Name: Crossville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established on feeder cattle due to light offerings. Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.89/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$121.89

40 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$6.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	520	122.40	637	37
Medium and Large 2-3	467	115.67	540	3thin

One grade step is worth $6.73/cwt here — about $97 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 sale40 hd

121.89

—

TN average11 barns · 2,450 hd

124.13

−2.24

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	—	Low	1,653	62.46	1,032	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,379	59.42	819	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,395	57.19	798	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	41.92	444	14

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	746	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	122.00/cwt	120.50–122.50	802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	120.87/cwt	117.50–128.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	126.58/cwt	122.00–128.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	161.72/cwt	161.00–162.50	530	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	137.01/cwt	135.00–139.00	778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	464	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	569	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	66.24/cwt	66.00–66.50	835	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	50.54/cwt	44.50–55.00	552	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	129.69/cwt	128.00–131.00	610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	130.36/cwt	125.00–133.00	562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	123.96/cwt	122.50–127.00	905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	660	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	776	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	622	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	57.19/cwt	53.50–63.00	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	385	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	115.63/cwt	106.00–117.50	711	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	131.00/cwt	130.00–131.50	865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	713	1
Bulls	—	—	1,653	62.46/cwt	59.50–65.00	1,032	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,459	58.87/cwt	55.50–60.50	859	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	35.46/cwt	29.00–40.50	367	8

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 Feb 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 121Last week 566Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 62Year ago 0

No trends could be established on feeder cattle due to light offerings. Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady on a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	142.00	142.00
4	—	657	120.50–122.50	122.00
1	—	450	154.00	154.00
2	—	618	123.00	123.00
1	—	440	150.00	150.00
1	—	560	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	130.00	130.00
3	—	576	117.50–128.00	120.87
4	—	529	122.00–128.00	126.58
1	—	725	109.00	109.00
3	—	470	128.00–131.00	129.69
4	—	431	125.00–133.00	130.36
1	—	360	127.00	127.00
2	—	687	106.00	106.00
4	—	295	130.50	130.50
10	—	615	106.00–117.50	115.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	117.00	117.00
2	—	545	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	161.00–162.50	161.72
2	—	568	135.00–139.00	137.01
5	—	273	170.00	170.00
1	—	435	162.00	162.00
2	—	515	155.00	155.00
3	—	730	122.50–127.00	123.96
2	—	378	157.00	157.00
3	—	660	130.00–131.50	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	144.00	144.00
1	—	660	117.50	117.50
1	—	540	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	66.00–66.50	66.24
1	—	1,295	48.00	48.00
4	—	1,459	55.50–60.50	58.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,093	44.50–55.00	50.54
8	—	1,034	29.00–40.50	35.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,395	53.50–63.00	57.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	59.50–65.00	62.46

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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