Name: Crossville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Bulls steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder Heifers 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter Cows and Bulls 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.52/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −84.69 against this barn's trailing median of $441.21.

Average price

$356.52

20 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$42.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.09

vs TN average

−28.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	362.84	1,998	17thin
Medium and Large 2	570	320.67	1,828	3thin

One grade step is worth $42.18/cwt here — about $170 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

21 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.67, low $367.20, median $441.21 across 21 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 sale20 hd

356.52

—

TN average12 barns · 372 hd

363.61

−7.09

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−28.08

This barn, trailing median21 sales

441.21

−84.69

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,631	188.54	3,075	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,293	170.41	2,204	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,177	158.02	1,860	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	930	129.15	1,200	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,145	$3,290	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$2,625	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$2,520	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,194	$2,398	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,080	$2,300	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,115	$2,125	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,186	$2,102	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,165	$2,081	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,208	$1,999	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,370	$1,960	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,215	$1,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,098	$2,550	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,055	$4,450	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,109	$3,800	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$3,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,071	$3,453	9

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	520	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	296.44/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,885	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	389.22/cwt	387.00–390.00	1,810	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	400.96/cwt	400.00–404.00	1,520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	350.36/cwt	341.00–360.00	1,850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	755	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	725	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,100	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	3,475.00/head	3,475.00–3,475.00	3,475	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	402.25/cwt	392.00–409.00	1,661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	367.49/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,051	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,954	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	2,520.00/head	2,520.00–2,520.00	2,520	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	2,077.27/head	1,870.00–2,350.00	2,077	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,883	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	4,450.00/head	4,450.00–4,450.00	4,450	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,370	1,960.00/head	1,960.00–1,960.00	1,960	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	965	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,098	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	415	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,486	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,208	1,999.34/head	1,510.00–2,325.00	1,999	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	122.42/cwt	120.50–125.00	1,169	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	887	140.36/cwt	137.00–142.00	1,245	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	156.12/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,061	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,468	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	142.26/cwt	132.00–149.00	1,765	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	172.20/cwt	165.00–185.00	2,049	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,270	2,431.31/head	2,150.00–2,560.00	2,431	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,236	2,153.62/head	2,125.00–2,175.00	2,154	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	155.49/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,779	18
Bulls	—	—	1,549	186.28/cwt	181.50–190.50	2,885	9
Bulls	—	—	1,720	175.49/cwt	172.50–179.50	3,018	3
Bulls	—	—	1,749	203.43/cwt	192.50–218.50	3,558	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,020	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	1,982.48/head	1,875.00–2,175.00	1,982	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,145	3,290.00/head	3,290.00–3,290.00	3,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	244.33/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	640	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,106	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	287.56/cwt	280.00–295.00	900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,420	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	263.58/cwt	254.00–285.00	1,476	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	306.00/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	314.85/cwt	308.00–322.00	2,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	310.01/cwt	260.00–326.00	1,773	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	422	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	272.46/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	336.13/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	948	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,949	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	382.17/cwt	380.00–389.00	2,022	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	556	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	1,977	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	314.71/cwt	312.00–329.00	2,134	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	475	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	651	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,279	13

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 May 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 149Last week 194Year ago 294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 58Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 108Last week 82Year ago 191

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Bulls steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder Heifers 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter Cows and Bulls 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	286.00	286.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	400.00–404.00	400.96
3	400–450	413	392.00–409.00	402.25
4	450–500	465	387.00–390.00	389.22
2	500–550	528	341.00–360.00	350.36
2	550–600	558	365.00–370.00	367.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	280.00–295.00	287.56
2	350–400	390	364.00	364.00
1	400–450	400	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	545	306.00	306.00
8	550–600	572	260.00–326.00	310.01
1	700–750	740	258.00	258.00
1	750–800	750	260.00	260.00
1	850–900	895	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	406.00	406.00
1	400–450	445	338.00	338.00
1	450–500	460	312.00	312.00
5	500–550	528	319.00	319.00
1	550–600	570	297.00	297.00
5	600–650	636	285.00–300.00	296.44
3	700–750	713	274.00	274.00
1	750–800	760	258.00	258.00
5	850–900	850	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	253.00	253.00
1	750–800	755	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	316.00	316.00
1	350–400	355	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	440	296.00	296.00
2	450–500	465	325.00–348.00	336.13
2	500–550	528	270.00–275.00	272.46
9	550–600	560	254.00–285.00	263.58
4	650–700	679	230.00–260.00	244.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	422	269.00	269.00
1	450–500	475	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	281.00	281.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	495	341.00	341.00
1	500–550	530	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	590	295.00–317.00	306.00
2	650–700	680	308.00–322.00	314.85
1	750–800	775	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	640	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	431.00	431.00
6	400–450	405	425.00	425.00
8	500–550	529	380.00–389.00	382.17
3	550–600	598	326.00	326.00
6	650–700	678	312.00–329.00	314.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	556	355.50	355.50
13	650–700	651	350.00	350.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,125	4,050.00	4,050.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,080	3,375.00	3,375.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	3,475.00	3,475.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,055	4,450.00	4,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,175	3,800.00	3,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	3,300.00	3,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	3,800.00	3,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,000	3,500.00	3,500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	2,520.00	2,520.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,158	1,870.00–2,350.00	2,077.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,115	2,125.00	2,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	2,625.00	2,625.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,270	2,150.00–2,560.00	2,431.31
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,236	2,125.00–2,175.00	2,153.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,370	1,960.00	1,960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	965	2,300.00	2,300.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,208	1,510.00–2,325.00	1,999.34
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,070	1,875.00–2,175.00	1,982.48
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,145	3,290.00	3,290.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,098	2,550.00	2,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	955	120.50–125.00	122.42
3	—	887	137.00–142.00	140.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	155.00–157.00	156.12
1	—	1,240	199.00	199.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,241	132.00–149.00	142.26
11	—	1,190	165.00–185.00	172.20
18	—	1,144	150.00–164.00	155.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,549	181.50–190.50	186.28
3	—	1,720	172.50–179.50	175.49
4	—	1,749	192.50–218.50	203.43

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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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Crossville Stockyard - Crossville, TN

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