Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, and based on a lighter test this week, feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower with lower-quality offerings noted. Feeder heifers weighing up to 500 lbs. sold 10.00 lower with those weighing over 500 lbs. 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $409.14/cwt on 78 head, down $10.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 32 comparable sales and sits +9.89 against this barn's trailing median of $399.25.

Average price

$409.14

▼ 10.72 vs prior sale

78 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,219

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$51.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.25

vs TN average

−13.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	412.43	2,237	73
Medium and Large 2	543	361.20	1,961	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.23/cwt here — about $276 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale78 hd

409.14

—

TN average18 barns · 859 hd

414.39

−5.25

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−13.03

This barn, trailing median32 sales

399.25

+9.89

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	1,754	215.68	3,783	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,416	192.73	2,729	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,168	188.44	2,202	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	168.54	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)	1,147	$3,350	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$2,943	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,306	$2,867	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,110	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$2,682	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,180	$2,474	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,145	$2,350	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,388	$2,798	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	725	$1,650	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,205	$3,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$3,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	375	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	428	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	538.37/cwt	525.00–565.00	2,590	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	853	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	540.90/cwt	520.00–580.00	1,769	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,302	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	524	433.57/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,272	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	487.84/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,532	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	360.00/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,932	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	508.35/cwt	475.00–540.00	1,906	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	463.97/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,162	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	439.44/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,881	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	381.17/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,386	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	412.42/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,938	4
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	427	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	332.52/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	362.00/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	422.58/cwt	405.00–445.00	2,235	44
Steers	Small 1	250–300	295	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	823	341.16/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	421.34/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,650	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	425	486.43/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,067	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	523	524.98/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,746	5
Steers	Small 1Fleshy	400–450	437	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,967	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	451.22/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,622	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	707	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,017	329.75/cwt	329.75–329.75	3,354	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	541.46/cwt	520.00–585.00	2,312	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	540.33/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,080	12
Steers	Small 1	350–400	380	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,862	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,753	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	330	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	353.78/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	329.21/cwt	322.50–336.00	2,732	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	468.12/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,186	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	511.60/cwt	507.50–520.00	2,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	429.23/cwt	412.50–445.00	2,627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	366	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,830	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,512	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	187.89/cwt	180.00–195.00	2,600	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	197.93/cwt	197.00–199.50	2,385	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	185.31/cwt	177.00–195.00	2,131	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	173.06/cwt	168.00–178.00	1,779	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	202.40/cwt	198.00–213.00	2,996	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	158.00/cwt	157.00–159.00	1,403	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,977	1
Bulls	—	—	1,340	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,479	1
Bulls	—	—	1,870	232.73/cwt	229.00–237.00	4,352	2
Bulls	—	—	1,768	215.42/cwt	205.00–225.00	3,809	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	2,473.73/head	2,050.00–2,850.00	2,474	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,306	2,866.99/head	2,550.00–3,150.00	2,867	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	2,797.57/head	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,798	2
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	725	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	3,350.15/head	3,000.00–3,700.00	3,350	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	2,943.45/head	2,700.00–3,500.00	2,943	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,682.26/head	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,682	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	468.10/cwt	455.00–480.00	1,723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	624.78/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,185	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	459.39/cwt	420.00–475.00	2,421	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	434.87/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,505	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,920	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	369.92/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,534	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	538.75/cwt	510.00–560.00	2,015	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	359.80/cwt	347.50–370.00	2,598	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	401.98/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,930	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,381	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,450	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	475.72/cwt	460.00–487.50	2,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	473	427.44/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,022	6
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	515.61/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,196	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	216	639.20/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	398.41/cwt	387.50–420.00	2,259	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	363.43/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	360.34/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,205	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	480	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	582.93/cwt	540.00–600.00	1,929	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	342.20/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,440	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	470.39/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,004	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	410	514.53/cwt	510.00–517.00	2,110	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	392	458.40/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	448	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,837	7

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.

