Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week and based on a much lighter test this week, feeder steers sold 5.00 higher overall, with feeder heifers weighing up to 550 lbs. 7.00 higher and those weighing over 550 lbs. 7.00 lower, and feeder bulls 8.00 higher. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker cows sold sharply lower, with boning cows 5.00 lower, lean cows 3.00 higher, and bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $426.34/cwt on 124 head, up $6.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 32 comparable sales and sits +27.09 against this barn's trailing median of $399.25.

Average price

$426.34

▲ 6.24 vs prior sale

124 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,319

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+19.78

vs TN average

−4.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	426.34	2,319	124

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 sale124 hd

426.34

—

TN average16 barns · 816 hd

406.56

+19.78

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−4.07

This barn, trailing median32 sales

399.25

+27.09

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	1,618	199.85	3,234	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	170.11	2,099	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,543	169.14	2,610	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	156.26	1,662	10

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)	1,705	$3,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,095	$3,050	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,725	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,230	$2,433	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,165	$2,183	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,365	$3,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	745	$2,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	855	$2,500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,052	$2,924	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,650	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	512.27/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,684	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	389.29/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,250	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	471	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,025	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	619	338.79/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,097	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	528.36/cwt	515.00–550.00	1,691	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	756	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,344	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	590.26/cwt	560.00–620.00	1,729	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	480.22/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,238	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	433.24/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,335	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	524.44/cwt	505.00–550.00	1,972	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	509.55/cwt	480.00–540.00	2,145	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,342	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	513	457.11/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,345	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	371.35/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,310	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	486.34/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,607	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	344.94/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	385.25/cwt	376.00–430.00	2,608	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	548.70/cwt	515.00–570.00	2,337	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	548	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	669.92/cwt	660.00–710.00	2,023	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,903	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	731	385.33/cwt	378.00–389.00	2,817	29
Steers	Small 1	250–300	290	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	460.09/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	427.50/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,659	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	512	526.17/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,694	16
Steers	Small 1	450–500	450	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	778	363.57/cwt	359.00–364.00	2,829	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	438	583.27/cwt	580.00–590.00	2,555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	535.20/cwt	530.00–540.00	1,980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	579	494.67/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,864	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	629.52/cwt	590.00–650.00	2,291	7
Steers	Small 1	400–450	430	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,086	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	800–850	821	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,364	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	805	330.99/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,664	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	397.26/cwt	370.00–420.00	2,491	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	657	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,300	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	630	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,237	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	465	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,225	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	144.65/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,487	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,906	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	157.21/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,690	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,720	182.72/cwt	178.00–186.00	3,143	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	178.35/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,203	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	975	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,609	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	166.42/cwt	160.00–172.00	2,510	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	165.31/cwt	158.00–173.00	2,038	12
Bulls	—	—	1,678	211.07/cwt	207.00–216.00	3,542	4
Bulls	—	—	1,601	196.64/cwt	188.00–205.00	3,148	14
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,183.05/head	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,183	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	960	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,705	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,432.62/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,433	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	745	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	—	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,812.80/head	2,650.00–2,950.00	2,813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	2,923.61/head	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,924	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	441	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,161	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,689	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,458	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	559.67/cwt	520.00–595.00	2,569	7
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	522.84/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,752	2
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	617.47/cwt	590.00–660.00	1,649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	565.61/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,104	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,048	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	425	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	621.76/cwt	590.00–640.00	2,077	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	552.07/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,341	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	472.71/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,657	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	270	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,720	2
Bulls	Small 1	200–250	225	574.83/cwt	520.00–630.00	1,293	4
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	295	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	397	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,945	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	383	472.48/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	316.94/cwt	313.00–319.00	2,266	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,913	3

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 Feb 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 794Last week 1,609Year ago 1,216

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 79Year ago 92

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 26Year ago 21

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	740.00	740.00
6	250–300	267	590.00–660.00	617.47
5	300–350	334	590.00–640.00	621.76
15	350–400	372	550.00–600.00	565.61
10	400–450	424	530.00–570.00	552.07
7	450–500	459	520.00–595.00	559.67
10	500–550	524	490.00–550.00	512.27
7	550–600	562	460.00–490.00	472.71
7	600–650	627	370.00–420.00	397.26
2	650–700	685	392.50	392.50
2	700–750	740	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	465	500.00	500.00
1	600–650	630	355.00	355.00
4	650–700	657	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	540.00	540.00
1	300–350	300	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	390	525.00	525.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	441	490.00	490.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	225	520.00–630.00	574.83
2	250–300	295	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	335	500.00–545.00	522.84
1	400–450	425	465.00	465.00
1	600–650	640	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	690.00	690.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	560.00–620.00	590.26
12	300–350	320	515.00–550.00	528.36
16	350–400	376	505.00–550.00	524.44
28	400–450	421	480.00–540.00	509.55
33	450–500	466	450.00–500.00	480.22
93	500–550	539	415.00–445.00	433.24
21	550–600	578	375.00–410.00	389.29
14	600–650	622	360.00–377.50	371.35
2	650–700	678	340.00–350.00	344.94
3	700–750	715	313.00–319.00	316.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	470.00–475.00	472.48
7	450–500	471	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	530	400.00	400.00
4	600–650	619	335.00–340.00	338.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	470.00	470.00
3	400–450	425	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	513	450.00–470.00	457.11
10	600–650	618	379.00	379.00
4	750–800	756	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	510.00	510.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	397	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	548	442.50	442.50
1	550–600	575	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	660.00–710.00	669.92
7	350–400	364	590.00–650.00	629.52
14	400–450	426	515.00–570.00	548.70
2	450–500	465	560.00	560.00
16	500–550	536	465.00–505.00	486.34
2	550–600	570	455.00–465.00	460.09
16	600–650	622	400.00–440.00	427.50
14	650–700	677	376.00–430.00	385.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	512	520.00–530.00	526.17
27	550–600	579	485.00–497.50	494.67
7	600–650	631	460.00	460.00
29	700–750	731	378.00–389.00	385.33
70	750–800	778	359.00–364.00	363.57
5	800–850	805	330.00–335.00	330.99
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	550.00	550.00
1	400–450	430	485.00	485.00
1	450–500	450	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	580.00–590.00	583.27
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	530.00–540.00	535.20
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	800–850	821	288.00	288.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	139.00–150.00	144.65
1	—	1,155	165.00	165.00
6	—	1,075	153.00–161.00	157.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	178.00–186.00	182.72
10	—	1,508	160.00–172.00	166.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,235	175.00–185.00	178.35
12	—	1,233	158.00–173.00	165.31
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	165.00	165.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,678	207.00–216.00	211.07
14	—	1,601	188.00–205.00	196.64

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	—	855	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,365	3,700.00	3,700.00
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	745	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,165	2,100.00–2,250.00	2,183.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,705	3,400.00	3,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,230	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,432.62
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,950.00	2,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	3,050.00	3,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,230	2,650.00–2,950.00	2,812.80
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	2,550.00	2,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	2,650.00	2,650.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,052	2,800.00–3,000.00	2,923.61

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