Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers holding mostly steady overall, with feeder heifers 4.00 higher and feeder bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 2.00 higher overall with slaughter bulls 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.30/cwt on 168 head.

Average price

$138.30

168 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$17.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.69

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	520	138.71	721	164
Medium and Large 2-3	538	121.51	653	4thin

One grade step is worth $17.21/cwt here — about $68 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 sale168 hd

138.30

—

TN average9 barns · 1,934 hd

129.62

+8.69

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	1,722	102.84	1,771	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,132	77.66	879	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	74.52	747	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,389	73.92	1,027	21

Every lot, as filed

67 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	—	495	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	138.40/cwt	134.00–142.50	450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	127.01/cwt	122.00–134.00	801	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	142.47/cwt	132.50–146.00	615	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	139.26/cwt	135.00–144.00	941	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	482	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	142.72/cwt	140.00–143.00	832	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	171.67/cwt	171.00–173.00	661	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	138.81/cwt	135.00–141.00	521	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	135.59/cwt	130.00–140.00	705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	163.05/cwt	158.00–168.00	698	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	397	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	455	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	728	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	513	146.02/cwt	145.00–147.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	163.05/cwt	155.00–165.00	607	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	131.19/cwt	127.00–135.00	741	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	888	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	764	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	905.01/cwt	885.00–925.00	11,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	670	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	6,248	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	822.11/cwt	750.00–875.00	8,164	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	927.74/cwt	810.00–985.00	10,242	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	605	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	832	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,938	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	15,173	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	1,023.82/cwt	960.00–1,085.00	14,589	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	1,260	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,379	73.64/cwt	69.50–77.50	1,015	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	935	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	832	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	83.00/cwt	80.00–90.50	963	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	74.98/cwt	70.00–79.00	843	44
Bulls	—	—	1,758	102.22/cwt	96.00–105.50	1,797	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,375.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,525.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,185.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,235.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,810	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	—	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,406	1
Bulls	—	—	1,633	111.88/cwt	108.50–115.00	1,827	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	70.59/cwt	65.00–75.00	728	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	919	85.31/cwt	77.00–95.00	784	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	164.53/cwt	152.50–170.00	522	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	—	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	148.20/cwt	140.00–155.00	911	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	121.50/cwt	117.50–127.00	824	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	129.02/cwt	123.00–132.50	790	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	801.02/cwt	775.00–825.00	8,315	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	139.55/cwt	135.00–143.00	668	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	139.73/cwt	138.00–140.00	678	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	458	125.51/cwt	123.00–128.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	150.34/cwt	144.00–154.00	785	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	925	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	146.61/cwt	140.00–152.50	698	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	136.44/cwt	132.50–142.00	711	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	138.01/cwt	134.50–141.00	849	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	856	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	124.47/cwt	119.00–130.00	839	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	137.71/cwt	131.00–142.00	788	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	149.48/cwt	145.00–157.50	628	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	151.40/cwt	142.50–156.00	852	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	157.50/cwt	149.00–166.00	756	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 →

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Feeder CattleReceipts 553Last week 578Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 140Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 70Last week 85Year ago 0

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	—	495	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	676	135.00–144.00	139.26
5	—	385	171.00–173.00	171.67
12	—	428	158.00–168.00	163.05
15	—	615	140.00–155.00	148.20
15	—	522	144.00–154.00	150.34
7	—	563	142.50–156.00	151.40
2	—	480	149.00–166.00	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	485	138.00–140.00	139.73
1	—	615	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	580	159.50	159.50
6	—	525	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	134.00–142.50	138.40
19	—	432	132.50–146.00	142.47
13	—	375	135.00–141.00	138.81
21	—	565	127.00–135.00	131.19
8	—	612	123.00–132.50	129.02
16	—	479	135.00–143.00	139.55
18	—	521	132.50–142.00	136.44
8	—	674	119.00–130.00	124.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	482	150.00	150.00
10	—	583	140.00–143.00	142.72
9	—	675	131.50	131.50
15	—	511	149.50	149.50
9	—	438	153.00	153.00
11	—	615	134.50–141.00	138.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	397	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	125.00	125.00
2	—	458	123.00–128.00	125.51
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	631	122.00–134.00	127.01
10	—	520	130.00–140.00	135.59
9	—	372	155.00–165.00	163.05
4	—	317	152.50–170.00	164.53
5	—	678	117.50–127.00	121.50
12	—	476	140.00–152.50	146.61
8	—	572	131.00–142.00	137.71
7	—	420	145.00–157.50	149.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	160.00	160.00
2	—	513	145.00–147.00	146.02
1	—	605	137.50	137.50

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,243	885.00–925.00	905.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,104	810.00–985.00	927.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,445	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,425	960.00–1,085.00	1,023.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	915	635.00	635.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,038	775.00–825.00	801.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	600.00	600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	735.00	735.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	993	750.00–875.00	822.11
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,225.00–1,525.00	1,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,135.00–1,235.00	1,185.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	79.50	79.50
20	—	1,379	69.50–77.50	73.64
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,160	80.00–90.50	83.00
44	—	1,124	70.00–79.00	74.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,032	65.00–75.00	70.59
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	919	77.00–95.00	85.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,758	96.00–105.50	102.22
1	—	1,545	91.00	91.00
2	—	1,633	108.50–115.00	111.88

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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