Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2019-08-17

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Aug 17
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
602 head
222 vs last sale 824 602 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
81 vs last sale 222 141 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
30 vs last sale 66 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and bulls measuring 3.00 to 4.00 lower overall, with feeder heifers 9.00 lower. Regarding slaughter classes- boning cows remaining mostly steady, with no comparisons available for lean cows due to limited comparable receipts, and breaker cows gauging 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.99/cwt on 160 head.
Average price
$114.99
160 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.01
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540115.60625143
Medium and Large 2-3462109.8250817thin
One grade step is worth $5.78/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale160 hd
114.99
TN average9 barns · 1,275 hd
117.00
−2.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,70683.021,41624
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21459.8972751
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42554.7678026
CowsLean 85-90%Average98851.375083thin

Every lot, as filed

86 lots · USDA AMS · Volunteer Stockyards - Greeneville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531118.93/cwt112.00–122.5063240
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622116.45/cwt109.00–118.0072429
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478116.60/cwt115.00–121.0055718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578115.61/cwt111.00–120.0066813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422115.66/cwt112.00–119.0048812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680112.45/cwt105.00–117.007659
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2322113.10/cwt109.00–123.003648
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384112.66/cwt110.00–117.004336
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720106.42/cwt100.00–110.007663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-282395.51/cwt93.00–98.007862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765104.00/cwt104.00–104.007961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006152
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005042
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2695104.00/cwt104.00–104.007231
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2570115.00/cwt115.00–115.006561
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2470118.00/cwt118.00–118.005551
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2340125.00/cwt125.00–125.004251
BullsMedium and Large 2-3470125.79/cwt125.00–128.005915
BullsMedium and Large 2-3590109.23/cwt107.00–116.006444
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430123.03/cwt122.00–124.005292
BullsMedium and Large 2-370096.00/cwt96.00–96.006721
BullsMedium and Large 2-3685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
BullsMedium and Large 2-3525114.00/cwt114.00–114.005991
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350127.00/cwt127.00–127.004451
BullsMedium and Large 2-3325125.00/cwt125.00–125.004061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2431139.84/cwt132.00–147.0060315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2569124.43/cwt120.00–133.0070810
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525126.10/cwt120.00–132.0066210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2627117.43/cwt112.00–124.007369
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473140.72/cwt130.00–146.006668
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370134.22/cwt132.00–140.004978
BullsMedium and Large 1-2669117.72/cwt113.00–123.007887
BullsMedium and Large 1-2820100.64/cwt94.00–105.008253
BullsMedium and Large 1-277798.03/cwt95.00–102.007623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2708110.29/cwt107.00–115.007813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2332134.58/cwt130.00–139.004473
BullsMedium and Large 1-291887.57/cwt82.00–93.008042
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,09089.00/cwt89.00–89.009701
BullsMedium and Large 1-285595.00/cwt95.00–95.008121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy618129.97/cwt129.00–131.008032
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy433151.51/cwt150.00–153.006562
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy515140.00/cwt140.00–140.007211
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed93562.00/cwt62.00–62.005801
CowsLean 85-90%1,01546.06/cwt44.00–48.004682
CowsBreaker 75-80%Natural1,19861.64/cwt59.00–64.007382
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44254.46/cwt50.00–59.0078523
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49048.00/cwt48.00–48.007151
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,15575.00/cwt75.00–75.008661
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,18659.60/cwt57.00–63.007077
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,35571.52/cwt71.00–72.009692
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,20553.53/cwt52.00–55.006452
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23360.98/cwt55.00–67.0075228
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17349.66/cwt44.00–54.005838
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14769.06/cwt68.00–70.007923
BullsReturn to Feed1,24087.40/cwt84.00–90.001,0842
BullsNatural1,69185.82/cwt79.00–92.001,45110
Bulls1,80778.06/cwt72.00–84.001,41110
Bulls1,74389.45/cwt87.00–92.001,5592
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2900500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0015,2251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200570.00/cwt550.00–590.006,8402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,400570.00/cwt570.00–570.007,9801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,550690.00/cwt690.00–690.0010,6951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy1,400750.00/cwt750.00–750.0010,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,310.00/cwt1,310.00–1,310.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.001
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2390126.00/cwt126.00–126.004911
SteersMedium and Large 2-3537122.22/cwt120.00–127.006565
SteersMedium and Large 2-3480120.97/cwt120.00–122.005812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added808121.50/cwt121.50–121.509826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578131.50/cwt129.00–141.0076015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673123.00/cwt118.00–130.0082812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622129.05/cwt124.00–134.008039
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517134.24/cwt130.00–140.006949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715122.67/cwt120.00–128.008776
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422141.33/cwt133.00–151.005963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478142.45/cwt139.00–146.006812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825121.00/cwt121.00–121.009981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315139.00/cwt139.00–139.004381
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3461110.00/cwt110.00–110.0050715
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3505109.00/cwt109.00–109.005501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3440108.00/cwt108.00–108.004751

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.