Name: Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-18

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.58/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −146.25 against this barn's trailing median of $409.83.

Average price

$263.58

33 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,462

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$7.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.52

vs TN average

−0.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	265.50	1,479	24
Medium and Large 2	548	258.44	1,416	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.06/cwt here — about $63 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 sale33 hd

263.58

—

TN average14 barns · 497 hd

244.06

+19.52

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−0.94

This barn, trailing median2 sales

409.83

−146.25

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

31 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,399	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,128	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,406	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,216	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	282.34/cwt	277.00–283.00	1,307	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,423	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,865	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,811	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,615	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,763	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,518	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	238.33/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,492	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	781	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,822	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,530	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,475	2

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 Apr 18, 2024

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

Receipts 271Last week 408Year ago 247

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
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	318.00	318.00
5	450–500	477	313.00	313.00
1	500–550	505	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	575	276.00	276.00
2	750–800	753	220.00	220.00
1	800–850	840	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	334.00	334.00
3	450–500	480	315.00	315.00
2	500–550	528	317.00	317.00
15	550–600	573	318.00	318.00
14	600–650	628	297.00	297.00
23	650–700	678	260.00	260.00
15	700–750	739	245.00	245.00
5	800–850	843	220.00	220.00
1	900–950	905	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	267.00	267.00
3	450–500	482	234.00	234.00
7	500–550	538	260.00	260.00
2	550–600	583	253.00	253.00
2	600–650	620	216.00	216.00
67	650–700	654	234.00	234.00
6	750–800	781	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	284.00	284.00
9	450–500	463	277.00–283.00	282.34
10	500–550	529	269.00	269.00
14	550–600	577	263.00	263.00
18	600–650	626	230.00–240.00	238.33
10	650–700	673	240.00	240.00
8	700–750	745	226.00	226.00
2	800–850	833	200.00	200.00
2	950–1000	950	160.00	160.00

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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