Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with lower-quality feeder offerings noted, feeder steers sold unevenly steady with feeder heifers 4.00 lower overall. Feeder bulls weighing up to 500 lbs. sold 20.00 to 30.00 lower with those weighing over 500 lbs. 5.00 to 25.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower overall with slaughter bulls 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.82/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −76.30 against this barn's trailing median of $457.12.

Average price

$380.82

39 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$246

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

$64.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.42

vs TN average

−41.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	384.11	2,070	37
Medium and Large 2	570	320.00	1,824	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.11/cwt here — about $246 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 sale39 hd

380.82

—

TN average15 barns · 481 hd

380.40

+0.42

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−41.83

This barn, trailing median32 sales

457.12

−76.30

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	1,845	191.14	3,527	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	160.77	2,329	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	159.76	1,964	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,007	138.03	1,391	9thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,193	$2,465	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,153	$2,451	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,333	$2,425	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,285	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,235	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,138	$2,051	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	935	$1,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$3,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	159.81/cwt	151.00–165.50	2,317	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	168.47/cwt	168.00–169.00	2,418	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	468	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	526	313.74/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	526	316.14/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,663	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	330.33/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,856	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	321.65/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,152	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	765	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	331.02/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,864	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	439.92/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	550	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,678	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	362.55/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,932	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	328.23/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	326.87/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,030	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	383.98/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,851	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	313.44/cwt	295.00–325.00	2,254	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	414.07/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,598	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	406.35/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,686	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	330.26/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,562	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,464.97/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,465	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	2,451.08/head	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,451	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	2,051.15/head	2,025.00–2,075.00	2,051	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	2,425.33/head	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,425	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,375	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	4,251	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	189.36/cwt	180.00–198.00	3,342	8
Bulls	—	—	1,900	204.34/cwt	203.50–205.00	3,882	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	168.47/cwt	166.00–172.00	2,077	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,599	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	141.47/cwt	134.00–148.00	1,430	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,254	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	158.52/cwt	151.00–165.50	1,959	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	408	422.04/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	570	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	394.96/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	378.19/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,963	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,991	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	614	379.08/cwt	370.00–384.00	2,328	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	336.54/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,070	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,194	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	365.11/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,428	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	856	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,889	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	476	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,047	10
Steers	Small 1	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Steers	Small 1	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	367	414.29/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,520	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	342.88/cwt	332.50–365.00	1,948	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	701	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,215	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	427.33/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	309.04/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,256	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	368.13/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,568	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	907	347.75/cwt	347.75–347.75	3,154	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	341.60/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,804	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	308.87/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,088	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	319.53/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	488	385.26/cwt	375.00–388.00	1,880	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	356.51/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,711	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	383.23/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	312.06/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,816	15

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 Sep 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 747Last week 1,051Year ago 470

Slaughter CattleReceipts 93Last week 140Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 22Year ago 28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,450	151.00–165.50	159.81
2	—	1,435	168.00–169.00	168.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	166.00–172.00	168.47
1	—	1,095	146.00	146.00
17	—	1,236	151.00–165.50	158.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,011	134.00–148.00	141.47
2	—	995	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,375	179.00	179.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,765	180.00–198.00	189.36
2	—	1,900	203.50–205.00	204.34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	468	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	526	310.00–325.00	313.74
1	600–650	635	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	480.00	480.00
2	300–350	315	435.00–445.00	439.92
6	350–400	386	410.00–420.00	414.07
10	400–450	415	390.00–420.00	406.35
5	450–500	482	380.00–385.00	383.98
19	500–550	533	345.00–385.00	362.55
6	550–600	562	320.00–365.00	330.33
14	600–650	621	315.00–340.00	326.87
13	650–700	669	310.00–330.00	321.65
8	700–750	719	295.00–325.00	313.44
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	275.00	275.00
1	550–600	550	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	473	320.00–340.00	330.26
1	500–550	540	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	475	320.00–335.00	328.23
4	500–550	526	310.00–325.00	316.14
1	750–800	765	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	470	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	512	300.00	300.00
15	550–600	582	300.00–315.00	312.06
2	600–650	632	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	420.00–435.00	427.33
5	350–400	372	375.00–395.00	383.23
17	400–450	426	350.00–385.00	368.13
25	450–500	480	350.00–370.00	356.51
11	500–550	528	335.00–345.00	341.60
22	550–600	563	320.00–340.00	331.02
8	600–650	624	315.00–327.50	319.53
12	650–700	676	300.00–315.00	308.87
5	700–750	730	305.00–315.00	309.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	410.00–420.00	414.29
26	450–500	488	375.00–388.00	385.26
6	500–550	530	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	408	420.00–425.00	422.04
10	450–500	476	430.00	430.00
14	500–550	530	414.00	414.00
3	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
31	600–650	614	370.00–384.00	379.08
24	650–700	665	355.00–370.00	365.11
54	850–900	856	337.50	337.50
58	900–950	907	347.75	347.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	390.00–400.00	394.96
11	500–550	519	365.00–395.00	378.19
9	550–600	568	332.50–365.00	342.88
3	600–650	615	325.00–350.00	336.54
3	750–800	791	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	632	315.00	315.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	701	316.00	316.00

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	1	—	—	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	2,200.00	2,200.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,193	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,464.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,153	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,451.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,138	2,025.00–2,075.00	2,051.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,333	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,425.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	3,050.00	3,050.00

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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle