Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2026-03-21

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Mar 21
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 216▼ 198 vs year ago 346 · −57.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 71▼ 56 vs year ago 102 · −54.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 11.00 higher. No market trends available for feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts, however, a higher undertone was noted for feeder heifers and bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $409.72/cwt on 13 head, up $4.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 27 comparable sales and sits +56.07 against this barn's trailing median of $353.65.
Average price
$409.72
▲ 4.83 vs prior sale
13 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,224
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−22.60
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543409.722,22413thin
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 sale13 hd
409.72
—
TN average14 barns · 264 hd
432.32
−22.60
This barn, trailing median27 sales
353.65
+56.07
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—High1,668195.153,2554thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,145172.111,97111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,393164.562,2928thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average875156.461,3694thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,0961
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added568425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4142
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2521
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3801
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2241
Heifers200–250Small 1245420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0291
Heifers250–300Small 1290405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318516.81/cwt490.00–550.001,6433
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367479.98/cwt445.00–505.001,7623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed420479.76/cwt470.00–490.002,0152
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431436.17/cwt425.00–447.501,8807
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474416.06/cwt400.00–450.001,9727
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518403.13/cwt392.50–410.002,0884
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9841
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1962
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621346.87/cwt345.00–347.502,1544
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2281
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1451
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1280530.36/cwt510.00–550.001,4852
Bulls300–350Small 1320450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335514.78/cwt500.00–530.001,7252
Bulls350–400Small 1383450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7242
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385521.82/cwt490.00–535.002,00910
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424498.72/cwt470.00–515.002,1159
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466458.72/cwt435.00–480.002,1389
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527420.83/cwt400.00–432.502,2188
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568391.95/cwt385.00–405.002,2265
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610376.89/cwt360.00–395.002,2995
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1679357.46/cwt350.00–365.002,4274
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725336.23/cwt330.00–350.002,4384
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4961
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,667189.87/cwt181.00–196.003,1653
Bulls——1,670211.00/cwt211.00–211.003,5241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%875156.46/cwt148.00–161.001,3694
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140169.02/cwt160.00–175.001,9279
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168186.03/cwt182.00–190.002,1732
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,265151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,9101
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,398164.41/cwt157.00–173.002,2986
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,6671

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.