Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to no sale last week in observance of Independence Day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.29/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −79.83 against this barn's trailing median of $457.12.

Average price

$377.29

106 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.53

vs TN average

−1.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	377.29	2,101	106

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 sale106 hd

377.29

—

TN average8 barns · 342 hd

359.76

+17.53

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−1.84

This barn, trailing median32 sales

457.12

−79.83

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	—	Low	1,713	196.28	3,363	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,477	165.79	2,449	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,309	165.48	2,166	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,107	145.90	1,615	8thin

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)	1,318	$2,702	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,165	$2,285	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$1,950	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,360	$2,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	973	$2,400	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,305	$2,900	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	995	$2,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$3,225	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,675	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$2,413	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$3,275	2thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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	750–800	796	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,488	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	837	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,427	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	407.04/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,182	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	340.27/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,797	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	330.86/cwt	320.00–334.00	1,926	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	357.36/cwt	337.50–368.00	1,512	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	422	383.04/cwt	372.50–400.00	1,616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	309.29/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,890	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	370.57/cwt	350.00–376.00	1,994	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	341.55/cwt	338.00–343.00	1,759	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	718	279.92/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,010	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	379.95/cwt	377.50–387.50	2,147	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	750	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	338.25/cwt	337.50–342.50	1,972	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	656	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	754	272.81/cwt	270.00–275.00	2,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	369	386.75/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,427	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	669	354.82/cwt	331.00–364.50	2,374	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	359.90/cwt	349.00–364.00	2,235	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	419.86/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,981	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	366.24/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,102	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	319.48/cwt	318.50–325.00	2,323	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	300	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	751	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	328.91/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,033	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	402.08/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	413	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,786	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	293.11/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,946	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	389.16/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,300	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	364.23/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,719	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	323.64/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,812	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	391.77/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,634	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	483	335.32/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,620	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,303	178.52/cwt	175.00–182.50	2,326	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	163.67/cwt	154.00–171.00	2,465	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,457	176.65/cwt	175.00–177.50	2,574	3
Bulls	—	—	1,533	177.53/cwt	177.00–178.00	2,722	2
Bulls	—	—	1,995	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	4,369	1
Bulls	—	—	1,719	197.33/cwt	188.50–207.00	3,392	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	163.80/cwt	154.00–169.50	2,108	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	145.90/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,615	8
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	860	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,318	2,701.99/head	2,650.00–2,750.00	2,702	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,284.66/head	2,150.00–2,400.00	2,285	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,437.50/head	3,325.00–3,550.00	3,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	278.81/cwt	270.00–287.50	2,046	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	275.75/cwt	267.50–282.50	2,154	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	323.79/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,677	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	342.75/cwt	327.50–354.00	1,611	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	381.91/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,428	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	315.62/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,947	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	362.00/cwt	345.00–382.50	1,166	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	477	363.71/cwt	362.50–370.00	1,735	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	700	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	311.64/cwt	297.50–320.00	2,097	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	353.80/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,323	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	369.22/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,757	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	702	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,387	22

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 Jul 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 867Last week 482Year ago 1,354

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 39Year ago 163

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 9Year ago 14

No market trends available due to no sale last week in observance of Independence Day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	435.00	435.00
3	350–400	370	410.00–425.00	419.86
8	400–450	432	380.00–415.00	402.08
8	450–500	476	360.00–385.00	369.22
25	500–550	538	350.00–376.00	370.57
43	550–600	574	350.00–373.00	366.24
7	600–650	618	327.50–330.00	328.91
2	650–700	687	325.00	325.00
13	700–750	727	318.50–325.00	319.48
6	750–800	796	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	300	450.00	450.00
6	400–450	413	432.50	432.50
20	500–550	536	405.00–410.00	407.04
18	550–600	565	377.50–387.50	379.95
14	600–650	621	349.00–364.00	359.90
68	650–700	669	331.00–364.50	354.82
22	700–750	702	340.00	340.00
5	750–800	751	326.00	326.00
2	800–850	837	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	334	375.00–395.00	389.16
5	350–400	374	365.00–400.00	381.91
6	400–450	417	380.00–405.00	391.77
9	450–500	472	345.00–385.00	364.23
22	500–550	528	325.00–350.00	340.27
7	550–600	560	310.00–335.00	323.64
14	600–650	617	302.50–325.00	315.62
7	650–700	664	285.00–302.50	293.11
4	700–750	734	270.00–287.50	278.81
4	750–800	781	267.50–282.50	275.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	483	330.00–337.50	335.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	322	345.00–382.50	362.00
10	350–400	374	340.00–365.00	353.80
20	400–450	423	337.50–368.00	357.36
16	450–500	470	327.50–354.00	342.75
16	500–550	518	317.50–332.50	323.79
25	550–600	582	320.00–334.00	330.86
19	600–650	611	302.50–320.00	309.29
51	650–700	673	297.50–320.00	311.64
5	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	370.00–390.00	386.75
6	400–450	422	372.50–400.00	383.04
10	450–500	477	362.50–370.00	363.71
28	500–550	515	338.00–343.00	341.55
20	550–600	583	337.50–342.50	338.25
2	600–650	635	330.00	330.00
3	650–700	656	328.00	328.00
3	700–750	718	270.00–285.00	279.92
5	750–800	754	270.00–275.00	272.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	700	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	175.00–182.50	178.52
18	—	1,506	154.00–171.00	163.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	175.00–177.50	176.65
20	—	1,287	154.00–169.50	163.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,107	138.00–149.00	145.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,533	177.00–178.00	177.53
1	—	1,995	219.00	219.00
14	—	1,719	188.50–207.00	197.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,250.00	3,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,300.00	3,300.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	860	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	2,750.00	2,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,525.00	2,525.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,675.00	2,675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,325.00–3,550.00	3,437.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,300.00	2,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,318	2,650.00–2,750.00	2,701.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,165	2,150.00–2,400.00	2,284.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,305	2,900.00	2,900.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	995	2,550.00	2,550.00

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

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle