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KY-TN Livestock Market (Cross Plains, TN)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cross Plains, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 21
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3676
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 146▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 16▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale from two weeks ago, all classes of feeders, Feeder Steers/ Bulls/ Heifers 5.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $214.75/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$214.75
43 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,264
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$81.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.36
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2581220.621,28334
Medium and Large 2-3575199.291,1468thin
Medium and Large 1940139.001,3071thin
One grade step is worth $81.62/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale43 hd
214.75
—
TN average12 barns · 1,054 hd
211.39
+3.36
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,401109.271,5317thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,345107.231,4427thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08388.869633thin

Every lot

29 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2279253.00/cwt253.00–253.007068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335248.10/cwt233.00–256.008313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310227.00/cwt227.00–227.007041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368243.00/cwt243.00–243.008943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415191.00/cwt191.00–191.007932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465226.11/cwt212.00–231.501,05114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3560196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,3094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623202.55/cwt190.00–215.001,2624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2698200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3964
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375246.00/cwt246.00–246.009232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429238.65/cwt231.00–247.001,0244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2488237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1574
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3527209.05/cwt207.00–210.001,1026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2552234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2925
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3739
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2684198.55/cwt191.00–201.001,3588
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3720170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2242
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1940139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3071
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08082.54/cwt81.00–84.508912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,1061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,337109.44/cwt103.50–113.001,4636
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,3071
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,401109.27/cwt105.00–113.501,5317

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.