Knoxville Livestock Center Market Report

Knoxville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 21, 2020

465 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $102.56/cwt -8.39 vs last sale · ≈ $539/hd at 526 lb · 38 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $99.54/cwt -13.29 vs last sale · ≈ $559/hd at 561 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $110.41/cwt -6.38 vs last sale · ≈ $521/hd at 472 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	465	481
Feeder cattle	381	331
Slaughter cattle	62	74
Replacement cattle	22	76

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder heifers 5.00 to 6.00 lower overall, feeder bulls 3.00 lower, and no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows mostly steady with exception of breaker cows gauging 4.00 higher, and slaughter bulls 5.00 to 7.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	122.00	$122.00	$634	-3.15
560–563	562	4	120.00–124.00	$123.00	$691	-2.69
637	637	2	114.00	$114.00	$726	-6.58
737–747	742	4	116.00–121.00	$118.52	$879	-2.25

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	4	120.00	$120.00	$546	—
540	540	1	94.00	$94.00	$508	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217	217	2	120.00	$120.00	$260	—
255–280	268	2	105.00–107.50	$106.31	$285	-13.49
306–345	321	9	107.50–117.50	$113.66	$365	-6.26
355–371	364	9	105.00–116.00	$111.68	$407	+3.46
400–445	431	11	106.00–112.50	$110.52	$476	-4.43
450–495	471	11	105.00–112.00	$108.67	$512	-8.12
477 value added	477	2	120.00	$120.00	$572	—
500–545	526	38	100.00–109.00	$102.56	$539	-8.39
550 fancy	550	1	116.00	$116.00	$638	—
558 thin fleshed	558	6	90.50	$90.50	$505	—
550–595	565	8	99.00–111.00	$104.27	$589	-8.56
600–635	612	5	90.00–98.00	$92.37	$565	-8.30
650–690	666	7	90.00–95.00	$92.06	$613	-7.43
720–742	736	4	88.00–95.00	$93.29	$687	-1.22
785 value added	785	2	104.00	$104.00	$816	—
930	930	1	85.00	$85.00	$790	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	86.00	$86.00	$447	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
271	271	3	133.00	$133.00	$360	—
360–385	369	8	130.00–146.00	$139.07	$513	+5.73
402–445	421	8	122.00–140.00	$130.66	$550	+2.20
465–480 thin fleshed	473	2	114.00	$114.00	$539	—
450–495	474	10	115.00–126.00	$118.32	$561	-6.83
510–545	525	7	110.00–118.00	$113.16	$594	-5.90
540 thin fleshed	540	2	100.00	$100.00	$540	—
550–595	565	8	107.50–113.00	$110.90	$627	-2.53
605–625	613	4	100.00–107.00	$104.25	$639	-1.87
659	659	5	101.00	$101.00	$666	-1.74
700–740	715	5	87.00–89.00	$88.60	$633	-9.40
785	785	7	94.00	$94.00	$738	-3.66
815	815	1	85.00	$85.00	$693	-7.00
865	865	1	80.00	$80.00	$692	-5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	120.00	$120.00	$300	-7.50
310–330	323	3	110.00–115.00	$113.40	$366	—
375	375	1	120.00	$120.00	$450	±0.00
448	448	3	112.00	$112.00	$502	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	110.00	$110.00	$506	-2.50
695	695	2	92.00	$92.00	$639	—
756	756	3	85.00	$85.00	$643	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1237	1237	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,010.00	$1,010.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170	1170	80-85%	1	42.00	$42.00	$491	—
960–1575	1234	80-85%	9	49.50–55.50	$53.10	$655	+0.90
1105–1390	1253	80-85%	6	48.00–55.00	$51.52	$646	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1495	1330	75-80%	4	50.00–58.00	$54.29	$722	—
1255–1625	1394	75-80%	6	51.00–54.00	$52.45	$731	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	85-90%	1	54.00	$54.00	$478	—
880–1010	947	85-90%	3	52.00–60.00	$54.48	$516	—
870–1145	1025	85-90%	4	43.00–48.50	$45.80	$469	-0.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1165	1047	3	67.00–72.00	$70.15	$734	—
1550–1800	1681	5	67.00–77.00	$72.57	$1,220	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1235	1235	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1255	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1245–1275	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	725.00–750.00	$737.65
1260	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1355–1390	1373	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	660.00–685.00	$672.34

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	65.00	$65.00	$224	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	110.00	$110.00	$418	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	62.50	$62.50	$453	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.