Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-28

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Jun 28
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
75 vs last sale 202 127 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
24 vs last sale 19 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
23 vs last sale 110 87 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established on Feeder Cattle due to lack of comparable receipts. Slaughter Cows 7.00 lower, with Slaughter Bulls steady on light test of slaughter cattle. Quality below average, with demand moderate to light.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $295.81/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 114.69 against this barn's trailing median of $410.50.
Average price
$295.81
18 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,631
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$455
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$60.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.13
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549311.611,7109thin
Medium and Large 2561283.641,5908thin
Small 1500251.001,2551thin
One grade step is worth $60.61/cwt here — about $455 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

28 sales
486435383331median 410.5001/0303/1405/0206/2708/15
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $472.37, low $344.89, median $410.50 across 28 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 sale18 hd
295.81
TN average10 barns · 231 hd
310.94
−15.13
This barn, trailing median28 sales
410.50
−114.69
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,732193.613,35410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,323162.502,1492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,154156.641,80824
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,070136.121,4574thin

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)1,253$2,8175
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,240$2,6384thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$2,5502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,347$2,5305
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,230$2,3805
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,113$2,2002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)827$2,0184thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,040$1,8253thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,219$3,3148

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500482330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5913
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650600241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4461
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350315372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,1721
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475353.59/cwt350.00–361.001,6803
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375388.89/cwt366.00–395.001,4585
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300287381.97/cwt376.00–385.001,0963
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500476311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4804
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675293.67/cwt288.00–295.501,9824
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550525365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9163
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,1231
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5561
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400354343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,2144
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2193,314.28/head3,170.00–3,650.003,3148
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450442321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,4192
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400389366.61/cwt365.00–371.001,4267
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600578309.87/cwt304.00–319.001,7915
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550512313.78/cwt310.00–315.001,6074
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500474327.67/cwt325.00–336.001,5534
BullsSmall 1500–550500251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2532,816.78/head2,475.00–3,025.002,8175
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1102,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 18272,017.55/head1,960.00–2,175.002,0184
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3472,530.44/head2,425.00–2,675.002,5305
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0402,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
CowsLean 85-90%995126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2541
CowsLean 85-90%910150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3651
CowsLean 85-90%1,188134.23/cwt130.00–140.001,5952
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,335170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,2701
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,310155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,0311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,128149.69/cwt146.00–155.001,6896
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2402,638.15/head2,600.00–2,650.002,6384
CowsBoner 80-85%1,168167.50/cwt166.00–170.001,9563
CowsBoner 80-85%1,162157.25/cwt152.50–162.501,82715
Bulls1,868192.47/cwt187.00–196.503,5954
Bulls1,532174.01/cwt169.00–180.002,6663
Bulls1,752214.73/cwt210.00–221.003,7623
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600595273.00/cwt271.00–275.001,6242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1352,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0552,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0051,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1132,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3472,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5003
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250245315.00/cwt315.00–315.007722
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700660258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,7031
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1401
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350310358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,1101
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300265350.51/cwt334.00–369.009292
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550531294.10/cwt280.00–315.001,5625
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3201
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500450271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2201
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320301.98/cwt280.00–315.009664
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650638257.97/cwt251.00–265.001,6462
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600587293.98/cwt285.00–297.001,7264
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400392305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1962
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,1154
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550534273.29/cwt271.00–274.001,4594
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500470319.01/cwt318.00–321.001,4993
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450419290.53/cwt271.00–300.001,2173
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400375354.16/cwt350.00–358.001,3282
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700675275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8561

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.