Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2024-06-01

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 1
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
65 vs last sale 135 166 vs year ago 366 · 45.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
30 vs last sale 49 48 vs year ago 67 · 71.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
40 vs last sale 72 108 vs year ago 140 · 77.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Cows steady on a light test. Slaughter Bulls and Feeders not well established due to inadequate receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.95/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 108.07 against this barn's trailing median of $382.02.
Average price
$273.95
29 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,450
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$351
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$58.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.56
vs TN average
+6.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532278.791,48423
Medium and Large 2-3518262.471,3605thin
Medium and Large 3515220.001,1331thin
One grade step is worth $58.79/cwt here — about $351 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
470420370319median 382.0201/0303/0705/0206/2008/15
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 sale29 hd
273.95
TN average8 barns · 351 hd
257.39
+16.56
National average129 barns · 6,320 hd
267.62
+6.33
This barn, trailing median30 sales
382.02
−108.07
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
BullsHigh1,448152.192,2045thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,171135.361,5858thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,028114.571,1782thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,110$1,7816
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$1,7501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)965$1,5251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$1,6301thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7811
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350335297.00/cwt297.00–297.009951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616250.20/cwt249.00–251.001,5415
Bulls1,735160.00/cwt159.50–160.502,7762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,418148.33/cwt142.00–154.002,1032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,089131.04/cwt126.00–136.001,4276
CowsLean 85-90%1,028114.57/cwt113.00–116.001,1782
Bulls1,257146.98/cwt140.50–150.001,8483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500490275.00/cwt268.00–282.001,3482
HeifersSmall 1-2350–400385230.00/cwt230.00–230.008861
HeifersSmall 1-2450–500480231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1091
SteersSmall 1-2550–600570263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4991
SteersSmall 1-2450–500488277.05/cwt268.00–286.001,3522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500495254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650615258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5873
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525303.73/cwt290.00–313.001,59516
BullsSmall 1-2350–400370231.00/cwt231.00–231.008551
HeifersSmall 1-2300–350310260.00/cwt260.00–260.008061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1171,875.44/head1,850.00–1,925.001,8755
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450410255.00/cwt232.00–278.001,0466
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550530281.17/cwt267.00–290.001,4904
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,630.00/head1,630.00–1,630.001,6301
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500470320.02/cwt310.00–324.001,5048
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300295339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750703240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6873
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550515285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4681
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400385280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0751,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39651,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550515220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1331
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600570233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700680244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400350273.00/cwt273.00–273.009561
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300–350305280.00/cwt280.00–280.008541
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500474284.28/cwt270.00–291.001,3473
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added450–500495269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550518262.47/cwt251.00–266.001,3605
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600583268.45/cwt266.00–271.001,5652
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550528245.71/cwt231.00–260.001,2972
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550510310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700660299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,9731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750723236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7062
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450435281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450410292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,1971
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1401,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600588288.31/cwt280.00–309.001,6957
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481286.94/cwt281.00–292.001,3806
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450414297.31/cwt290.00–308.001,2314
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650616264.04/cwt255.00–276.001,6265
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700685244.61/cwt244.00–245.001,6765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650611283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7294
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650625286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,7881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519285.13/cwt268.00–294.001,48016
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500485286.37/cwt271.00–301.001,3896
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600577273.74/cwt268.00–278.001,5796
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750716264.19/cwt253.00–270.001,8923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400385286.96/cwt280.00–289.001,1054
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380307.86/cwt301.00–325.001,1705
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750740222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600563264.31/cwt247.00–277.001,4887
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675237.94/cwt230.00–241.001,6064
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450429271.63/cwt240.00–292.001,1654

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.