Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher overall with no comparisons available for feeder steers and bulls due to limited comparable data from last week's sale. High-quality offerings and strong demand was noted for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower overall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $367.65/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −31.60 against this barn's trailing median of $399.25.

Average price

$367.65

82 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,019

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+15.46

vs TN average

−30.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	367.65	2,019	82

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

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 sale82 hd

367.65

—

TN average14 barns · 557 hd

352.19

+15.46

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−30.21

This barn, trailing median32 sales

399.25

−31.60

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	1,706	193.56	3,302	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,195	166.19	1,985	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,482	164.35	2,436	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,026	146.77	1,506	16
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,390	146.00	2,029	1thin

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)	1,346	$2,652	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,180	$2,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$2,455	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,069	$2,169	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$1,991	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,335	$1,950	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$3,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	775	$2,100	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,010	$2,828	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$3,550	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$3,050	2thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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	650–700	677	336.28/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,277	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	336.91/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,416	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	310	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	481	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	390	445.00/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	362.26/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,061	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	392.96/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,662	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	386.63/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,034	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	431	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	790	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	403.01/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,539	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	303.71/cwt	290.00–312.50	2,141	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	324.81/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,166	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	298.35/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,303	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	327.49/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	370.90/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,969	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	377.90/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,787	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	294.96/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	433	360.27/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,560	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	413.93/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,320	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	884	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	840	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	445	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,361	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	393.87/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,091	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	412.70/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,964	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	417.39/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	468.50/cwt	445.00–485.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	390.51/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,648	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	450	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	377.11/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,150	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	795	358.88/cwt	337.50–360.00	2,853	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	434.95/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,297	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,265	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,646	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,090	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,807	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	355.14/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,847	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	162.96/cwt	162.00–164.00	1,512	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	146.21/cwt	138.00–154.00	1,519	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	175.91/cwt	174.00–178.00	2,505	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	163.26/cwt	155.00–170.50	2,472	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	149.24/cwt	148.00–150.50	1,766	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	177.80/cwt	174.00–185.00	2,112	6
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,390	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,029	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	133.91/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,399	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	163.64/cwt	157.00–172.50	1,962	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,020	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,448	1
Bulls	—	—	1,435	180.08/cwt	179.00–181.00	2,584	2
Bulls	—	—	1,893	208.13/cwt	207.00–209.00	3,940	2
Bulls	—	—	1,774	193.80/cwt	185.00–201.50	3,438	10
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,195	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,259	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,069	2,169.05/head	1,850.00–2,700.00	2,169	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,985.99/head	1,750.00–2,250.00	1,986	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,346	2,651.90/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,652	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,454.83/head	2,150.00–3,150.00	2,455	7
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	890	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,050.00/head	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	2,828.47/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	477.77/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,596	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	446.57/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,621	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	434.81/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,422	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	359.88/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,494	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	389.79/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,423	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	417.88/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,768	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	398.20/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,872	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	376.46/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,157	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	386.74/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,015	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	350.37/cwt	325.00–372.50	2,176	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	489.36/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,150	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	452.57/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,213	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	402	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	200–250	239	541.46/cwt	530.00–545.00	1,294	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	339.86/cwt	322.50–365.00	2,308	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	294.99/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	335.60/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,980	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	734	359.86/cwt	320.00–361.00	2,641	73
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	318.35/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,318	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	340.40/cwt	320.00–352.50	2,093	29

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 Oct 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 965Last week 688Year ago 1,072

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 97Year ago 119

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 45Year ago 67

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	372	445.00–485.00	468.50
4	400–450	421	415.00–420.00	417.39
11	450–500	476	395.00–420.00	412.70
17	500–550	531	390.00–400.00	393.87
7	550–600	570	370.00–395.00	377.11
1	600–650	625	365.00	365.00
8	650–700	677	330.00–340.00	336.28
13	700–750	717	330.00–340.00	336.91
2	800–850	825	315.00	315.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	475.00	475.00
5	500–550	528	420.00–445.00	434.95
3	600–650	600	377.50	377.50
18	650–700	678	385.00–397.50	390.51
1	700–750	715	370.00	370.00
20	750–800	795	337.50–360.00	358.88
1	800–850	840	338.00	338.00
5	850–900	884	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	501.00	501.00
1	450–500	450	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	485.00	485.00
3	400–450	431	415.00	415.00
4	450–500	481	395.00	395.00
9	500–550	526	385.00–390.00	386.63
2	550–600	550	380.00	380.00
73	700–750	734	320.00–361.00	359.86
3	750–800	790	312.50	312.50
1	900–950	930	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	440.00–450.00	445.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	430.00	430.00
19	300–350	319	390.00–435.00	413.93
31	350–400	382	390.00–430.00	403.01
18	400–450	423	370.00–410.00	392.96
36	450–500	473	365.00–385.00	377.90
34	500–550	531	352.50–380.00	370.90
33	550–600	569	350.00–375.00	362.26
29	600–650	615	320.00–352.50	340.40
5	650–700	667	315.00–335.00	324.81
4	700–750	705	290.00–312.50	303.71
6	750–800	772	290.00–310.00	298.35
3	850–900	873	285.00–300.00	294.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	468	325.00–330.00	327.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	350.00–365.00	360.27
4	550–600	590	330.00–340.00	335.60
2	650–700	655	290.00–300.00	294.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	450.00–455.00	452.57
4	300–350	327	420.00–440.00	434.81
2	350–400	365	385.00–395.00	389.79
2	400–450	415	350.00–370.00	359.88
2	450–500	473	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	593	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	239	530.00–545.00	541.46
3	350–400	365	495.00	495.00
2	400–450	402	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
2	500–550	520	350.00–360.00	355.14
2	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	685	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	235	470.00–510.00	489.36
1	250–300	275	480.00	480.00
16	300–350	334	450.00–485.00	477.77
11	350–400	363	430.00–480.00	446.57
27	400–450	423	390.00–440.00	417.88
18	450–500	470	385.00–415.00	398.20
44	500–550	521	370.00–400.00	386.74
15	550–600	573	365.00–390.00	376.46
37	600–650	621	325.00–372.50	350.37
10	650–700	679	322.50–365.00	339.86
3	700–750	728	315.00–320.00	318.35
2	750–800	750	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	162.00–164.00	162.96
12	—	1,039	138.00–154.00	146.21
2	—	1,045	133.00–135.00	133.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,424	174.00–178.00	175.91
22	—	1,514	155.00–170.50	163.26
1	—	1,020	142.00	142.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	148.00–150.50	149.24
6	—	1,188	174.00–185.00	177.80
14	—	1,199	157.00–172.50	163.64
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	146.00	146.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,435	179.00–181.00	180.08
2	—	1,893	207.00–209.00	208.13
10	—	1,774	185.00–201.50	193.80
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	189.00	189.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	775	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,069	1,850.00–2,700.00	2,169.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	1,750.00–2,250.00	1,985.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,346	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,651.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	2,625.00	2,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,335	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,135	2,150.00–3,150.00	2,454.83
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	2,000.00	2,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,550.00	3,550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,010	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,828.47

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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

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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

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Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

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