Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers 1.00 to 2.00 lower, with exception of those weighing less than 400 lbs. sharply lower. Feeder heifers and bulls measuring 3.00 lower overall. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 2.00 to 3.00 higher overall, with exception of lean cows holding steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $233.73/cwt on 278 head.

Average price

$233.73

278 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,210

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$16.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.61

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	518	234.49	1,214	265
Large 1	568	218.80	1,242	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	481	217.62	1,046	8thin

One grade step is worth $16.87/cwt here — about $168 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 sale278 hd

233.73

—

TN average13 barns · 2,608 hd

228.12

+5.61

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	1,698	130.80	2,221	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,479	110.53	1,634	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,191	108.04	1,286	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	95.65	997	13

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,160	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,270	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,090	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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	Large 1	—	523	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,297	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	263.77/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,129	12
Steers	Large 1	—	697	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,568	2
Steers	Large 1	—	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	230.28/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,188	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	242.80/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,508	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	234.00/cwt	224.00–245.00	1,112	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	506	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	418	254.99/cwt	252.50–257.50	1,066	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	385	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,733	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Value Added	—	451	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,094	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	224.51/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,506	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	234.61/cwt	226.00–242.50	1,328	31
Heifers	Large 1	—	557	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	236.93/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,016	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	242.81/cwt	235.00–247.50	787	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	214.01/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	235.74/cwt	229.00–243.00	1,238	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	244.21/cwt	232.50–255.00	913	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	242.13/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,390	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	233.33/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	259.45/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,214	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	236.38/cwt	227.00–241.00	1,622	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	557	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,470	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	271.96/cwt	265.00–280.00	889	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	259.33/cwt	255.00–270.00	967	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	254.55/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,324	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,833	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,910	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	715	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,616	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	530	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	645	254.71/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,643	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	270.29/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,381	9
Bulls	Large 1	—	505	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,061	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	480	266.25/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,278	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	415	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	615	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	355	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,021	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	110.08/cwt	105.00–118.00	1,648	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,075	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,075	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	86.63/cwt	83.50–90.00	842	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	98.36/cwt	92.00–104.00	1,047	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	121.81/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,746	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	119.32/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,530	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	105.99/cwt	99.00–114.00	1,244	33
Bulls	—	—	1,691	130.36/cwt	125.00–135.00	2,204	13
Bulls	—	—	1,937	137.66/cwt	137.00–138.00	2,666	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,075	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,247	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,270.00/head	1,270.00–1,270.00	1,270	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,090.00/head	2,090.00–2,090.00	2,090	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	183.34/cwt	182.00–186.00	1,509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	231.82/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,115	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	254.60/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,074	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	265.58/cwt	255.00–277.50	1,017	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	226.42/cwt	222.50–228.00	1,526	11
Bulls	Large 1	—	472	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,074	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	221.91/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,380	28
Bulls	Large 1	—	430	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,043	2
Bulls	Large 1	—	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	236.21/cwt	227.50–242.00	1,228	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	273.24/cwt	265.00–282.50	863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	330	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	226.84/cwt	222.00–237.00	1,304	24
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	184.51/cwt	182.00–187.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	246.98/cwt	243.00–252.50	1,144	17
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	555	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	230.47/cwt	221.00–236.00	1,420	27
Heifers	Large 1	—	640	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	725	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	215.12/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,114	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	220.14/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,596	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	648	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,542	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	542	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	218.13/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,577	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	401	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	886	3

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,131Last week 723Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 204Last week 99Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 30Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	523	248.00	248.00
2	—	697	225.00	225.00
2	—	495	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	428	255.00–275.00	263.77
23	—	621	230.00–248.00	242.80
19	—	574	233.00–250.00	242.13
6	—	725	230.00–238.00	233.33
11	—	468	255.00–265.00	259.45
12	—	686	227.00–241.00	236.38
3	—	327	265.00–280.00	271.96
5	—	373	255.00–270.00	259.33
22	—	520	250.00–260.00	254.55
3	—	780	235.00	235.00
2	—	872	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	516	220.00–241.00	230.28
1	—	480	240.00	240.00
2	—	410	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	247.50	247.50
7	—	557	264.00	264.00
7	—	645	253.00–260.00	254.71
9	—	511	265.00–275.00	270.29
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	242.50	242.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	225.00	225.00
1	—	715	226.00	226.00
1	—	530	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	475	224.00–245.00	234.00
18	—	671	215.00–230.00	224.51
31	—	566	226.00–242.50	234.61
34	—	429	225.00–250.00	236.93
8	—	324	235.00–247.50	242.81
4	—	770	209.00–219.00	214.01
36	—	525	229.00–243.00	235.74
28	—	374	232.50–255.00	244.21
27	—	616	221.00–236.00	230.47
9	—	723	215.00–222.00	218.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	506	247.00	247.00
2	—	418	252.50–257.50	254.99
1	—	330	260.00	260.00
3	—	650	236.00	236.00
4	—	648	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	557	220.00	220.00
1	—	640	209.00	209.00
2	—	542	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	217.50	217.50
4	—	518	210.00–220.00	215.12
3	—	401	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	210.00	210.00
2	—	472	227.50	227.50
2	—	430	242.50	242.50
1	—	590	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	265.00–267.50	266.25
1	—	415	270.00	270.00
1	—	615	235.00	235.00
1	—	500	250.00	250.00
2	—	355	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	823	182.00–186.00	183.34
18	—	422	250.00–260.00	254.60
16	—	383	255.00–277.50	265.58
11	—	674	222.50–228.00	226.42
28	—	622	215.00–227.50	221.91
19	—	520	227.50–242.00	236.21
8	—	316	265.00–282.50	273.24
24	—	575	222.00–237.00	226.84
2	—	793	182.00–187.00	184.51
17	—	463	243.00–252.50	246.98
6	—	725	217.00–222.00	220.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	481	226.00–235.00	231.82
1	—	325	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	220.00	220.00
1	—	555	207.50	207.50
2	—	475	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,497	105.00–118.00	110.08
1	—	1,075	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,433	120.00–124.00	121.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	972	83.50–90.00	86.63
10	—	1,064	92.00–104.00	98.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,282	117.00–125.00	119.32
33	—	1,174	99.00–114.00	105.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,691	125.00–135.00	130.36
3	—	1,937	137.00–138.00	137.66
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	116.00	116.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,270.00	1,270.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,160.00	1,160.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,090.00	2,090.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,775.00	1,775.00

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

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