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Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, May 17
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
258 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 254▲ 10 vs year ago 248 · +4.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 68▼ 71 vs year ago 112 · −63.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.84/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 4 of 24 comparable sales and sits −39.09 against this barn's trailing median of $351.93.
Average price
$312.84
19 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−8.53
vs TN average
−27.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542312.841,69519thin
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 sale19 hd
312.84
—
TN average13 barns · 503 hd
321.38
−8.53
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−27.04
This barn, trailing median24 sales
351.93
−39.09
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—Low1,505178.962,6944thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,422148.752,1157thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,140145.881,66313
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,009127.241,2845thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412412.43/cwt407.50–420.001,6993
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468380.83/cwt380.00–382.501,7823
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518354.72/cwt335.00–361.001,8375
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9951
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9041
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2778266.05/cwt257.50–275.002,0702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250375.00/cwt375.00–375.009381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395375.00/cwt367.50–377.501,4814
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5962
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy425321.69/cwt320.00–325.001,3673
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432353.34/cwt340.00–367.501,5266
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed443340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5062
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added450367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6542
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475333.96/cwt322.50–347.501,5865
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5351
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7091
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520318.10/cwt307.50–330.001,65411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579303.74/cwt300.00–315.001,7596
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy590287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6961
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619289.59/cwt280.00–300.001,7936
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6031
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661269.09/cwt255.00–280.001,77911
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,8191
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy760230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7481
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9111
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1324431.29/cwt400.00–450.001,3974
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358419.97/cwt400.00–455.001,5034
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy410357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4661
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421385.67/cwt370.00–400.001,6245
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465333.75/cwt330.00–337.501,5522
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476359.39/cwt345.00–370.001,7117
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added485380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8432
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528357.26/cwt347.50–375.001,88612
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy533331.23/cwt327.50–335.001,7652
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565326.45/cwt315.00–340.001,8445
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1637271.62/cwt260.00–280.001,7303
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8143
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7113
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1778244.33/cwt240.00–250.001,9014
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,395170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3721
Bulls——1,542181.95/cwt179.00–185.002,8063
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%988129.67/cwt126.00–133.001,2814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,2871
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,108146.51/cwt138.00–153.001,6239
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,123158.01/cwt155.00–161.001,7742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300130.90/cwt130.00–132.001,7022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,422148.75/cwt143.00–154.002,1157

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.