Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2022-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and bulls measuring 4.00 lower overall, with feeder heifers 1.00 lower. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows 8.00 to 9.00 higher overall, with lean cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, and bulls sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.20/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$153.20

114 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$7.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.73

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	501	153.75	771	105
Medium and Large 2-3	316	146.72	463	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.03/cwt here — about $308 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 sale114 hd

153.20

—

TN average8 barns · 1,427 hd

149.46

+3.73

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	1,658	123.81	2,052	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,227	96.81	1,188	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,414	91.80	1,298	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	972	76.96	748	16

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2Fancy	—	525	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	189.54/cwt	182.50–193.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	520	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,018	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	298	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	440	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	160.67/cwt	155.00–167.50	619	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	142.77/cwt	140.00–147.00	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	182.03/cwt	172.00–187.50	876	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	610	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	909	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	163.08/cwt	157.00–166.00	701	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	139.15/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,049	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	438	170.46/cwt	160.00–177.50	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	585	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	515	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	695	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,036	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	174.03/cwt	169.00–178.00	1,095	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,081	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	170.56/cwt	168.00–175.00	892	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	156.76/cwt	152.00–160.00	961	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	172.01/cwt	169.00–176.00	958	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	138.79/cwt	137.00–142.00	1,012	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	167.59/cwt	162.50–172.50	803	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	172.24/cwt	170.00–175.00	642	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	600	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	978	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	565	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	938	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	650	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	949	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	104.73/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,361	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	93.21/cwt	86.00–99.00	1,113	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	76.96/cwt	72.00–86.00	748	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,532	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	90.90/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,282	27
Bulls	—	—	1,668	125.18/cwt	116.00–129.00	2,088	10
Bulls	—	—	1,390	106.52/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,481	2
Bulls	—	—	1,873	134.24/cwt	134.00–134.50	2,514	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	5,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,124	1,043.30/cwt	970.00–1,175.00	11,727	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	825.31/cwt	810.00–840.00	8,897	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,072.79/cwt	950.00–1,200.00	12,283	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,145	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,100.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	—	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	—	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	162.53/cwt	160.00–165.00	658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	160.30/cwt	156.00–167.00	824	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	154.96/cwt	150.00–159.00	888	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	116.76/cwt	116.00–117.50	962	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	130.74/cwt	127.50–134.00	932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	133.84/cwt	131.00–139.00	914	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	123.69/cwt	121.00–125.00	939	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	175.29/cwt	170.00–180.00	571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	112.51/cwt	107.00–117.50	975	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	176.52/cwt	172.50–182.50	738	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	138.74/cwt	135.00–144.00	869	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	158.89/cwt	155.00–160.00	740	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	150.78/cwt	147.00–157.50	786	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	855	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	135.58/cwt	134.00–136.00	891	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 May 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 589Last week 743Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 159Last week 146Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	173.00	173.00
1	—	600	163.00	163.00
7	—	565	166.00	166.00
1	—	650	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	479	162.50–172.50	167.59
3	—	373	170.00–175.00	172.24
18	—	514	156.00–167.00	160.30
10	—	573	150.00–159.00	154.96
4	—	824	116.00–117.50	116.76
2	—	713	127.50–134.00	130.74
6	—	683	131.00–139.00	133.84
5	—	759	121.00–125.00	123.69
4	—	326	170.00–180.00	175.29
3	—	867	107.00–117.50	112.51
10	—	418	172.50–182.50	176.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	160.00–165.00	162.53
1	—	450	160.00	160.00
1	—	550	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	415	182.50–193.00	189.54
1	—	340	180.00	180.00
1	—	295	183.00	183.00
10	—	481	172.00–187.50	182.03
6	—	754	135.00–140.00	139.15
5	—	828	134.00	134.00
2	—	677	153.00	153.00
1	—	390	182.50	182.50
16	—	523	168.00–175.00	170.56
9	—	613	152.00–160.00	156.76
10	—	557	169.00–176.00	172.01
5	—	729	137.00–142.00	138.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	149.00	149.00
1	—	515	163.00	163.00
1	—	695	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	160.00–177.50	170.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	629	169.00–178.00	174.03
3	—	718	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	134.00	134.00
2	—	700	134.00	134.00
10	—	385	155.00–167.50	160.67
5	—	561	140.00–147.00	142.77
33	—	430	157.00–166.00	163.08
12	—	626	135.00–144.00	138.74
20	—	466	155.00–160.00	158.89
14	—	521	147.00–157.50	150.78
5	—	657	134.00–136.00	135.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	298	147.50	147.50
2	—	377	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,300	101.00–112.00	104.73
22	—	1,194	86.00–99.00	93.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	972	72.00–86.00	76.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	103.00–105.00	104.00
27	—	1,410	86.00–96.00	90.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,668	116.00–129.00	125.18
2	—	1,390	106.00–107.00	106.52
2	—	1,873	134.00–134.50	134.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	700	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,124	970.00–1,175.00	1,043.30
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,078	810.00–840.00	825.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,145	950.00–1,200.00	1,072.79
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,195	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00

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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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Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle