437.502,17455
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added520450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3401
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560394.77/cwt385.00–400.002,21120
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy565365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added585426.49/cwt407.50–428.002,49593
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614376.63/cwt370.00–380.002,31316
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added621386.33/cwt382.50–399.002,39931
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy630356.23/cwt355.00–357.502,2442
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1121
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added668370.56/cwt367.50–372.502,47531
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3981
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721324.51/cwt315.00–330.002,3405
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added739341.21/cwt340.50–345.002,52243
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added772338.98/cwt325.00–340.502,61744
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added813325.05/cwt322.50–330.002,6433
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5773
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added877322.37/cwt315.00–322.502,82757
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added940280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,6322
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Small 1278577.97/cwt570.00–585.001,6072
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1282699.41/cwt670.00–740.001,9723
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed315634.84/cwt630.00–640.002,0002
Bulls300–350Small 1320505.31/cwt500.00–510.001,6172
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330584.59/cwt560.00–610.001,92911
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2362507.02/cwt505.00–515.001,8355
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed363624.76/cwt600.00–640.002,2684
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy367513.36/cwt500.00–520.001,8843
Bulls350–400Small 1370400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4801
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374562.40/cwt540.00–590.002,10317
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy401487.49/cwt485.00–490.001,9554
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424538.53/cwt510.00–560.002,28321
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1251
Bulls400–450Small 1430500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2455420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474509.64/cwt480.00–540.002,41620
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2771
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed516518.51/cwt516.00–520.002,6768
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529477.06/cwt450.00–500.002,52418
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579434.11/cwt420.00–470.002,51319
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1601
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618413.67/cwt390.00–435.002,55614
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662399.89/cwt390.00–405.002,6478
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1742357.97/cwt350.00–370.002,6568
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Large 2-3613345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1153
Beef/Dairy Steers850–900Large 2-3850332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,8262
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,143204.15/cwt200.00–208.002,3332
Bulls——1,738208.50/cwt208.00–210.003,6244
Bulls——1,967199.00/cwt189.00–205.003,9149
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1951
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,153154.29/cwt150.00–158.001,7794
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234188.73/cwt182.50–198.002,32910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274170.77/cwt165.00–178.002,1769
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340162.90/cwt161.00–165.002,1832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,544192.60/cwt185.00–199.002,9744
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28102,430.00/head2,430.00–2,430.002,4302
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0252,527.32/head2,500.00–2,550.002,5272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0402,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1052,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2782,858.90/head2,550.00–3,100.002,8592
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5702,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,250.00/head4,250.00–4,250.004,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001

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.