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Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Aug 17
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 481▼ 170 vs year ago 521 · −32.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 142▼ 33 vs year ago 172 · −19.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 28▼ 25 vs year ago 33 · −75.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers measuring 3.00 lower overall, with feeder bulls unevenly steady, and no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows gauging 3.00 to 4.00 lower with slaughter bulls 1.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $238.84/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −114.81 against this barn's trailing median of $353.65.
Average price
$238.84
17 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,281
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.51
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536238.841,28117thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
238.84
—
TN average12 barns · 336 hd
238.33
+0.51
This barn, trailing median27 sales
353.65
−114.81
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

27 sales
477420363306median 353.6503/0705/0207/2509/1910/31
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $462.86, low $319.64, median $353.65 across 27 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—High1,682174.862,94225
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,424145.182,06732
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,167142.301,66032
CowsLean 85-90%High1,003129.571,29915
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,097125.941,3813thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$1,6002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$1,4751thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$2,2751thin

Every lot

62 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added363318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,1542
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458274.00/cwt260.00–282.501,2556
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523260.18/cwt253.00–267.501,3616
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added620242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632227.33/cwt227.00–228.001,4373
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6123
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6751
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,8331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245270.00/cwt270.00–270.006621
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1268246.21/cwt242.50–250.006602
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326272.96/cwt265.00–282.508906
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379260.01/cwt247.50–272.509855
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428230.00/cwt230.00–230.009842
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429249.57/cwt240.00–262.501,07111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Full438229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0033
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,0193
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473235.75/cwt228.00–242.501,11511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full508220.51/cwt220.00–221.001,1202
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526231.54/cwt228.00–240.001,2186
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565225.57/cwt220.00–229.001,2749
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616216.73/cwt212.50–222.001,3354
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665210.74/cwt209.00–212.501,4012
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275310.00/cwt310.00–310.008532
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1322289.31/cwt275.00–312.509323
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1378288.13/cwt280.00–292.501,0899
Bulls350–400Small and Medium 1380260.00/cwt260.00–260.009881
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434256.34/cwt252.50–268.001,11311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1161
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1281
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469257.14/cwt250.00–272.501,2069
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1524239.27/cwt230.00–246.001,25411
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559238.04/cwt222.50–249.001,3316
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy600215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2901
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1614223.23/cwt220.00–229.001,3719
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665222.25/cwt222.00–222.501,4782
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723202.16/cwt191.00–211.001,4627
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1771196.11/cwt186.00–210.001,5125
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5811
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6001
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1940179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,6831
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers1150–1200Large 41,180145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,7111
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,054156.53/cwt153.00–159.001,6504
Bulls——1,488162.34/cwt160.00–165.002,4162
Bulls——1,830179.04/cwt168.00–188.003,27618
Bulls——1,930198.00/cwt198.00–198.003,8211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%917116.46/cwt112.50–120.001,0683
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013132.10/cwt124.00–138.001,33811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,091155.82/cwt152.00–163.001,7004
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,6221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155130.24/cwt127.00–133.001,5044
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181142.05/cwt135.00–149.001,67824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363130.43/cwt129.00–132.001,7782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,412145.21/cwt134.00–156.002,05028
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,645159.52/cwt158.00–161.002,6242
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090128.91/cwt124.00–133.001,4052
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3321
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,600.00/head1,550.00–1,650.001,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3—1,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751

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.