Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2024-04-18

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Thu, Apr 18
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2075
Receipts
271 head
▼ 137 vs last sale 408▲ 24 vs year ago 247 · +9.7%
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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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.58/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −146.20 against this barn's trailing median of $409.78.
Average price
$263.58
33 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,462
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.52
vs TN average
−0.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557265.501,47924
Medium and Large 2548258.441,4169thin
One grade step is worth $7.06/cwt here — about $63 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale33 hd
263.58
—
TN average14 barns · 497 hd
244.06
+19.52
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
−0.94
This barn, trailing median3 sales
409.78
−146.20
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

3 sales
424388353317median 409.7803/1203/1204/0909/1009/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $409.88, low $330.99, median $409.78 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,4361
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2442318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4063
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,4935
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,6742
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,82215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5871
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,86514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,76323
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1739245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,81115
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2753220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6572
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2840187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,5751
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1843220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8555
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,8461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2163
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463282.34/cwt277.00–283.001,3079
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,1283
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,42310
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3997
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,51814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4752
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3392
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626238.33/cwt230.00–240.001,49218
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2654234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,53067
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,61510
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6848
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2781211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6486
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6662
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5202

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.