Name: Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All cattle included in this sale follow a strict backgrounding protocol consisting of weaning for a minimum of 45 days, double-vaccinating and deworming, with all heifers receiving Lutalyse.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.22/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −146.72 against this barn's trailing median of $448.95.

Average price

$302.22

45 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,685

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.91

vs TN average

−16.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	308.81	1,732	32
Medium and Large 2	549	286.00	1,570	13thin

One grade step is worth $22.81/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $469.50, low $414.67, median $448.95 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

302.22

—

TN average13 barns · 571 hd

295.32

+6.91

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−16.07

This barn, trailing median3 sales

448.95

−146.72

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

40 lots · USDA AMS · East Tennessee Cattle Alliance Preconditioned Graded Feeder Sale - Greeneville, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,280	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	276.50/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,186	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	227.54/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,668	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,410	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,961	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,746	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	284.81/cwt	266.00–287.00	1,928	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	256.14/cwt	251.00–257.50	1,893	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,599	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	245.58/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,542	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	254.82/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,486	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,536	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,932	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	318.77/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,709	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,893	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,430	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	913	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	241.53/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	238.06/cwt	222.00–240.00	1,750	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,250	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,323	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,384	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,128	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,154	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	257.13/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,183	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,890	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,217	4

How this sale compares

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

East Tennessee Cattle Alliance Preconditioned Graded Feeder Sale - Greeneville, TN

Thu Mar 21, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Receipts 408Last week 367Year ago 537

All cattle included in this sale follow a strict backgrounding protocol consisting of weaning for a minimum of 45 days, double-vaccinating and deworming, with all heifers receiving Lutalyse.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	260.00	260.00
8	400–450	429	265.00–280.00	276.50
6	450–500	483	265.00	265.00
16	500–550	531	265.50	265.50
32	550–600	583	252.00–255.00	254.82
21	600–650	628	237.00–247.00	245.58
18	650–700	669	239.00	239.00
15	700–750	733	218.00–229.00	227.54
6	800–850	843	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	304.00	304.00
4	400–450	426	271.00	271.00
4	450–500	460	240.00–263.00	257.13
4	500–550	519	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	565	240.00	240.00
4	600–650	629	220.00	220.00
7	650–700	668	214.00	214.00
5	700–750	716	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	420	314.00	314.00
7	450–500	470	330.00	330.00
13	500–550	536	305.00–321.00	318.77
19	550–600	578	302.00	302.00
16	600–650	629	301.00	301.00
28	650–700	677	266.00–287.00	284.81
38	700–750	739	251.00–257.50	256.14
12	800–850	829	233.00	233.00
10	850–900	860	228.00	228.00
2	900–950	948	207.00	207.00
1	950–1000	985	207.00	207.00
2	1000–1050	1,030	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	380	329.00	329.00
4	400–450	424	287.00	287.00
5	450–500	474	296.00	296.00
7	500–550	526	292.00	292.00
6	550–600	576	279.00	279.00
2	600–650	613	269.00	269.00
4	650–700	672	240.00–246.00	241.53
9	700–750	735	222.00–240.00	238.06
3	850–900	855	221.00	221.00
2	900–950	913	197.00	197.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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