Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2019-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale two weeks ago, feeder heifers measuring 3.00 higher with feeder bulls 6.00 higher overall; no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows gauging 5.00 to 6.00 higher overall with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.15/cwt on 65 head.

Average price

$119.15

65 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$225

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2

$5.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.26

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	320	125.00	400	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	525	119.06	625	64

One grade step is worth $5.94/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale65 hd

119.15

—

TN average9 barns · 1,332 hd

121.41

−2.26

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	1,614	88.91	1,435	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,152	67.86	782	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,559	61.74	962	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	60.84	621	4thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	790	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	124.15/cwt	122.50–125.00	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	839	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	146.81/cwt	140.00–151.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	127.61/cwt	127.00–130.00	706	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	138.62/cwt	135.00–141.00	657	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	288	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	382	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	491	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	614	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	107.92/cwt	105.00–111.00	836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	126.48/cwt	124.00–128.00	545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	126.26/cwt	122.00–127.00	467	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	108.28/cwt	108.00–110.00	741	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	114.21/cwt	112.00–120.00	665	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	121.13/cwt	115.00–125.00	621	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	121.26/cwt	119.00–125.00	582	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	992	60.78/cwt	58.00–63.00	603	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	677	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,458	63.87/cwt	63.00–65.00	931	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	59.66/cwt	57.00–63.50	952	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,075	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,275	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	931	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,155	70.09/cwt	66.00–74.00	810	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,363	59.76/cwt	56.00–63.00	815	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	66.57/cwt	60.00–72.00	760	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	75.21/cwt	73.50–77.50	877	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	953	55.58/cwt	55.00–56.00	530	2
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,655	86.14/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,426	2
Bulls	—	—	1,660	95.68/cwt	93.50–98.00	1,588	3
Bulls	—	—	1,505	81.51/cwt	78.00–83.50	1,227	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	980	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,880	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,015	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	5,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	1,058.95/cwt	975.00–1,150.00	13,692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	133.78/cwt	132.00–139.00	697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	130.04/cwt	125.00–135.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	400	1

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 →

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Wed Jul 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 195Last week 317Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 76Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	134.00	134.00
1	—	755	104.00	104.00
1	—	820	98.00	98.00
3	—	525	122.50–125.00	124.15
3	—	711	118.00	118.00
4	—	380	140.00–151.00	146.81
5	—	553	127.00–130.00	127.61
17	—	474	135.00–141.00	138.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	137.50	137.50
1	—	500	110.00	110.00
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
2	—	288	130.00–135.00	132.48
3	—	491	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	105.00–111.00	107.92
4	—	431	124.00–128.00	126.48
4	—	611	116.00	116.00
7	—	370	122.00–127.00	126.26
7	—	684	108.00–110.00	108.28
8	—	582	112.00–120.00	114.21
14	—	513	115.00–125.00	121.13
18	—	480	119.00–125.00	121.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	616	144.50	144.50
4	—	521	132.00–139.00	133.78
2	—	660	125.00–135.00	130.04
2	—	437	145.00	145.00
2	—	385	140.00	140.00
1	—	580	148.00	148.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	992	58.00–63.00	60.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	61.00	61.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	63.00–65.00	63.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,596	57.00–63.50	59.66
1	—	1,535	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	73.00	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,155	66.00–74.00	70.09
2	—	1,363	56.00–63.00	59.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,142	60.00–72.00	66.57
5	—	1,166	73.50–77.50	75.21
2	—	953	55.00–56.00	55.58
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	85.00–87.00	86.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,660	93.50–98.00	95.68
2	—	1,505	78.00–83.50	81.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,293	975.00–1,150.00	1,058.95

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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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

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