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KY-TN Livestock Market (Cross Plains, TN)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Cross Plains, Tennessee · Mon, Sep 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3676
Feeder Cattle receipts
109 head
4 vs last sale 105 109 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
1 vs last sale 18 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last time this sale was reported from 4 weeks ago, Feeder Steers/Bulls 7.00-20.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 15.00-25.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $230.83/cwt on 46 head.
Average price
$230.83
46 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,368
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$34.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.11
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2579238.231,37936
Medium and Large 2-3642204.201,31110thin
One grade step is worth $34.03/cwt here — about $68 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 sale46 hd
230.83
TN average11 barns · 1,261 hd
217.72
+13.11
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
BullsAverage1,760114.782,0203thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,490102.111,5227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30698.551,2887thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 1-2634229.50/cwt217.00–238.501,45510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2403268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,0803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2696227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5834
BullsMedium and Large 1-2512240.64/cwt226.00–250.501,2325
BullsMedium and Large 1-2815176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430239.40/cwt235.00–244.001,0292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3480212.47/cwt211.00–217.001,0204
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335223.00/cwt223.00–223.007471
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400226.00/cwt226.00–226.009041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5771
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3521193.01/cwt186.00–206.001,0066
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2810176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345251.00/cwt251.00–251.008661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2537234.79/cwt218.00–240.001,2618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2542258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added567261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4803
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280236.00/cwt236.00–236.006611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1745
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626226.08/cwt212.00–229.001,4156
BullsMedium and Large 1-2787202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,5943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2367269.37/cwt256.00–283.009894
BullsMedium and Large 2-3710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2782
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625210.25/cwt209.00–214.001,3148
Bulls1,760114.78/cwt113.50–115.502,0203
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,435103.69/cwt96.50–107.001,4884
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,385110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31099.48/cwt96.00–106.501,3036
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,1951
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65394.99/cwt94.50–95.501,5702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,3786

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.