Name: Crossville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.10/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$110.10

26 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$6.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.58

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	546	110.61	604	24
Medium and Large 2-3	478	104.00	497	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.61/cwt here — about $107 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 sale26 hd

110.10

—

TN average9 barns · 729 hd

114.68

−4.58

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	1,875	90.11	1,690	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,142	64.57	737	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	981	59.16	580	8thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	756	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	65.86/cwt	60.50–71.50	738	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	713	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	57.97/cwt	53.50–63.00	557	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	136.69/cwt	130.00–145.00	759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	153.49/cwt	146.00–159.00	579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	674	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	136.55/cwt	130.00–147.00	657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	144.12/cwt	134.00–149.00	752	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	149.10/cwt	145.00–153.00	611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	598	1
Bulls	—	—	1,875	90.11/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	144.60/cwt	142.00–147.00	683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	787	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	700	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	113.51/cwt	113.00–114.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	127.50/cwt	124.00–131.00	499	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	92.54/cwt	91.00–94.00	623	2

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 Mar 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 78Last week 287Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 32Year ago 0

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	67.50	67.50
7	—	961	53.50–63.00	57.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,121	60.50–71.50	65.86
1	—	1,285	55.50	55.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,875	89.00–91.00	90.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	125.00	125.00
4	—	555	130.00–145.00	136.69
1	—	270	142.50	142.50
1	—	710	108.00	108.00
5	—	377	146.00–159.00	153.49
1	—	435	155.00	155.00
4	—	481	130.00–147.00	136.55
5	—	522	134.00–149.00	144.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	145.00–153.00	149.10
1	—	735	92.00	92.00
3	—	472	142.00–147.00	144.60
1	—	520	134.00	134.00
2	—	615	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	136.00	136.00
1	—	455	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	104.00	104.00
1	—	550	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	104.00	104.00
2	—	643	94.00	94.00
1	—	415	120.00	120.00
2	—	483	113.00–114.00	113.51
7	—	391	124.00–131.00	127.50
1	—	325	131.00	131.00
1	—	735	86.00	86.00
2	—	673	91.00–94.00	92.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	680	103.00	103.00

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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