Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 2.00 lower, with feeder heifers weighing up to 450 lbs. 12.00 lower and those weighing over 450 lbs. 4.00 lower, and feeder bulls weighing up to 400 lbs. sharply higher with those weighing over 400 lbs. 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Lower prices on feeder cattle due, in part, to recent ongoing downturn in the futures market. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 higher overall with slaughter bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.73/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −151.52 against this barn's trailing median of $399.25.

Average price

$247.73

50 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

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

$18.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.69

vs TN average

+2.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	248.47	1,367	48
Medium and Large 2	585	230.00	1,346	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.47/cwt here — about $21 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 sale50 hd

247.73

—

TN average18 barns · 1,179 hd

246.04

+1.69

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

+2.66

This barn, trailing median32 sales

399.25

−151.52

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	1,803	163.36	2,946	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,178	140.76	1,659	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,424	140.27	1,998	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	125.33	1,289	10

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)	1,440	$2,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,450	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$1,950	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	355	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	712	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	278	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	845	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	319.94/cwt	306.00–335.00	1,334	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	260.47/cwt	258.00–262.50	1,636	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	200.24/cwt	198.00–207.00	1,582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	338.29/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,269	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	249.38/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,788	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	278.30/cwt	272.50–283.00	1,584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	264.84/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,261	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	235.52/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,467	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	664	270.07/cwt	268.00–277.50	1,793	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	294.33/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,660	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	425	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	314.63/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,482	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	470	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	325	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	991	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	780	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	288.65/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,498	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	256.29/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	267.07/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,520	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	677	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,422	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	428	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,198	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	128.89/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,355	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	117.02/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,141	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,010	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	138.90/cwt	133.00–148.00	1,995	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	156.17/cwt	148.00–165.00	1,891	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	134.89/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,573	21
Bulls	—	—	1,778	159.70/cwt	153.00–170.00	2,839	4
Bulls	—	—	1,905	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	3,391	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	—	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	244.49/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,489	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	333.31/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,060	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	275.17/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,456	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	287.46/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	282.27/cwt	270.00–285.00	946	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	416	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,186	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	306.78/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,448	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	221.05/cwt	217.50–227.50	1,514	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	313.59/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,333	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	350.54/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,276	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	278.80/cwt	272.50–282.50	1,071	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	243.41/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,414	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	251.49/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,320	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	272.11/cwt	267.50–278.00	1,165	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	491	277.05/cwt	277.00–277.50	1,360	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	256.99/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,419	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 →

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Tue Aug 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 608Last week 913Year ago 1,001

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 92Year ago 217

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 30Year ago 65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	315.00	315.00
2	350–400	355	290.00	290.00
5	400–450	416	285.00	285.00
18	450–500	491	277.00–277.50	277.05
3	550–600	552	255.00–258.00	256.99
2	700–750	712	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	845	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	270.00–285.00	282.27
10	350–400	384	272.50–282.50	278.80
7	400–450	428	267.50–278.00	272.11
21	450–500	476	257.50–270.00	264.84
25	500–550	525	245.00–259.00	251.49
20	550–600	581	241.00–249.00	243.41
13	600–650	623	230.00–242.50	235.52
2	650–700	665	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	747	220.00	220.00
4	750–800	790	198.00–207.00	200.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	335.00–340.00	338.29
10	400–450	417	306.00–335.00	319.94
17	450–500	471	300.00–330.00	314.63
15	500–550	519	280.00–305.00	288.65
10	550–600	569	272.50–283.00	278.30
11	600–650	628	258.00–262.50	260.47
10	700–750	717	245.00–250.00	249.38
3	800–850	807	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	564	290.00–296.00	294.33
9	650–700	664	268.00–277.50	270.07
1	700–750	715	257.50	257.50
6	750–800	780	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	568	255.00–257.50	256.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	305.00	305.00
1	400–450	425	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	292.50	292.50
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	320.00–345.00	333.31
6	350–400	364	330.00–355.00	350.54
6	400–450	425	305.00–320.00	313.59
9	450–500	472	290.00–315.00	306.78
8	500–550	529	267.50–285.00	275.17
12	550–600	569	260.00–277.50	267.07
20	600–650	609	230.00–250.00	244.49
4	650–700	685	217.50–227.50	221.05
2	700–750	710	220.00	220.00
1	750–800	780	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	285.00–290.00	287.46
1	500–550	525	257.50	257.50
2	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	615	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	677	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,051	124.00–132.00	128.89
3	—	975	115.00–119.00	117.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	154.00	154.00
10	—	1,436	133.00–148.00	138.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,211	148.00–165.00	156.17
21	—	1,166	129.00–145.00	134.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,778	153.00–170.00	159.70
1	—	1,905	178.00	178.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,440	2,650.00	2,650.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,450.00	2,450.00

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 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

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