Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not reported last two weeks in observance of the holidays, therefore no comparisons are available; but high-quality offerings and a high undertone was noted for feeder cattle. Market trends will be available starting in two weeks and bi-weekly thereafter.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.72/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$117.72

96 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$582

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$18.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.15

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	493	118.10	582	94
Medium and Large 2-3	575	100.00	575	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.10/cwt here — about $7 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 sale96 hd

117.72

—

TN average11 barns · 3,313 hd

122.87

−5.15

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	1,643	69.60	1,144	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	61.74	769	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,458	56.77	828	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	50.56	522	8thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	116.73/cwt	110.00–120.00	663	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	115.74/cwt	109.00–118.00	603	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	118.36/cwt	110.00–125.00	502	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	120.19/cwt	117.00–128.00	457	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	113.99/cwt	111.00–117.00	704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	150.44/cwt	146.00–153.00	733	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	164.41/cwt	160.00–167.00	689	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	135.00/cwt	132.00–138.00	775	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	144.34/cwt	143.50–148.00	771	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	—	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	153.08/cwt	150.00–155.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	127.03/cwt	125.00–129.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	153.75/cwt	152.50–155.00	446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	4,074	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	980	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,488	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,263	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	12,004	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	145.61/cwt	140.00–152.00	689	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	105.83/cwt	100.00–109.00	763	6
Bulls	—	—	2,075	65.17/cwt	62.50–67.50	1,352	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	956.69/cwt	875.00–1,025.00	12,867	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	255	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	388	166.70/cwt	165.00–170.00	647	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	655	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	160.50/cwt	160.00–161.00	730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	400	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	100.21/cwt	97.50–103.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	112.32/cwt	111.00–115.00	805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	111.45/cwt	107.00–113.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	615	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	59.97/cwt	54.00–64.00	739	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	52.03/cwt	49.00–54.50	519	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,705	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	827	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	54.42/cwt	50.50–59.00	808	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	309	128.03/cwt	122.50–133.00	396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	118.21/cwt	110.00–125.00	566	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	86.27/cwt	85.00–87.50	755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	153.92/cwt	144.00–165.00	508	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	113.25/cwt	108.00–116.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	152.91/cwt	147.50–160.00	569	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	569	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	68.02/cwt	66.00–71.50	835	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	126.49/cwt	124.00–132.00	722	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	164.70/cwt	155.00–169.00	690	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	128.67/cwt	122.00–137.50	665	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	117.46/cwt	110.00–124.00	724	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	667	1
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,405	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	871	1
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,566	72.41/cwt	69.00–75.50	1,134	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,253	61.45/cwt	56.00–68.00	770	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,000	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	400	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,182	51.19/cwt	45.00–54.00	605	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,351	69.70/cwt	69.00–72.00	942	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,054	52.09/cwt	48.00–59.00	549	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,416	59.00/cwt	55.00–63.00	835	9
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,205	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	819	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,135	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	738	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

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Feeder CattleReceipts 344Last week 211Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 80Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	676	123.00	123.00
9	—	487	146.00–153.00	150.44
8	—	419	160.00–167.00	164.41
6	—	574	132.00–138.00	135.00
5	—	534	143.50–148.00	144.34
3	—	370	150.00–155.00	153.08
2	—	620	125.00–129.00	127.03
2	—	290	152.50–155.00	153.75
1	—	700	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	125.00	125.00
3	—	630	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	568	110.00–120.00	116.73
13	—	521	109.00–118.00	115.74
13	—	424	110.00–125.00	118.36
7	—	380	117.00–128.00	120.19
5	—	618	111.00–117.00	113.99
2	—	780	97.50–103.00	100.21
3	—	717	111.00–115.00	112.32
4	—	663	107.00–113.00	111.45
5	—	282	134.00	134.00
5	—	309	122.50–133.00	128.03
23	—	479	110.00–125.00	118.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	100.00	100.00
1	—	615	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	140.00–152.00	145.61
6	—	721	100.00–109.00	105.83
2	—	757	108.00	108.00
2	—	875	85.00–87.50	86.27
3	—	330	144.00–165.00	153.92
3	—	673	108.00–116.00	113.25
5	—	372	147.50–160.00	152.91
8	—	571	124.00–132.00	126.49
11	—	419	155.00–169.00	164.70
13	—	517	122.00–137.50	128.67
7	—	616	110.00–124.00	117.46
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	388	165.00–170.00	166.70
2	—	715	114.00	114.00
2	—	655	125.00	125.00
2	—	455	160.00–161.00	160.50
1	—	400	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	115.00	115.00
1	—	565	118.00	118.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,455	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	560.00	560.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	700.00	700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	485.00	485.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,345	875.00–1,025.00	956.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,075	62.50–67.50	65.17
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	62.00	62.00
8	—	1,566	69.00–75.50	72.41
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	68.00	68.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,232	54.00–64.00	59.97
1	—	1,150	49.50	49.50
5	—	1,228	66.00–71.50	68.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	49.00–54.50	52.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	48.50	48.50
5	—	1,485	50.50–59.00	54.42
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,253	56.00–68.00	61.45
3	—	1,182	45.00–54.00	51.19
4	—	1,351	69.00–72.00	69.70
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	40.00	40.00
5	—	1,054	48.00–59.00	52.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,416	55.00–63.00	59.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	65.00	65.00

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