Sale reports / Tennessee / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN / 2020-09-09

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 9
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
84 vs last sale 237 153 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
38 vs last sale 55 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
30 vs last sale 38 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers measuring 3.00 lower overall, with no comparisons available for feeder steers and bulls due to limited comparable receipts. Also, no comparisons available for slaughter cows and bulls due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.63/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$116.63
44 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$277
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$17.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.88
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531117.0162243
Small and Medium 1-2345100.003451thin
One grade step is worth $17.01/cwt here — about $277 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 sale44 hd
116.63
TN average6 barns · 826 hd
123.50
−6.88
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
BullsAverage1,68591.021,5342thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21067.088127thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42962.458923thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09859.356524thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1-2Fancy340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy367165.00/cwt165.00–165.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy507124.50/cwt124.50–124.506317
BullsMedium and Large 1-2255155.00/cwt155.00–155.003951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360147.50/cwt145.00–150.005312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465137.98/cwt137.00–139.006422
BullsMedium and Large 1-2658111.01/cwt110.00–112.007302
BullsMedium and Large 1-2564125.73/cwt125.00–127.507097
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3905660.00/cwt660.00–660.005,9731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3905660.00/cwt660.00–660.005,9731
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2805750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,0381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495137.50/cwt137.50–137.506811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572134.00/cwt134.00–134.007662
SteersMedium and Large 1-2761118.00/cwt118.00–118.008983
SteersMedium and Large 2-3375135.00/cwt135.00–135.005061
SteersMedium and Large 2-3595116.50/cwt116.50–116.506931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030585.00/cwt585.00–585.006,0261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426120.75/cwt118.00–125.005144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518117.06/cwt110.00–122.006064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2675104.68/cwt100.00–106.007076
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618110.27/cwt109.00–113.006817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473120.48/cwt115.00–126.005708
SteersMedium and Large 2-3660113.00/cwt113.00–113.007461
CowsLean 85-90%1,09859.35/cwt56.00–62.506524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368130.82/cwt127.50–132.504813
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2345100.00/cwt100.00–100.003451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340127.50/cwt127.50–127.504341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745101.00/cwt101.00–101.007521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583112.00/cwt112.00–112.006532
BullsMedium and Large 1-2773109.01/cwt107.00–111.008432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514130.71/cwt125.00–134.006724
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433137.00/cwt132.00–140.005935
BullsMedium and Large 1-2708113.20/cwt110.00–116.008015
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16865.17/cwt60.00–67.507613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33063.00/cwt63.00–63.008381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed435127.50/cwt127.50–127.505551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added635132.00/cwt132.00–132.008381
BullsNatural1,68591.02/cwt89.00–93.501,5342
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,51075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1331
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,15366.34/cwt65.00–67.507653
CowsBreaker 75-80%Natural1,47862.18/cwt60.00–64.509192

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.