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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Feb 24

● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066

← Feb 17Feb 24Mar 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

794 head

▼ 815 vs last sale 1,609▼ 422 vs year ago 1,216 · −34.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

80 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 79▼ 12 vs year ago 92 · −13.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

27 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 26▲ 6 vs year ago 21 · +28.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week and based on a much lighter test this week, feeder steers sold 5.00 higher overall, with feeder heifers weighing up to 550 lbs. 7.00 higher and those weighing over 550 lbs. 7.00 lower, and feeder bulls 8.00 higher. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker cows sold sharply lower, with boning cows 5.00 lower, lean cows 3.00 higher, and bulls mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $426.34/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 35 of 34 comparable sales and sits +32.61 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$426.34

124 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,319

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+19.78

vs TN average

−4.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	426.34	2,319	124

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 sale124 hd

426.34

—

TN average16 barns · 816 hd

406.56

+19.78

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−4.07

This barn, trailing median34 sales

393.73

+32.61

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,618	199.85	3,234	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	170.11	2,099	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,543	169.14	2,610	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	156.26	1,662	10

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,705	$3,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$3,050	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,725	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,230	$2,433	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,165	$2,183	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,365	$3,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	745	$2,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	855	$2,500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,052	$2,924	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,650	1thin

Every lot

91 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small 1	290	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,595	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	302	669.92/cwt	660.00–710.00	2,023	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	629.52/cwt	590.00–650.00	2,291	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	535.20/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,980	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	548.70/cwt	515.00–570.00	2,337	14
Steers	400–450	Small 1	430	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,086	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	438	583.27/cwt	580.00–590.00	2,555	3
Steers	450–500	Small 1	450	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,980	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,604	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	512	526.17/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,694	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	486.34/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,607	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	548	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,425	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	460.09/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,623	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	575	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,473	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	579	494.67/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,864	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	427.50/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,659	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	631	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,903	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	385.25/cwt	376.00–430.00	2,608	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	731	385.33/cwt	378.00–389.00	2,817	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	778	363.57/cwt	359.00–364.00	2,829	70
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	805	330.99/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,664	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	293	590.26/cwt	560.00–620.00	1,729	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,434	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	528.36/cwt	515.00–550.00	1,691	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	524.44/cwt	505.00–550.00	1,972	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	383	472.48/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,810	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	397	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,945	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	509.55/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,145	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,913	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	460	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,346	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	480.22/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,238	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	471	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,025	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	513	457.11/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,345	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	433.24/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,335	93
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	389.29/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,250	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	618	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,342	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	619	338.79/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,097	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	371.35/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,310	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	344.94/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,339	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	316.94/cwt	313.00–319.00	2,266	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,344	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	1,628	1
Bulls	200–250	Small 1	225	574.83/cwt	520.00–630.00	1,293	4
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	267	617.47/cwt	590.00–660.00	1,649	6
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	270	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,863	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	270	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,458	1
Bulls	250–300	Small 1	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	621.76/cwt	590.00–640.00	2,077	5
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	335	522.84/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,752	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	565.61/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,104	15
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,048	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	552.07/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,341	10
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	425	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,976	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	441	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,161	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	445	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,225	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	559.67/cwt	520.00–595.00	2,569	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	465	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,325	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	512.27/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,684	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	472.71/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,657	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	397.26/cwt	370.00–420.00	2,491	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	630	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,237	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	657	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,300	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,689	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,720	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 3Value Added	821	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,364	23
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,601	196.64/cwt	188.00–205.00	3,148	14
Bulls	—	—	1,678	211.07/cwt	207.00–216.00	3,542	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	975	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,609	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	144.65/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,487	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	157.21/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,690	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,155	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,906	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	165.31/cwt	158.00–173.00	2,038	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	178.35/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,203	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,508	166.42/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,510	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,720	182.72/cwt	178.00–186.00	3,143	2
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,052	2,923.61/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,924	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	745	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,365	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	960	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,095	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	2,183.05/head	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,183	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	2,812.80/head	2,650.00–2,950.00	2,813	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	2,432.62/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,433	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,705	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	—	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Tue Feb 24, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 794Last week 1,609Year ago 1,216

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 79Year ago 92

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 26Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	740.00	740.00
6	250–300	267	590.00–660.00	617.47
5	300–350	334	590.00–640.00	621.76
15	350–400	372	550.00–600.00	565.61
10	400–450	424	530.00–570.00	552.07
7	450–500	459	520.00–595.00	559.67
10	500–550	524	490.00–550.00	512.27
7	550–600	562	460.00–490.00	472.71
7	600–650	627	370.00–420.00	397.26
2	650–700	685	392.50	392.50
2	700–750	740	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	465	500.00	500.00
1	600–650	630	355.00	355.00
4	650–700	657	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	540.00	540.00
1	300–350	300	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	390	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	520.00–630.00	574.83
2	250–300	295	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	335	500.00–545.00	522.84
1	400–450	425	465.00	465.00
1	600–650	640	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	690.00	690.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	560.00–620.00	590.26
12	300–350	320	515.00–550.00	528.36
16	350–400	376	505.00–550.00	524.44
28	400–450	421	480.00–540.00	509.55
33	450–500	466	450.00–500.00	480.22
93	500–550	539	415.00–445.00	433.24
21	550–600	578	375.00–410.00	389.29
14	600–650	622	360.00–377.50	371.35
2	650–700	678	340.00–350.00	344.94
3	700–750	715	313.00–319.00	316.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	470.00–475.00	472.48
7	450–500	471	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	530	400.00	400.00
4	600–650	619	335.00–340.00	338.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	470.00	470.00
3	400–450	425	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	513	450.00–470.00	457.11
10	600–650	618	379.00	379.00
4	750–800	756	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	548	442.50	442.50
1	550–600	575	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	660.00–710.00	669.92
7	350–400	364	590.00–650.00	629.52
14	400–450	426	515.00–570.00	548.70
2	450–500	465	560.00	560.00
16	500–550	536	465.00–505.00	486.34
2	550–600	570	455.00–465.00	460.09
16	600–650	622	400.00–440.00	427.50
14	650–700	677	376.00–430.00	385.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	512	520.00–530.00	526.17
27	550–600	579	485.00–497.50	494.67
7	600–650	631	460.00	460.00
29	700–750	731	378.00–389.00	385.33
70	750–800	778	359.00–364.00	363.57
5	800–850	805	330.00–335.00	330.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	550.00	550.00
1	400–450	430	485.00	485.00
1	450–500	450	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	580.00–590.00	583.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	530.00–540.00	535.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	800–850	821	288.00	288.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	139.00–150.00	144.65
1	—	1,155	165.00	165.00
6	—	1,075	153.00–161.00	157.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	178.00–186.00	182.72
10	—	1,508	160.00–172.00	166.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,235	175.00–185.00	178.35
12	—	1,233	158.00–173.00	165.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,678	207.00–216.00	211.07
14	—	1,601	188.00–205.00	196.64

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,365	3,700.00	3,700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	2,600.00	2,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,165	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,183.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,705	3,400.00	3,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,230	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,432.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,950.00	2,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,230	2,650.00–2,950.00	2,812.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,650.00	2,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,052	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,923.61

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.