Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with lower-quality feeder offerings noted, feeder steers sold 5.00 higher, with feeder heifers mostly steady overall, and feeder bulls unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher overall and no comparisons available for slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.53/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −76.59 against this barn's trailing median of $457.12.

Average price

$380.53

38 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.91

vs TN average

+8.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	380.53	2,084	38

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale38 hd

380.53

—

TN average14 barns · 538 hd

364.62

+15.91

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

+8.61

This barn, trailing median32 sales

457.12

−76.59

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	1,603	200.16	3,209	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,249	164.28	2,052	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,397	160.88	2,247	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,027	144.33	1,482	10
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,239	132.61	1,643	5thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,315	$2,875	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,425	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,430	$2,389	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,258	$2,372	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,272	$2,001	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,113	$1,894	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$2,080	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,470	$3,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$3,392	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$3,200	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,644	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,283	6

Every lot, as filed

92 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 1Thin Fleshed	200–250	230	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	342.33/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,232	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	409	403.59/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,651	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	255	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	433	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	305.49/cwt	282.50–317.50	1,906	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	333.73/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,755	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	324.89/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,858	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	922	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,761	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	483	418.56/cwt	418.00–420.00	2,022	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	269.59/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,979	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	375.54/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,386	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	380.51/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,221	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	403.09/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,729	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,422	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,868	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	383	402.76/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,543	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,145	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	437.85/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	431	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,928	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	389.85/cwt	371.00–402.50	2,031	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	366.13/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,094	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	406.67/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	832	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,575	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	705	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,221	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	402.47/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	348.28/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,177	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	613	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,548	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	360	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,332	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	710	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	467	346.79/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,620	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	128.01/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,444	3
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,405	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,960	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	148.86/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,532	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,339	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,372	162.58/cwt	155.00–168.00	2,231	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	174.16/cwt	170.00–180.50	2,276	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	126.22/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,285	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	160.99/cwt	154.00–168.00	1,980	21
Bulls	—	—	1,825	219.96/cwt	219.00–221.00	4,014	2
Bulls	—	—	1,501	194.18/cwt	193.00–195.00	2,915	4
Bulls	—	—	1,570	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	2,897	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,600.00/head	3,550.00–3,650.00	3,600	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	2,080.00/head	2,080.00–2,080.00	2,080	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,272	2,000.62/head	1,775.00–2,200.00	2,001	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	2,388.51/head	2,375.00–2,400.00	2,389	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	2,371.87/head	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,372	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	1,893.60/head	1,800.00–1,975.00	1,894	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,625.00/head	2,600.00–2,650.00	2,625	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	353.07/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,511	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	397.38/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,518	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	398.75/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,316	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	276.37/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,857	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	378.97/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,012	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	351.39/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,659	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	281.85/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,043	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	370.64/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,950	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	343.78/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,984	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	472	321.99/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,520	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	325.48/cwt	316.00–342.50	2,002	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	309.29/cwt	292.50–325.00	2,041	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,687	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	371.88/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,770	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	405	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,131	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	390.03/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,638	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	422.10/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,182	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,975.00/head	2,450.00–3,500.00	2,975	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,662.50/head	2,650.00–2,675.00	2,663	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Tue Jun 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 698Last week 522Year ago 720

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 85Year ago 126

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 41Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	485.00	485.00
1	250–300	255	430.00	430.00
1	300–350	325	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	400	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	330.00–355.00	342.33
2	450–500	495	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	596	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	325.00	325.00
5	450–500	472	320.00–325.00	321.99
1	500–550	525	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	383	395.00–410.00	402.76
9	400–450	409	392.50–415.00	403.59
3	500–550	530	352.50	352.50
4	550–600	563	342.50	342.50
1	650–700	650	292.50	292.50
1	700–750	715	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	430.00	430.00
3	250–300	267	370.00–390.00	378.97
4	300–350	321	370.00–400.00	380.51
8	350–400	369	365.00–390.00	375.54
11	400–450	428	340.00–380.00	353.07
18	450–500	472	342.50–360.00	351.39
22	500–550	526	325.00–345.00	333.73
20	550–600	572	317.50–335.00	324.89
15	600–650	624	282.50–317.50	305.49
9	650–700	672	270.00–287.50	276.37
6	700–750	734	260.00–275.00	269.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	483	418.00–420.00	418.56
1	500–550	510	412.50	412.50
11	550–600	572	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	650	345.00	345.00
2	700–750	705	315.00	315.00
60	800–850	832	309.50	309.50
58	900–950	922	299.50	299.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	510.00	510.00
1	250–300	250	440.00	440.00
4	300–350	335	400.00–410.00	402.47
4	350–400	367	415.00–445.00	437.85
13	400–450	429	390.00–410.00	403.09
5	450–500	471	395.00–415.00	406.67
17	500–550	521	371.00–402.50	389.85
9	550–600	572	345.00–370.00	366.13
3	600–650	625	345.00–350.00	348.28
2	650–700	652	320.00	320.00
4	850–900	862	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	445.00	445.00
1	400–450	405	445.00	445.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	430	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	467	340.00–355.00	346.79
2	600–650	613	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	710	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	400.00–450.00	422.10
4	300–350	330	395.00–405.00	398.75
15	350–400	382	385.00–430.00	397.38
19	400–450	420	370.00–410.00	390.03
21	450–500	476	360.00–400.00	371.88
16	500–550	526	350.00–390.00	370.64
24	550–600	577	330.00–360.00	343.78
11	600–650	615	316.00–342.50	325.48
4	650–700	660	292.50–325.00	309.29
4	700–750	725	280.00–287.50	281.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	515	327.50	327.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	127.00–129.00	128.01
2	—	1,405	139.00–140.00	139.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,029	139.00–153.00	148.86
2	—	1,018	124.00–129.00	126.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	149.00	149.00
7	—	1,372	155.00–168.00	162.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,307	170.00–180.50	174.16
21	—	1,230	154.00–168.00	160.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,825	219.00–221.00	219.96
4	—	1,501	193.00–195.00	194.18
1	—	1,570	184.50	184.50

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,075.00	2,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	3,550.00–3,650.00	3,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	3,200.00	3,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,600.00–2,650.00	2,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,450.00–3,500.00	2,975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,650.00–2,675.00	2,662.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	2,080.00	2,080.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,272	1,775.00–2,200.00	2,000.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,430	2,375.00–2,400.00	2,388.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,425	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,258	2,250.00–2,600.00	2,371.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,113	1,800.00–1,975.00	1,893.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	2,875.00	2,875.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,470	3,350.00	3,350.00

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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