Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2020-04-25

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 25
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
194 head
32 vs last sale 226 194 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
25 vs last sale 69 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 2.00-5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 2.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.76/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$123.76
84 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$15.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.17
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2443125.1155574
Medium and Large 2-3449114.125139thin
Small 1-2445110.004901thin
One grade step is worth $15.11/cwt here — about $65 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 sale84 hd
123.76
TN average11 barns · 1,852 hd
117.59
+6.17
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
BullsLow1,54776.701,18610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20758.0870117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46455.978195thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05845.0747710

Every lot, as filed

41 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610104.00/cwt104.00–104.006341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482122.05/cwt117.00–125.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516122.06/cwt113.00–125.0063010
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3375118.48/cwt118.00–119.004442
HeifersSmall 1-2445110.00/cwt110.00–110.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560112.00/cwt112.00–112.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650104.00/cwt104.00–104.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378130.53/cwt127.00–134.004939
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3495112.00/cwt112.00–112.005541
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3515110.01/cwt109.00–111.005673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290126.00/cwt126.00–126.003651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-274590.00/cwt90.00–90.006711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2314128.98/cwt127.00–130.004056
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427127.97/cwt121.00–134.0054637
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3418116.04/cwt114.00–117.004853
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21457.46/cwt54.00–62.5069816
CowsLean 85-90%94037.04/cwt31.00–41.003483
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46455.97/cwt54.00–60.008195
CowsLean 85-90%1,10946.93/cwt42.00–53.005206
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09568.00/cwt68.00–68.007451
CowsLean 85-90%1,11058.00/cwt58.00–58.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2387149.14/cwt146.00–153.005778
SteersMedium and Large 2-3360141.50/cwt139.00–144.005092
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500141.00/cwt141.00–141.007051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415151.38/cwt149.00–154.006287
SteersMedium and Large 2-3285129.00/cwt129.00–129.003681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285155.00/cwt155.00–155.004421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2328152.47/cwt150.00–154.005006
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482143.10/cwt135.00–145.0069011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2668111.00/cwt111.00–111.007412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565137.20/cwt127.00–141.0077510
BullsMedium and Large 2-3432127.00/cwt127.00–127.005495
BullsMedium and Large 1-2443136.48/cwt133.00–140.006052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470144.56/cwt135.00–147.006799
BullsMedium and Large 2-3518121.50/cwt121.00–122.006292
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
BullsMedium and Large 1-2535140.21/cwt136.00–141.007506
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575123.00/cwt123.00–123.007071
Bulls1,36366.00/cwt66.00–66.009002
Bulls1,59379.37/cwt73.00–84.501,2648

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.