Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2022-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 7.00 to 8.00 lower, and feeder heifers and bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower overall. Lower-quality offerings and broad diversity of type, kind, color, breed. etc. for feeder classes were noted. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 2.00 to 3.00 lower overall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.58/cwt on 155 head.

Average price

$150.58

155 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$796

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.37

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	529	150.58	796	155

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 sale155 hd

150.58

—

TN average8 barns · 2,045 hd

147.22

+3.37

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	1,729	114.56	1,981	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,184	84.27	997	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	82.43	1,165	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	75.71	781	22

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$980	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,282	$960	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,310	$950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	933	$915	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,198	$900	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,082	$879	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$830	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,065	$1,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,060	$1,200	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	955	$890	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,300	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	920	$910	1thin

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 1-2Value Added	—	683	153.85/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,051	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,141	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	486	139.45/cwt	138.00–140.00	678	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	148.14/cwt	142.50–154.00	769	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	146.12/cwt	140.00–154.00	845	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	135.66/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,034	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	135.66/cwt	133.00–137.00	916	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	525	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	695	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	747	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	155.72/cwt	155.00–156.00	995	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	154.01/cwt	150.00–162.00	730	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	179.69/cwt	175.00–187.50	748	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	395	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	631	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	170.49/cwt	165.00–174.00	876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	180.23/cwt	175.00–191.00	685	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	157.61/cwt	150.00–166.00	1,047	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	162.45/cwt	157.00–167.50	1,006	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	164.91/cwt	160.00–175.00	942	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,138	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,200	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	178.51/cwt	175.00–180.00	832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,288	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	177.35/cwt	176.00–178.00	913	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	167.31/cwt	162.00–175.00	790	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	177.85/cwt	173.00–183.00	692	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	587	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	974	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	463	182.52/cwt	181.00–184.00	845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	710	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,051	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	75.71/cwt	71.00–80.50	781	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	81.82/cwt	77.50–88.00	1,153	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,165	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	868	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	91.88/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,397	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	96.24/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,331	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	82.72/cwt	78.00–89.50	958	31
Bulls	—	—	1,755	114.80/cwt	110.00–121.50	2,015	17
Bulls	—	—	1,800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,250	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,215	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,215	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	975	730.00/head	730.00–730.00	730	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	943	734.01/head	720.00–750.00	734	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	830.00/head	830.00–830.00	830	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	910.00/head	910.00–910.00	910	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	890.00/head	890.00–890.00	890	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,435	1,075.31/head	1,060.00–1,090.00	1,075	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	785	830.00/head	830.00–830.00	830	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	900.15/head	830.00–970.00	900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	980.00/head	980.00–980.00	980	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	975.50/head	850.00–1,130.00	976	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	151.31/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,011	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	153.76/cwt	150.00–159.00	878	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	171.78/cwt	165.00–177.50	727	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	938	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	378	162.52/cwt	160.00–165.00	614	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	135.95/cwt	130.00–142.00	972	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	576	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	821	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	154.42/cwt	150.00–162.50	808	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	152.01/cwt	148.00–155.00	933	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	144.56/cwt	137.50–150.00	888	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	155.80/cwt	150.00–162.00	665	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	156.09/cwt	151.00–163.00	598	9

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 Sep 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 821Last week 1,012Year ago 618

Slaughter CattleReceipts 213Last week 163Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 23Year ago 46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	683	149.00–155.00	153.85
1	—	815	140.00	140.00
2	—	755	145.00	145.00
2	—	747	150.00	150.00
2	—	490	165.00	165.00
7	—	639	155.00–156.00	155.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	486	138.00–140.00	139.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	519	142.50–154.00	148.14
15	—	578	140.00–154.00	146.12
3	—	762	135.00–137.00	135.66
3	—	675	133.00–137.00	135.66
1	—	705	133.00	133.00
24	—	474	150.00–162.00	154.01
13	—	614	137.50–150.00	144.56
34	—	427	150.00–162.00	155.80
9	—	383	151.00–163.00	156.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	182.50	182.50
1	—	695	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	416	175.00–187.50	179.69
1	—	710	159.00	159.00
1	—	1,130	120.00	120.00
7	—	514	165.00–174.00	170.49
7	—	380	175.00–191.00	180.23
14	—	664	150.00–166.00	157.61
7	—	619	157.00–167.50	162.45
11	—	571	160.00–175.00	164.91
6	—	466	175.00–180.00	178.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	150.00	150.00
1	—	550	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	181.00	181.00
5	—	658	173.00	173.00
2	—	732	164.00	164.00
1	—	465	185.00	185.00
3	—	815	158.00	158.00
3	—	515	176.00–178.00	177.35
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	145.00	145.00
2	—	378	160.00–165.00	162.52
1	—	525	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	472	162.00–175.00	167.31
6	—	389	173.00–183.00	177.85
10	—	668	145.00–157.00	151.31
17	—	571	150.00–159.00	153.76
19	—	423	165.00–177.50	171.78
4	—	715	130.00–142.00	135.95
14	—	523	150.00–162.50	154.42
13	—	614	148.00–155.00	152.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	587	166.00	166.00
2	—	463	181.00–184.00	182.52
1	—	710	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	137.00	137.00
1	—	620	130.00	130.00
4	—	576	142.50	142.50
2	—	385	168.00	168.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,031	71.00–80.50	75.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,409	77.50–88.00	81.82
1	—	1,165	74.50	74.50
4	—	1,521	91.00–94.00	91.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,383	93.00–103.00	96.24
31	—	1,158	78.00–89.50	82.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,755	110.00–121.50	114.80
1	—	1,800	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	1,200.00	1,200.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	955	890.00	890.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	975	730.00	730.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	943	720.00–750.00	734.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	785	830.00	830.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,310	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	830.00	830.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,435	1,060.00–1,090.00	1,075.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,198	830.00–970.00	900.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,040	980.00	980.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,175	850.00–1,130.00	975.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	910.00	910.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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