Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2022-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week- with high-quality offerings noted- feeder steers measuring 6.00 to 7.00 higher, with feeder heifers 3.00 higher and feeder bulls sharply higher overall. Slaughter cows gauging 2.00 to 8.00 higher with slaughter bulls 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.48/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$153.48

207 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+6.50

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	523	153.48	803	207

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 sale207 hd

153.48

—

TN average9 barns · 1,950 hd

146.98

+6.50

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	—	High	1,745	123.31	2,152	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,181	89.94	1,062	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,490	88.73	1,322	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,112	78.23	870	19

Every lot, as filed

78 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 1-2	—	736	125.00/cwt	119.00–128.00	920	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	163.98/cwt	157.50–170.00	771	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	136.33/cwt	130.00–140.00	849	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	131.20/cwt	130.00–135.00	893	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	535	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	867	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	340	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	563	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	873	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	169.23/cwt	160.00–172.50	724	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	145.69/cwt	138.00–150.00	839	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	151.58/cwt	145.00–160.00	794	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	162.68/cwt	155.00–170.00	529	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	642	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,114	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	190.53/cwt	190.00–196.00	998	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	517	186.03/cwt	183.00–187.00	962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	373	176.31/cwt	175.00–177.50	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	187.94/cwt	180.00–197.50	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	179.13/cwt	171.00–183.00	1,037	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	151.49/cwt	147.50–159.00	1,003	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	170.07/cwt	167.00–174.00	906	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	186.98/cwt	181.00–195.00	905	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	196.93/cwt	190.00–202.50	750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	197.77/cwt	190.00–202.50	633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	148.49/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,065	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	167.36/cwt	159.00–173.00	1,033	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,371	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	135.75/cwt	134.00–137.50	1,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	837	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	502	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	458	195.50/cwt	195.00–197.50	895	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	550	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,018	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	433	196.22/cwt	192.50–200.00	850	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	610	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,007	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	94.17/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,484	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	99.46/cwt	95.50–105.00	1,267	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	86.28/cwt	79.00–93.00	988	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,181	85.89/cwt	84.50–87.00	1,014	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	75.50/cwt	69.50–80.00	821	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	85.11/cwt	83.00–87.50	1,220	6
Bulls	—	—	1,916	130.28/cwt	128.00–133.50	2,496	5
Bulls	—	—	1,715	122.07/cwt	114.50–127.00	2,094	28
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,044	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,896	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,007.79/cwt	975.00–1,025.00	10,733	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,222	1,031.60/cwt	990.00–1,100.00	12,606	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,322	1,190.04/cwt	1,100.00–1,260.00	15,732	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	—	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	767.63/cwt	760.00–775.00	7,507	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,410.00/cwt	1,410.00–1,410.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,140.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,180.00	—	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	15,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	179.84/cwt	170.00–188.00	761	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	406	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	670	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	182.96/cwt	175.00–192.50	858	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	130.64/cwt	127.50–137.50	943	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	168.76/cwt	160.00–177.50	972	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	152.25/cwt	148.00–157.50	944	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	200.89/cwt	197.50–205.00	637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	155.01/cwt	152.50–157.50	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	190.89/cwt	185.00–197.50	722	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	153.74/cwt	152.50–155.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	174.21/cwt	166.00–180.00	902	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	163.35/cwt	154.00–170.00	624	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	146.27/cwt	144.00–148.00	911	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	147.89/cwt	140.00–152.50	985	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	171.67/cwt	170.00–175.00	575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	150.39/cwt	150.00–151.00	848	5

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 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 830Last week 694Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 116Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 47Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	736	119.00–128.00	125.00
40	—	470	157.50–170.00	163.98
14	—	623	130.00–140.00	136.33
4	—	681	130.00–135.00	131.20
3	—	752	110.00–116.00	113.00
29	—	428	160.00–172.50	169.23
26	—	576	138.00–150.00	145.69
20	—	524	145.00–160.00	151.58
9	—	325	155.00–170.00	162.68
14	—	382	154.00–170.00	163.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	185.00	185.00
8	—	563	155.00	155.00
2	—	373	175.00–177.50	176.31
1	—	410	177.50	177.50
14	—	623	144.00–148.00	146.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	642	147.00	147.00
1	—	300	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	607	183.50	183.50
11	—	524	190.00–196.00	190.53
3	—	485	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	517	183.00–187.00	186.03
1	—	360	217.50	217.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	430	180.00–197.50	187.94
30	—	579	171.00–183.00	179.13
3	—	662	147.50–159.00	151.49
12	—	533	167.00–174.00	170.07
10	—	484	181.00–195.00	186.98
7	—	381	190.00–202.50	196.93
3	—	320	190.00–202.50	197.77
1	—	900	135.00	135.00
1	—	295	205.00	205.00
22	—	717	140.00–150.00	148.49
6	—	617	159.00–173.00	167.36
1	—	1,075	127.50	127.50
2	—	765	134.00–137.50	135.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	192.50	192.50
2	—	502	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	458	195.00–197.50	195.50
1	—	550	185.00	185.00
6	—	433	192.50–200.00	196.22
1	—	610	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	423	170.00–188.00	179.84
24	—	469	175.00–192.50	182.96
6	—	722	127.50–137.50	130.64
51	—	576	160.00–177.50	168.76
5	—	620	148.00–157.50	152.25
3	—	317	197.50–205.00	200.89
8	—	378	185.00–197.50	190.89
16	—	518	166.00–180.00	174.21
13	—	666	140.00–152.50	147.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	165.00	165.00
2	—	493	152.50–157.50	155.01
1	—	355	160.00	160.00
2	—	510	152.50–155.00	153.74
3	—	335	170.00–175.00	171.67
5	—	564	150.00–151.00	150.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,576	93.00–96.00	94.17
6	—	1,433	83.00–87.50	85.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,274	95.50–105.00	99.46
26	—	1,145	79.00–93.00	86.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,181	84.50–87.00	85.89
14	—	1,087	69.50–80.00	75.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,916	128.00–133.50	130.28
28	—	1,715	114.50–127.00	122.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	825.00	825.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,015	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,065	975.00–1,025.00	1,007.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,222	990.00–1,100.00	1,031.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,322	1,100.00–1,260.00	1,190.04
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,410.00	1,410.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,100.00–1,180.00	1,140.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	978	760.00–775.00	767.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,240	1,250.00	1,250.00

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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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

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

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