Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder classes remaining mostly steady overall with lower-quality offerings noted; and slaughter classes also holding mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.92/cwt on 129 head.

Average price

$126.92

129 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$674

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$85

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

$20.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.71

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	513	128.99	662	116
Medium and Large 2-3	689	108.46	747	13thin

One grade step is worth $20.53/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale129 hd

126.92

—

TN average10 barns · 2,540 hd

132.63

−5.71

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	1,770	100.97	1,788	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	76.46	938	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,447	72.38	1,047	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	67.73	699	30
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,400	90.00	1,260	1thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	130.07/cwt	127.50–135.00	678	18
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	580	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	112.98/cwt	107.00–119.00	879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	139.48/cwt	139.00–140.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	121.16/cwt	118.00–122.00	745	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	158.51/cwt	157.00–160.00	734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	160.75/cwt	156.00–164.00	606	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	135.45/cwt	131.00–143.00	642	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	133.69/cwt	126.00–134.50	1,009	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	680	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	485	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	650	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	145.11/cwt	142.50–149.00	826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	113.00/cwt	109.00–114.00	793	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	515	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	767	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	965.88/cwt	910.00–1,010.00	11,591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	570	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	832.85/cwt	800.00–860.00	8,104	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	874	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,141	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	953	2
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	830	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,271	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	930	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	7,766	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	855	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	20,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,301	905.16/cwt	660.00–1,000.00	11,776	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	385	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	512	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,260	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,100	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	979	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	81.17/cwt	78.50–90.50	1,054	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	940.79/cwt	910.00–960.00	10,377	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,183	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	313	123.72/cwt	120.00–127.50	387	2
Bulls	—	—	1,821	109.09/cwt	105.50–118.00	1,987	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	73.74/cwt	69.50–77.50	874	26
Bulls	—	—	1,801	97.90/cwt	92.00–104.00	1,763	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	11,419	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,437.50/cwt	1,350.00–1,525.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,267.50/cwt	1,225.00–1,310.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,065	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	934.22/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	11,444	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	730	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	548	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	67.48/cwt	63.00–73.00	704	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,142.50/cwt	975.00–1,285.00	—	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,267.50/cwt	1,225.00–1,310.00	—	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	156.17/cwt	151.00–161.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	689	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,260.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,310.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	711	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	764	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	137.04/cwt	132.50–145.00	780	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	151.42/cwt	143.00–157.50	721	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	72.38/cwt	67.00–76.00	1,047	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	155.83/cwt	148.00–162.50	662	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	125.93/cwt	120.00–132.00	856	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	101.87/cwt	96.00–108.00	843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	166.10/cwt	156.00–172.00	703	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	139.16/cwt	132.50–147.00	726	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	117.98/cwt	113.00–123.00	841	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	167.84/cwt	166.00–170.00	638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	653	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	134.07/cwt	130.00–137.50	587	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	127.33/cwt	122.50–135.00	788	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	138.75/cwt	130.00–145.00	511	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	134.32/cwt	130.00–140.00	433	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	151.94/cwt	149.00–158.00	798	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	148.50/cwt	141.00–151.00	909	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	123.96/cwt	120.00–130.00	716	29

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 Jun 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 578Last week 463Year ago 243

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 104Year ago 59

Replacement CattleReceipts 85Last week 67Year ago 31

Compared to last week, feeder classes remaining mostly steady overall with lower-quality offerings noted; and slaughter classes also holding mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	154.00	154.00
1	—	360	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	126.00	126.00
1	—	385	133.00	133.00
2	—	313	120.00–127.50	123.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	107.00–119.00	112.98
10	—	377	156.00–164.00	160.75
1	—	290	165.00	165.00
14	—	569	132.50–145.00	137.04
18	—	476	143.00–157.50	151.42
8	—	425	148.00–162.50	155.83
3	—	680	120.00–132.00	125.93
2	—	967	89.00	89.00
2	—	862	101.00	101.00
2	—	828	96.00–108.00	101.87
30	—	522	132.50–147.00	139.16
2	—	713	113.00–123.00	117.98
1	—	320	160.00	160.00
19	—	619	122.50–135.00	127.33
2	—	912	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	521	127.50–135.00	130.07
2	—	283	139.00–140.00	139.48
11	—	615	118.00–122.00	121.16
22	—	474	131.00–143.00	135.45
5	—	702	109.00–114.00	113.00
11	—	438	130.00–137.50	134.07
7	—	368	130.00–145.00	138.75
6	—	322	130.00–140.00	134.32
29	—	578	120.00–130.00	123.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	105.00	105.00
1	—	485	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	148.00	148.00
1	—	575	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	711	107.50	107.50
5	—	653	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	177.50	177.50
2	—	740	124.00	124.00
2	—	658	131.00–132.00	131.50
2	—	463	157.00–160.00	158.51
9	—	569	142.50–149.00	145.11
9	—	423	156.00–172.00	166.10
6	—	380	166.00–170.00	167.84
12	—	525	149.00–158.00	151.94
12	—	612	141.00–151.00	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	755	126.00–134.50	133.69
26	—	874	130.50	130.50
2	—	722	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	147.00	147.00
2	—	373	151.00–161.00	156.17
1	—	450	153.00	153.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,200	910.00–1,010.00	965.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,301	660.00–1,000.00	905.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,103	910.00–960.00	940.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,350	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,015	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,225	850.00–1,000.00	934.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,265	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	835.00	835.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	973	800.00–860.00	832.85
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	980	925.00	925.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	635.00	635.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,400	1,450.00	1,450.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,350.00–1,525.00	1,437.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,310.00	1,267.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	975.00–1,285.00	1,142.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,310.00	1,267.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,210.00–1,310.00	1,260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	89.00	89.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,821	105.50–118.00	109.09
12	—	1,801	92.00–104.00	97.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,298	78.50–90.50	81.17
26	—	1,185	69.50–77.50	73.74
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	75.00	75.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,043	63.00–73.00	67.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,447	67.00–76.00	72.38

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

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

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle