Find a sale report

Pick a state, a barn and a sale — the full USDA report loads right below · 396 barns across 30 states

Sale barns

396

USDA AMS · every reported barnNov 10

States

USDA · every state with barn dataNov 10

Newest report

Nov 10

USDA · by the report's own datesale barns

Search for a sale

Every sale USDA reported, back to each barn's first

State

Sale barn

Sale date

Just reported:Philip Livestock Auction, SD Tue, Nov 10Beaver Livestock Auction, OK Tue, Nov 10OKC West Livestock Market, OK Tue, Nov 10Winter Livestock - Riverton, WY, WY Tue, Nov 10Miles City Livestock Commission, MT Tue, Nov 10Ozarks Regional Stockyards, MO Tue, Nov 10Producers Livestock Marketing - Salina, UT, UT Tue, Nov 10Kingsville Livestock Auction, MO Tue, Nov 10

Knoxville Livestock Center · Tue, Mar 17

Open on its own page →

Tennessee · the report as USDA filed it, with per-head values and grade spreads. Use the address of its own page to share or bookmark it.

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 17

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

460 head

▼ 602 vs last sale 1,062▼ 593 vs year ago 1,053 · −56.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 91▼ 35 vs year ago 72 · −48.6%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week and based on a lighter test this week, feeder cattle sold unevenly steady with exception of heifers and bulls weighing up to 450 lbs. sharply higher. No comparisons available for slaughter cows and bulls due to limited comparable receipts, but a higher undertone was noted.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $410.32/cwt on 54 head, up $17.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 35 comparable sales and sits +17.53 against this barn's trailing median of $392.79.

Average price

$410.32

▲ 17.88 vs prior sale

54 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,212

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$21.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.13

vs TN average

−6.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	411.95	2,226	50
Medium and Large 2	522	390.00	2,036	4thin

One grade step is worth $21.95/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale54 hd

410.32

—

TN average15 barns · 364 hd

394.19

+16.13

National average169 barns · 8,700 hd

416.83

−6.51

This barn, trailing median35 sales

392.79

+17.53

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

35 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.87, low $321.98, median $392.79 across 35 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,542	202.55	3,123	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	175.21	2,118	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,407	171.20	2,409	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	149.00	1,401	1thin

Every lot

68 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small 1	280	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,470	1
Steers	300–350	Small 1	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Tue Mar 17, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 460Last week 1,062Year ago 1,053

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 91Year ago 72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	460.00–485.00	472.18
1	500–550	520	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	572	395.00–405.00	398.38
1	700–750	705	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	690.00–730.00	710.45
2	250–300	265	640.00–680.00	658.87
6	300–350	335	540.00–580.00	556.67
6	350–400

Loading the Knoxville Livestock Center sale…

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 17

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

460 head

▼ 602 vs last sale 1,062▼ 593 vs year ago 1,053 · −56.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 91▼ 35 vs year ago 72 · −48.6%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

Average price

$410.32

▲ 17.88 vs prior sale

54 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,212

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$21.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.13

vs TN average

−6.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	411.95	2,226	50
Medium and Large 2	522	390.00	2,036	4thin

One grade step is worth $21.95/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale54 hd

410.32

—

TN average15 barns · 364 hd

394.19

+16.13

National average169 barns · 8,700 hd

416.83

−6.51

This barn, trailing median35 sales

392.79

+17.53

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

35 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.87, low $321.98, median $392.79 across 35 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,542	202.55	3,123	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	175.21	2,118	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,407	171.20	2,409	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	149.00	1,401	1thin

Every lot

68 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small 1	280	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,470	1
Steers	300–350	Small 1	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Tue Mar 17, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 460Last week 1,062Year ago 1,053

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 91Year ago 72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	460.00–485.00	472.18
1	500–550	520	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	572	395.00–405.00	398.38
1	700–750	705	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	690.00–730.00	710.45
2	250–300	265	640.00–680.00	658.87
6	300–350	335	540.00–580.00	556.67
6	350–400

Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	271	554.28/cwt	530.00–580.00	1,502	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	545.11/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,842	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	513.59/cwt	490.00–535.00	1,926	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	410	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,132	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	483.68/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,027	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	444.18/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,919	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	433	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,819	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	461	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,144	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	435.06/cwt	417.50–460.00	2,062	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	490	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,083	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	515	437.35/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,252	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	522	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,036	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	404.48/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,172	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	367.56/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,132	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	583	382.18/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,228	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	347.55/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,148	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	678	353.60/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,397	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,403	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	865	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,898	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	921	321.41/cwt	319.00–322.00	2,960	5

Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	220	710.45/cwt	690.00–730.00	1,563	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	658.87/cwt	640.00–680.00	1,746	2
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,596	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	556.67/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,865	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	558.01/cwt	515.00–590.00	1,992	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	528.11/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,202	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	436	472.18/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,059	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	466.76/cwt	455.00–505.00	2,203	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,007	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	480	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,136	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	451.88/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,327	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	520	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,184	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	572	398.38/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,279	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	436.99/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,508	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	366.98/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,429	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	705	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,362	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	363.83/cwt	362.00–367.50	2,583	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	343.74/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,630	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	320.12/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,673	3

Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,418	199.33/cwt	196.00–203.00	2,826	2
Bulls	—	—	1,790	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,741	1

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	570.00	570.00
1	450–500	475	422.50	422.50
2	600–650	605	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	650.00	650.00
1	400–450	400	610.00	610.00
17	500–550	529	470.00–550.00	511.38
2	650–700	685	381.00	381.00
3	700–750	721	380.00	380.00
9	750–800	770	350.00–356.00	354.66

Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,401	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,191	167.29/cwt	161.00–179.00	1,992	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	188.41/cwt	185.00–191.00	2,333	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,407	171.20/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,409	3

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	500.00	500.00
5	500–550	538	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	550.00–600.00	567.28
7	350–400	389	525.00–580.00	553.52
8	400–450	421	500.00–560.00	520.61
8	450–500	483	480.00–540.00	490.76
11	500–550	512	480.00–500.00	488.13
13	550–600	573	450.00–470.00	455.30
5	600–650	636	410.00–430.00	422.14
4	700–750	709	365.00–372.50	366.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	525.00	525.00
1	300–350	300	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	535.00	535.00
2	550–600	567	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	520.00	520.00
3	450–500	461	465.00	465.00
24	500–550	515	430.00–445.00	437.35
14	550–600	583	375.00–385.00	382.18
21	650–700	678	345.00–362.50	353.60
3	750–800	751	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	865	335.00	335.00
5	900–950	921	319.00–322.00	321.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	530.00–580.00	554.28
2	300–350	338	540.00–550.00	545.11
19	350–400	375	490.00–535.00	513.59
19	400–450	419	450.00–500.00	483.68
7	450–500	474	417.50–460.00	435.06
9	500–550	537	400.00–410.00	404.48
2	550–600	580	365.00–370.00	367.56
2	600–650	618	345.00–350.00	347.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	522	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	440.00–445.00	444.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	420.00	420.00
1	500–550	505	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,407	167.00–177.00	171.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,191	161.00–179.00	167.29
3	—	1,238	185.00–191.00	188.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	196.00–203.00	199.33
1	—	1,790	209.00	209.00

Find a sale report

Search for a sale

Knoxville Livestock Center · Tue, Mar 17

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Price by quality 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle

This sale against other markets

Slaughter Cattle