Knoxville Livestock Center Market Report

Knoxville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 2, 2021

1,531 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $127.53/cwt ≈ $1,060/hd at 831 lb · 122 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.03/cwt ≈ $615/hd at 430 lb · 69 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $125.67/cwt ≈ $1,080/hd at 859 lb · 68 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,531	171	212
Feeder cattle	1,350	133	184
Slaughter cattle	83	30	23
Replacement cattle	98	8	5

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons available for feeder or slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts from last reported sale two weeks ago, however, heavy offerings, high demand, and a higher undertone was noted for feeder classes.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	182.50	$182.50	$620	—
315–348	343	13	190.00–202.50	$196.52	$674	—
360–395	386	15	180.00–195.00	$185.38	$716	—
407–449	444	51	175.00–187.50	$185.90	$825	—
465–495	478	19	159.00–175.00	$164.37	$786	+36.87
470–490 fancy	481	9	180.00–182.50	$181.95	$875	—
513 fancy	513	3	172.50	$172.50	$885	—
510–548	533	13	152.50–167.50	$158.19	$843	—
555 fancy	555	1	163.00	$163.00	$905	—
550–590	572	49	148.00–158.00	$154.67	$885	—
604 value added	604	5	147.50	$147.50	$891	—
600–645	626	14	132.00–143.00	$139.23	$872	—
650–695	670	62	124.00–140.00	$137.12	$919	—
700 value added	700	8	139.00	$139.00	$973	—
703–745	715	8	120.00–134.00	$131.42	$940	—
762 value added	762	2	130.00	$130.00	$991	—
770–797	777	21	122.00–126.00	$124.85	$970	—
817 value added	817	59	130.75	$130.75	$1,068	—
805–846	844	63	124.50–125.00	$124.52	$1,051	—
856 value added	856	58	126.75	$126.75	$1,085	—
861–888	877	10	119.00–120.00	$119.39	$1,047	—
967	967	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,102	—
1002 value added	1002	52	119.00	$119.00	$1,192	—
1043	1043	3	107.00	$107.00	$1,116	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228–245	232	4	150.00–160.00	$152.64	$354	+22.64
298	298	3	150.00	$150.00	$447	+30.00
305–347	329	13	140.00–150.00	$146.15	$481	—
350–395 fancy	373	2	153.00–155.00	$154.06	$575	—
350–397	379	22	136.00–150.00	$143.47	$544	+24.47
415 fancy	415	1	150.00	$150.00	$622	—
400–448	430	66	135.00–146.00	$142.78	$614	—
415–445 value added	430	2	147.50–148.00	$147.76	$635	—
450–495	478	47	136.00–147.00	$142.01	$679	+21.93
503	503	24	144.00	$144.00	$724	+31.37
500–548	523	38	127.50–140.00	$134.34	$703	+21.71
555 value added	555	6	142.00	$142.00	$788	—
550–599	568	59	123.00–136.00	$131.53	$747	—
600–640 value added	621	35	125.00–133.00	$130.52	$811	—
600–645	635	12	120.00–123.00	$122.10	$775	+24.60
659	659	28	126.00	$126.00	$830	—
660–687	682	6	116.00–118.00	$117.58	$802	—
711–737	718	14	118.00–120.00	$119.01	$854	+21.51
715–740	728	2	107.50–111.00	$109.22	$795	+11.72
819	819	6	112.00	$112.00	$917	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–347	327	9	180.00–190.00	$186.59	$610	—
345 fancy	345	1	207.50	$207.50	$716	—
350–395	374	8	177.50–190.00	$183.78	$687	+47.78
375 fancy	375	1	198.00	$198.00	$742	—
420 fancy	420	1	192.50	$192.50	$808	—
400–449	426	23	164.00–182.50	$172.52	$735	+43.77
458–490	468	12	164.00–182.50	$171.84	$804	+47.84
500–545 fancy	528	8	155.00–158.00	$156.76	$828	—
500–548	534	36	135.00–150.00	$141.10	$753	+16.10
555–561 fancy	560	4	152.50–154.00	$152.87	$856	—
560–595	584	6	130.00–146.00	$136.54	$797	+13.47
612 fancy	612	2	138.00	$138.00	$845	—
600–645	621	10	122.50–132.50	$128.51	$798	+14.48
650–697	662	17	124.00–135.00	$129.42	$857	—
700–741	733	11	118.00–126.00	$118.96	$872	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1630	1630	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	1,585.00	$1,585.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060	1060	80-85%	1	76.00	$76.00	$806	-1.00
970–1170	1073	80-85%	8	58.50–69.00	$63.56	$682	-13.44
1030–1285	1158	80-85%	2	73.50	$73.50	$851	—
1030–1465	1234	80-85%	11	63.00–73.00	$69.48	$857	-0.27

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135	1135	75-80%	1	52.00	$52.00	$590	—
1265–1670	1394	75-80%	9	60.50–64.50	$62.97	$878	-9.49
1215–1875	1542	75-80%	3	61.50–64.00	$62.99	$971	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–865	835	85-90%	2	69.00–75.00	$71.89	$600	—
975–1050	1013	85-90%	2	58.00–63.00	$60.59	$614	—
830–1235	1035	85-90%	7	53.50–61.00	$57.91	$599	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–1795	1680	2	99.00–105.00	$101.79	$1,710	—
1750–1905	1828	2	92.50–99.00	$95.61	$1,748	—
1755–2065	1910	2	104.50–107.50	$106.12	$2,027	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1175	1011	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–825.00	$722.87

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
950–1120	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	625.00–710.00	$662.76
1075–1160	1118	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00–900.00	$874.05
975–1505	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	925.00–1,300.00	$1,160.35
1215–1300	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,175.00	$1,003.98
1215–1320	1268	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–875.00	$863.02
1075–1490	1277	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–935.00	$867.79
1160–1400	1284	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	900.00–1,350.00	$1,042.48
1290–1505	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	860.00–985.00	$945.21

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,385.00	$1,385.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,535.00	$1,535.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,310.00–1,350.00	$1,330.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,410.00	$1,410.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,200.00–1,375.00	$1,268.75	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,385.00	$1,380.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,175.00	$1,112.50	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,210.00	$1,117.50	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,335.00–1,425.00	$1,380.00	—

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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.