Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2026-01-17

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Jan 17
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 224▼ 124 vs year ago 284 · −43.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 89▼ 47 vs year ago 88 · −53.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 33▼ 7 vs year ago 19 · −36.8%
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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 $370.92/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 16 of 24 comparable sales and sits +18.99 against this barn's trailing median of $351.93.
Average price
$370.92
15 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.18
vs TN average
−42.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536371.701,99114thin
Medium and Large 2540360.001,9441thin
One grade step is worth $11.70/cwt here — about $47 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 sale15 hd
370.92
—
TN average15 barns · 767 hd
369.74
+1.18
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
−42.56
This barn, trailing median24 sales
351.93
+18.99
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—Average1,712164.232,8123thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,245148.591,8504thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,446144.862,09511
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,184136.371,6157thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,540144.002,2181thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,204130.351,5694thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$3,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$2,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,3001thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9361
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520420.19/cwt400.00–440.002,1852
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full540380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2521
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,3851
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625386.24/cwt385.00–387.502,4142
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added660375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665347.57/cwt335.00–370.002,3113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4851
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy725322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,3381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1208494.64/cwt485.00–505.001,0292
Heifers200–250Small 1NHTC230445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0241
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263474.86/cwt470.00–480.001,2492
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321422.31/cwt400.00–440.001,3565
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333354.62/cwt345.00–365.001,1812
Heifers350–400Small 1350355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2431
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6281
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed430445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9141
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432405.38/cwt370.00–430.001,7516
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470414.79/cwt405.00–425.001,9502
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479385.44/cwt360.00–400.001,84610
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521370.62/cwt350.00–392.501,9318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added540360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9441
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555373.15/cwt352.50–377.502,0716
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620324.84/cwt320.00–335.002,0143
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673336.54/cwt322.50–350.002,2654
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy695290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0161
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2351
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767287.51/cwt285.00–290.002,2053
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5641
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2295440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2981
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388516.26/cwt515.00–517.502,0032
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422466.93/cwt445.00–490.001,9706
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460445.00/cwt420.00–470.002,0472
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy460387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7831
Bulls450–500Small 1480375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8871
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8721
Bulls500–550Small 1530317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,6831
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy555357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,9841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9601
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563372.44/cwt370.00–375.002,0972
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0401
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675325.00/cwt320.00–330.002,1942
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718312.45/cwt297.50–327.502,2432
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6571
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy790290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2911
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Small 1347287.50/cwt287.50–287.509983
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3-4572304.93/cwt295.00–310.001,7443
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,712164.23/cwt153.00–171.002,8123
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,8451
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,184136.37/cwt131.00–146.001,6157
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268145.78/cwt144.00–148.001,8483
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,446144.86/cwt140.00–154.002,09511
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180135.47/cwt130.00–144.001,5993
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,275115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4661
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,2181
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001

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.