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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Oct 7
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
688 head
59 vs last sale 747 212 vs year ago 900 · 23.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
4 vs last sale 93 5 vs year ago 92 · +5.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
13 vs last sale 32 29 vs year ago 16 · +181.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no trends could be established on Feeder Steers due to lack of comparable data however traded with a sharply higher undertone; Feeder Heifers were well tested trading 10.00 to 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 15.00 to 20.00 higher; Quality good with strong demand on all classes of Feeder Cattle; Slaughter Cows 6.00 to 8.00 higher with good quality; No trends on Slaughter Bulls due to lack of comparable data.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $363.37/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 93.75 against this barn's trailing median of $457.12.
Average price
$363.37
30 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.25
vs TN average
82.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556378.942,10622
Medium and Large 2558320.541,7878thin
One grade step is worth $58.40/cwt here — about $318 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
517471425379median 457.1212/1603/0304/2806/2308/18
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 sale30 hd
363.37
TN average14 barns · 492 hd
378.62
−15.25
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−82.48
This barn, trailing median32 sales
457.12
−93.75
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,739186.713,24613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,497169.572,53821
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,293165.872,14439
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,042142.631,48717

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,134$2,6714thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$2,2252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,205$2,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,067$2,1847
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,155$2,0594thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)820$1,8001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,165$2,9501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,500$2,8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,440$3,1822thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)910$1,7502thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)995$1,6751thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600588369.37/cwt365.00–377.502,17213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500466384.08/cwt384.00–385.001,79012
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550530244.86/cwt1.00–335.001,2984
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500483380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8352
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850819345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,82614
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950947327.65/cwt318.00–328.003,10355
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550509392.76/cwt385.00–397.501,9999
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4451
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650615285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7532
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800763346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,64071
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450420255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0711
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500469346.25/cwt345.00–350.001,6244
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850828316.48/cwt310.00–323.002,6202
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350328382.40/cwt380.00–385.001,2542
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700690260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7941
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700664317.55/cwt307.50–320.002,1099
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350323413.23/cwt400.00–425.001,33510
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,6531
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500478292.43/cwt290.00–295.001,3982
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623315.90/cwt307.00–337.501,96813
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,000220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2001
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300282420.12/cwt417.50–425.001,1853
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800753286.66/cwt280.00–290.002,1593
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750716305.62/cwt305.00–307.502,1884
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700696345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,40110
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750708267.00/cwt265.00–268.001,8903
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400377339.59/cwt305.00–355.001,2804
SteersSmall 1300–350300365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0951
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500478339.21/cwt320.00–357.501,6215
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450432377.93/cwt360.00–387.501,6335
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619360.22/cwt342.50–365.002,23012
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450410424.76/cwt410.00–440.001,74210
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350324396.08/cwt315.00–440.001,2835
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400374448.88/cwt435.00–455.001,67914
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900885302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,6771
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800785329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,5831
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750709332.39/cwt330.00–334.002,3575
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700652364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,3734
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650606370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2425
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550522313.29/cwt310.00–320.001,6353
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250235480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,1281
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500474407.08/cwt395.00–415.001,93013
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300271450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2204
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350339475.86/cwt460.00–485.001,61310
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400385391.21/cwt360.00–410.001,5063
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900897342.75/cwt342.75–342.753,07458
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300250370.00/cwt370.00–370.009251
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600579324.89/cwt285.00–350.001,8815
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400383439.18/cwt415.00–465.001,6822
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800783292.30/cwt280.00–305.002,2892
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4251
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550510350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7851
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600575330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8981
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650625360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,2504
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,7181
CowsLean 85-90%863117.39/cwt114.00–124.001,0133
CowsLean 85-90%1,050156.30/cwt152.00–160.001,6415
CowsLean 85-90%1,098143.44/cwt138.00–149.001,5759
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,392158.76/cwt157.00–160.002,2103
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265155.12/cwt152.00–159.001,9627
CowsBoner 80-85%1,322175.97/cwt172.00–183.002,32612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,287164.92/cwt160.00–170.002,12319
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,547168.11/cwt166.00–169.502,6019
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,481174.64/cwt172.00–179.002,5869
Bulls1,988196.19/cwt192.50–200.503,9003
Bulls1,664183.86/cwt174.00–189.003,05910
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1602,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1382,610.81/head2,450.00–2,750.002,6112
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2-39951,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,2052,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1432,676.48/head2,600.00–2,750.002,6762
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1532,011.71/head1,750.00–2,120.002,0123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2152,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1252,664.89/head2,500.00–2,850.002,6652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,2652,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4403,182.42/head3,050.00–3,275.003,1822
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-39101,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7502
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2-38201,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0382,012.93/head1,675.00–2,550.002,0135
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,5002,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Registered1,1652,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400376412.62/cwt400.00–417.501,55116
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300293336.66/cwt300.00–390.009865
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515351.92/cwt340.00–365.001,81217
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572352.86/cwt335.00–365.002,01823
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700680281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,9111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500485332.50/cwt330.00–335.001,6132
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650610342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,0891
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy300–350345370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2771
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550505319.54/cwt315.00–324.001,6142
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500466367.41/cwt360.00–375.001,7129
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750740302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,2391
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700658297.43/cwt280.00–315.001,9572
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550527312.49/cwt270.00–370.001,6475
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600562317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,7842
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427385.62/cwt370.00–395.001,64720
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650640315.04/cwt310.00–320.002,0162
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950940220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0685
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800759316.22/cwt313.00–320.002,4005
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515383.75/cwt375.00–395.001,9764
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450414415.33/cwt405.00–425.001,7194
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500483355.96/cwt350.00–375.001,7194
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470401.14/cwt390.00–415.001,8854
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600563366.95/cwt355.00–375.002,0666
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750721322.98/cwt321.00–330.002,3296
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650624345.85/cwt325.00–350.002,15811
BullsMedium and Large 3800–850845185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5631
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700675326.57/cwt322.50–335.002,20411

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.