Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2023-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder classes measuring 6.00 higher overall, with slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 3.00 lower overall and slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Today's offerings included the following load lots: 1 load ML #1-2 preconditioned heifers, 402 lb., $196.00, medium flesh, mostly black; 1 load ML #1-2 preconditioned heifers, 425 lb., $192.00, light to medium flesh, mixed colors; and 1 load ML #1 preconditioned heifers, 451 lb., $189.50, medium flesh, mostly black.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $175.45/cwt on 643 head.

Average price

$175.45

643 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

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

$36.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.36

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	450	189.50	853	106
Medium and Large 1-2	480	173.30	832	521
Medium and Large 2-3	354	152.59	540	16thin

One grade step is worth $36.91/cwt here — about $313 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 sale643 hd

175.45

—

TN average11 barns · 3,596 hd

159.09

+16.36

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	1,716	98.28	1,687	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	77.96	1,177	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	74.61	956	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,121	67.05	752	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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	915	$1,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,580	$1,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,178	$945	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,084	$898	5
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,133	$1,180	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,200	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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 2-3	—	412	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	721	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	146.34/cwt	143.00–150.00	989	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	212.84/cwt	200.00–215.00	666	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	783	125.33/cwt	125.00–126.00	981	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	566	160.74/cwt	160.00–163.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	141.63/cwt	137.50–146.00	871	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	134.78/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,024	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	144.25/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	363	179.40/cwt	170.00–181.00	651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	150.59/cwt	148.00–153.00	943	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	413	193.54/cwt	172.00–196.00	799	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	172.83/cwt	171.00–178.00	814	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	853	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	280	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	448	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	175.47/cwt	170.00–185.00	921	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	766	150.83/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,155	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	244	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	390	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	153.65/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,053	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	709	147.16/cwt	146.50–148.00	1,043	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	191.86/cwt	185.00–199.00	831	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	189.71/cwt	179.00–198.00	886	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	822	159.20/cwt	158.00–159.50	1,309	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	475	207.80/cwt	204.00–216.00	987	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	172.54/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,080	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	213.35/cwt	194.00–222.50	832	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	171.94/cwt	165.00–178.00	983	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	168.50/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	160.30/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,159	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	167.11/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,123	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	772	164.49/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,270	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	550	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	178.57/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,109	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	213.09/cwt	207.50–215.00	1,076	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	693	172.36/cwt	172.25–174.00	1,194	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	160.62/cwt	157.50–167.50	914	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	154.73/cwt	152.50–161.00	941	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	169.02/cwt	162.50–175.00	886	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	366	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	759	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	453	198.76/cwt	197.50–200.00	900	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	819	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	75.28/cwt	71.00–79.50	1,123	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	94.02/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,523	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	74.78/cwt	69.00–81.00	959	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	60.40/cwt	60.00–61.00	605	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	68.10/cwt	63.00–73.50	776	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	63.92/cwt	61.50–67.50	798	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	92.55/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,236	2
Bulls	—	—	1,839	101.60/cwt	94.00–105.00	1,868	8
Bulls	—	—	1,516	83.79/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,270	4
Bulls	—	—	1,625	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,853	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	1,180.08/head	1,000.00–1,325.00	1,180	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	915	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,580	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	963.26/head	910.00–990.00	963	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	900	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	945.14/head	925.00–960.00	945	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	841	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	942	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	139.56/cwt	135.00–144.00	991	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	973	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	196.41/cwt	187.50–202.50	811	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	182.60/cwt	175.00–192.50	856	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	158.48/cwt	150.00–166.00	834	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	168.85/cwt	160.00–175.00	566	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	961	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	160.88/cwt	154.00–169.00	755	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	141.73/cwt	137.00–145.00	954	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	153.09/cwt	148.00–158.00	865	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	161.78/cwt	152.50–167.00	610	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	161.42/cwt	155.00–168.00	688	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	128.74/cwt	127.50–130.00	1,107	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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,370Last week 1,075Year ago 1,394

Slaughter CattleReceipts 141Last week 138Year ago 97

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 45Year ago 47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	412	175.00	175.00
1	—	770	117.50	117.50
5	—	539	156.00	156.00
1	—	685	137.50	137.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	676	143.00–150.00	146.34
7	—	313	200.00–215.00	212.84
12	—	569	157.50–167.50	160.62
6	—	608	152.50–161.00	154.73
15	—	524	162.50–175.00	169.02
1	—	390	200.00	200.00
2	—	710	135.00–144.00	139.56
1	—	760	128.00	128.00
9	—	413	187.50–202.50	196.41
10	—	469	175.00–192.50	182.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	366	207.50	207.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	197.50–200.00	198.76
1	—	360	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	783	125.00–126.00	125.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	513	168.00	168.00
4	—	566	160.00–163.00	160.74
7	—	363	170.00–181.00	179.40
8	—	626	148.00–153.00	150.59
231	—	413	172.00–196.00	193.54
18	—	471	171.00–178.00	172.83
7	—	766	144.00–156.00	150.83
15	—	685	150.00–155.00	153.65
9	—	709	146.50–148.00	147.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	615	137.50–146.00	141.63
4	—	760	134.00–137.00	134.78
4	—	746	142.00–145.00	144.25
55	—	526	150.00–166.00	158.48
11	—	335	160.00–175.00	168.85
34	—	469	154.00–169.00	160.88
19	—	673	137.00–145.00	141.73
27	—	565	148.00–158.00	153.09
26	—	377	152.50–167.00	161.78
23	—	426	155.00–168.00	161.42
2	—	860	127.50–130.00	128.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	130.00	130.00
1	—	535	140.00	140.00
1	—	745	129.00	129.00
1	—	345	140.00	140.00
1	—	595	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	450	189.50	189.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	280	160.00	160.00
7	—	244	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	525	170.00–185.00	175.47
11	—	433	185.00–199.00	191.86
15	—	467	179.00–198.00	189.71
1	—	300	210.00	210.00
1	—	810	150.00	150.00
24	—	626	165.00–175.00	172.54
15	—	390	194.00–222.50	213.35
12	—	572	165.00–178.00	171.94
6	—	723	158.00–163.00	160.30
11	—	672	164.00–170.00	167.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	822	158.00–159.50	159.20
22	—	475	204.00–216.00	207.80
6	—	714	168.00–169.00	168.50
23	—	772	159.00–166.00	164.49
2	—	550	182.00	182.00
1	—	435	207.50	207.50
14	—	621	178.00–180.00	178.57
9	—	505	207.50–215.00	213.09
47	—	693	172.25–174.00	172.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,492	71.00–79.50	75.28
2	—	1,620	93.00–95.00	94.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,282	69.00–81.00	74.78
4	—	1,249	61.50–67.50	63.92
2	—	1,335	89.00–96.00	92.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,002	60.00–61.00	60.40
19	—	1,140	63.00–73.50	68.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,839	94.00–105.00	101.60
4	—	1,516	81.00–85.00	83.79
2	—	1,625	114.00	114.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,133	1,000.00–1,325.00	1,180.08
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	915	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,580	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,207	910.00–990.00	963.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,178	925.00–960.00	945.14
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,475.00	1,475.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00

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

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle