Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2022-03-12

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Mar 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 660 vs last sale 724▼ 809 vs year ago 873 · −92.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 194▼ 162 vs year ago 194 · −83.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 31▼ 43 vs year ago 48 · −89.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available for feeder and slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts. Limited offerings noted due to inclement weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.83/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$127.83
12 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.69
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2457129.4059110thin
Medium and Large 2-3473120.005672thin
One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about $24 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 sale12 hd
127.83
—
TN average10 barns · 1,872 hd
144.52
−16.69
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—High1,595112.441,7935thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48099.001,4651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23486.131,0626thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02571.277317thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608143.97/cwt136.00–152.008752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680131.00/cwt131.00–131.008911
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3920114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280139.00/cwt139.00–139.003892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415131.33/cwt129.00–135.005453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420123.00/cwt123.00–123.005171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525126.00/cwt126.00–126.006621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525117.00/cwt117.00–117.006141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595124.00/cwt124.00–124.007382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800108.00/cwt108.00–108.008641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3300155.00/cwt155.00–155.004651
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365152.50/cwt152.50–152.505571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3378145.67/cwt145.00–146.005513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425154.00/cwt154.00–154.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2455162.00/cwt162.00–162.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515136.00/cwt136.00–136.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655126.00/cwt126.00–126.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750117.00/cwt117.00–117.008781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475126.28/cwt119.00–133.001,8632
Bulls——1,675103.21/cwt100.00–109.001,7293
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02571.27/cwt66.00–76.007317
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,03086.00/cwt86.00–86.008861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16578.18/cwt75.00–81.009113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43898.11/cwt96.00–100.001,4112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,4651
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5001,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0015,9001

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.