Sale reports / Tennessee / KY-TN Livestock Market (Cross Plains, TN) / 2023-08-07

KY-TN Livestock Market (Cross Plains, TN)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cross Plains, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 7
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3676
Feeder Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 112▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 35▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the same sale from the last time this sale was reported, all classes of Feeder Cattle were 5.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 4.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $229.93/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$229.93
100 head · 672 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,545
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$515
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$45.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.87
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2673230.381,55199
Medium and Large 2-3560185.001,0361thin
One grade step is worth $45.38/cwt here — about $515 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale100 hd
229.93
—
TN average16 barns · 4,249 hd
226.06
+3.87
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,547109.701,6974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,380114.501,5802thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,148104.111,19610
CowsLean 85-90%Average85892.257922thin

Every lot

36 lots · USDA AMS · KY-TN Livestock Market - Cross Plains, 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2230251.00/cwt251.00–251.005771
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275270.00/cwt270.00–270.007432
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3851
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added730239.75/cwt239.75–239.751,7508
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3780170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added861225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9375
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2255252.00/cwt252.00–252.006431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325243.00/cwt243.00–243.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358241.00/cwt241.00–241.008632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,0073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3560185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570229.35/cwt229.00–230.001,3076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,3804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,70958
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,59511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,4243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2888181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,6072
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0445
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2497242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2039
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3740164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,2141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52393.00/cwt88.00–100.001,4162
Bulls——1,570126.40/cwt124.00–129.001,9842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85892.25/cwt89.00–95.007922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03095.50/cwt95.00–96.009842
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,144103.68/cwt100.00–106.001,1866
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280114.02/cwt113.00–115.001,4592
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,295117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,5151
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6411

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.