Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2021-03-27

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Mar 27
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
345 head
49 vs last sale 394 107 vs year ago 238 · +45.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
12 vs last sale 45 8 vs year ago 65 · 12.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 550 lbs. 5.00-10.00 lower, over 550 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 550 lbs. 2.00-8.00 lower, over 550 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.59/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$129.59
98 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.87
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2497130.9265190
Medium and Large 2-3489114.555618thin
One grade step is worth $16.37/cwt here — about $90 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 sale98 hd
129.59
TN average9 barns · 1,552 hd
131.45
−1.87
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,80182.241,48110
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29459.1876610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51859.1689811
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04846.0748313

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1-2830103.00/cwt103.00–103.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350128.00/cwt128.00–128.004481
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3320121.00/cwt121.00–121.003871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-276597.00/cwt97.00–97.007421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2875110.00/cwt110.00–110.009631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523148.52/cwt145.00–152.007772
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586125.96/cwt121.00–130.0073821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3437139.27/cwt130.00–149.006096
BullsMedium and Large 2-3613107.39/cwt102.00–113.006582
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368141.92/cwt133.00–145.005229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679116.66/cwt116.00–117.007923
BullsMedium and Large 1-2557147.05/cwt144.00–148.0081913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613139.00/cwt139.00–139.008522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270138.06/cwt135.00–141.003732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433136.28/cwt133.00–143.0059014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728129.49/cwt128.00–131.009432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654134.69/cwt130.00–136.5088113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2220195.00/cwt195.00–195.004291
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285175.00/cwt175.00–175.004991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521127.71/cwt122.00–131.0066515
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470153.42/cwt146.00–157.007215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380164.78/cwt161.00–171.006268
Bulls1,32573.00/cwt73.00–73.009671
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51558.08/cwt52.50–60.0088010
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27765.24/cwt63.50–69.008333
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30156.59/cwt53.00–61.507367
CowsLean 85-90%1,06948.58/cwt44.00–53.005199
Bulls1,85483.27/cwt78.50–88.501,5449
CowsLean 85-90%1,08556.50/cwt56.50–56.506131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3483141.02/cwt140.00–142.006812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568150.67/cwt150.00–151.0085612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518151.73/cwt145.00–156.007864
Dairy SteersLarge 370080.00/cwt80.00–80.005601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2322177.17/cwt162.50–184.005709
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433158.84/cwt154.00–163.006885
SteersMedium and Large 2-3595127.00/cwt127.00–127.007561
SteersMedium and Large 2-3390148.84/cwt145.00–157.005803
Dairy SteersLarge 356597.00/cwt97.00–97.005481
CowsLean 85-90%97235.08/cwt31.00–41.003413
SteersMedium and Large 2-3537136.35/cwt135.00–137.007323
SteersMedium and Large 2-3465137.77/cwt120.00–152.006413
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650113.00/cwt113.00–113.007351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610119.25/cwt119.00–120.007274
BullsMedium and Large 1-2690117.00/cwt117.00–117.008071
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415159.44/cwt155.00–165.006629
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420120.95/cwt120.00–122.005082
SteersMedium and Large 2-3438145.54/cwt138.00–153.006372
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471136.31/cwt129.00–140.0064212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326141.76/cwt135.00–145.004627
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470123.00/cwt123.00–123.005781
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3615105.25/cwt104.50–106.006472
HeifersMedium and Large 2-370592.00/cwt92.00–92.006491
BullsMedium and Large 2-3580116.00/cwt116.00–116.006732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710106.00/cwt106.00–106.007531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463161.46/cwt160.00–165.007487

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.