Sale reports / Tennessee / KY-TN Livestock Market (Cross Plains, TN) / 2023-08-21

KY-TN Livestock Market (Cross Plains, TN)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cross Plains, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 21
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3676
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
41 vs last sale 146 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
2 vs last sale 16 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale from two weeks ago, all classes of feeders, Feeder Steers/ Bulls/ Heifers 5.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $214.75/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$214.75
43 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,264
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$24
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$81.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.36
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2581220.621,28334
Medium and Large 2-3575199.291,1468thin
Medium and Large 1940139.001,3071thin
One grade step is worth $81.62/cwt here — about −$24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale43 hd
214.75
TN average12 barns · 1,054 hd
211.39
+3.36
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,401109.271,5317thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,345107.231,4427thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08388.869633thin

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · KY-TN Livestock Market - Cross Plains, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2775186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465226.11/cwt212.00–231.501,05114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335248.10/cwt233.00–256.008313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2279253.00/cwt253.00–253.007068
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,4221
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3560196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,0981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375246.00/cwt246.00–246.009232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2698200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,3094
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310227.00/cwt227.00–227.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0301
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3415191.00/cwt191.00–191.007932
BullsMedium and Large 2-3720170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2242
BullsMedium and Large 2-3527209.05/cwt207.00–210.001,1026
BullsMedium and Large 1-2552234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2684198.55/cwt191.00–201.001,3588
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368243.00/cwt243.00–243.008943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623202.55/cwt190.00–215.001,2624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,337109.44/cwt103.50–113.001,4636
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,401109.27/cwt105.00–113.501,5317
CowsLean 85-90%1,090101.50/cwt101.50–101.501,1061
CowsLean 85-90%1,08082.54/cwt81.00–84.508912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,3071
BullsMedium and Large 1940139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2429238.65/cwt231.00–247.001,0244
BullsMedium and Large 1-2488237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2624220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3739
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3201

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.