Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to sale two weeks ago, feeder heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower with feeder bulls 5.00 lower. No comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts, Slaughter cows gauging 7.00 to 9.00 higher, with slaughter bulls 3.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.94/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −86.74 against this barn's trailing median of $215.68.

Average price

$128.94

65 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$626

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$132

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

$6.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.34

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	378	135.17	511	6thin
Small and Medium 1-2	350	128.75	451	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	502	128.29	643	57

One grade step is worth $6.88/cwt here — about −$132 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

29 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $233.64, low $190.46, median $215.68 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale65 hd

128.94

—

TN average9 barns · 582 hd

124.60

+4.34

This barn, trailing median29 sales

215.68

−86.74

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	1,682	81.20	1,366	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	945	62.75	593	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,197	61.29	734	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,406	60.66	853	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,318	112.12	1,478	4thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2-3	—	545	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	572	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	476	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	528	5
Bulls	—	—	1,530	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	562	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	417	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	600	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,598	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,074.19/cwt	735.00–1,325.00	13,266	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	788.58/cwt	700.00–875.00	9,542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	6,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	580	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	711	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	124.96/cwt	119.00–130.00	577	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	129.79/cwt	122.50–137.00	414	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	127.89/cwt	120.00–136.00	482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	113.35/cwt	112.00–118.00	597	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	124.41/cwt	120.00–127.50	524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	267	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	374	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,318	112.12/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,478	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	805	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	612	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	59.44/cwt	58.50–60.50	583	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	60.66/cwt	56.50–63.00	853	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	62.11/cwt	57.50–66.00	766	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	53.53/cwt	52.50–55.50	571	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	68.07/cwt	66.50–71.50	829	3
Bulls	—	—	1,651	77.97/cwt	74.00–83.50	1,287	5
Bulls	—	—	1,835	70.86/cwt	70.00–71.50	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	595	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	355	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	399	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	325	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	348	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	473	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	584	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	583	111.09/cwt	107.00–115.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	530	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	495	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	134.16/cwt	132.00–140.00	631	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	111.66/cwt	110.00–112.00	711	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	132.79/cwt	128.00–136.00	564	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	146.98/cwt	145.00–148.00	563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	126.56/cwt	120.00–129.00	659	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	149.91/cwt	147.50–157.00	481	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	717	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	102.05/cwt	99.00–105.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	822	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 Apr 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 188Last week 193Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 54Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	105.00	105.00
1	—	240	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	111.00	111.00
2	—	375	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	462	119.00–130.00	124.96
8	—	319	122.50–137.00	129.79
6	—	377	120.00–136.00	127.89
5	—	675	96.00	96.00
5	—	527	112.00–118.00	113.35
5	—	421	120.00–127.50	124.41
3	—	582	110.00–115.00	112.49
2	—	642	98.00	98.00
2	—	267	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	107.50	107.50
1	—	355	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	88.00	88.00
1	—	665	117.50	117.50
11	—	470	132.00–140.00	134.16
6	—	637	110.00–112.00	111.66
6	—	425	128.00–136.00	132.79
6	—	383	145.00–148.00	146.98
5	—	521	120.00–129.00	126.56
5	—	321	147.50–157.00	149.91
3	—	556	129.00	129.00
2	—	723	99.00–105.00	102.05
1	—	1,040	79.00	79.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	562	111.00	111.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	417	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	130.00	130.00
1	—	325	127.50	127.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	348	136.00	136.00
2	—	365	142.50	142.50
1	—	495	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	107.00–115.00	111.09
2	—	335	135.00	135.00
1	—	530	109.00	109.00
1	—	495	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	506	140.50	140.50
1	—	615	127.50	127.50
1	—	550	135.00	135.00
1	—	425	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	118.00	118.00
5	—	1,651	74.00–83.50	77.97
2	—	1,835	70.00–71.50	70.86
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,318	110.00–116.00	112.12
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	76.00	76.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	980	58.50–60.50	59.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,406	56.50–63.00	60.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,233	57.50–66.00	62.11
4	—	1,066	52.50–55.50	53.53
3	—	1,218	66.50–71.50	68.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	910	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,235	735.00–1,325.00	1,074.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,210	700.00–875.00	788.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	835	725.00	725.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

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