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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 1
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
193 head
46 vs last sale 147 193 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
24 vs last sale 30 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
72 vs last sale 87 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to sale two weeks ago, feeder heifers sharply higher with feeder bulls 5.00 higher. No comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows and bulls sharply lower due, in part, to lighter demand and decreased buyer activity.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.72/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$125.72
72 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.92
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2460126.2358069
Small and Medium 1-2320117.503761thin
Medium and Large 2-3515112.505792thin
One grade step is worth $13.73/cwt here — about $1 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 sale72 hd
125.72
TN average11 barns · 1,685 hd
118.81
+6.92
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
BullsAverage1,74377.881,3576thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17952.0961417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27050.336395thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97644.934397thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy420155.00/cwt155.00–155.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy411141.00/cwt141.00–141.005808
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy1,380775.00/cwt775.00–775.0010,6951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660105.00/cwt105.00–105.006931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2640110.00/cwt110.00–110.007042
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573123.85/cwt120.00–131.007103
BullsMedium and Large 1-2381146.88/cwt142.00–156.005605
BullsMedium and Large 1-2522135.10/cwt125.00–142.007058
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485128.00/cwt128.00–128.006211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,180560.00/cwt560.00–560.006,6081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005735.00/cwt735.00–735.007,3871
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2780600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,6801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377132.50/cwt125.00–136.005005
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326126.21/cwt122.50–136.004117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574117.20/cwt112.50–122.006737
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460150.00/cwt150.00–150.006902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2388153.48/cwt151.00–156.005962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528134.00/cwt133.00–135.007082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415129.35/cwt123.00–135.0053721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435117.50/cwt117.50–117.505111
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3595107.50/cwt107.50–107.506401
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2320117.50/cwt117.50–117.503761
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,24582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,0271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508116.51/cwt116.00–117.505923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17053.24/cwt50.00–57.0062310
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27050.33/cwt47.50–53.506395
HeifersMedium and Large 1-281092.50/cwt92.50–92.507491
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469127.27/cwt122.00–131.0059714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665102.50/cwt102.50–102.506821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-271590.00/cwt90.00–90.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420142.64/cwt137.50–147.5059910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465143.23/cwt137.50–148.0066615
BullsMedium and Large 2-3315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004411
CowsLean 85-90%97644.93/cwt41.50–50.004397
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33560.30/cwt60.00–60.508052
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18245.48/cwt43.50–47.005383
BullsMedium and Large 2-3232145.00/cwt145.00–145.003362
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2310120.00/cwt120.00–120.003721
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2422130.96/cwt130.00–133.005533
Bulls1,79975.22/cwt73.50–77.001,3534
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2290137.50/cwt137.50–137.503991
Bulls1,63083.20/cwt82.00–84.501,3562
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,06548.04/cwt46.50–49.505122

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.