Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2020-04-18

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 18
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
597 head
▲ 288 vs last sale 309▲ 597 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 88▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 5.00 higher overall, with feeder heifers remaining mostly steady and feeder bulls 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows gauging 6.00 higher with lighter offerings, and slaughter bulls 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.45/cwt on 154 head.
Average price
$120.45
154 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$3.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.33
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2484120.53583151
Medium and Large 2-3403116.674713thin
One grade step is worth $3.86/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale154 hd
120.45
—
TN average9 barns · 1,198 hd
120.12
+0.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,82589.281,62916
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14968.3178523
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43565.429395thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97764.076269thin

Every lot

68 lots · USDA AMS · Volunteer Stockyards - 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
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360152.50/cwt152.50–152.505491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413154.95/cwt140.00–159.006405
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2430128.00/cwt128.00–128.005501
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2455126.00/cwt126.00–126.005731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465148.67/cwt141.00–155.0069110
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed520126.00/cwt126.00–126.006551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524139.74/cwt136.00–143.007328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565134.95/cwt128.00–137.0076211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full590124.00/cwt124.00–124.007321
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3600110.00/cwt110.00–110.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616127.78/cwt125.00–130.007875
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed655114.97/cwt111.00–119.007532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2277128.96/cwt124.00–135.003573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328130.60/cwt122.50–133.0042821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367128.79/cwt123.00–134.0047316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423125.70/cwt120.00–135.0053219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3435115.00/cwt115.00–115.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy468132.07/cwt130.00–134.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476121.90/cwt118.00–127.0058019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526118.00/cwt114.00–122.0062127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571115.54/cwt109.00–121.0066017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy580134.00/cwt134.00–134.007771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633109.09/cwt101.00–113.0069118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-267097.25/cwt95.00–98.006524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy693113.00/cwt113.00–113.007832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-276588.95/cwt85.00–93.006802
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2305135.00/cwt135.00–135.004121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330167.81/cwt157.50–170.0055410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3360145.00/cwt145.00–145.005221
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2365130.00/cwt130.00–130.004754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2374158.38/cwt149.00–164.0059210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy413156.30/cwt155.00–158.006463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429142.52/cwt137.00–146.0061110
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3460131.00/cwt131.00–131.006032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475152.02/cwt151.00–153.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477141.54/cwt138.00–146.006759
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy508137.99/cwt137.00–139.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2529125.17/cwt120.00–133.0066217
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy555137.00/cwt137.00–137.007601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573121.43/cwt114.00–129.0069615
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2585110.00/cwt110.00–110.006441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622116.51/cwt110.00–121.0072510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658113.43/cwt107.00–118.007464
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2695106.00/cwt106.00–106.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2716108.27/cwt105.00–114.007756
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-278695.99/cwt93.00–103.007544
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 336088.00/cwt88.00–88.003171
Dairy Steers—Large 361574.00/cwt74.00–74.004551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Natural1,70076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2921
Bulls——1,73783.74/cwt79.00–89.001,4555
Bulls——Natural1,798105.96/cwt103.00–109.001,9052
Bulls——Natural1,90290.23/cwt81.00–96.001,7168
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed90880.11/cwt71.00–90.007272
Cows—Lean 85-90%Natural94364.98/cwt64.00–66.006132
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01857.29/cwt52.00–61.005835
Cows—Boner 80-85%Natural1,03168.76/cwt68.00–69.007094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11352.28/cwt50.00–57.005823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13568.13/cwt62.00–71.0077310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23058.00/cwt58.00–58.007131
Cows—Boner 80-85%Natural1,24578.00/cwt78.00–78.009711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27275.99/cwt73.00–80.009675
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Natural1,40564.00/cwt64.00–64.008991
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51368.36/cwt66.00–70.001,0343

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.