Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to sale two weeks ago, feeder steers measuring 2.00 lower, heifers overall and bulls weighing over 500 lbs. mostly steady, with bulls weighing up to 500 lbs. sharply lower. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 lower overall, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts, but a lower undertone was noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.88/cwt on 298 head.

Average price

$135.88

298 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$706

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$13.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.77

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	476	137.68	656	209
Small and Medium 1-2	322	137.00	441	5thin
Medium and Large 1	645	131.50	848	82
Medium and Large 2-3	408	124.00	505	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.68/cwt here — about $151 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 sale298 hd

135.88

—

TN average11 barns · 3,212 hd

127.10

+8.77

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	1,538	86.19	1,325	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,201	66.95	804	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,446	64.86	938	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	967	59.30	574	20
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,360	97.00	1,319	1thin

Every lot, as filed

103 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	660	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	453	145.50/cwt	145.00–146.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	410	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	787	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	352	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	163.71/cwt	157.00–170.00	861	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	119.70/cwt	114.00–125.00	931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	133.77/cwt	127.50–140.00	688	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	147.55/cwt	140.00–156.00	550	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.16/cwt	120.00–136.00	872	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	143.55/cwt	139.00–147.00	897	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	166.82/cwt	159.00–173.00	727	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	144.61/cwt	138.00–149.00	616	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	737	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	91.48/cwt	86.00–97.00	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	165.58/cwt	161.00–170.00	775	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	118.37/cwt	115.00–120.00	748	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	151.05/cwt	145.00–155.00	495	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	158.29/cwt	150.00–165.00	736	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	172.16/cwt	167.50–177.50	644	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	684	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	956	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	645	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	848	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	400	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	608	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	938.87/cwt	925.00–950.00	9,858	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,415	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	10,786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	328	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	640	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	392	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	715	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	273	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	382	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	385	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	510	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	935	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	157.74/cwt	150.00–161.00	875	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	851.24/cwt	750.00–950.00	10,257	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	7,207	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	270	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	432	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	405	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	537	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	345	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	509	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,173	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,735	2
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,690	85.46/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,444	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,230	70.63/cwt	69.00–72.00	869	2
Bulls	—	—	1,313	83.07/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,091	3
Bulls	—Natural	—	1,800	92.37/cwt	91.00–94.50	1,663	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	62.76/cwt	59.00–66.50	731	14
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,120	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	879	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	—	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,185.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,260.00	—	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,335.00/cwt	1,335.00–1,335.00	—	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,427	74.48/cwt	73.50–75.50	1,063	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,144	69.21/cwt	67.00–73.00	792	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Natural	—	1,230	67.72/cwt	63.50–72.50	833	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	—	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	69.35/cwt	69.00–69.50	839	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Natural	—	1,008	60.44/cwt	59.00–62.50	609	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,738	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,255	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,040	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,360	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,319	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	—	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	62.93/cwt	58.00–65.00	925	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	875	64.84/cwt	61.50–71.00	567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	220	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	648	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	55.95/cwt	49.50–59.00	556	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	872.85/cwt	850.00–900.00	9,121	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,405	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	179.69/cwt	170.00–190.00	665	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	113.44/cwt	110.00–116.00	771	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	112.85/cwt	105.00–116.00	813	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	100.96/cwt	97.00–105.00	821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	340	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	127.57/cwt	124.00–132.50	730	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	165.65/cwt	158.00–172.50	707	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	130.12/cwt	125.00–137.50	805	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	168.15/cwt	165.00–175.00	553	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	460	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	146.22/cwt	140.00–154.00	752	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	560	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	138.27/cwt	131.00–142.00	660	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	108.50/cwt	107.00–110.00	852	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	138.92/cwt	135.00–144.00	797	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	936.82/cwt	850.00–1,025.00	12,057	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	700	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	538	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	150.84/cwt	150.00–152.50	431	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	411	176.95/cwt	175.00–182.50	727	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	516	163.43/cwt	160.00–166.00	843	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Natural	—	1,463	65.84/cwt	64.50–68.00	963	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	122.88/cwt	120.00–125.00	820	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	695	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	730	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

Tue Mar 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 957Last week 1,350Year ago 147

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 83Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 98Year ago 87

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	142.00	142.00
2	—	405	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	119.00	119.00
15	—	526	157.00–170.00	163.71
4	—	778	114.00–125.00	119.70
21	—	670	120.00–136.00	130.16
14	—	625	139.00–147.00	143.55
15	—	436	159.00–173.00	166.82
37	—	468	161.00–170.00	165.58
10	—	555	150.00–161.00	157.74
11	—	370	170.00–190.00	179.69
1	—	265	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	482	172.50	172.50
69	—	684	139.75	139.75
4	—	328	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	145.00–146.00	145.50
1	—	410	153.00	153.00
1	—	325	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	105.00	105.00
20	—	514	127.50–140.00	133.77
32	—	373	140.00–156.00	147.55
41	—	426	138.00–149.00	144.61
3	—	776	95.00	95.00
12	—	632	115.00–120.00	118.37
13	—	328	145.00–155.00	151.05
14	—	680	110.00–116.00	113.44
10	—	572	124.00–132.50	127.57
43	—	477	131.00–142.00	138.27
4	—	286	150.00–152.50	150.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	579	136.00	136.00
2	—	352	157.00	157.00
1	—	400	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	645	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	273	140.00	140.00
1	—	385	132.50	132.50
1	—	405	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	128.00	128.00
1	—	350	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	913	86.00–97.00	91.48
9	—	465	150.00–165.00	158.29
9	—	374	167.50–177.50	172.16
17	—	720	105.00–116.00	112.85
2	—	813	97.00–105.00	100.96
25	—	427	158.00–172.50	165.65
13	—	619	125.00–137.50	130.12
7	—	329	165.00–175.00	168.15
12	—	514	140.00–154.00	146.22
2	—	785	107.00–110.00	108.50
18	—	574	135.00–144.00	138.92
14	—	667	120.00–125.00	122.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	392	182.50	182.50
1	—	340	182.50	182.50
4	—	460	170.00	170.00
1	—	560	156.00	156.00
1	—	700	119.00	119.00
5	—	411	175.00–182.50	176.95
7	—	516	160.00–166.00	163.43
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	270	160.00	160.00
2	—	345	147.50	147.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	220	152.50	152.50
4	—	421	154.00	154.00
4	—	538	129.00	129.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	925.00–950.00	938.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,205	750.00–950.00	851.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	635.00	635.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,180	825.00	825.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,045	850.00–900.00	872.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,287	850.00–1,025.00	936.82
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,255	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,405	850.00	850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	900.00	900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	985.00	985.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,285.00	1,285.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	1,135.00–1,260.00	1,185.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,335.00	1,335.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,035.00	1,035.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,025	950.00	950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	82.00–90.00	85.46
3	—	1,800	91.00–94.50	92.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	80.00–86.00	83.07
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	78.50	78.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	69.00–72.00	70.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,164	59.00–66.50	62.76
3	—	1,210	69.00–69.50	69.35
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	73.50–75.50	74.48
11	—	1,230	63.50–72.50	67.72
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,144	67.00–73.00	69.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,008	59.00–62.50	60.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,470	58.00–65.00	62.93
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	875	61.50–71.00	64.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	993	49.50–59.00	55.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,463	64.50–68.00	65.84
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	97.00	97.00

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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