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KY-TN Livestock Market (Cross Plains, TN)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cross Plains, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 16
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3676
Feeder Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 109▲ 119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 17▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last time this sale was reported four weeks ago, all classes of feeder cattle Steers, Bulls, and Heifers 10.00-20.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 10.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $197.52/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$197.52
46 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$480
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$73.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.29
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534210.571,12537
Medium and Large 2-3423149.006305thin
Small 1-2469137.506454thin
One grade step is worth $73.07/cwt here — about $480 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 sale46 hd
197.52
—
TN average11 barns · 1,805 hd
209.81
−12.29
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—Average1,830113.002,0682thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50894.211,4216thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39287.721,2213thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01073.007385thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285266.14/cwt260.00–272.507584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2337245.61/cwt235.00–251.008283
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3343235.00/cwt235.00–235.008062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2358285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2275235.00/cwt235.00–235.006461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318231.00/cwt231.00–231.007353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360257.00/cwt257.00–257.009251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3365175.00/cwt175.00–175.006391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3410130.00/cwt130.00–130.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434228.00/cwt228.00–228.009907
Heifers—Small 1-2469137.50/cwt137.50–137.506454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489216.11/cwt197.00–222.001,0578
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3520180.00/cwt180.00–180.009361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582211.77/cwt206.00–215.001,2338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675187.36/cwt186.00–188.001,2653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2823135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,070135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3385202.50/cwt202.50–202.507801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2393275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2434262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1374
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2484241.52/cwt240.00–242.001,1694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2540222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574228.92/cwt224.00–239.001,3143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575192.03/cwt175.00–216.001,1047
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1992
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670209.17/cwt190.00–213.001,4016
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3679169.76/cwt167.50–172.001,1536
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2702173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,2143
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,830113.00/cwt113.00–113.002,0682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95269.12/cwt65.00–73.506583
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09878.83/cwt77.00–80.508662
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39287.72/cwt86.50–88.501,2213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50894.21/cwt92.00–97.501,4216

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.