Name: Crossville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends established on Feeder Cattle due to lack of comparable sales. However, some lower undertones were noted, with new crop and heavily flesh receiving considerable discounts. Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $472.37/cwt on 19 head, up $6.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 28 comparable sales and sits +61.87 against this barn's trailing median of $410.50.

Average price

$472.37

▲ 6.28 vs prior sale

19 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,478

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$436

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

$67.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.14

vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	479.47	2,525	17thin
Medium and Large 2	507	412.00	2,089	2thin

One grade step is worth $67.47/cwt here — about $436 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $472.37, low $344.89, median $410.50 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

472.37

—

TN average15 barns · 383 hd

445.23

+27.14

This barn, trailing median28 sales

410.50

+61.87

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,608	199.64	3,210	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,396	180.67	2,522	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,200	178.76	2,145	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,021	146.86	1,500	11

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,250	$3,900	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$3,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,018	$3,243	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,233	$3,075	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,230	$3,033	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,198	$2,988	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,130	$2,669	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,172	$2,622	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$2,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,057	$2,200	6
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	832	$2,525	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,190	$4,013	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,014	$3,990	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,062	$3,841	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$3,800	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,175	$3,750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,061	$3,294	5

Every lot, as filed

93 lots · USDA AMS · Crossville Stockyard - Crossville, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,233	3,075.15/head	2,925.00–3,150.00	3,075	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	4,900.00/head	4,900.00–4,900.00	4,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,062	3,841.29/head	3,700.00–3,950.00	3,841	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	3,033.47/head	3,000.00–3,050.00	3,033	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	3,825.00/head	3,825.00–3,825.00	3,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	4,200.00/head	4,200.00–4,200.00	4,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,190	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	2
Bulls	—	—	1,632	198.34/cwt	189.00–206.00	3,237	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	163.26/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,874	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	155.98/cwt	155.50–157.00	1,557	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	134.79/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,332	2
Bulls	—	—	1,415	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,972	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,010	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	146.33/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,528	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	192.93/cwt	185.00–203.00	2,271	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	172.52/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,119	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,000	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	178.11/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,547	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	840	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,562	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	514.53/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,187	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	357.42/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,315	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	594.71/cwt	565.00–625.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	517	433.15/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,239	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	541.19/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	581.12/cwt	575.00–595.00	1,900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	218	465.18/cwt	445.00–505.00	1,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	425.11/cwt	417.50–433.00	2,168	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	335	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	394.19/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,084	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	341.34/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	440.13/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,130	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,048	3,743.80/head	2,850.00–4,250.00	3,744	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,068	2,280.39/head	1,900.00–2,625.00	2,280	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	2,841.44/head	2,450.00–3,025.00	2,841	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,702.75/head	2,375.00–2,925.00	2,703	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	996	2,867.02/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,867	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	975	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,083	2,901.27/head	2,550.00–3,200.00	2,901	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,047	3,556.13/head	3,000.00–4,350.00	3,556	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	4,600.00/head	4,600.00–4,600.00	4,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	454.94/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,561	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	488.17/cwt	480.00–507.00	2,529	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	424.89/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,575	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,089	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	439.85/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,689	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	333.56/cwt	317.00–366.00	2,105	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	300	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,455	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	270.34/cwt	270.00–279.00	2,549	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,087	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,275	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	360.59/cwt	356.00–365.00	2,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,307	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	400.22/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	507.31/cwt	502.00–510.00	1,857	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,043	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	1

How this sale compares

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Crossville Stockyard - Crossville, TN

Sat Apr 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 173Last week 261Year ago 127

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 40Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 193Last week 93Year ago 42

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,233	2,925.00–3,150.00	3,075.15
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,230	3,000.00–3,050.00	3,033.47
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,675.00	2,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,158	2,450.00–3,025.00	2,841.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,160	2,350.00	2,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	3,300.00	3,300.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,200	2,375.00–2,925.00	2,702.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	996	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,867.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,250	3,900.00	3,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	3,300.00	3,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	2,550.00	2,550.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,020	2,175.00	2,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,048	2,850.00–4,250.00	3,743.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,068	1,900.00–2,625.00	2,280.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,005	2,125.00	2,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	3,800.00	3,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,062	3,700.00–3,950.00	3,841.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	975	3,750.00	3,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,083	2,550.00–3,200.00	2,901.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,047	3,000.00–4,350.00	3,556.13
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	4,900.00	4,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	3,825.00	3,825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	4,200.00	4,200.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	3,750.00	3,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	4,600.00	4,600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	832	2,525.00	2,525.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,632	189.00–206.00	198.34
1	—	1,415	210.00	210.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,148	160.00–166.00	163.26
9	—	1,177	185.00–203.00	192.93
13	—	1,228	168.00–180.00	172.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	998	155.50–157.00	155.98
2	—	988	132.00–138.00	134.79
6	—	1,044	143.00–153.00	146.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	209.00	209.00
1	—	1,250	160.00	160.00
3	—	1,430	175.00–180.00	178.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	440.00	440.00
7	800–850	840	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	545.00	545.00
1	350–400	390	530.00	530.00
2	400–450	425	505.00–525.00	514.53
1	450–500	455	500.00	500.00
13	500–550	518	480.00–507.00	488.17
3	550–600	563	445.00–460.00	454.94
5	600–650	606	405.00–430.00	424.89
4	650–700	670	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	708	350.00–365.00	357.42
26	900–950	943	270.00–279.00	270.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	425.00–445.00	439.85
2	400–450	437	467.50	467.50
3	450–500	491	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	507	412.00	412.00
3	600–650	631	317.00–366.00	333.56
1	800–850	810	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	507.50	507.50
1	250–300	270	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	412	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	263	565.00–625.00	594.71
3	300–350	327	575.00–595.00	581.12
4	350–400	389	540.00–545.00	541.19
3	400–450	443	522.50	522.50
1	450–500	490	497.50	497.50
1	500–550	535	490.00	490.00
1	550–600	565	440.00	440.00
1	600–650	630	405.00	405.00
1	650–700	675	400.00	400.00
1	700–750	715	371.00	371.00
4	850–900	863	336.50	336.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	550.00	550.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	530.00	530.00
1	400–450	440	480.00	480.00
3	500–550	517	425.00–450.00	433.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	218	445.00–505.00	465.18
1	250–300	255	425.00	425.00
1	300–350	340	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	390	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	430	410.00	410.00
2	450–500	465	390.00–410.00	400.22
3	500–550	512	390.00–402.50	394.19
1	550–600	570	337.00	337.00
2	600–650	620	337.50–345.00	341.34
1	650–700	695	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	500.00	500.00
5	350–400	366	502.00–510.00	507.31
6	450–500	484	430.00–465.00	440.13
10	500–550	510	417.50–433.00	425.11
2	600–650	628	356.00–365.00	360.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	485.00	485.00
1	400–450	425	410.00	410.00
1	750–800	785	281.00	281.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Crossville Livestock Auction

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Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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Crossville Stockyard - Crossville, TN

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