Sale reports / Tennessee / Crossville Livestock Auction / 2025-11-01

Crossville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crossville, Tennessee · Sat, Nov 1
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2061
Feeder Cattle receipts
274 head
6 vs last sale 280 62 vs year ago 336 · 18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
3 vs last sale 60 7 vs year ago 64 · 10.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
69 vs last sale 132 13 vs year ago 76 · 17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends established, due to computer issues.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $368.66/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 2 of 21 comparable sales and sits 72.55 against this barn's trailing median of $441.21.
Average price
$368.66
45 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$384
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$61.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.66
vs TN average
61.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568371.412,10943
Medium and Large 2558309.501,7252thin
One grade step is worth $61.91/cwt here — about $384 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

21 sales
525468410353median 441.2101/0303/2105/0906/2008/15
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 sale45 hd
368.66
TN average14 barns · 369 hd
362.00
+6.66
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−61.06
This barn, trailing median21 sales
441.21
−72.55
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
BullsHigh1,651191.183,1566thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,528153.912,3528thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,289148.521,91512
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,193136.861,63315

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,173$2,4251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,040$2,3253thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,091$2,1336
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$2,0751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,238$2,0253thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$1,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,215$1,6252thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1350–400360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700678323.96/cwt320.00–328.002,1962
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7961
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468330.36/cwt322.00–339.001,5462
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575335.21/cwt329.00–345.001,9277
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900850280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3801
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580313.99/cwt313.00–315.001,8212
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,4311
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000991196.34/cwt195.50–201.501,9467
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450415403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,6721
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850825244.70/cwt242.00–250.002,0193
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625324.50/cwt324.50–324.502,0281
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370402.43/cwt400.00–405.001,4892
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750710258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8321
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950905217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9641
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550510345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7601
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500475342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,6251
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19201,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1732,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700655332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1755
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,489156.50/cwt152.50–161.002,3306
CowsBoner 80-85%1,375134.91/cwt130.00–139.001,8555
Bulls1,465201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,9451
Bulls1,659193.39/cwt191.50–196.503,2084
CowsLean 85-90%1,185124.90/cwt120.00–129.001,4805
CowsLean 85-90%1,293150.86/cwt149.00–153.501,9513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19652,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
CowsLean 85-90%1,156139.41/cwt133.50–146.501,6127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,645146.12/cwt145.00–147.002,4042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,345170.41/cwt165.00–175.002,2922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,181153.38/cwt150.00–160.501,8115
Bulls1,805172.50/cwt172.50–172.503,1141
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400371316.07/cwt310.00–324.001,1733
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2151,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 29792,032.25/head1,925.00–2,125.002,0324
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0402,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2382,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3142,334.76/head2,300.00–2,375.002,3352
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650635275.09/cwt264.00–286.001,7472
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750745285.50/cwt285.50–285.502,1275
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435277.26/cwt254.00–300.001,2062
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,7571
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,6911
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,4831
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500488282.62/cwt225.00–314.001,3793
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700658310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0407
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600578301.92/cwt300.50–303.001,7456
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700666242.26/cwt240.00–249.001,6134
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530301.51/cwt285.00–310.001,5983
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,7761
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800781288.28/cwt284.00–301.002,2516
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450432355.02/cwt354.00–356.001,5342
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800785230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8061
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650640298.50/cwt298.50–298.501,9101
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700680251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7071
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650637341.56/cwt340.00–347.502,17612
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750731306.60/cwt300.00–310.002,2413
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550540310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6742
BullsMedium and Large 2950–1000950191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,8151
BullsMedium and Large 2800–850845204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,7241
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513350.53/cwt349.00–351.001,79813
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530354.09/cwt340.00–369.001,8772
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600559342.37/cwt337.00–349.001,91415
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450443360.97/cwt356.00–366.001,5992
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700667263.59/cwt260.00–265.001,7587
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added1000–10501,000238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,3855
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650646329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,12523
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,5292
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600576389.50/cwt389.50–389.502,24426
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650642360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,31116
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500454415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8846

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.