Sale reports / Tennessee / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN / 2019-05-29

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Wed, May 29
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
← earliestMay 29Jun 12
Feeder Cattle receipts
146 head
146 vs last sale 0 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
41 vs last sale 0 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 0 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale two weeks ago, feeder heifers remaining mostly steady overall, with no comparisons available for feeder steers and bulls due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows and bulls remaining mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.35/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$123.35
38 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$628
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.72
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514123.6263536
Medium and Large 2-3418118.504952thin
One grade step is worth $5.12/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale38 hd
123.35
TN average6 barns · 458 hd
125.07
−1.72
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
BullsHigh1,61185.761,3815thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13266.2675031
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35560.508201thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91552.004762thin

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%Natural88558.00/cwt58.00–58.005131
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,09470.02/cwt62.00–74.0076610
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,12258.00/cwt58.00–58.006513
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,33380.47/cwt78.00–83.001,0732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007766
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added585129.00/cwt129.00–129.007551
BullsMedium and Large 2-3585123.00/cwt123.00–123.007201
BullsMedium and Large 2-3455131.00/cwt131.00–131.005961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513141.82/cwt133.00–144.507287
Bulls1,51598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4851
Bulls1,82387.44/cwt85.00–89.501,5943
Bulls1,07068.50/cwt68.50–68.507331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16164.34/cwt58.00–68.007477
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21774.02/cwt70.00–82.509015
CowsBoner 80-85%97949.64/cwt43.00–54.004864
BullsMedium and Large 2-3390137.50/cwt137.50–137.505361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560129.00/cwt129.00–129.007221
BullsMedium and Large 2-3690114.00/cwt114.00–114.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2703107.50/cwt107.50–107.507564
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571121.57/cwt118.00–124.006944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2358130.78/cwt127.50–132.504683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610119.00/cwt119.00–119.007261
CowsLean 85-90%94546.00/cwt46.00–46.004351
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35560.50/cwt60.50–60.508201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525142.00/cwt142.00–142.007461
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005061
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3395122.00/cwt122.00–122.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420129.32/cwt126.00–132.005433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468127.80/cwt123.00–134.0059812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532121.50/cwt117.50–129.006468
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,295938.66/cwt925.00–950.0012,1562
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2955700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,6851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,280750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,100.00/cwt1,075.00–1,125.002
SteersMedium and Large 2-3635130.00/cwt130.00–130.008262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2391155.07/cwt150.00–157.506063
Dairy SteersLarge 431891.31/cwt88.00–95.002902
Dairy SteersLarge 451075.00/cwt75.00–75.003831
Dairy SteersLarge 357384.97/cwt82.50–90.004873
Dairy SteersLarge 362580.00/cwt80.00–80.005001
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-21,010685.00/cwt685.00–685.006,9191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2758110.00/cwt110.00–110.008343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2708115.00/cwt115.00–115.008143
BullsMedium and Large 1-2472140.34/cwt138.00–143.006623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420138.26/cwt137.50–139.005812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380143.00/cwt143.00–143.005431
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320152.50/cwt152.50–152.504881

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.