Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available for feeder or slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.94/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −91.74 against this barn's trailing median of $215.68.

Average price

$123.94

61 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$15.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.80

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	531	125.60	667	53
Medium and Large 2-3	455	122.50	557	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	503	109.76	552	6thin

One grade step is worth $15.83/cwt here — about $116 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 sale61 hd

123.94

—

TN average9 barns · 1,390 hd

122.14

+1.80

This barn, trailing median29 sales

215.68

−91.74

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	—	Average	1,602	84.37	1,352	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,156	66.16	765	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,307	64.24	840	14

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	385	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	590	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	630	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	655	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	410	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	121.23/cwt	120.00–122.50	382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	—	540	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	585	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	629	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	520	106.04/cwt	105.00–107.00	551	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	600	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	588	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	560	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	582	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	430	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	503	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	455	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	136.99/cwt	134.00–143.00	660	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	117.08/cwt	113.00–119.00	670	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	124.04/cwt	117.50–131.00	625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	138.54/cwt	135.00–142.50	518	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	109.62/cwt	107.00–112.50	690	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	143.53/cwt	141.00–147.50	611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	109.73/cwt	106.00–114.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	468	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	620	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,270	64.82/cwt	60.50–68.00	823	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	62.10/cwt	60.00–65.50	896	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,273	69.89/cwt	67.00–74.50	890	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,150	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	713	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,140	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	906	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,044	62.29/cwt	58.50–68.00	650	6
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,624	82.91/cwt	78.00–88.50	1,346	8
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,800	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	1,701	1
Bulls	—	—	1,415	85.12/cwt	83.50–86.50	1,204	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	14,231	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	822.02/cwt	725.00–900.00	7,932	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	955	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,685	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	993.87/cwt	910.00–1,075.00	12,970	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	12,588	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,640	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	—	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	505	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	404	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	400	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	866	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	120.71/cwt	118.00–124.00	506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	105.19/cwt	97.00–109.00	746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	117.98/cwt	113.00–122.00	558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	105.44/cwt	99.00–107.00	813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	113.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	112.98/cwt	112.00–114.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	119.05/cwt	114.00–124.00	601	2

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 Sep 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 209Last week 153Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 54Last week 17Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 8Year ago 0

No comparisons available for feeder or slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	127.50	127.50
2	—	520	105.00–107.00	106.04
1	—	600	98.00	98.00
1	—	560	104.00	104.00
1	—	430	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	105.00	105.00
1	—	630	104.00	104.00
1	—	410	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	120.00–125.00	122.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	482	134.00–143.00	136.99
6	—	572	113.00–119.00	117.08
6	—	504	117.50–131.00	124.04
6	—	374	135.00–142.50	138.54
4	—	629	107.00–112.50	109.62
4	—	426	141.00–147.50	143.53
3	—	675	106.00–114.00	109.73
2	—	958	80.00	80.00
2	—	333	144.00–145.00	144.50
1	—	840	100.00	100.00
1	—	790	101.00	101.00
1	—	715	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	148.00	148.00
2	—	405	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	120.00–122.50	121.23
1	—	935	96.00	96.00
7	—	419	118.00–124.00	120.71
6	—	709	97.00–109.00	105.19
6	—	473	113.00–122.00	117.98
5	—	771	99.00–107.00	105.44
4	—	642	110.00–114.00	113.00
2	—	655	107.00–108.00	107.50
2	—	573	112.00–114.00	112.98
2	—	505	114.00–124.00	119.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	107.50	107.50
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	80.00	80.00
1	—	400	82.50	82.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	121.50	121.50
1	—	610	121.00	121.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,270	60.50–68.00	64.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	60.00–65.50	62.10
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,273	67.00–74.50	69.89
3	—	1,150	62.00	62.00
1	—	1,140	79.50	79.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,044	58.50–68.00	62.29
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,624	78.00–88.50	82.91
1	—	1,800	94.50	94.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	83.50–86.50	85.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,125.00	1,125.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	965	725.00–900.00	822.02
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,305	910.00–1,075.00	993.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,325	950.00	950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,330	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	925.00	925.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle