Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers unevenly steady overall, with feeder heifers 2.00 higher, and feeder bulls sharply higher. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 1.00 to 5.00 higher, with exception of boning cows 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.28/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −131.97 against this barn's trailing median of $399.25.

Average price

$267.28

54 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,474

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$31.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.79

vs TN average

−0.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	270.79	1,481	48
Large 1-2	589	239.19	1,409	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.60/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.34, low $351.80, median $399.25 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale54 hd

267.28

—

TN average7 barns · 272 hd

257.49

+9.79

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−0.34

This barn, trailing median32 sales

399.25

−131.97

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	1,741	164.57	2,865	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,425	139.23	1,984	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,142	137.53	1,570	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	883	120.62	1,065	12

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,175	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,188	$1,946	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$1,550	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,068	$1,395	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	750	$1,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,443	3thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	315.97/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,776	7
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	412	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	341.25/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,310	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	319.20/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,717	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	601	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	300–350	334	334.52/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,117	5
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	771	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	261.89/cwt	257.00–271.00	1,891	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	324.45/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,405	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	284.60/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,756	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	304.36/cwt	293.00–309.00	1,741	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	322.73/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,530	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	327	291.30/cwt	280.00–297.50	953	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	548	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,805	2
Bulls	Large 1	250–300	250	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	293.39/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,690	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	597	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	271.00/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,821	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	7
Heifers	Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	239.19/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,409	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	677	253.40/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	279.86/cwt	274.00–287.50	1,329	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	246.06/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	275.59/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,193	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	261.65/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,491	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	311.74/cwt	296.00–320.00	1,178	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	328.86/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,059	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	234.43/cwt	224.00–245.00	1,585	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	297.50/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,270	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	225.94/cwt	224.50–228.00	1,602	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	279.09/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,454	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	265.73/cwt	264.00–267.50	1,289	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	650	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	550	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	633	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	466	294.00/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,370	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	630	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	232	418.17/cwt	395.00–430.00	970	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	307.15/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,656	11
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	385	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,222	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	232.89/cwt	217.50–245.00	1,796	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	386.77/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,276	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	315.71/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,490	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	288	365.09/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,051	2
Bulls	Large 1	500–550	530	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,511	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	455	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,285	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	525	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,509	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	280.25/cwt	277.50–283.00	1,724	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	330.09/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,419	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,880.00/head	1,880.00–1,880.00	1,880	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,390.00/head	1,390.00–1,390.00	1,390	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,946.32/head	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,946	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bulls	—	—	1,703	162.06/cwt	154.00–168.00	2,760	6
Bulls	—	—	1,855	172.11/cwt	171.00–173.00	3,193	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	138.25/cwt	129.50–148.00	1,966	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,227	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	118.73/cwt	110.00–126.00	1,057	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	130.04/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,105	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,507	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	135.21/cwt	126.00–144.00	1,493	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	151.92/cwt	147.00–157.00	2,011	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	346.22/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,316	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	1

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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 609Last week 611Year ago 539

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 148Year ago 180

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 30Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	531	331.00	331.00
7	550–600	562	312.00–320.00	315.97
1	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	412	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	370.00	370.00
6	350–400	384	335.00–375.00	341.25
4	400–450	433	320.00–337.50	324.45
11	450–500	474	320.00–335.00	322.73
16	500–550	538	310.00–322.50	319.20
22	550–600	572	293.00–309.00	304.36
9	600–650	617	277.50–290.00	284.60
9	650–700	672	265.00–275.00	271.00
8	700–750	722	257.00–271.00	261.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	430	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	495	295.00–305.00	300.00
3	650–700	677	250.00–255.00	253.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	330.00–337.50	334.52
3	600–650	601	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	771	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	280.00–297.50	291.30
1	350–400	370	282.50	282.50
4	400–450	433	270.00–282.00	275.59
2	450–500	485	264.00–267.50	265.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
5	450–500	466	292.50–300.00	294.00
4	500–550	548	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	589	237.50–240.00	239.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	322	310.00–340.00	328.86
27	350–400	378	296.00–320.00	311.74
19	400–450	427	285.00–312.50	297.50
31	450–500	475	274.00–287.50	279.86
20	500–550	521	270.00–283.00	279.09
22	550–600	570	257.50–275.00	261.65
4	600–650	617	240.00–248.00	246.06
12	650–700	676	224.00–245.00	234.43
11	700–750	709	224.50–228.00	225.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	633	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	650	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	395.00–430.00	418.17
1	250–300	275	405.00	405.00
3	300–350	330	380.00–390.00	386.77
4	350–400	380	337.50–355.00	346.22
19	400–450	430	312.50–337.50	330.09
8	450–500	472	300.00–335.00	315.71
11	500–550	539	300.00–312.50	307.15
8	550–600	576	280.00–297.50	293.39
2	600–650	615	277.50–283.00	280.25
2	700–750	715	252.50	252.50
4	750–800	771	217.50–245.00	232.89
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	530	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	317.50	317.50
1	450–500	455	282.50	282.50
1	500–550	525	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	355.00–375.00	365.09
3	550–600	578	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	685	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	597	282.50	282.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,880.00	1,880.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,725.00	2,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,390.00	1,390.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,188	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,946.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	2,175.00	2,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,703	154.00–168.00	162.06
2	—	1,855	171.00–173.00	172.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,422	129.50–148.00	138.25
1	—	1,465	152.00	152.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	890	110.00–126.00	118.73
2	—	850	129.00–131.00	130.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	123.00	123.00
31	—	1,104	126.00–144.00	135.21
6	—	1,324	147.00–157.00	151.92

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle