Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-04-19

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 19
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
74 vs last sale 201 137 vs year ago 264 · 51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
28 vs last sale 58 13 vs year ago 43 · 30.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
9 vs last sale 33 44 vs year ago 86 · 51.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, on any classes. Due to insufficient receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.50/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 73.52 against this barn's trailing median of $382.02.
Average price
$308.50
11 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,681
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.13
vs TN average
12.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545308.501,68111thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale11 hd
308.50
TN average16 barns · 670 hd
307.37
+1.13
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
−12.68
This barn, trailing median30 sales
382.02
−73.52
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
BullsHigh1,695172.902,9314thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,235148.531,83413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,575141.502,2291thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,004119.941,2046thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)851$2,0253thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,205$2,0001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,325$1,9132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,247$1,7974thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,067$1,6543thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)845$1,6501thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600568332.93/cwt329.00–340.001,8919
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8343
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500466388.44/cwt360.00–397.501,8104
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423337.63/cwt331.00–345.001,4282
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500490345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6911
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650642283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,8172
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950935207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9351
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900860203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,7461
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450423406.63/cwt400.00–409.001,7204
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250220435.00/cwt435.00–435.009576
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300293432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,2672
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700656316.00/cwt314.00–320.002,0733
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550520328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,7062
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450437362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,5822
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650608318.98/cwt309.00–329.001,9395
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800795216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7171
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,6931
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563335.04/cwt323.00–341.001,8863
SteersSmall 1350–400360330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4251
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400370385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4251
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350315390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2291
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350315378.69/cwt375.00–382.501,1932
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518307.91/cwt294.00–318.001,5955
CowsLean 85-90%1,133111.13/cwt110.50–112.001,2592
CowsLean 85-90%939124.35/cwt120.00–127.001,1684
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,575141.50/cwt141.50–141.502,2291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,263160.15/cwt155.00–165.002,0233
CowsBoner 80-85%1,260148.37/cwt145.00–151.001,8696
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175140.05/cwt139.50–140.501,6464
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0881,643.75/head1,625.00–1,660.001,6442
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2302
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700685276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8911
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650625262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6381
Bulls1,815190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,4491
Bulls1,655167.20/cwt161.50–172.002,7673
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5611
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800760219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6641
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750730264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,9271
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,7841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1101,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2551,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2052,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850825208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,7162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3952,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0251,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250227472.94/cwt397.50–500.001,0744
Bred CowsMedium and Large 18512,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0253
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300264392.03/cwt384.00–402.501,0357
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500470344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,6171
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350318450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4313
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550503330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6602
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600591299.50/cwt297.00–305.001,7704
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18451,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,3101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2921,837.01/head1,825.00–1,860.001,8373
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750715290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0742
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400363422.03/cwt400.00–430.001,5324
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,7571
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650627322.73/cwt310.00–329.002,0243

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.