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Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Jan 25
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
280 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 284▼ 124 vs year ago 404 · −30.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 88▼ 103 vs year ago 151 · −68.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 19▼ 9 vs year ago 15 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers and bulls sharply higher overall, with no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Strong demand was noted for all classes of feeder cattle. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows gauging 3.00 to 11.00 higher overall, with lean cows 15.00 higher, and bulls 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $299.52/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −54.14 against this barn's trailing median of $353.65.
Average price
$299.52
29 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$255
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1
$38.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.46
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534302.171,61327
Small and Medium 1515263.711,3582thin
One grade step is worth $38.46/cwt here — about $255 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale29 hd
299.52
—
TN average11 barns · 310 hd
294.05
+5.46
This barn, trailing median27 sales
353.65
−54.14
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—Average1,921146.432,8137thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,133136.081,54212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,417134.951,91311
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,012120.271,2175thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,045126.001,3171thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,400$1,9501thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6491
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4701
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575311.88/cwt305.00–320.001,7934
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,6511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635284.96/cwt282.50–287.501,8093
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7811
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added753258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,9434
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,8641
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,9001
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,1681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1235355.00/cwt355.00–355.008341
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1293357.52/cwt355.00–360.001,0482
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329334.69/cwt320.00–347.501,10110
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375323.76/cwt315.00–330.001,2147
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378296.13/cwt292.50–300.001,1192
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417312.88/cwt302.50–322.501,3055
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1455265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2061
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464300.61/cwt287.50–307.501,3959
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524274.94/cwt262.50–280.001,4418
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy525255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3391
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy540295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy550287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575265.08/cwt252.50–277.501,52416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3051
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added612264.20/cwt264.00–265.001,6175
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613245.91/cwt240.00–250.001,5073
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683245.80/cwt235.00–258.001,6799
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4841
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723234.11/cwt224.00–242.501,6934
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy808200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6164
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1232433.29/cwt410.00–445.001,0056
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275403.18/cwt380.00–430.001,1092
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1322405.24/cwt385.00–430.001,3057
Bulls300–350Small and Medium 1332354.73/cwt342.50–360.001,1783
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372372.72/cwt352.50–390.001,3879
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426338.94/cwt325.00–360.001,44410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,3461
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1469337.22/cwt320.00–352.501,5828
Bulls450–500Small and Medium 1490300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4701
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Full495310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5351
Bulls500–550Small and Medium 1515263.71/cwt262.50–265.001,3582
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518311.96/cwt292.50–327.501,61619
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571278.91/cwt270.00–295.001,5938
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623252.29/cwt242.00–272.501,5729
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1683243.32/cwt230.00–257.501,6626
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1767231.24/cwt225.00–244.001,7743
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820215.03/cwt210.00–225.001,7633
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,7531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,921146.43/cwt140.00–150.002,8137
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%860110.00/cwt110.00–110.009461
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050122.84/cwt117.00–128.001,2904
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,107135.09/cwt128.00–138.001,49511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,150120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,420147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,0871
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,444136.44/cwt131.00–142.001,97010
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3171
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501

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.