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Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Tue Apr 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 883Last week 1,233Year ago 820

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 105Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 86Last week 82Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	397	420.00	420.00
9	400–450	428	420.00–445.00	439.44
4	450–500	470	400.00–430.00	412.42
3	500–550	525	350.00–385.00	362.00
2	550–600	570	350.00–370.00	360.00
3	600–650	612	360.00–361.00	360.34
2	650–700	677	340.00	340.00
2	700–750	705	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	460.00	460.00
3	400–450	428	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	410	510.00–517.00	514.53
2	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
6	850–900	853	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	327	520.00–580.00	540.90
24	350–400	375	475.00–540.00	508.35
20	400–450	426	450.00–485.00	470.39
35	450–500	466	450.00–475.00	463.97
44	500–550	529	405.00–445.00	422.58
26	550–600	567	387.50–420.00	398.41
16	600–650	626	370.00–390.00	381.17
3	650–700	663	355.00–375.00	363.43
9	700–750	713	340.00–345.00	342.20
2	750–800	758	330.00–335.00	332.52
4	900–950	902	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	427	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	480	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	450.00–465.00	458.40
7	400–450	448	410.00	410.00
6	450–500	473	420.00–430.00	427.44
3	500–550	525	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	385	520.00–545.00	540.33
12	400–450	427	520.00–585.00	541.46
20	450–500	481	525.00–565.00	538.37
25	500–550	519	465.00–500.00	487.84
23	550–600	581	440.00–475.00	451.22
9	600–650	629	417.50–435.00	421.34
1	650–700	650	415.00	415.00
2	700–750	740	350.00–357.50	353.78
2	800–850	830	322.50–336.00	329.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	425	485.00–490.00	486.43
20	500–550	524	420.00–450.00	433.57
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	540.00	540.00
1	350–400	380	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	680.00	680.00
2	400–450	400	630.00	630.00
5	500–550	523	520.00–530.00	524.98
9	600–650	605	455.00	455.00
2	700–750	707	380.00	380.00
3	800–850	823	340.00–342.50	341.16
53	1000–1050	1,017	329.75	329.75
Steers — Small 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	482	495.00	495.00
1	550–600	595	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	216	600.00–660.00	639.20
2	250–300	283	600.00–650.00	624.78
7	300–350	331	540.00–600.00	582.93
18	350–400	374	510.00–560.00	538.75
16	400–450	426	500.00–530.00	515.61
18	450–500	467	450.00–490.00	468.12
21	500–550	527	420.00–475.00	459.39
16	550–600	576	420.00–460.00	434.87
4	600–650	612	412.50–445.00	429.23
7	650–700	685	365.00–385.00	369.92
3	700–750	722	347.50–370.00	359.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	507.50–520.00	511.60
1	500–550	525	485.00	485.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	500.00	500.00
1	600–650	640	392.50	392.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	368	455.00–480.00	468.10
7	400–450	431	460.00–487.50	475.72
1	450–500	490	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	575	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	690	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	519	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	460.00	460.00
5	450–500	480	400.00–410.00	401.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,384	180.00–195.00	187.89
4	—	1,480	198.00–213.00	202.40
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,205	197.00–199.50	197.93
12	—	1,150	177.00–195.00	185.31
1	—	1,170	169.00	169.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,028	168.00–178.00	173.06
3	—	888	157.00–159.00	158.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	185.00	185.00
2	—	1,870	229.00–237.00	232.73
13	—	1,768	205.00–225.00	215.42

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,180	2,050.00–2,850.00	2,473.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,306	2,550.00–3,150.00	2,866.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	2,800.00	2,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,147	3,000.00–3,700.00	3,350.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,203	2,700.00–3,500.00	2,943.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,205	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,682.26
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,388	2,750.00–2,850.00	2,797.57
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	725	1,650.00	1,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,900.00	3,900.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,205	3,500.00	3,500.00

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

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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Knoxville Livestock Center - Knoxville, TN

Feeder Cattle

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