Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers 5.00 to 6.00 lower overall, feeder bulls 3.00 lower, and no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows mostly steady with exception of breaker cows gauging 4.00 higher, and slaughter bulls 5.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.04/cwt on 119 head.

Average price

$104.04

119 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$18.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.28

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	505	104.19	526	118
Small and Medium 1-2	520	86.00	447	1thin

One grade step is worth $18.19/cwt here — about $79 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 sale119 hd

104.04

—

TN average9 barns · 2,258 hd

113.31

−9.28

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	1,443	71.66	1,034	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,368	53.19	728	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,237	51.81	641	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	978	50.08	490	8thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2Value Added	—	477	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	738	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	92.06/cwt	90.00–95.00	613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	110.52/cwt	106.00–112.50	476	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	111.68/cwt	105.00–116.00	407	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	92.37/cwt	90.00–98.00	565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	93.29/cwt	88.00–95.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	540	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	666	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	271	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	360	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	692	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	130.66/cwt	122.00–140.00	550	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	104.27/cwt	99.00–111.00	589	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	672.34/cwt	660.00–685.00	9,231	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,237	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	12,494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	637	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	4
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	448	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	502	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	540	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	508	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	250	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	300	1
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	725	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	453	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	520	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	447	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	323	113.40/cwt	110.00–115.00	366	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,890	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	737.65/cwt	725.00–750.00	9,294	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,115	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	8,505	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	345	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	224	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	380	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	418	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	491	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	947	54.48/cwt	52.00–60.00	516	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	885	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	478	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	52.45/cwt	51.00–54.00	731	6
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,047	70.15/cwt	67.00–72.00	734	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,234	53.10/cwt	49.50–55.50	655	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	45.80/cwt	43.00–48.50	469	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,330	54.29/cwt	50.00–58.00	722	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	51.52/cwt	48.00–55.00	646	6
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,681	72.57/cwt	67.00–77.00	1,220	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	110.90/cwt	107.50–113.00	627	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	108.67/cwt	105.00–112.00	512	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	113.16/cwt	110.00–118.00	594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	106.31/cwt	105.00–107.50	285	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,099	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	5,807	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	217	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	88.60/cwt	87.00–89.00	633	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	506	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	756	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	118.52/cwt	116.00–121.00	879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	123.00/cwt	120.00–124.00	691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	102.56/cwt	100.00–109.00	539	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	558	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	505	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	118.32/cwt	115.00–126.00	561	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	785	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	139.07/cwt	130.00–146.00	513	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	473	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	113.66/cwt	107.50–117.50	365	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	104.25/cwt	100.00–107.00	639	4

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 Oct 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 381Last week 331Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 74Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 76Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	477	120.00	120.00
2	—	785	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	90.00–95.00	92.06
11	—	431	106.00–112.50	110.52
9	—	364	105.00–116.00	111.68
5	—	612	90.00–98.00	92.37
4	—	736	88.00–95.00	93.29
8	—	565	99.00–111.00	104.27
11	—	471	105.00–112.00	108.67
2	—	268	105.00–107.50	106.31
2	—	217	120.00	120.00
38	—	526	100.00–109.00	102.56
1	—	930	85.00	85.00
9	—	321	107.50–117.50	113.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	90.50	90.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	785	94.00	94.00
5	—	659	101.00	101.00
3	—	271	133.00	133.00
1	—	865	80.00	80.00
1	—	815	85.00	85.00
8	—	421	122.00–140.00	130.66
8	—	565	107.50–113.00	110.90
7	—	525	110.00–118.00	113.16
5	—	715	87.00–89.00	88.60
10	—	474	115.00–126.00	118.32
8	—	369	130.00–146.00	139.07
4	—	613	100.00–107.00	104.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	100.00	100.00
2	—	473	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	120.00	120.00
3	—	448	112.00	112.00
1	—	250	120.00	120.00
3	—	323	110.00–115.00	113.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	695	92.00	92.00
1	—	460	110.00	110.00
3	—	756	85.00	85.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	637	114.00	114.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	120.00	120.00
1	—	540	94.00	94.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	742	116.00–121.00	118.52
4	—	562	120.00–124.00	123.00
1	—	520	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	62.50	62.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	65.00	65.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,373	660.00–685.00	672.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,260	725.00–750.00	737.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,255	725.00	725.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,237	1,010.00	1,010.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	650.00	650.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	790	735.00	735.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	42.00	42.00
6	—	1,253	48.00–55.00	51.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	947	52.00–60.00	54.48
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	54.00	54.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,394	51.00–54.00	52.45
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,234	49.50–55.50	53.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,025	43.00–48.50	45.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,330	50.00–58.00	54.29
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	67.00–72.00	70.15
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,681	67.00–77.00	72.57

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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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

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Replacement Cattle

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