Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers measuring 4.00 to 5.00 higher overall, with feeder bulls 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows remaining mostly steady with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls, however, a higher undertone was noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.79/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$122.79

77 head · 457 lb average

Value per head Derived

$561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$13.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.22

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	456	123.67	563	72
Medium and Large 2-3	523	110.33	577	3thin
Small and Medium 1-2	410	110.00	451	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.67/cwt here — about $112 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 sale77 hd

122.79

—

TN average9 barns · 1,922 hd

127.01

−4.22

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	1,828	82.25	1,503	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	63.22	745	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	60.07	883	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	50.09	496	11

Every lot, as filed

80 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	125.01/cwt	119.00–129.00	518	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	121.34/cwt	119.00–130.00	447	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	121.42/cwt	115.00–125.00	637	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	157.88/cwt	150.00–164.00	819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	161.55/cwt	156.00–164.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	134.57/cwt	130.00–140.00	378	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,892	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,615	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	12,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	130.27/cwt	128.00–131.00	937	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	641	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	162.26/cwt	154.00–166.00	745	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,010	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	759.43/cwt	735.00–785.00	9,949	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	1,045	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,176	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	760	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,180	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	938	642.68/cwt	635.00–650.00	6,028	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	700	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,375	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,190	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,033	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	455	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	556	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	667	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	145.02/cwt	140.00–153.00	713	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	152.35/cwt	145.00–156.00	501	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	460	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	490	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	645	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	665	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	785	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	525	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	740	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	828	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	472	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,110	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	710	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,081	54.00/cwt	53.00–55.50	584	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,062	54.34/cwt	54.00–55.00	577	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,227	63.48/cwt	57.00–68.00	779	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,212	69.71/cwt	69.00–73.00	845	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,486	63.11/cwt	59.00–66.00	938	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,340	50.89/cwt	49.00–53.00	682	2
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,485	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	134.31/cwt	134.00–134.50	561	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	580	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	737	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	412	137.95/cwt	135.00–144.00	568	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	245	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	355	3
Bulls	—	—	2,170	71.50/cwt	71.50–71.50	1,552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	133.66/cwt	127.50–144.00	704	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	868	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	119.32/cwt	118.00–121.00	791	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	155.61/cwt	150.00–160.00	661	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	108.61/cwt	100.00–115.00	789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	128.26/cwt	122.00–135.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	70.22/cwt	66.00–75.50	806	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,081	59.63/cwt	54.50–63.00	645	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	988	45.29/cwt	45.00–45.50	447	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	45.67/cwt	42.00–52.00	460	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	57.33/cwt	54.00–60.50	882	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	128.13/cwt	122.00–130.00	600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	131.87/cwt	127.00–133.00	435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	112.07/cwt	110.00–116.00	690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	410	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	121.11/cwt	117.00–122.50	672	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	858	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 Jan 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 283Last week 344Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 108Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 11Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	118.00	118.00
11	—	414	119.00–129.00	125.01
11	—	368	119.00–130.00	121.34
7	—	525	115.00–125.00	121.42
5	—	281	130.00–140.00	134.57
6	—	468	122.00–130.00	128.13
6	—	330	127.00–133.00	131.87
5	—	616	110.00–116.00	112.07
4	—	555	117.00–122.50	121.11
1	—	780	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	97.00	97.00
1	—	785	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	418	134.00–134.50	134.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	115.00	115.00
1	—	705	90.00	90.00
1	—	580	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
1	—	435	116.00	116.00
1	—	530	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	519	150.00–164.00	157.88
3	—	381	156.00–164.00	161.55
1	—	680	126.00	126.00
1	—	645	132.00	132.00
4	—	719	128.00–131.00	130.27
3	—	403	159.00	159.00
9	—	459	154.00–166.00	162.26
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	125.00	125.00
1	—	505	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	556	120.00	120.00
1	—	645	110.00	110.00
3	—	412	135.00–144.00	137.95
3	—	245	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	492	140.00–153.00	145.02
5	—	329	145.00–156.00	152.35
1	—	815	103.00	103.00
1	—	390	155.00	155.00
2	—	638	115.00–116.00	115.49
11	—	527	127.50–144.00	133.66
7	—	663	118.00–121.00	119.32
7	—	425	150.00–160.00	155.61
4	—	726	100.00–115.00	108.61
3	—	775	110.00	110.00
3	—	565	122.00–135.00	128.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	148.00	148.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,615	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	850.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,310	735.00–785.00	759.43
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	675.00	675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	675.00	675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	610.00	610.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	938	635.00–650.00	642.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	700	625.00	625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	760	550.00	550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	828	57.00	57.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	64.00	64.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,081	53.00–55.50	54.00
23	—	1,227	57.00–68.00	63.48
7	—	1,212	69.00–73.00	69.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,062	54.00–55.00	54.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,486	59.00–66.00	63.11
2	—	1,340	49.00–53.00	50.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	65.00	65.00
4	—	1,538	54.00–60.50	57.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,148	66.00–75.50	70.22
4	—	1,081	54.50–63.00	59.63
2	—	988	45.00–45.50	45.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,008	42.00–52.00	45.67
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	93.00	93.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,170	71.50	71.50

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle