Name: Crossville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to this market last week, not enough comparable feeder receipts to form a trend

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.34/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −130.68 against this barn's trailing median of $382.02.

Average price

$251.34

42 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$35.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.89

vs TN average

−20.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	258.13	1,439	34
Medium and Large 2-3	538	222.51	1,197	8thin

One grade step is worth $35.62/cwt here — about $242 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.21, low $333.47, median $382.02 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale42 hd

251.34

—

TN average13 barns · 594 hd

248.45

+2.89

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−20.57

This barn, trailing median30 sales

382.02

−130.68

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	269.73/cwt	261.00–277.50	1,011	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	306.16/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	250.60/cwt	237.00–272.00	1,308	9
Bulls	Small 1-2	750–800	778	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,509	2
Steers	Small 1-2	300–350	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	235.66/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,487	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	277.74/cwt	264.00–287.00	1,175	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	293.06/cwt	291.00–304.00	1,418	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	242.17/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,376	5
Heifers	Small 1-2	800–850	825	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,337	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	300–350	340	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	320.34/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,352	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	330.57/cwt	325.50–347.50	1,250	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	290.00/cwt	289.00–291.00	1,488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	430	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	197.92/cwt	195.00–201.00	916	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	447	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	331	213.38/cwt	205.00–231.00	706	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	248.61/cwt	226.00–261.00	1,081	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	361	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	571	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,516	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	488	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,376	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	270.25/cwt	259.00–274.00	1,419	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	308.71/cwt	291.00–330.00	1,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	414	346.29/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,434	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	222.51/cwt	220.50–237.00	1,197	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	237.26/cwt	217.00–252.00	878	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	480	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	448	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,053	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	403	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	461	339.00/cwt	331.00–342.50	1,563	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,696	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	276.25/cwt	245.00–307.50	884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	318.49/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	276.14/cwt	275.50–285.00	1,748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	319.95/cwt	306.00–323.00	1,680	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	290.16/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,515	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	309.66/cwt	299.00–330.00	1,449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	232.36/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,424	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	266.93/cwt	250.00–287.50	814	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	269.32/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,312	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,226	1

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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 327Last week 362Year ago 449

Compared to this market last week, not enough comparable feeder receipts to form a trend

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	250.00–287.50	266.93
11	350–400	375	261.00–277.50	269.73
10	400–450	423	264.00–287.00	277.74
11	450–500	487	267.50–270.00	269.32
9	500–550	522	237.00–272.00	250.60
5	550–600	568	238.00–244.00	242.17
3	600–650	613	227.00–237.00	232.36
1	650–700	695	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	825	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	247.50	247.50
5	300–350	331	205.00–231.00	213.38
7	350–400	370	217.00–252.00	237.26
4	400–450	435	226.00–261.00	248.61
2	450–500	463	195.00–201.00	197.92
8	500–550	538	220.50–237.00	222.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	403	291.00	291.00
5	450–500	488	282.00	282.00
20	550–600	571	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	480	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	320.00	320.00
4	300–350	331	291.00–330.00	308.71
1	350–400	380	322.50	322.50
2	400–450	415	302.50–310.00	306.16
5	450–500	468	299.00–330.00	309.66
5	500–550	522	280.00–297.00	290.16
1	550–600	585	261.00	261.00
14	600–650	633	275.50–285.00	276.14
1	700–750	715	251.00	251.00
1	800–850	810	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	950	174.00	174.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	245.00–307.50	276.25
1	350–400	395	230.00	230.00
2	400–450	447	286.00	286.00
4	500–550	525	259.00–274.00	270.25
1	600–650	605	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	414	337.50–347.50	346.29
10	450–500	461	331.00–342.50	339.00
11	500–550	525	306.00–323.00	319.95
14	550–600	556	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	303.00	303.00
2	750–800	778	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	325.50–347.50	330.57
7	400–450	422	300.00–345.00	320.34
9	450–500	484	291.00–304.00	293.06
2	500–550	513	289.00–291.00	290.00
2	550–600	565	268.00	268.00
10	600–650	631	231.00–246.00	235.66
1	650–700	680	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	361	317.50	317.50
1	400–450	445	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	540	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	670	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	473	312.50–320.00	318.49

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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