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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Jun 23
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
679 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 654▲ 197 vs year ago 482 · +40.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 159 vs last sale 78▲ 198 vs year ago 39 · +507.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 47▲ 61 vs year ago 9 · +677.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher with feeder heifers and bulls unevenly steady. Lower-quality offerings for feeder cattle was noted for unweaned calves. Regarding slaughter cattle- breaker and boning cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower, with lean cows 2.00 higher, and bulls mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $453.04/cwt on 26 head, up $26.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 34 comparable sales and sits +7.66 against this barn's trailing median of $445.38.
Average price
$453.04
▲ 26.43 vs prior sale
26 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,490
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$371
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$65.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.16
vs TN average
−15.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550465.672,56121
Medium and Large 2548400.002,1905thin
One grade step is worth $65.67/cwt here — about $371 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale26 hd
453.04
—
TN average16 barns · 676 hd
442.89
+10.16
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
−15.42
This barn, trailing median34 sales
445.38
+7.66
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—Average1,771233.294,13122
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,216187.132,27590
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,455183.722,67354
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,083171.951,86126

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)1,292$3,3556
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,175$2,8593thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,318$2,7874thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,211$2,7807
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,260$2,5751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,285$2,4501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$2,2501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,290$2,8001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,028$2,7922thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$4,2501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$4,2501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$3,9751thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$3,9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$3,9255
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$3,6504thin

Every lot

92 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,1451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416515.57/cwt500.00–535.002,1459
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added417550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,2942
Steers400–450Small 1Value Added425495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,1041
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1942
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added500520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,6003
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515463.43/cwt445.00–485.002,3873
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1402
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added556400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2243
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563439.27/cwt415.00–455.002,4739
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added573479.24/cwt470.00–481.002,7466
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added601465.75/cwt464.00–467.002,79912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608377.51/cwt375.00–380.002,2952
Steers600–650Small 1615380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3371
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631415.76/cwt400.00–420.002,6237
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3081
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added662400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6482
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,6471
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added710402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,85818
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,7782
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,7522
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added993334.75/cwt334.75–334.753,32453
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Value Added1,095317.50/cwt317.50–317.503,47747
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added321540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,7333
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338509.78/cwt500.00–520.001,7232
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5301
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383493.46/cwt490.00–495.001,8903
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5991
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425441.57/cwt425.00–450.001,8773
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added427495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,1142
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482433.75/cwt415.00–445.002,09122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added512427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,1862
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added515405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0861
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531409.20/cwt400.00–415.002,17315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578392.83/cwt375.00–405.002,27120
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624348.76/cwt345.00–352.502,1768
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added643372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3953
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2951
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added676345.62/cwt342.50–355.002,33612
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725335.44/cwt332.50–337.502,4325
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy742325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4122
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added764334.64/cwt332.50–335.002,5577
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773325.02/cwt320.00–330.002,5122
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added879320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,81316
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added945320.50/cwt320.50–320.503,02954
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1244672.64/cwt650.00–740.001,6414
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,9181
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,0061
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375573.60/cwt540.00–610.002,1512
Bulls350–400Small 1385450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7331
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1406540.02/cwt530.00–545.002,1923
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490430.96/cwt420.00–450.002,1125
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9801
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0201
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy511413.31/cwt410.00–415.002,1123
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540439.30/cwt430.00–465.002,37214
Bulls550–600Small 1563370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0834
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1572408.78/cwt392.50–435.002,33812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580376.62/cwt375.00–380.002,1843
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618376.36/cwt372.50–380.002,3262
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665361.84/cwt357.50–370.002,4064
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,3461
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1727321.99/cwt317.50–330.002,3415
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,425207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,9501
Bulls——1,753230.18/cwt219.00–238.004,03515
Bulls——1,873245.43/cwt240.00–260.004,5976
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,054171.22/cwt160.00–179.001,80524
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190202.43/cwt197.50–209.002,40913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220184.55/cwt173.00–195.002,25277
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,409202.48/cwt197.50–209.002,8537
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,425180.72/cwt180.50–181.002,5752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451165.81/cwt163.00–167.002,4064
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463182.33/cwt170.00–195.002,66743
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-27551,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-29152,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2452,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2602,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2852,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2873,001.81/head2,850.00–3,550.003,0026
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2923,355.40/head2,950.00–3,925.003,3556
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3053,087.93/head2,850.00–3,300.003,0882
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3182,787.14/head2,350.00–3,450.002,7874
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0282,791.97/head2,550.00–3,000.002,7922
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,275.00/head4,025.00–4,550.004,2753
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—4,250.00/head4,250.00–4,250.004,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,975.00/head3,975.00–3,975.003,9751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,975.00/head3,975.00–3,975.003,9751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,766.67/head3,400.00–3,950.003,7673
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,400.00/head3,300.00–3,500.003,4002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3—3,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001

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.