Sale reports / Tennessee / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN / 2019-11-13

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 13
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
327 vs last sale 377 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
47 vs last sale 75 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
21 vs last sale 27 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available for feeder cattle due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows and bulls sharply higher, due in part to limited supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.34/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$109.34
12 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$486
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$236
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$17.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.48
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2477114.955488thin
Medium and Large 2-3560100.005601thin
Small 1-232097.513123thin
One grade step is worth $17.44/cwt here — about $236 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 sale12 hd
109.34
TN average10 barns · 2,905 hd
115.82
−6.48
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
BullsAverage1,57875.171,1864thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38261.648525thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11759.8366817
CowsLean 85-90%Average97048.004661thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,15659.69/cwt54.00–67.006907
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582113.68/cwt112.00–117.006623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428111.24/cwt110.00–112.504762
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33360.22/cwt58.00–62.508032
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368121.52/cwt118.00–125.004472
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,12571.28/cwt69.00–73.008023
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural88052.00/cwt52.00–52.004581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08358.63/cwt54.00–62.006353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13341.49/cwt41.00–42.004702
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12574.50/cwt74.50–74.508381
Bulls1,52273.89/cwt70.00–76.001,1253
Bulls1,74579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,3791
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250585.00/cwt585.00–585.007,3131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475152.00/cwt152.00–152.007221
HeifersSmall 1-236398.76/cwt97.50–100.003582
HeifersSmall 1-223595.00/cwt95.00–95.002231
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3560100.00/cwt100.00–100.005601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475113.00/cwt113.00–113.005371
BullsSmall and Medium 1-269095.00/cwt95.00–95.006561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3265127.50/cwt127.50–127.503381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2640111.31/cwt110.00–114.007123
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,02561.00/cwt61.00–61.006251
BullsMedium and Large 1-289087.00/cwt87.00–87.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565110.00/cwt110.00–110.006221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375148.00/cwt148.00–148.005551
CowsBreaker 75-80%Natural1,41562.59/cwt58.00–68.008863
CowsLean 85-90%Natural97048.00/cwt48.00–48.004661

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.