Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale two weeks ago, feeder steers measuring 4.00 higher overall, with feeder heifers and bulls remaining mostly steady. Slaughter cows gauging 3.00 lower 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 $107.30/cwt on 80 head.

Average price

$107.30

80 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$125

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

$14.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.31

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	295	107.50	317	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	511	107.48	549	78
Small and Medium 1-2	475	93.00	442	1thin

One grade step is worth $14.50/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale80 hd

107.30

—

TN average9 barns · 1,805 hd

113.62

−6.31

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	—	High	1,741	72.70	1,266	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,166	53.70	626	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,389	52.29	726	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	36.76	380	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,495	91.00	1,360	3thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2	—	610	111.65/cwt	110.00–115.00	681	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	111.82/cwt	107.50–116.00	640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	129.70/cwt	122.50–133.00	412	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	130.03/cwt	129.00–131.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	725	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	747	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,851	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,969	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	—	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	9,728	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	552	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	123.11/cwt	120.00–129.00	596	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	121.76/cwt	118.00–124.00	693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	124.75/cwt	124.00–127.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	126.89/cwt	126.00–128.00	646	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	116.50/cwt	116.00–117.00	740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	509	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	670	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	605	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	805	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	475	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	104.07/cwt	99.00–108.00	597	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	108.88/cwt	99.00–113.00	577	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	110.62/cwt	106.00–120.00	458	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	114.16/cwt	107.50–120.00	543	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	205	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	117.12/cwt	113.00–122.50	565	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	113.20/cwt	107.00–118.00	589	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	124.25/cwt	120.00–132.00	476	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	108.58/cwt	107.00–110.00	720	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	90.54/cwt	86.00–95.00	644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	106.98/cwt	105.00–109.00	674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	103.97/cwt	100.00–110.00	338	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	94.14/cwt	89.00–100.00	626	5
Bulls	—	—	1,165	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	885	1
Bulls	—	—	2,075	62.75/cwt	60.00–65.50	1,302	2
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,630	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,239	1
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,760	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,514	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,495	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,360	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	40.49/cwt	39.00–42.50	421	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,086	61.88/cwt	58.50–68.00	672	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	48.16/cwt	45.00–52.00	520	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,150	46.70/cwt	45.00–48.00	537	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,358	60.92/cwt	59.00–67.00	827	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,181	54.87/cwt	51.00–58.00	648	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,090	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	643	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,135	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	477	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	48.23/cwt	45.50–50.50	681	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,442	54.90/cwt	53.00–58.00	792	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,100	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	682	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	33.01/cwt	31.00–37.00	340	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,045	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	502	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 Oct 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 377Last week 322Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 60Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 36Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	610	110.00–115.00	111.65
5	—	572	107.50–116.00	111.82
3	—	318	122.50–133.00	129.70
2	—	280	132.00	132.00
1	—	800	93.00	93.00
1	—	400	127.50	127.50
12	—	482	113.00–122.50	117.12
11	—	520	107.00–118.00	113.20
10	—	383	120.00–132.00	124.25
7	—	663	107.00–110.00	108.58
6	—	711	86.00–95.00	90.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	129.00–131.00	130.03
1	—	725	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	100.00	100.00
1	—	205	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	112.50	112.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	552	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	484	120.00–129.00	123.11
6	—	569	118.00–124.00	121.76
4	—	671	124.00–127.00	124.75
4	—	509	126.00–128.00	126.89
2	—	635	116.00–117.00	116.50
1	—	945	105.00	105.00
1	—	755	110.00	110.00
1	—	380	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	133.00	133.00
1	—	605	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	93.00	93.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	574	99.00–108.00	104.07
15	—	530	99.00–113.00	108.88
14	—	414	106.00–120.00	110.62
12	—	476	107.50–120.00	114.16
2	—	380	117.50	117.50
2	—	285	115.00	115.00
1	—	865	88.00	88.00
1	—	705	96.00	96.00
2	—	630	105.00–109.00	106.98
3	—	325	100.00–110.00	103.97
5	—	665	89.00–100.00	94.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	105.00	105.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	625.00	625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,280	760.00	760.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	76.00	76.00
2	—	2,075	60.00–65.50	62.75
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	76.00	76.00
1	—	1,760	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,495	91.00	91.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,040	39.00–42.50	40.49
4	—	1,086	58.50–68.00	61.88
7	—	1,080	45.00–52.00	48.16
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,150	45.00–48.00	46.70
6	—	1,358	59.00–67.00	60.92
10	—	1,181	51.00–58.00	54.87
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	59.00	59.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	42.00	42.00
5	—	1,412	45.50–50.50	48.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,442	53.00–58.00	54.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	62.00	62.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,030	31.00–37.00	33.01
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	48.00	48.00

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

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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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle