Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2024-10-26

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Oct 26
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
331 head
103 vs last sale 228 212 vs year ago 543 · 39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
66 vs last sale 47 32 vs year ago 81 · +39.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 3.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.76/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 149.27 against this barn's trailing median of $382.02.
Average price
$232.76
24 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,328
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$20.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.51
vs TN average
26.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573235.221,34921
Medium and Large 2540215.751,1652thin
Small 1570215.001,2261thin
One grade step is worth $20.22/cwt here — about $123 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale24 hd
232.76
TN average14 barns · 945 hd
233.26
−0.51
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−26.87
This barn, trailing median30 sales
382.02
−149.27
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
BullsLow1,737142.992,48411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433124.011,77710
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,149119.591,37434
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,016101.581,03239

Every lot, as filed

69 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 2500–550515224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1541
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380237.50/cwt237.50–237.509031
HeifersSmall 1700–750720175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300298252.50/cwt252.50–252.507522
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2441
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1721
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700675185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2491
HeifersSmall 1550–600570215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2261
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3174
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650630194.92/cwt190.00–200.001,2282
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700665210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3971
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2541
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650631226.06/cwt220.00–228.001,4266
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1043
BullsSmall 1600–650620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2402
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450414282.32/cwt235.00–292.501,1696
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600595211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2551
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450421326.55/cwt312.50–330.001,37514
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900890170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5131
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800773189.99/cwt189.00–192.001,4696
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600556236.32/cwt224.00–238.001,31410
Bulls1,510132.31/cwt127.00–138.501,9984
Bulls1,834148.10/cwt141.50–153.502,7166
Bulls2,065155.00/cwt155.00–155.003,2011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,131113.01/cwt111.00–115.001,2788
CowsBoner 80-85%1,153120.69/cwt117.00–125.001,39224
CowsBoner 80-85%1,168132.68/cwt130.00–135.001,5502
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,389124.97/cwt123.50–128.001,7367
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,560116.16/cwt115.50–117.001,8122
CowsLean 85-90%1,01389.46/cwt80.00–97.0090610
CowsLean 85-90%1,020104.88/cwt100.00–110.001,07026
CowsLean 85-90%992113.35/cwt112.00–115.001,1243
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,490133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,9821
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485252.47/cwt250.00–255.001,2242
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850815187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,5281
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400393313.11/cwt312.50–315.001,2314
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550516253.35/cwt249.00–257.501,3079
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750715205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4661
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700680220.09/cwt217.50–224.001,49711
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600570237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,3541
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550530237.58/cwt230.00–242.501,2593
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900850211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7941
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385313.85/cwt310.00–317.501,2082
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750713227.51/cwt227.00–228.001,6222
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500492272.54/cwt267.50–277.501,3417
SteersSmall 1500–550545232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2671
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618248.71/cwt245.00–250.001,5374
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550500261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3055
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662201.45/cwt200.00–207.001,3345
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500466241.87/cwt237.50–250.001,12716
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600583232.45/cwt227.50–240.001,35517
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700666243.55/cwt237.50–246.001,6225
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800763229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7473
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450427307.94/cwt300.00–315.001,31510
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1521
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800785170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3351
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428220.94/cwt210.00–227.509463
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571257.50/cwt255.00–260.001,4708
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850810218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7662
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350327297.26/cwt280.00–302.509724
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500478257.49/cwt256.00–259.001,2312
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419251.51/cwt245.00–257.501,0546
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3651
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800760198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5052
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619227.04/cwt220.00–233.001,40513
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400390254.34/cwt242.00–262.5099225
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350300235.00/cwt235.00–235.007051

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.