Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2024-08-29

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Thu, Aug 29
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2075
Receipts
375 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 225▲ 72 vs year ago 303 · +23.8%
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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 $246.02/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −185.79 against this barn's trailing median of $431.81.
Average price
$246.02
42 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,357
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.82
vs TN average
−22.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553250.241,38424
Medium and Large 2550240.391,32118thin
One grade step is worth $9.86/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 sale42 hd
246.02
—
TN average14 barns · 480 hd
255.84
−9.82
National average155 barns · 6,455 hd
268.55
−22.53
This barn, trailing median4 sales
431.81
−185.79
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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1425
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526256.62/cwt242.00–258.001,35011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,31313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576244.85/cwt243.00–245.001,41013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3405
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2624236.50/cwt236.50–236.501,47611
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625240.73/cwt237.00–241.001,50515
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672239.78/cwt236.00–240.001,61118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2681228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5535
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2744200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4885
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755223.89/cwt222.00–224.001,69053
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5401
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,7185
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1839216.43/cwt209.00–218.501,81637
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7873
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2885209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,8541
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1936193.63/cwt192.00–195.001,81211
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1957195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8663
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,9072
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425225.00/cwt225.00–225.009561
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445222.00/cwt222.00–222.009882
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,0974
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0562
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2198
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1543227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2338
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580228.68/cwt228.00–229.001,3263
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582227.47/cwt224.00–228.001,32415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3027
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631219.82/cwt216.00–220.001,38723
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3992
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,43126
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2734196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4394
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,55022
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1751208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,56210
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2805193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5541
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821190.34/cwt189.00–193.001,5636
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2865193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,6691
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1932176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,6403
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1955176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,6811

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.