Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2026-05-09

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, May 9
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 222▲ 30 vs year ago 254 · +11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 34▼ 30 vs year ago 68 · −44.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 16▼ 18 vs year ago 23 · −78.3%
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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 $400.01/cwt on 42 head, up $3.45 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 22 of 24 comparable sales and sits +48.08 against this barn's trailing median of $351.93.
Average price
$400.01
▲ 3.45 vs prior sale
42 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,186
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−7.98
vs TN average
−27.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546400.012,18642
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 sale42 hd
400.01
—
TN average15 barns · 844 hd
407.99
−7.98
National average182 barns · 12,459 hd
427.90
−27.89
This barn, trailing median24 sales
351.93
+48.08
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—High1,694188.793,1983thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,175172.082,0219thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,488168.002,5004thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,048159.411,6712thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,560160.002,4961thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,350157.002,1201thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$2,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$2,5001thin

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5371
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0861
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7401
Steers450–500Small 1Value Added450345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added465450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added499467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,3335
Steers500–550Small 1Value Added518420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1763
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added522390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0363
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added537448.29/cwt435.00–455.002,4073
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added573429.54/cwt416.00–442.502,46113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630367.44/cwt365.00–370.002,3152
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added635385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4451
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added675379.10/cwt378.00–385.002,55913
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy710325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3081
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added910291.70/cwt290.00–295.002,6543
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320450.31/cwt440.00–460.001,4412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377417.12/cwt400.00–440.001,5733
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy378390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4742
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed390455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420418.75/cwt410.00–445.001,7594
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy445390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7361
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy453390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7672
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481412.39/cwt410.00–425.001,9848
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added488440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1472
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529397.23/cwt380.00–410.002,10120
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added530422.57/cwt422.00–425.002,2405
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565388.27/cwt380.00–402.502,19411
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added584412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,4066
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611336.72/cwt330.00–345.002,0576
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added628396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,48728
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added651365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3768
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1291
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added780317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,4773
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1205640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,3121
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288536.04/cwt512.50–560.001,5442
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325552.50/cwt545.00–560.001,7962
Bulls300–350Small 1335450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5083
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1367507.44/cwt490.00–520.001,8625
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy395455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7971
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433445.00/cwt430.00–460.001,9275
Bulls400–450Small 1435350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5231
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470468.09/cwt440.00–495.002,2002
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0301
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515441.31/cwt415.00–455.002,2737
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575397.52/cwt395.00–405.002,2866
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617363.31/cwt355.00–370.002,2423
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675341.59/cwt335.00–345.002,3063
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy683312.53/cwt310.00–315.002,1352
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715321.76/cwt315.00–335.002,3013
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,475206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,0391
Bulls——1,803180.19/cwt172.00–188.003,2492
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048159.41/cwt153.00–168.001,6712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,103180.57/cwt180.00–181.001,9922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,195169.65/cwt164.00–175.002,0277
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,488168.00/cwt160.00–173.002,5004
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,350157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,1201
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,560160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4961
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3—2,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.