Knoxville Livestock Center Market Report

Knoxville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 28, 2023

827 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $183.85/cwt ≈ $1,142/hd at 621 lb · 82 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $208.03/cwt +11.50 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 420 lb · 31 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $197.80/cwt +18.76 vs last sale · ≈ $940/hd at 475 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	827	716	682
Feeder cattle	707	572	596
Slaughter cattle	71	120	65
Replacement cattle	49	24	21

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, all classes of feeder cattle sharply higher overall. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows steady to 1.00 higher, with lean cows and bulls 4.00 higher. Today's offerings included a load lot of 82 heifers at 183.85.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302 value added	302	4	250.00	$250.00	$755	—
325–347	340	3	232.50–247.50	$237.28	$807	+22.28
360–365	363	2	222.50–240.00	$231.31	$840	+3.73
355–380 fancy	368	2	252.50–262.50	$257.67	$948	—
430–445	438	2	215.00–222.50	$218.69	$958	-3.97
460–490	467	19	240.00–255.00	$251.25	$1,173	+31.55
500–537	522	4	231.00–235.00	$232.76	$1,215	+23.83
519–526 value added	522	11	240.00–242.50	$241.36	$1,260	—
550	550	2	200.00–207.00	$203.50	$1,119	+8.15
565 value added	565	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,271	—
605–625	614	4	206.00–213.00	$208.52	$1,280	+17.54
650–660	653	3	191.00–212.00	$204.93	$1,338	+18.51
690	690	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,190	-13.92
750	750	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,331	+19.49
880	880	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,386	—
900	900	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,359	—
975	975	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,414	—
1010–1047	1035	3	140.00–149.00	$142.93	$1,479	—
1100	1100	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,430	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	2	154.00	$154.00	$742	—
523	523	4	148.00	$148.00	$774	—
575	575	12	160.00	$160.00	$920	—
645	645	2	143.00–144.00	$143.50	$926	—
698	698	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,012	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–485	480	2	175.00–197.50	$186.37	$895	—
545	545	1	170.00	$170.00	$926	—

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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 fancy	265	2	235.00	$235.00	$623	+18.00
255–295	271	7	199.00–215.00	$206.31	$559	+16.31
315–322	320	4	204.00–225.00	$218.58	$699	+17.13
315–335 fancy	325	2	235.00	$235.00	$764	+17.50
340	340	1	182.50	$182.50	$620	-18.95
350–395 fancy	366	5	225.00–242.50	$231.75	$848	+14.87
350–395	374	18	204.00–222.50	$211.89	$792	+16.55
400–442	419	30	190.00–216.00	$209.21	$877	+15.05
445	445	1	172.50	$172.50	$768	-21.66
450–485	470	21	184.00–197.50	$193.05	$907	+20.17
460–480 fancy	473	4	201.00–210.00	$204.45	$967	+10.45
493–498 value added	496	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,042	+21.45
500–548	526	16	177.00–192.50	$187.02	$984	+19.42
550–595	579	7	167.50–175.00	$171.54	$993	+10.63
557–598 value added	585	7	176.00–180.00	$177.70	$1,040	+7.51
605–640	616	7	150.00–169.00	$159.39	$982	+5.53
650–688	672	8	142.50–153.00	$146.62	$985	+0.58
715–718	717	4	132.00–149.00	$136.24	$977	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
621 value added	621	82	183.85	$183.85	$1,142	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	366	4	180.00–200.00	$192.61	$705	—
410–435	416	5	172.50–187.50	$180.60	$751	—
485–490	488	2	177.00	$177.00	$864	—
571–575	572	5	148.00–159.00	$156.79	$897	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	6	160.00	$160.00	$706	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	190.00	$190.00	$513	—
335	335	1	172.50	$172.50	$578	—
385	385	1	194.00	$194.00	$747	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	2	160.00	$160.00	$808	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	243	2	235.00–245.00	$239.95	$583	—
278	278	3	227.50	$227.50	$632	—
302–335	317	6	219.00–232.50	$223.93	$710	+22.71
350–395	380	14	210.00–239.00	$227.50	$864	+17.65
400–425 fancy	410	5	240.00–250.00	$244.55	$1,003	+16.23
402–445	425	23	212.50–237.50	$225.51	$958	+17.79
450–480	462	6	215.00–225.00	$218.35	$1,009	+26.38
515–535 fancy	528	3	230.00–245.00	$235.06	$1,241	+30.06
510–540	529	12	202.50–225.00	$212.29	$1,123	+20.55
550–570 fancy	560	2	220.00–225.00	$222.46	$1,246	+13.46
550–598	578	22	190.00–210.00	$199.23	$1,152	+9.48
615–645	628	6	180.00–190.00	$185.81	$1,167	+3.34
665–670	668	2	172.50–177.50	$175.01	$1,169	+1.16
710–747	729	5	166.00–175.00	$168.94	$1,232	+14.18
770	770	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,194	±0.00
820–825	823	2	145.00–156.00	$150.48	$1,238	+5.98

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	329	4	170.00–200.00	$182.24	$600	—
385	385	1	175.00	$175.00	$674	—
432	432	2	194.00	$194.00	$838	—
455	455	1	180.00	$180.00	$819	—
605	605	1	155.00	$155.00	$938	—
650	650	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,066	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	322	3	175.00–197.50	$187.82	$605	—
490–495	491	4	180.00–200.00	$194.96	$957	+32.46
515	515	1	192.00	$192.00	$989	+42.00
610	610	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,022	+3.97

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	2	163.00	$163.00	$1,125	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1280–1340	1310	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	1,400.00–1,425.00	$1,412.21	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1240	1150	80-85%	2	79.00–79.50	$79.27	$912	-7.24
1030–1450	1245	80-85%	11	84.50–93.50	$88.87	$1,106	-9.16
1130–1455	1296	80-85%	6	96.50–112.00	$102.54	$1,329	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1420	1321	75-80%	10	84.00–94.50	$88.90	$1,174	—
1210–1565	1375	75-80%	3	105.00–105.50	$105.31	$1,448	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1170	1061	85-90%	7	74.00–85.00	$79.78	$846	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425–1955	1778	9	111.00–122.00	$117.01	$2,080	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	990.00	$990.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1180	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,200.00–1,425.00	$1,334.90
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,220.00	$1,220.00

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–810	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	750.00–910.00	$843.53
780	780	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–910	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,048.47

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

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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
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,600.00	$1,412.50	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,287.50	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,190.00	$1,190.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	122.50	$122.50	$386	—
398	398	3	140.00	$140.00	$557	—
495	495	2	139.00	$139.00	$688	—
690	690	1	123.00	$123.00	$849	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00–1,500.00	$1,475.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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.