Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2020-04-04

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Apr 4
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
502 head
6 vs last sale 508 502 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
228 vs last sale 325 97 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
24 vs last sale 15 39 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 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows gauging 8.00 lower overall and slaughter bulls sharply lower- due, in part, to lighter demand and buyer activity.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.09/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$112.09
128 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$10.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.60
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2488112.88551117
Medium and Large 2-3523104.135458thin
Small and Medium 1-2394102.504043thin
One grade step is worth $10.38/cwt here — about $147 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 sale128 hd
112.09
TN average10 barns · 1,559 hd
117.69
−5.60
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
BullsAverage1,57670.981,1196thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18953.5663733
CowsLean 85-90%Average93551.944868thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37151.1770217

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,2501,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,7502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2983966.67/cwt800.00–1,150.009,5023
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0013,5131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050790.00/cwt790.00–790.008,2951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2101,030.00/cwt975.00–1,150.0012,4635
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2251,112.50/cwt1,075.00–1,175.0013,6284
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,050925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,7131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,025.00/cwt1,000.00–1,075.0013,3253
SteersMedium and Large 2-3565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515138.58/cwt130.00–144.0071412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673122.37/cwt117.00–124.0082410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-270086.50/cwt85.00–88.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-268394.00/cwt93.00–95.006422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full395102.50/cwt102.50–102.504051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy364132.00/cwt132.00–132.004804
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy515119.00/cwt119.00–119.006131
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2475125.08/cwt119.00–129.005943
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2428125.46/cwt120.00–130.005373
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2600103.00/cwt103.00–103.006181
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3297142.50/cwt142.50–142.504233
BullsMedium and Large 2-3333146.72/cwt146.00–147.504892
BullsMedium and Large 2-3560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006441
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500123.00/cwt123.00–123.006151
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435137.00/cwt137.00–137.005961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420151.23/cwt140.00–158.0063525
BullsMedium and Large 1-2472138.23/cwt133.00–142.0065221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2374155.94/cwt150.00–167.5058312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517137.01/cwt130.00–141.0070810
BullsMedium and Large 1-2332163.20/cwt153.00–172.005427
BullsMedium and Large 1-2571130.96/cwt128.00–134.007485
BullsMedium and Large 1-2664119.01/cwt117.00–120.007904
BullsMedium and Large 1-2628122.71/cwt118.00–126.007713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2733101.99/cwt100.00–104.007482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Full525127.50/cwt127.50–127.506691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421153.38/cwt151.00–156.006467
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618129.32/cwt128.00–133.007996
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562134.12/cwt130.00–137.007546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2356161.49/cwt150.00–168.005755
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478144.59/cwt140.00–147.006913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330168.30/cwt167.00–169.005553
SteersMedium and Large 1-2760111.00/cwt111.00–111.008441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715117.00/cwt117.00–117.008371
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2438100.00/cwt100.00–100.004382
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2305107.50/cwt107.50–107.503281
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3560100.25/cwt98.00–102.005614
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3525105.00/cwt105.00–105.005512
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3448111.00/cwt111.00–111.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added647106.00/cwt106.00–106.006866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471113.06/cwt109.00–118.0053320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420117.46/cwt115.00–125.0049320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560112.14/cwt106.00–117.0062814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524111.44/cwt108.00–116.0058414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2338124.66/cwt120.00–127.004219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-261897.77/cwt92.00–103.006048
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374120.21/cwt115.00–124.004508
HeifersMedium and Large 1-275685.24/cwt83.00–87.006444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2272128.39/cwt125.00–132.003494
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600131.00/cwt131.00–131.007861
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed87868.26/cwt55.00–83.005993
CowsLean 85-90%96942.15/cwt38.00–46.004085
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37251.74/cwt46.00–58.0071016
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36042.00/cwt42.00–42.005711
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,07361.05/cwt59.00–64.006553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20553.34/cwt50.00–58.0064319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14444.92/cwt40.00–48.005147
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28064.08/cwt61.00–66.008204
BullsReturn to Feed1,21580.00/cwt80.00–80.009721
Bulls1,64869.18/cwt64.00–75.001,1405
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2950590.00/cwt590.00–590.005,6051
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.008,5001

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.