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Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Knoxville, Tennessee · Tue, Mar 3
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2066
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,059 head
265 vs last sale 794 505 vs year ago 1,564 · 32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
17 vs last sale 80 15 vs year ago 112 · 13.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
27 vs last sale 27 110 vs year ago 164 · 67.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers weighing up to 700 lbs. sold 12.00 to 30.00 lower with those weighing over 700 lbs. mostly steady, and feeder heifers and bulls sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 lower overall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $396.31/cwt on 98 head, down $30.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 32 comparable sales and sits 2.94 against this barn's trailing median of $399.25.
Average price
$396.31
30.03 vs prior sale
98 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,146
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.92
vs TN average
24.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539398.882,15093
Medium and Large 2588348.472,0495thin
One grade step is worth $50.41/cwt here — about $101 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
440406372338median 399.2512/1603/0304/2806/2308/18
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 sale98 hd
396.31
TN average14 barns · 595 hd
392.39
+3.92
National average181 barns · 13,944 hd
420.96
−24.65
This barn, trailing median32 sales
399.25
−2.94
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
BullsHigh1,811197.833,58218
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,260170.832,15322
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,502168.332,52912
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,148146.961,6886thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$3,4598
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,337$3,2253thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,134$3,0318
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,340$2,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,143$2,7223thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,210$2,5112thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$2,4501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)799$2,1833thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,135$3,0403thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)$3,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$2,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

112 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
SteersSmall 1800–850815255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0781
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377596.15/cwt560.00–620.002,2473
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523473.93/cwt465.00–500.002,47911
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900866333.27/cwt328.00–335.002,8864
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573441.08/cwt420.00–460.002,5276
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500495530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,6244
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550532525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,7934
SteersSmall 1Fleshy400–450417400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6682
SteersSmall 1Fleshy250–300255480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,2241
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550535450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4082
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1941
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700680347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,3637
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500481490.24/cwt470.00–510.002,3586
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650627358.61/cwt357.50–370.002,24821
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800790342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,7061
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500495480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3762
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450411586.76/cwt580.00–590.002,4123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450440490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1561
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added800–850831307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,55112
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added700–750730305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2272
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450426463.43/cwt460.00–465.001,97413
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600562404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,27015
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550516440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2704
HeifersSmall 1350–400355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4201
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564379.81/cwt370.00–390.002,14225
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625340.31/cwt330.00–355.002,12718
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500471425.18/cwt410.00–455.002,00322
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426427.90/cwt405.00–450.001,82335
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy350–400378510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9283
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650641380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4363
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850810335.03/cwt330.00–340.002,7142
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700683403.06/cwt375.00–415.002,75337
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468511.92/cwt500.00–515.002,3968
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600587395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,3192
SteersSmall 1300–350320470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5041
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750733377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,7676
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added950–1000964310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,9888
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623411.20/cwt400.00–425.002,5629
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800775351.76/cwt351.00–352.502,7262
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350320592.38/cwt585.00–600.001,8962
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426520.84/cwt500.00–560.002,21914
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900860340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,92417
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600555467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,5955
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added950–1000958318.00/cwt318.00–318.003,04633
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700664437.58/cwt425.00–465.002,90610
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350340670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,2781
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950947323.00/cwt323.00–323.003,05957
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800764359.70/cwt357.00–362.502,7486
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650628430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,7005
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400350700.00/cwt700.00–700.002,4501
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400366515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8853
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650636340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1623
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550521396.87/cwt380.00–410.002,0685
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700660330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1781
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600563397.56/cwt395.00–400.002,2384
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650625340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,237165.06/cwt156.00–174.502,04214
CowsBoner 80-85%905152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,3801
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,518165.26/cwt157.00–171.002,50910
CowsLean 85-90%1,083135.64/cwt132.00–139.001,4692
CowsLean 85-90%1,181152.62/cwt149.00–155.501,8024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,423183.65/cwt180.00–187.002,6132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,357184.99/cwt177.00–190.002,5107
Bulls1,770220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,8941
Bulls1,813196.53/cwt184.50–205.003,56317
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-27182,024.74/head1,950.00–2,100.002,0252
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29602,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1342,918.74/head2,700.00–3,200.002,9194
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-23,143.75/head2,800.00–3,425.003,1444
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0303,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3402,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3373,225.25/head2,650.00–3,700.003,2253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-23,453.57/head3,200.00–3,850.003,4547
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1652,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2102,511.21/head2,500.00–2,525.002,5112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1432,722.38/head2,500.00–3,175.002,7223
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-22,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 13,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1353,039.90/head2,550.00–3,675.003,0403
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250235660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,5511
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400379566.69/cwt535.00–605.002,14812
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750730343.31/cwt337.00–357.502,50610
BullsSmall 1200–250245540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3231
BullsSmall 1350–400385490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8871
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400383497.58/cwt495.00–500.001,9062
HeifersSmall 1400–450435385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6751
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518409.66/cwt390.00–422.502,12242
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670334.71/cwt325.00–340.002,2438
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350326481.51/cwt470.00–510.001,57014
HeifersSmall 1300–350329426.14/cwt425.00–430.001,4024
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400380473.38/cwt440.00–490.001,79936
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550513372.46/cwt370.00–380.001,9114
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800760326.27/cwt325.00–330.002,4804
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500479472.36/cwt445.00–500.002,26333
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250220690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,5181
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600588348.47/cwt347.50–352.502,0495
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy300–350328454.96/cwt450.00–460.001,4924
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500473390.11/cwt370.00–400.001,8455
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750717326.58/cwt325.00–330.002,3427
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350315545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,7171
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550523461.74/cwt430.00–480.002,41520
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418541.01/cwt510.00–590.002,26117
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750743332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4704
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500458374.86/cwt350.00–400.001,7172
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600576361.69/cwt360.00–365.002,0833
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450433494.31/cwt492.50–495.002,1407
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600577432.33/cwt420.00–460.002,49510
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300276633.71/cwt610.00–670.001,7494
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625359.66/cwt350.00–375.002,24810
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350329594.23/cwt585.00–610.001,9556
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525378.04/cwt360.00–397.501,9852
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700669358.00/cwt340.00–375.002,3958

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.