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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 3
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,059 head
▲ 265 vs last sale 794▼ 505 vs year ago 1,564 · −32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 80▼ 15 vs year ago 112 · −13.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 27▼ 110 vs year ago 164 · −67.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers weighing up to 700 lbs. sold 12.00 to 30.00 lower with those weighing over 700 lbs. mostly steady, and feeder heifers and bulls sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower overall.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $396.31/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 20 of 34 comparable sales and sits +2.58 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.
Average price
$396.31
98 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,146
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.92
vs TN average
−24.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539398.882,15093
Medium and Large 2588348.472,0495thin
One grade step is worth $50.41/cwt here — about $101 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 sale98 hd
396.31
—
TN average14 barns · 595 hd
392.39
+3.92
National average181 barns · 13,944 hd
420.96
−24.65
This barn, trailing median34 sales
393.73
+2.58
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—High1,811197.833,58218
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,260170.832,15322
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,502168.332,52912
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,148146.961,6886thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$3,4598
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,337$3,2253thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,134$3,0318
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,340$2,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,143$2,7223thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,210$2,5112thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,4501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)799$2,1833thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,135$3,0403thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$3,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,3001thin

Every lot

112 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Small 1Fleshy255480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2241
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320592.38/cwt585.00–600.001,8962
Steers300–350Small 1320470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5041
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added340670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,2781
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added350700.00/cwt700.00–700.002,4501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377596.15/cwt560.00–620.002,2473
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy378510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9283
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added411586.76/cwt580.00–590.002,4123
Steers400–450Small 1Fleshy417400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6682
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426520.84/cwt500.00–560.002,21914
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468511.92/cwt500.00–515.002,3968
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added495530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,6244
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523473.93/cwt465.00–500.002,47911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added532525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,7934
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4082
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1941
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added555467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,5955
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573441.08/cwt420.00–460.002,5276
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2587395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3192
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623411.20/cwt400.00–425.002,5629
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added628430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,7005
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4363
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added664437.58/cwt425.00–465.002,90610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683403.06/cwt375.00–415.002,75337
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added733377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,7676
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added764359.70/cwt357.00–362.502,7486
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775351.76/cwt351.00–352.502,7262
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy790342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,7061
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810335.03/cwt330.00–340.002,7142
Steers800–850Small 1815255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0781
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added860340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,92417
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866333.27/cwt328.00–335.002,8864
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added947323.00/cwt323.00–323.003,05957
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added958318.00/cwt318.00–318.003,04633
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2Value Added964310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,9888
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326481.51/cwt470.00–510.001,57014
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy328454.96/cwt450.00–460.001,4924
Heifers300–350Small 1329426.14/cwt425.00–430.001,4024
Heifers350–400Small 1355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380473.38/cwt440.00–490.001,79936
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed383497.58/cwt495.00–500.001,9062
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added426463.43/cwt460.00–465.001,97413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426427.90/cwt405.00–450.001,82335
Heifers400–450Small 1435385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed440490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458374.86/cwt350.00–400.001,7172
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471425.18/cwt410.00–455.002,00322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy473390.11/cwt370.00–400.001,8455
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added481490.24/cwt470.00–510.002,3586
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy513372.46/cwt370.00–380.001,9114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added516440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2704
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518409.66/cwt390.00–422.502,12242
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added562404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,27015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564379.81/cwt370.00–390.002,14225
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy576361.69/cwt360.00–365.002,0833
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588348.47/cwt347.50–352.502,0495
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625340.31/cwt330.00–355.002,12718
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added627358.61/cwt357.50–370.002,24821
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670334.71/cwt325.00–340.002,2438
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added680347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,3637
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717326.58/cwt325.00–330.002,3427
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added730305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2272
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added743332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4704
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760326.27/cwt325.00–330.002,4804
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added831307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,55112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1220690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,5181
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2235660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,5511
Bulls200–250Small 1245540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3231
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1276633.71/cwt610.00–670.001,7494
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,7171
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1329594.23/cwt585.00–610.001,9556
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2366515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8853
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379566.69/cwt535.00–605.002,14812
Bulls350–400Small 1385490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8871
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418541.01/cwt510.00–590.002,26117
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy433494.31/cwt492.50–495.002,1407
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479472.36/cwt445.00–500.002,26333
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy521396.87/cwt380.00–410.002,0685
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523461.74/cwt430.00–480.002,41520
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525378.04/cwt360.00–397.501,9852
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy563397.56/cwt395.00–400.002,2384
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577432.33/cwt420.00–460.002,49510
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625359.66/cwt350.00–375.002,24810
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy625340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2636340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1623
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1781
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1669358.00/cwt340.00–375.002,3958
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730343.31/cwt337.00–357.502,50610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,770220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,8941
Bulls——1,813196.53/cwt184.50–205.003,56317
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%905152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3801
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,083135.64/cwt132.00–139.001,4692
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,181152.62/cwt149.00–155.501,8024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237165.06/cwt156.00–174.502,04214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,357184.99/cwt177.00–190.002,5107
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,423183.65/cwt180.00–187.002,6132
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518165.26/cwt157.00–171.002,50910
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1353,039.90/head2,550.00–3,675.003,0403
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-27182,024.74/head1,950.00–2,100.002,0252
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29602,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,453.57/head3,200.00–3,850.003,4547
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,143.75/head2,800.00–3,425.003,1444
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0303,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1342,918.74/head2,700.00–3,200.002,9194
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1432,722.38/head2,500.00–3,175.002,7223
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1652,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,511.21/head2,500.00–2,525.002,5112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3373,225.25/head2,650.00–3,700.003,2253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3402,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1—3,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001

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.