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Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Oct 30
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
364 head
▼ 472 vs last sale 836▲ 45 vs year ago 319 · +14.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 110 vs last sale 214▲ 4 vs year ago 100 · +4.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 61▼ 8 vs year ago 19 · −42.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on a lighter test, feeder heifers and bulls measuring 3.00 higher overall, with no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows gauging 1.00 to 2.00 lower overall with slaughter bulls 4.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.92/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −66.98 against this barn's trailing median of $195.90.
Average price
$128.92
91 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$8.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.08
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574129.2774287
Medium and Large 2-3505122.006162thin
Small and Medium 1-2475120.505722thin
One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about $170 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 sale91 hd
128.92
—
TN average8 barns · 833 hd
126.84
+2.08
This barn, trailing median6 sales
195.90
−66.98
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 0–100 lb

6 sales
218195172149median 195.9004/1104/1807/1108/2910/24
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $204.16, low $162.85, median $195.90 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,57876.541,20813
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17060.707109thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43759.8086023
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04653.475599thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390150.53/cwt148.00–153.005872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2453157.00/cwt157.00–157.007112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513151.03/cwt148.00–154.007754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583141.20/cwt141.00–142.008235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full630128.00/cwt128.00–128.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711123.00/cwt123.00–123.008754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785123.00/cwt123.00–123.009661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319130.52/cwt125.00–136.004167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370133.59/cwt127.00–137.0049410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433131.80/cwt124.00–135.005714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468126.67/cwt120.00–133.0059310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522116.28/cwt113.00–119.006076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571114.88/cwt111.00–121.006567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619113.76/cwt110.00–119.007044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677113.90/cwt112.00–117.007719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy690100.00/cwt100.00–100.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728108.02/cwt107.00–109.007862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340147.00/cwt146.00–148.005002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370154.91/cwt148.00–161.005736
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432145.54/cwt140.00–150.0062913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445124.00/cwt124.00–124.005521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2472136.77/cwt132.50–145.006469
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy490154.00/cwt154.00–154.007551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy515143.00/cwt143.00–143.007361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522130.06/cwt121.00–138.0067913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2557129.68/cwt123.00–135.007229
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565120.00/cwt120.00–120.006781
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2575116.00/cwt116.00–116.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626122.44/cwt118.00–128.0076615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680120.94/cwt119.00–125.008223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705115.66/cwt113.00–117.008153
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765114.00/cwt114.00–114.008721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2805108.00/cwt108.00–108.008691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2857100.00/cwt100.00–100.008573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-291893.51/cwt93.00–94.008582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-296998.00/cwt98.00–98.009505
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,09969.36/cwt65.00–73.007624
Bulls——1,66088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,4611
Bulls——1,80878.69/cwt76.00–84.001,4238
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,04569.00/cwt69.00–69.007211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04653.47/cwt50.00–59.005599
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18659.66/cwt55.00–64.007088
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33566.00/cwt66.00–66.008811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44259.52/cwt55.00–64.0085822
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.00—1
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3—1,120.00/cwt1,120.00–1,120.00—1
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.00—1

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.