Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to no sale last week in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Today's offerings included the following load lots: 2 loads ML 1 Steers, 857 lbs., $255.25 per cwt., heavy flesh, mostly black/bwf; 1 load ML 1 Steers, 592 lbs., $323.75 per cwt., medium flesh, mostly black.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.39/cwt on 169 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −142.73 against this barn's trailing median of $457.12.

Average price

$314.39

169 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$452

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

$43.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.91

vs TN average

+11.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	323.75	1,917	80
Medium and Large 1-2	544	306.88	1,669	86
Medium and Large 2-3	523	280.00	1,464	3thin

One grade step is worth $43.75/cwt here — about $452 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.18, low $392.93, median $457.12 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 sale169 hd

314.39

—

TN average6 barns · 401 hd

297.48

+16.91

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+11.48

This barn, trailing median32 sales

457.12

−142.73

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	1,615	167.56	2,706	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,481	143.63	2,128	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	141.56	1,660	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	129.82	1,319	20

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)	1,430	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,145	$1,540	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	915	$1,025	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$1,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	873	$1,215	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,335	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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	Large 1	550–600	566	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	230.06/cwt	222.50–234.00	1,652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	382	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	563	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,289	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	277.25/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,320	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	621	216.78/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,346	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	384	329.37/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,265	8
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	608	203.42/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,237	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	267.46/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,145	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	331.52/cwt	312.50–345.00	1,041	8
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	475	247.53/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	299.42/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,090	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	301.58/cwt	280.00–312.50	1,282	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	227.71/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,551	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	301.48/cwt	295.00–310.00	829	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	320.73/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,225	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	298.04/cwt	282.50–312.50	1,252	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	270.82/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,573	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	323.72/cwt	315.00–330.00	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	266.17/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,645	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	692	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	295.11/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,062	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	288.99/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,393	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	315.09/cwt	310.00–320.00	844	3
Bulls	Large 1	600–650	609	236.55/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,441	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	505	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,300	2
Bulls	Large 1	400–450	410	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,610	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	277.47/cwt	265.00–292.50	1,454	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	236.89/cwt	220.00–242.50	1,663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,540.00/head	1,540.00–1,540.00	1,540	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	1,214.76/head	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,215	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bulls	—	—	1,733	181.08/cwt	174.00–191.00	3,138	3
Bulls	—	—	1,598	165.63/cwt	157.00–171.00	2,647	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,232	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	127.35/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,594	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	140.27/cwt	132.00–147.00	1,595	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	130.23/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,323	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	143.12/cwt	133.00–149.00	2,143	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	151.35/cwt	148.00–163.00	1,972	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	153.66/cwt	152.00–156.00	2,363	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	840	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,084	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	500	303.75/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	463	312.49/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,447	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	385	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	416	326.29/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,357	4
Bulls	Large 1	500–550	535	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,271	1
Bulls	Large 1	450–500	450	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	350–400	385	328.15/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,263	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	857	255.25/cwt	255.25–255.25	2,187	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	823	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,070	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	592	323.75/cwt	323.75–323.75	1,917	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	237.48/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	260.05/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,737	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,060	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	507	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	306.85/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,467	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,809	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	436	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,308	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	328.69/cwt	312.50–340.00	1,407	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	461	308.19/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,421	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	245.10/cwt	237.50–255.00	1,377	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	255.48/cwt	254.00–257.50	1,188	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	866	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	753	241.38/cwt	241.00–242.50	1,818	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	308.79/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,007	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	258.49/cwt	245.00–267.50	1,370	42
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	517	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	652	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	226.66/cwt	225.00–227.50	2,092	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	672	281.17/cwt	271.00–287.50	1,889	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	326	281.78/cwt	275.00–285.00	919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	238.97/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,465	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	219.60/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,711	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	429	318.11/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,365	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	300.10/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,702	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	281.68/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	732	236.24/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	547	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	263.32/cwt	262.00–264.00	1,519	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	311.86/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,640	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,842	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	502	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,606	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	867	241.70/cwt	241.00–244.50	2,096	5

