Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2026-03-12

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Thu, Mar 12
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2075
Receipts
133 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 249▼ 122 vs year ago 255 · −47.8%
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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 feeder 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 $448.95/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits +17.14 against this barn's trailing median of $431.81.
Average price
$448.95
19 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,490
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.70
vs TN average
−23.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555454.002,52015thin
Medium and Large 2554430.002,3814thin
One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $139 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale19 hd
448.95
—
TN average16 barns · 477 hd
455.65
−6.70
National average178 barns · 10,669 hd
472.20
−23.25
This barn, trailing median4 sales
431.81
+17.14
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

26 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
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,2471
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,4709
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4233
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,5906
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4265
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5679
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,5273
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,60911
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2749335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5095
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,62910
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2780317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,4771
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2829311.42/cwt294.00–317.002,5824
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,7674
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1933307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,8694
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,080290.00/cwt290.00–290.003,1323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5601
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,20411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,3308
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2331
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,4965
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2654
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,3223
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5086
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1932291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,7126

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.