Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2019-05-18

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, May 18
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
← earliestMay 18Jun 8
Feeder Cattle receipts
330 head
0 vs last sale 330 330 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
0 vs last sale 29 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.95/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$129.95
135 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$16.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2489131.65643117
Medium and Large 2-3507119.7560715thin
Small 1-2507114.985833thin
One grade step is worth $16.67/cwt here — about $61 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 sale135 hd
129.95
TN average1 barns · 135 hd
129.95
+0.00
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
BullsLow1,60968.711,1065thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19860.787287thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72355.259522thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03351.075282thin

Every lot, as filed

57 lots · USDA AMS · Crossville Stockyard - Crossville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2-3720122.00/cwt122.00–122.008781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2658117.52/cwt112.00–118.507737
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3436119.41/cwt115.00–124.505214
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3475122.02/cwt121.00–123.005803
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3580118.03/cwt116.00–120.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610114.00/cwt114.00–114.006951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522133.02/cwt125.00–138.5069440
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484131.92/cwt126.50–141.0063827
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422133.64/cwt126.50–143.0056418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2387135.49/cwt127.00–145.0052414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560129.24/cwt125.00–131.007244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331132.77/cwt131.00–135.004394
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725109.97/cwt106.00–114.007972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605127.00/cwt127.00–127.007681
BullsSmall 1-2468136.50/cwt136.50–136.506392
BullsMedium and Large 2-3518127.50/cwt125.00–129.006604
BullsMedium and Large 2-3482134.35/cwt131.00–140.006483
BullsMedium and Large 2-3423138.50/cwt131.00–146.005863
BullsMedium and Large 2-3745105.00/cwt105.00–105.007821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615121.00/cwt121.00–121.007441
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583132.22/cwt131.00–136.007715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2508149.20/cwt148.00–150.007585
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477145.38/cwt142.00–153.006935
BullsMedium and Large 1-282394.67/cwt94.00–95.007793
BullsMedium and Large 1-2672126.35/cwt125.00–127.008493
BullsMedium and Large 1-2617126.99/cwt126.00–128.007843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432154.68/cwt154.00–155.006683
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720118.00/cwt118.00–118.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3532120.50/cwt118.00–124.006415
HeifersSmall 1-2470106.00/cwt106.00–106.004981
HeifersSmall 1-2525119.47/cwt118.00–121.006272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545150.00/cwt150.00–150.008181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2278172.10/cwt162.50–183.004782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623144.48/cwt143.00–146.009002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477162.36/cwt161.00–163.007743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2322163.29/cwt159.00–170.005264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370161.58/cwt158.00–166.005984
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420167.36/cwt159.00–173.007034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2703132.00/cwt132.00–132.009285
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668139.42/cwt138.00–140.009317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571145.65/cwt141.00–151.008329
SteersMedium and Large 2-3260153.00/cwt153.00–153.003981
SteersMedium and Large 2-3315151.00/cwt151.00–151.004761
SteersMedium and Large 2-3410151.00/cwt151.00–151.006191
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485143.00/cwt143.00–143.006941
SteersMedium and Large 2-3515130.45/cwt128.00–133.006722
SteersMedium and Large 2-3563133.47/cwt131.00–136.007512
SteersMedium and Large 2-3381148.39/cwt142.00–151.5056513
Dairy SteersLarge 353070.00/cwt70.00–70.003711
Bulls1,62361.71/cwt61.00–62.501,0022
Bulls1,60073.37/cwt69.00–78.501,1743
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26067.20/cwt64.00–70.008473
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15155.97/cwt53.50–60.006444
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72050.50/cwt50.50–50.508691
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72560.00/cwt60.00–60.001,0351
CowsLean 85-90%1,03351.07/cwt45.50–56.005282

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.