Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2026-09-19

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Sep 19
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
192 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 190▼ 120 vs year ago 312 · −38.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 45▼ 30 vs year ago 61 · −49.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 28▼ 6 vs year ago 34 · −17.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts, however, a lower undertone was noted for feeder and slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $338.00/cwt on 26 head, down $10.39 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 27 comparable sales and sits −15.65 against this barn's trailing median of $353.65.
Average price
$338.00
▼ 10.39 vs prior sale
26 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$286
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$43.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.71
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540341.351,84424
Small 1523297.751,5572thin
One grade step is worth $43.60/cwt here — about $286 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale26 hd
338.00
—
TN average13 barns · 350 hd
340.71
−2.71
This barn, trailing median27 sales
353.65
−15.65
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—Average1,500171.002,5652thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,203146.851,7674thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,468146.722,1545thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,153124.421,4353thin

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)—$3,0004thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,9001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$2,8752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,7752thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Small 1390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430395.60/cwt377.50–415.001,7012
Steers400–450Small 1435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4791
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added455375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7061
Steers450–500Small 1485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517359.56/cwt352.50–365.001,8595
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552353.31/cwt345.00–357.501,9503
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618330.87/cwt320.00–342.002,0452
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1452
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265350.00/cwt350.00–350.009281
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1001
Heifers250–300Small 1290320.00/cwt320.00–320.009281
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317410.67/cwt385.00–430.001,3028
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy325370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2031
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Full330365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378381.92/cwt370.00–395.001,4442
Heifers350–400Small 1383337.58/cwt335.00–340.001,2932
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy390355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3851
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416380.56/cwt367.50–390.001,5835
Heifers400–450Small 1445305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455345.91/cwt336.00–355.001,5746
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Full455320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514328.18/cwt320.00–337.501,6878
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574289.84/cwt280.00–310.001,6646
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8543
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1200520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,0401
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1265474.91/cwt430.00–500.001,2593
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5351
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379421.85/cwt400.00–435.001,5997
Bulls350–400Small 1395380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5011
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420402.76/cwt392.50–422.501,6926
Bulls450–500Small 1465300.16/cwt285.00–315.001,3962
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy503310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5592
Bulls500–550Small 1523297.75/cwt280.00–315.001,5572
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526351.65/cwt340.00–358.501,85013
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566335.13/cwt330.00–340.001,8978
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Full590320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8881
Bulls600–650Small 1605240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4521
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626316.81/cwt309.00–335.001,98316
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675278.84/cwt270.00–285.001,8825
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,020171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7441
Bulls——1,980171.00/cwt171.00–171.003,3861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,145128.63/cwt126.00–131.001,4732
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,170116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3571
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203146.85/cwt137.00–151.001,7674
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468146.72/cwt139.00–155.002,1545
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,000.00/head2,550.00–3,300.003,0004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,875.00/head2,750.00–3,000.002,8752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,775.00/head1,650.00–1,900.001,7752

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.