Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2022-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder classes measuring 3.00 to 5.00 higher overall, with increased and higher-quality offerings noted. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower overall, with lean cows 5.00 lower, and slaughter bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.28/cwt on 307 head.

Average price

$145.28

307 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$23.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.05

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	516	146.27	755	294
Medium and Large 2-3	559	122.89	686	13thin

One grade step is worth $23.38/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 sale307 hd

145.28

—

TN average10 barns · 2,004 hd

139.24

+6.05

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	1,704	99.36	1,693	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,360	68.87	936	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,115	66.86	745	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	58.61	591	16
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,387	125.00	1,734	2thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,445	$1,130	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,018	$988	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$932	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,133	$906	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	991	$892	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$875	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,235	$816	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$750	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	775	$875	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	775	$875	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,225	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,058	2thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	848	$761	6

Every lot, as filed

107 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 1-2Full	—	590	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	147.43/cwt	142.50–152.50	1,061	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	142.30/cwt	135.00–147.50	820	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	630	129.19/cwt	127.50–130.00	814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	423	191.36/cwt	185.00–197.50	809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	769	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,334	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	740	164.38/cwt	157.50–166.00	1,216	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	181.25/cwt	181.25–181.25	1,135	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	127.48/cwt	120.00–135.00	918	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	152.68/cwt	147.50–157.50	580	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	138.04/cwt	132.50–144.00	875	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	158.00/cwt	151.00–165.00	514	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	146.98/cwt	140.00–152.50	632	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	675	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	131.42/cwt	127.50–136.50	878	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	616	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	148.33/cwt	141.00–154.00	702	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	590	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	391	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	113.08/cwt	109.00–118.00	935	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	142.10/cwt	137.00–146.00	743	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	127.15/cwt	122.50–132.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	167.35/cwt	160.00–179.00	872	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	159.56/cwt	149.00–162.50	1,012	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	146.60/cwt	143.00–148.00	985	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	823	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	502	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	158.57/cwt	153.00–164.00	909	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	132.99/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	965	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,206	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	455	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	478	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	550	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	174.46/cwt	170.00–178.00	734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	174.66/cwt	170.00–180.00	856	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	875	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	518	165.06/cwt	162.50–167.50	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	105.14/cwt	102.50–108.00	965	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	560	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	428	181.27/cwt	176.00–187.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	320	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	700	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	938	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,387	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,734	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,145	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	698	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	570	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	59.41/cwt	55.00–64.50	593	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	81.66/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,200	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,357	68.19/cwt	63.00–74.00	925	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	66.86/cwt	63.00–74.00	745	35
Bulls	—	—	1,740	112.71/cwt	106.00–132.00	1,961	4
Bulls	—	—	1,834	97.00/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,779	13
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,092	91.79/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,002	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	905.80/head	820.00–975.00	906	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	761.35/head	700.00–825.00	761	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	1,130.00/head	1,130.00–1,130.00	1,130	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	816.19/head	750.00–900.00	816	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	937.26/head	850.00–1,010.00	937	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,145	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	820	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	168.25/cwt	159.00–175.00	798	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,038	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	98.51/cwt	95.00–102.00	968	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	122.92/cwt	120.00–127.50	881	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	535	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	872	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	140.07/cwt	135.00–146.00	805	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	106.97/cwt	104.00–109.00	920	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	167.17/cwt	162.50–170.00	635	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	172.44/cwt	170.00–175.00	531	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	116.25/cwt	111.00–120.00	893	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	96.51/cwt	95.00–98.00	970	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.99/cwt	123.00–140.00	878	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	142.15/cwt	135.00–147.50	898	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	655	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	155.08/cwt	150.00–160.00	481	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	121.21/cwt	120.00–130.00	690	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	151.08/cwt	140.00–159.00	786	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	362	153.36/cwt	150.00–155.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	845	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	718	112.97/cwt	111.00–115.00	811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	165.72/cwt	160.00–172.00	701	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,057.50/head	925.00–1,190.00	1,058	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 →

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Tue Oct 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,274Last week 928Year ago 671

Slaughter CattleReceipts 201Last week 177Year ago 87

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 38Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	140.00	140.00
1	—	800	125.00	125.00
1	—	675	135.00	135.00
1	—	965	125.00	125.00
1	—	875	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	119.00	119.00
2	—	720	142.50–152.50	147.43
30	—	521	160.00–179.00	167.35
12	—	634	149.00–162.50	159.56
10	—	672	143.00–148.00	146.60
2	—	825	140.00	140.00
1	—	385	172.50	172.50
25	—	573	153.00–164.00	158.57
1	—	775	140.00	140.00
2	—	975	132.00–134.00	132.99
7	—	421	170.00–178.00	174.46
1	—	345	170.00	170.00
10	—	490	170.00–180.00	174.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	185.00–197.50	191.36
2	—	502	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	769	173.50	173.50
45	—	740	157.50–166.00	164.38
33	—	626	181.25	181.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	129.00	129.00
2	—	823	129.00–130.00	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	576	135.00–147.50	142.30
9	—	720	120.00–135.00	127.48
28	—	380	147.50–157.50	152.68
31	—	634	132.50–144.00	138.04
7	—	325	151.00–165.00	158.00
23	—	430	140.00–152.50	146.98
9	—	668	127.50–136.50	131.42
69	—	473	141.00–154.00	148.33
41	—	523	137.00–146.00	142.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	127.50–130.00	129.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	150.00	150.00
1	—	590	149.00	149.00
3	—	391	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	122.50	122.50
1	—	605	130.00	130.00
1	—	545	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	140.00	140.00
5	—	616	119.00	119.00
3	—	523	118.00	118.00
4	—	568	122.50–132.00	127.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	535	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	827	109.00–118.00	113.08
3	—	918	102.50–108.00	105.14
34	—	474	159.00–175.00	168.25
1	—	1,065	97.50	97.50
2	—	983	95.00–102.00	98.51
6	—	717	120.00–127.50	122.92
22	—	575	135.00–146.00	140.07
4	—	860	104.00–109.00	106.97
7	—	380	162.50–170.00	167.17
6	—	308	170.00–175.00	172.44
15	—	768	111.00–120.00	116.25
2	—	1,005	95.00–98.00	96.51
23	—	670	123.00–140.00	130.99
26	—	632	135.00–147.50	142.15
27	—	520	140.00–159.00	151.08
18	—	423	160.00–172.00	165.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	162.50–167.50	165.06
2	—	560	155.00	155.00
2	—	428	176.00–187.00	181.27
1	—	320	195.00	195.00
6	—	700	134.00	134.00
1	—	655	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	152.00	152.00
2	—	310	150.00–160.00	155.08
8	—	569	120.00–130.00	121.21
1	—	520	135.00	135.00
3	—	362	150.00–155.00	153.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	107.00	107.00
2	—	718	111.00–115.00	112.97
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	105.00	105.00
1	—	550	101.00	101.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,387	125.00	125.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	61.00	61.00
3	—	1,470	78.00–84.00	81.66
45	—	1,357	63.00–74.00	68.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	53.00	53.00
14	—	998	55.00–64.50	59.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,115	63.00–74.00	66.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,740	106.00–132.00	112.71
13	—	1,834	94.00–104.00	97.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,092	87.00–96.00	91.79

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,120	820.00–975.00	905.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,445	1,130.00	1,130.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,235	750.00–900.00	816.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,008	850.00–1,010.00	937.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	825.00	825.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	820	800.00	800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	848	700.00–825.00	761.35
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	875.00	875.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	775	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	925.00–1,190.00	1,057.50

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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

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Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

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