Sale reports / Tennessee / Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN / 2021-02-17

Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 17
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
133 head
29 vs last sale 162 96 vs year ago 229 · 41.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
23 vs last sale 53 61 vs year ago 91 · 67.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
1 vs last sale 7 2 vs year ago 10 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts but a lower undertone noted due, in part, to decreased demand in response to recent inclement weather. No comparisons available also for slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.09/cwt on 33 head.
Average price
$121.09
33 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$496
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.05
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2410121.0949633
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale33 hd
121.09
TN average4 barns · 264 hd
121.04
+0.05
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
BullsAverage1,61892.621,4992thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20572.5587415
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43270.211,0068thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00563.806413thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25586.50/cwt86.50–86.501,0861
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,43562.50/cwt62.50–62.508971
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed97075.00/cwt75.00–75.007281
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58063.44/cwt62.50–64.501,0022
CowsBreaker 75-80%Natural1,38372.46/cwt70.00–74.501,0026
CowsLean 85-90%1,15063.00/cwt63.00–63.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481120.08/cwt112.50–124.005786
HeifersMedium and Large 1-271597.50/cwt97.50–97.506971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280120.00/cwt120.00–120.003365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-263597.50/cwt97.50–97.506192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509112.63/cwt107.50–114.005735
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390119.00/cwt119.00–119.004646
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2285130.00/cwt130.00–130.003711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2476124.00/cwt120.00–128.005904
BullsMedium and Large 1-2418128.75/cwt124.00–135.005388
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350136.00/cwt136.00–136.004763
BullsMedium and Large 2-3305124.00/cwt124.00–124.003781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472127.50/cwt127.50–127.506022
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2380127.50/cwt127.50–127.504851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2240130.00/cwt130.00–130.003122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006632
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,08077.00/cwt77.00–77.008321
BullsNatural1,61892.62/cwt91.00–94.001,4992
CowsLean 85-90%Natural93364.20/cwt60.00–69.005992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2638114.03/cwt112.00–115.007283
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,185760.00/cwt760.00–760.009,0061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy315141.00/cwt141.00–141.004446
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2801,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0013,4401
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.002
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562123.07/cwt118.00–124.006929
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22569.75/cwt66.00–72.508544
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,20472.60/cwt67.00–75.008747

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.