Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-21

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 21
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
72 vs last sale 274 13 vs year ago 215 · 6.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
28 vs last sale 47 35 vs year ago 54 · 64.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
65 vs last sale 175 60 vs year ago 50 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers and Heifers steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder Bulls 15.00 lower. Slaughter Cows 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls steady. Quality and demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.75/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 64.28 against this barn's trailing median of $382.02.
Average price
$317.75
24 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.86
vs TN average
16.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551321.891,77320
Medium and Large 2546297.011,6224thin
One grade step is worth $24.88/cwt here — about $151 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
317.75
TN average16 barns · 750 hd
324.60
−6.86
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−16.36
This barn, trailing median30 sales
382.02
−64.28
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
BullsHigh1,771201.323,5664thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,189163.601,94520
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,555160.502,4962thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,007143.511,4469thin

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)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,191$2,58912
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,174$2,57822
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$2,2002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,172$2,1765
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)976$1,7805
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)875$2,7702thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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 1600–650635302.29/cwt301.00–305.001,9206
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650630306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9281
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335358.27/cwt358.00–360.001,2007
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405374.47/cwt369.00–385.001,5173
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700670290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9431
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350318394.51/cwt390.00–397.001,2553
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500467367.69/cwt356.00–374.501,7178
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416346.07/cwt345.00–360.001,44014
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400374386.26/cwt371.00–395.001,4458
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800795250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9882
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,8361
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550536328.99/cwt323.00–335.001,76314
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550500357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,7851
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520344.45/cwt339.00–353.001,7916
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850826240.72/cwt239.50–245.001,9885
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750713257.68/cwt250.00–266.001,8373
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650600304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,8241
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7923
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 28752,770.00/head2,770.00–2,770.002,7702
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600570290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6531
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy350–400395330.50/cwt330.00–331.001,3052
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650620281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,7421
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450410316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,2961
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,60512
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600554344.36/cwt330.00–350.001,9088
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1701,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2132,634.73/head2,400.00–2,750.002,63517
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1952,597.18/head2,300.00–2,760.002,59711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1992,298.09/head2,225.00–2,325.002,2984
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228140.60/cwt130.00–150.501,7272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,322173.82/cwt170.00–180.002,2983
CowsBoner 80-85%1,157164.62/cwt157.50–169.501,90515
CowsLean 85-90%1,015131.06/cwt110.00–144.001,3305
Bulls1,965214.63/cwt210.00–220.004,2172
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,590155.50/cwt155.50–155.502,4721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Bulls1,610172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,7691
Bulls1,545204.00/cwt204.00–204.003,1521
CowsLean 85-90%998159.07/cwt155.00–166.501,5884
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520165.50/cwt165.50–165.502,5161
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450417339.82/cwt335.00–341.001,4175
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500472349.33/cwt347.00–351.001,6495
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500455318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4473
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0651,690.00/head1,690.00–1,690.001,6901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29281,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0412,386.93/head2,300.00–2,650.002,3875
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400380361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,3721
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,2111
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350340390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3261
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550518331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,7152
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350337333.35/cwt330.00–338.001,1236
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700655256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6771
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300295415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2242
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550511325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6613
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650619256.99/cwt255.50–260.001,5914
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550546297.01/cwt290.00–304.001,6224
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450405324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,3121
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,3351
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800755282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,1291
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400350405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4181
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450430400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7201
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700695315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1891
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520369.67/cwt369.00–371.001,9223
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500466315.04/cwt306.00–343.001,4686
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600588308.40/cwt301.00–314.001,8135
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900855272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,3261
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500458331.75/cwt318.00–337.001,51911
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750742282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,0922
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383357.27/cwt346.00–369.001,3682
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600595280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6661

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.