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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Apr 21
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
883 head
▼ 350 vs last sale 1,233▲ 63 vs year ago 820 · +7.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 105▲ 5 vs year ago 72 · +6.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 82▲ 55 vs year ago 31 · +177.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, and based on a lighter test this week, feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower with lower-quality offerings noted. Feeder heifers weighing up to 500 lbs. sold 10.00 lower with those weighing over 500 lbs. 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $409.14/cwt on 78 head, down $10.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 34 comparable sales and sits +15.41 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.
Average price
$409.14
▼ 10.72 vs prior sale
78 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,219
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.25
vs TN average
−13.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542412.432,23773
Medium and Large 2543361.201,9615thin
One grade step is worth $51.23/cwt here — about $276 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale78 hd
409.14
—
TN average18 barns · 859 hd
414.39
−5.25
National average167 barns · 11,519 hd
422.17
−13.03
This barn, trailing median34 sales
393.73
+15.41
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—Low1,754215.683,78316
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,416192.732,72912
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,168188.442,20219
CowsLean 85-90%Average986168.541,66210

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)1,147$3,3503thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,203$2,9436
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,306$2,8676
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,110$2,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,205$2,6822thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$2,4742thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,145$2,3501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,388$2,7982thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)725$1,6501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,205$3,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$3,9001thin

Every lot

99 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
Steers250–300Small 1295540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5932
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added330680.00/cwt680.00–680.002,2441
Steers350–400Small 1380490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8621
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385540.33/cwt520.00–545.002,08012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added400630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,5202
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy425486.43/cwt485.00–490.002,06714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427541.46/cwt520.00–585.002,31212
Steers400–450Small 1Fleshy437450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9677
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481538.37/cwt525.00–565.002,59020
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,3862
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519487.84/cwt465.00–500.002,53225
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523524.98/cwt520.00–530.002,7465
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy524433.57/cwt420.00–450.002,27220
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581451.22/cwt440.00–475.002,62223
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,5591
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,7539
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629421.34/cwt417.50–435.002,6509
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,6981
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added707380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,6872
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740353.78/cwt350.00–357.502,6182
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added823341.16/cwt340.00–342.502,8083
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830329.21/cwt322.50–336.002,7322
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Value Added1,017329.75/cwt329.75–329.753,35453
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327540.90/cwt520.00–580.001,76913
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375508.35/cwt475.00–540.001,90624
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added375460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy392458.40/cwt450.00–465.001,7973
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2397420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6672
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added410514.53/cwt510.00–517.002,11014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426470.39/cwt450.00–485.002,00420
Heifers400–450Small 1427415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7722
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added428450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9263
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428439.44/cwt420.00–445.001,8819
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy448410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8377
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466463.97/cwt450.00–475.002,16235
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470412.42/cwt400.00–430.001,9384
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy473427.44/cwt420.00–430.002,0226
Heifers450–500Small 1480405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9441
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525362.00/cwt350.00–385.001,9013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529422.58/cwt405.00–445.002,23544
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567398.41/cwt387.50–420.002,25926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570360.00/cwt350.00–370.002,0522
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4202
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2612360.34/cwt360.00–361.002,2053
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626381.17/cwt370.00–390.002,38616
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663363.43/cwt355.00–375.002,4103
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3022
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713342.20/cwt340.00–345.002,4409
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758332.52/cwt330.00–335.002,5212
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added853320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,7306
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1902325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,9324
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1216639.20/cwt600.00–660.001,3813
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1283624.78/cwt600.00–650.001,7682
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2290500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4503
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331582.93/cwt540.00–600.001,9297
Bulls350–400Small 1360460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6561
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy366500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8306
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368468.10/cwt455.00–480.001,7232
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374538.75/cwt510.00–560.002,01518
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426515.61/cwt500.00–530.002,19616
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431475.72/cwt460.00–487.502,0507
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467468.12/cwt450.00–490.002,18618
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed473511.60/cwt507.50–520.002,4203
Bulls450–500Small 1480401.98/cwt400.00–410.001,9305
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1561
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3519370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9205
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed525485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,5461
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527459.39/cwt420.00–475.002,42121
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1851
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576434.87/cwt420.00–460.002,50516
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1612429.23/cwt412.50–445.002,6274
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,5121
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685369.92/cwt365.00–385.002,5347
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3811
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1722359.80/cwt347.50–370.002,5983
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,340185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,4791
Bulls——1,768215.42/cwt205.00–225.003,80913
Bulls——1,870232.73/cwt229.00–237.004,3522
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%888158.00/cwt157.00–159.001,4033
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028173.06/cwt168.00–178.001,7797
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150185.31/cwt177.00–195.002,13112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,9771
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205197.93/cwt197.00–199.502,3856
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,384187.89/cwt180.00–195.002,6008
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480202.40/cwt198.00–213.002,9964
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2053,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1102,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1452,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1473,350.15/head3,000.00–3,700.003,3503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,473.73/head2,050.00–2,850.002,4742
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2032,943.45/head2,700.00–3,500.002,9436
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2052,682.26/head2,500.00–2,850.002,6822
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3062,866.99/head2,550.00–3,150.002,8676
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Small and Medium 1-27251,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,3882,797.57/head2,750.00–2,850.002,7982
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001

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.