Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2024-08-31

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Aug 31
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
▼ 113 vs last sale 351▼ 19 vs year ago 257 · −7.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 139▼ 50 vs year ago 143 · −35.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 8▼ 33 vs year ago 52 · −63.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to market reporter absence last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.74/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −133.20 against this barn's trailing median of $351.93.
Average price
$218.74
12 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−14.55
vs TN average
−23.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541218.741,18312thin
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 sale12 hd
218.74
—
TN average12 barns · 501 hd
233.29
−14.55
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
−23.14
This barn, trailing median24 sales
351.93
−133.20
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

24 sales
434385337288median 351.9303/0705/0207/1809/1910/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.64, low $302.47, median $351.93 across 24 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—High1,694170.562,88915
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,197135.431,62121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,353132.301,79022
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,022120.551,2326thin
Dairy Bulls—Average1,580160.002,5281thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,425133.101,8972thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,355117.001,5851thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$1,9502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,375$1,7986
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,225$1,4632thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$2,1952thin

Every lot

46 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310280.00/cwt280.00–280.008681
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added501256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2836
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513237.31/cwt235.00–240.001,2173
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572240.71/cwt232.50–250.001,3773
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611223.11/cwt220.00–230.001,3634
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added657228.17/cwt225.00–229.001,4995
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added802201.49/cwt197.00–206.001,6164
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820182.54/cwt176.00–189.001,4972
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added955193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8431
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1276238.31/cwt220.00–270.006585
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1311249.84/cwt220.00–255.007777
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390222.36/cwt210.00–239.008675
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added433245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434221.91/cwt210.00–227.509634
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465226.74/cwt220.00–230.001,05413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522227.03/cwt222.50–230.001,1857
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560212.03/cwt205.00–222.501,1874
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy595187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,1161
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611201.41/cwt187.50–208.001,23110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2831
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1212237.50/cwt237.50–237.505043
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1305260.00/cwt260.00–260.007931
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372249.45/cwt232.50–267.509285
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418240.18/cwt230.00–250.001,0042
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473244.42/cwt230.00–252.501,1565
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522235.23/cwt225.00–244.001,2286
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566230.84/cwt225.00–242.501,3077
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619210.24/cwt200.00–222.501,3015
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3171
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1755190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4351
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4401
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Large 3770190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,686169.81/cwt160.00–176.002,86314
Bulls——1,805181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,2671
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995113.98/cwt113.00–115.001,1342
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,036123.84/cwt120.00–130.001,2834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191144.37/cwt141.00–149.001,7196
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,199131.86/cwt125.00–139.001,58115
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,353132.30/cwt125.00–142.001,79022
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls——1,580160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,5281
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,355117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,5851
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425133.10/cwt131.00–135.001,8972
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,950.00/head1,750.00–2,150.001,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,462.50/head1,450.00–1,475.001,4632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3751,797.50/head1,400.00–2,100.001,7986
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,195.00/head2,195.00–2,195.002,1952

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.