Name: Knoxville Livestock Auction - Knoxville, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold unevenly steady, with feeder heifers 4.00 to 5.00 lower and feeder bulls 4.00 higher. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower with lean cows and bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $410.40/cwt on 75 head, down $11.74 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −46.72 against this barn's trailing median of $457.12.

Average price

$410.40

▼ 11.74 vs prior sale

75 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.91

vs TN average

+11.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	410.40	2,344	75

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

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 sale75 hd

410.40

—

TN average13 barns · 293 hd

393.49

+16.91

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

+11.11

This barn, trailing median32 sales

457.12

−46.72

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	1,558	226.42	3,527	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,169	182.58	2,134	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	179.38	2,485	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,129	167.01	1,885	15

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)	1,234	$3,907	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,227	$3,020	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,420	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,259	$2,945	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$2,741	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,179	$2,540	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,048	$2,375	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,193	$2,250	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,035	$2,099	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	950	$2,600	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,485	$3,500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,075	$3,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$4,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	—	$3,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

95 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 1Fleshy	300–350	327	451.68/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,477	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	428	423.39/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,812	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	613	326.52/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,002	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	363.87/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,267	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	720	285.07/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	476	370.50/cwt	370.00–371.00	1,764	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	436	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,962	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	238	509.68/cwt	480.00–540.00	1,213	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	287.50/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	381.52/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,156	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	507.39/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	582	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,037	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	596.11/cwt	590.00–610.00	1,657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	388.89/cwt	370.00–405.00	2,053	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	348.54/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,997	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	396.04/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,842	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	475.82/cwt	450.00–515.00	1,780	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	461.74/cwt	445.00–490.00	1,935	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	377.59/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,975	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	390.10/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,904	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	697	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,143	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	324.14/cwt	310.00–342.50	2,172	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	3,020.38/head	2,750.00–3,450.00	3,020	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	376.47/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,958	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,234	3,906.53/head	3,500.00–4,300.00	3,907	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	2,539.53/head	2,125.00–2,800.00	2,540	4
Steers	Small 1Value Added	400–450	400	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,800	1
Steers	Small 1	300–350	345	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,501	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	2
Bulls	—	—	1,590	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	3,864	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	157.61/cwt	155.00–159.50	1,661	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	170.43/cwt	163.00–177.00	1,970	11
Bulls	—	—	1,519	226.81/cwt	217.00–236.00	3,445	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	178.14/cwt	170.00–186.50	2,489	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	194.20/cwt	193.50–195.00	2,676	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,259	2,945.23/head	2,500.00–3,250.00	2,945	4
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,235	217.52/cwt	216.00–219.00	4,862	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,043	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	197.04/cwt	193.50–201.00	2,690	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	180.09/cwt	170.00–190.00	2,024	14
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,030	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,081	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	402.46/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,493	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,485	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	2,740.90/head	2,050.00–3,450.00	2,741	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	2,099.03/head	2,050.00–2,150.00	2,099	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	437	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,478	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	779	301.20/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,346	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	528	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,323	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	694	383.50/cwt	383.50–383.50	2,661	75
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,781	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	592	420.23/cwt	407.50–423.00	2,488	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	733	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	375.70/cwt	375.00–387.50	2,408	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	393.66/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,429	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	849	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,861	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	594	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,222	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	414.69/cwt	400.00–455.00	1,966	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,542	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	419.70/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,245	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	415	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	315	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	510.00/cwt	480.00–540.00	1,964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	496.84/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,141	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	340.80/cwt	337.50–342.50	2,641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	411.45/cwt	395.00–427.50	1,720	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	430.22/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,618	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	280	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	450.01/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,472	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	397.26/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,233	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	337.75/cwt	332.50–339.00	2,064	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	306.20/cwt	302.50–310.00	2,205	2

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 Jul 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 853Last week 608Year ago 965

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 103Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 32Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	450.00–455.00	451.68
3	400–450	428	420.00–430.00	423.39
2	500–550	525	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	563	355.00	355.00
3	600–650	613	320.00–330.00	326.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	650.00	650.00
3	250–300	278	590.00–610.00	596.11
5	300–350	324	490.00–540.00	507.39
9	350–400	374	450.00–515.00	475.82
12	400–450	419	445.00–490.00	461.74
17	450–500	488	380.00–420.00	390.10
9	500–550	528	370.00–405.00	388.89
13	550–600	565	372.50–395.00	381.52
6	600–650	623	360.00–368.00	363.87
13	650–700	670	310.00–342.50	324.14
1	700–750	745	300.00	300.00
2	850–900	880	285.00–290.00	287.50
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	590	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	660	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	352	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	424	420.00	420.00
1	650–700	695	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	480.00–540.00	509.68
1	250–300	270	490.00	490.00
7	300–350	327	440.00–470.00	450.01
22	350–400	376	420.00–450.00	430.22
31	400–450	418	395.00–427.50	411.45
29	450–500	465	380.00–405.00	396.04
45	500–550	523	360.00–387.50	377.59
16	550–600	573	340.00–357.50	348.54
19	600–650	611	332.50–339.00	337.75
1	650–700	670	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	720	302.50–310.00	306.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	370.00–371.00	370.50
2	500–550	500	350.00	350.00
2	650–700	697	307.50	307.50
2	700–750	720	280.00–290.00	285.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	400.00–410.00	402.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	510.00	510.00
1	400–450	415	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	460	410.00	410.00
57	550–600	594	374.00	374.00
4	750–800	779	300.00–305.00	301.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	450.00	450.00
3	500–550	520	370.00–390.00	376.47
6	550–600	582	350.00	350.00
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	450.00	450.00
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	415	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	635	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	437	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	600.00	600.00
6	500–550	528	440.00	440.00
38	550–600	592	407.50–423.00	420.23
7	600–650	617	390.00–402.50	393.66
75	650–700	694	383.50	383.50
9	700–750	733	358.00	358.00
3	750–800	775	337.50–342.50	340.80
52	800–850	849	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	480.00–540.00	510.00
19	400–450	431	480.00–510.00	496.84
16	450–500	474	400.00–455.00	414.69
9	500–550	535	415.00–430.00	419.70
13	550–600	562	390.00–402.50	397.26
17	600–650	641	375.00–387.50	375.70
9	650–700	676	376.00	376.00
1	700–750	745	337.50	337.50

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,227	2,750.00–3,450.00	3,020.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,420	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,234	3,500.00–4,300.00	3,906.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,193	2,250.00	2,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,179	2,125.00–2,800.00	2,539.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,259	2,500.00–3,250.00	2,945.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,190	2,050.00–3,450.00	2,740.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,035	2,050.00–2,150.00	2,099.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,850.00	3,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	4,300.00	4,300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,485	3,500.00	3,500.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,075	3,300.00	3,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	2,600.00	2,600.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	243.00	243.00
23	—	1,519	217.00–236.00	226.81
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,235	216.00–219.00	217.52
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	202.00	202.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,054	155.00–159.50	157.61
11	—	1,156	163.00–177.00	170.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,397	170.00–186.50	178.14
1	—	1,285	159.00	159.00
2	—	1,365	193.50–201.00	197.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,378	193.50–195.00	194.20
14	—	1,124	170.00–190.00	180.09

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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