Knoxville Livestock Center Market Report

Knoxville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 16, 2021

1,121 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $137.56/cwt +0.44 vs last sale · ≈ $936/hd at 681 lb · 91 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.50/cwt ≈ $848/hd at 645 lb · 82 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.59/cwt -3.42 vs last sale · ≈ $660/hd at 476 lb · 45 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,121	1,531	264
Feeder cattle	957	1,350	147
Slaughter cattle	102	83	30
Replacement cattle	62	98	87

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to sale two weeks ago, feeder steers measuring 2.00 lower, heifers overall and bulls weighing over 500 lbs. mostly steady, with bulls weighing up to 500 lbs. sharply lower. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 lower overall, with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls due to limited comparable receipts, but a lower undertone was noted.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	185.00	$185.00	$490	—
328 value added	328	4	195.00	$195.00	$640	—
350–385	370	11	170.00–190.00	$179.69	$665	-5.69
405 fancy	405	2	197.50	$197.50	$800	—
400–441	436	15	159.00–173.00	$166.82	$727	-19.08
450–495	468	37	161.00–170.00	$165.58	$775	+1.21
482 value added	482	2	172.50	$172.50	$831	—
500–545	526	15	157.00–170.00	$163.71	$861	+5.52
550–567	555	10	150.00–161.00	$157.74	$875	+3.07
600–640	625	14	139.00–147.00	$143.55	$897	+4.32
660 fancy	660	1	142.00	$142.00	$937	—
650–695	670	21	120.00–136.00	$130.16	$872	-6.96
684 value added	684	69	139.75	$139.75	$956	—
705	705	1	119.00	$119.00	$839	-12.42
760–790	778	4	114.00–125.00	$119.70	$931	-5.15

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,319	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	286	4	150.00–152.50	$150.84	$431	+0.84
325 fancy	325	1	159.00	$159.00	$517	—
300–345	328	13	145.00–155.00	$151.05	$495	+4.90
352 value added	352	2	157.00	$157.00	$553	—
350–395	373	32	140.00–156.00	$147.55	$550	+4.08
400 value added	400	1	152.00	$152.00	$608	+4.24
410 fancy	410	1	153.00	$153.00	$627	+3.00
405–445	426	41	138.00–149.00	$144.61	$616	+1.83
450–455 fancy	453	2	145.00–146.00	$145.50	$659	—
450–495	477	43	131.00–142.00	$138.27	$660	-3.74
500–540	514	20	127.50–140.00	$133.77	$688	-0.57
560–590	572	10	124.00–132.50	$127.57	$730	-3.96
579 value added	579	8	136.00	$136.00	$787	-6.00
605–640	632	12	115.00–120.00	$118.37	$748	-3.73
660–695	680	14	110.00–116.00	$113.44	$771	-4.14
695	695	1	105.00	$105.00	$730	-12.58
740	740	1	105.00	$105.00	$777	-4.22
776	776	3	95.00	$95.00	$737	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645 value added	645	82	131.50	$131.50	$848	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	3	140.00	$140.00	$382	—
385	385	1	132.50	$132.50	$510	—
405	405	1	132.50	$132.50	$537	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	120.00	$120.00	$420	—
465	465	1	128.00	$128.00	$595	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	329	7	165.00–175.00	$168.15	$553	-18.44
340 fancy	340	1	182.50	$182.50	$620	-25.00
355–395	374	9	167.50–177.50	$172.16	$644	-11.62
392 fancy	392	2	182.50	$182.50	$715	-15.50
400–416 fancy	411	5	175.00–182.50	$176.95	$727	-15.55
405–445	427	25	158.00–172.50	$165.65	$707	-6.87
455–461 fancy	460	4	170.00	$170.00	$782	—
450–495	465	9	150.00–165.00	$158.29	$736	-13.55
505–535	514	12	140.00–154.00	$146.22	$752	+5.12
500–535 fancy	516	7	160.00–166.00	$163.43	$843	+6.67
560 fancy	560	1	156.00	$156.00	$874	+3.13
550–595	574	18	135.00–144.00	$138.92	$797	+2.38
600–626	619	13	125.00–137.50	$130.12	$805	+1.61
650–686	667	14	120.00–125.00	$122.88	$820	-6.54
700 fancy	700	1	119.00	$119.00	$833	—
705–740	720	17	105.00–116.00	$112.85	$813	-6.11
785	785	2	107.00–110.00	$108.50	$852	—
805–820	813	2	97.00–105.00	$100.96	$821	—
910–915	913	2	86.00–97.00	$91.48	$835	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	152.50	$152.50	$336	—
421	421	4	154.00	$154.00	$648	—
538	538	4	129.00	$129.00	$694	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	3	160.00	$160.00	$432	—
345	345	2	147.50	$147.50	$509	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1290	1144	80-85%	9	67.00–73.00	$69.21	$792	—
885–1325	1164	80-85%	14	59.00–66.50	$62.76	$731	-10.74
1015–1505	1210	80-85%	3	69.00–69.50	$69.35	$839	-0.13
1125–1465	1230	80-85%	11	63.50–72.50	$67.72	$833	-1.76
1390–1470	1427	80-85%	3	73.50–75.50	$74.48	$1,063	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–1340	1230	75-80%	2	69.00–72.00	$70.63	$869	—
1210–1785	1463	75-80%	10	64.50–68.00	$65.84	$963	—
1130–1665	1470	75-80%	11	58.00–65.00	$62.93	$925	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1060	875	85-90%	5	61.50–71.00	$64.84	$567	—
810–1120	993	85-90%	10	49.50–59.00	$55.95	$556	—
900–1155	1008	85-90%	5	59.00–62.50	$60.44	$609	-0.15

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120	1120	1	78.50	$78.50	$879	—
1175–1500	1313	3	80.00–86.00	$83.07	$1,091	—
1460–1920	1690	2	82.00–90.00	$85.46	$1,444	-16.33
1450–2145	1800	3	91.00–94.50	$92.37	$1,663	-3.24

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1135	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00–900.00	$872.85
935–1165	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	925.00–950.00	$938.87
1090	1090	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	635.00	$635.00
1085–1275	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00	$825.00
1190–1220	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–950.00	$851.24
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1225–1375	1287	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,025.00	$936.82
1405	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	985.00	$985.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,135.00–1,260.00	$1,185.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,035.00	$1,035.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,335.00	$1,335.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.