Name: KY-TN Livestock Market (Cross Plains, TN) livestock auction prices — 2023-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to same sale two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls no comparison. Steers no comparison. Heifers steady to 2.00 lower, instances 4.00 higher on 600 to 650 weight. Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.35/cwt on 82 head.

Average price

$215.35

82 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,163

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$214

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$18.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.70

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	216.01	1,171	79
Medium and Large 2-3	483	198.00	957	3thin

One grade step is worth $18.01/cwt here — about $214 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 sale82 hd

215.35

—

TN average12 barns · 2,694 hd

208.66

+6.70

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	1,340	97.00	1,300	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,502	86.61	1,301	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,305	86.00	1,123	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,177	76.02	895	19

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)	1,310	$1,100	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,025	$820	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$820	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,412	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	235	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,157	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	220.78/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,548	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	817	3
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	610	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,387	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,045	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,138	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	207.73/cwt	203.00–210.50	1,302	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	706	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	500	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,042	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,253	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	969	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	216.52/cwt	213.00–218.00	1,245	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,064	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	820.00/head	820.00–820.00	820	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	820.00/head	820.00–820.00	820	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bulls	—	—	1,340	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,300	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	1,111	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	82.43/cwt	79.00–86.50	1,216	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	779	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	86.08/cwt	81.50–90.00	1,112	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,337	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	85.93/cwt	83.50–89.00	1,284	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	92.83/cwt	90.50–95.00	1,444	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,181	76.96/cwt	71.00–81.00	909	17

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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