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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Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Tue Jul 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,354Last week 707Year ago 1,074

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 110Year ago 223

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 13Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	245.00–250.00	247.53
2	500–550	517	213.00	213.00
3	550–600	566	232.50	232.50
3	600–650	608	200.00–210.00	203.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	305.00	305.00
3	250–300	275	295.00–310.00	301.48
17	300–350	326	292.50–315.00	308.79
4	350–400	364	295.00–302.50	299.42
37	400–450	425	280.00–312.50	301.58
36	450–500	476	265.00–290.00	277.25
42	500–550	530	245.00–267.50	258.49
18	550–600	562	237.50–255.00	245.10
10	600–650	613	230.00–242.50	238.97
6	650–700	681	225.00–235.00	227.71
4	700–750	718	222.50–234.00	230.06
9	750–800	779	210.00–227.00	219.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	275.00–285.00	281.78
3	350–400	382	272.50	272.50
2	400–450	428	260.00–275.00	267.46
3	450–500	465	254.00–257.50	255.48
2	650–700	652	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	563	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	621	210.00–220.00	216.78
2	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	384	325.00–330.00	329.37
8	400–450	429	317.50–320.00	318.11
11	450–500	461	295.00–312.50	308.19
4	500–550	547	270.00	270.00
26	550–600	577	262.00–264.00	263.32
4	700–750	732	236.00–237.00	236.24
4	750–800	753	241.00–242.50	241.38
3	850–900	866	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	235	315.00–330.00	323.72
3	250–300	268	310.00–320.00	315.09
8	300–350	314	312.50–345.00	331.52
9	350–400	382	310.00–337.50	320.73
13	400–450	420	282.50–312.50	298.04
16	450–500	482	280.00–292.50	288.99
15	500–550	524	265.00–292.50	277.47
21	550–600	581	260.00–285.00	270.82
13	600–650	618	260.00–267.50	266.17
19	650–700	671	240.00	240.00
4	700–750	702	220.00–242.50	236.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	292.50–300.00	295.11
2	400–450	418	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	525	257.50	257.50
4	650–700	692	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	267.50	267.50
1	450–500	450	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	535	237.50	237.50
8	600–650	609	235.00–237.50	236.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	350.00	350.00
4	400–450	416	320.00–330.00	326.29
2	450–500	463	310.00–315.00	312.49
2	500–550	500	302.50–305.00	303.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	325.00–330.00	328.15
4	400–450	436	300.00	300.00
2	500–550	507	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
80	550–600	592	323.75	323.75
118	850–900	857	255.25	255.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	471	320.00	320.00
11	500–550	502	320.00	320.00
4	600–650	608	297.50	297.50
11	650–700	672	271.00–287.50	281.17
14	800–850	823	251.50	251.50
5	850–900	867	241.00–244.50	241.70
1	1050–1100	1,060	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	340.00	340.00
11	400–450	428	312.50–340.00	328.69
11	450–500	478	300.00–310.00	306.85
31	500–550	526	300.00–317.50	311.86
44	550–600	567	290.00–317.50	300.10
6	600–650	624	267.50–290.00	281.68
21	650–700	668	250.00–263.00	260.05
5	700–750	726	230.00–240.00	237.48
6	750–800	755	244.00	244.00
1	800–850	830	241.00	241.00
3	900–950	923	225.00–227.50	226.66
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	555	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,335	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,540.00	1,540.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	873	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,214.76
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,050.00	2,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,733	174.00–191.00	181.08
21	—	1,598	157.00–171.00	165.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	122.00	122.00
19	—	1,016	125.00–137.00	130.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	126.00–129.00	127.35
43	—	1,137	132.00–147.00	140.27
10	—	1,303	148.00–163.00	151.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,497	133.00–149.00	143.12
3	—	1,538	152.00–156.00	153.66
1	—	840	129.00	129.00

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