Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2026-11-14

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Nov 14
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
← Nov 7Nov 14latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 92 vs last sale 256▼ 199 vs year ago 363 · −54.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 53▼ 36 vs year ago 77 · −46.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 21▼ 38 vs year ago 47 · −80.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower with no comparisons available for slaughter bulls or feeder classes due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $326.70/cwt on 3 head, down $17.50 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 26 comparable sales and sits −24.71 against this barn's trailing median of $351.41.
Average price
$326.70
▼ 17.50 vs prior sale
3 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$17.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.08
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510332.551,6962thin
Small 1510315.001,6071thin
One grade step is worth $17.55/cwt here — about $90 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 sale3 hd
326.70
—
TN average13 barns · 323 hd
341.78
−15.08
This barn, trailing median26 sales
351.41
−24.71
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

26 sales
477420363306median 351.4103/1405/0908/0109/1910/31
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $462.86, low $319.64, median $351.41 across 26 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—Average1,748151.152,6422thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,273118.991,5157thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,618115.951,8768thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,215108.001,3122thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)—$1,6501thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added415440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8261
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7552
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9501
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added526382.72/cwt380.00–390.002,0137
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full540360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added551385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1214
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3101
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Value Added1,015240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,4361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed310415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,2872
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1409380.92/cwt375.00–385.001,5586
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465346.58/cwt335.00–365.001,6123
Heifers450–500Small 1485310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5041
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513311.79/cwt305.00–320.001,5993
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added526354.89/cwt340.00–360.001,8675
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571322.06/cwt315.00–335.001,8395
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625304.84/cwt300.00–310.001,9052
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8761
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8901
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added773280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1642
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3641
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323529.30/cwt500.00–560.001,7102
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370458.49/cwt445.00–480.001,6963
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373384.77/cwt380.00–390.001,4352
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy403445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7932
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423400.71/cwt380.00–420.001,6954
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3448270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2103
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6212
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470379.88/cwt370.00–395.001,7857
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510332.55/cwt330.00–335.001,6962
Bulls500–550Small 1510315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6071
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6863
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618320.87/cwt305.00–345.001,9835
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9521
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1690295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0361
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Full740270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9981
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Large 4635280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7781
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3Value Added880245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1561
Dairy Steers850–900Small 4885242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,1461
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,748151.15/cwt148.00–154.002,6422
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275116.15/cwt111.00–121.001,4816
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,435114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,6361
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,6791
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,627117.09/cwt113.00–124.001,9057
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501

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.