Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2024-03-21

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Thu, Mar 21
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2075
Receipts
408 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 367▼ 129 vs year ago 537 · −24.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle included in this sale follow a strict backgrounding protocol consisting of weaning for a minimum of 45 days, double-vaccinating and deworming, with all heifers receiving Lutalyse.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.22/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −129.58 against this barn's trailing median of $431.81.
Average price
$302.22
45 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.91
vs TN average
−16.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561308.811,73232
Medium and Large 2549286.001,57013thin
One grade step is worth $22.81/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale45 hd
302.22
—
TN average13 barns · 571 hd
295.32
+6.91
National average173 barns · 12,551 hd
318.29
−16.07
This barn, trailing median4 sales
431.81
−129.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales
484439394349median 431.8103/1204/0906/1109/1009/10
Steers 500–600 lb: high $469.50, low $363.11, median $431.81 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

40 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Cattle Alliance Preconditioned Graded Feeder Sale - Greeneville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,25010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,3191
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2174
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5517
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,4035
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5367
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536318.77/cwt305.00–321.001,70913
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6076
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,74619
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,6492
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,89316
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672241.53/cwt240.00–246.001,6234
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677284.81/cwt266.00–287.001,92828
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735238.06/cwt222.00–240.001,7509
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739256.14/cwt251.00–257.501,89338
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,93212
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2855221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8903
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,96110
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2913197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,7992
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1948207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9622
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1985207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,0391
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335260.00/cwt260.00–260.008711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,12811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1544
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429276.50/cwt265.00–280.001,1868
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460257.13/cwt240.00–263.001,1834
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2806
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3234
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,41016
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3562
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583254.82/cwt252.00–255.001,48632
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628245.58/cwt237.00–247.001,54221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2629220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3844
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4307
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,59918
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2716220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5755
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733227.54/cwt218.00–229.001,66815
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1843195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6446

This sale against other markets

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.