Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2020-08-08

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Aug 8
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
719 head
125 vs last sale 594 105 vs year ago 824 · 12.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
50 vs last sale 191 81 vs year ago 222 · 36.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
6 vs last sale 17 43 vs year ago 66 · 65.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers measuring 1.00 lower overall, with feeder bulls 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows gauging 5.00 to 6.00 lower and slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.63/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$119.63
172 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.42
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2513119.77614170
Medium and Large 2-3430107.754632thin
One grade step is worth $12.02/cwt here — about $151 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 sale172 hd
119.63
TN average13 barns · 4,284 hd
127.05
−7.42
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
BullsAverage1,80386.861,56610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13765.2574230
CowsLean 85-90%Average97963.1161811
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39762.1786921
SteersSelectAverage1,10589.009831thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2776107.57/cwt106.00–110.008357
BullsMedium and Large 1-2809104.54/cwt95.00–109.008464
BullsMedium and Large 1-287596.63/cwt90.00–104.008463
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335154.37/cwt147.00–160.005173
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290165.00/cwt165.00–165.004791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy408152.99/cwt150.00–155.006243
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy568134.00/cwt134.00–134.007612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy530139.00/cwt139.00–139.007372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy460147.49/cwt147.00–148.006782
SteersMedium and Large 2-3573116.00/cwt116.00–116.006652
SteersMedium and Large 2-3365140.00/cwt140.00–140.005111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added477147.00/cwt147.00–147.007013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added810119.00/cwt119.00–119.009641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566134.28/cwt128.00–141.0076011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625127.43/cwt124.00–134.007968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430146.46/cwt140.00–153.006307
SteersMedium and Large 1-2751118.00/cwt116.00–120.008866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678123.33/cwt120.00–128.008366
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526137.06/cwt129.00–141.007216
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715122.00/cwt122.00–122.008722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375155.03/cwt154.00–156.005812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2338157.44/cwt155.00–160.005322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy560144.00/cwt144.00–144.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485108.00/cwt108.00–108.005241
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3375107.50/cwt107.50–107.504031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473123.45/cwt115.00–127.0058442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421120.65/cwt115.00–128.0050833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572119.11/cwt114.00–124.0068130
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527121.48/cwt115.00–127.0064026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673112.08/cwt109.00–114.0075414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614114.47/cwt110.00–121.007037
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375122.48/cwt118.00–127.004597
SteersSelect1,10589.00/cwt89.00–89.009831
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed80873.06/cwt67.00–78.005902
CowsLean 85-90%Natural1,02961.63/cwt57.00–67.006348
CowsLean 85-90%92555.00/cwt55.00–55.005091
CowsBreaker 75-80%Natural1,43162.80/cwt60.00–67.008995
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38761.97/cwt59.00–65.0086016
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,13865.92/cwt64.00–68.007506
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12864.74/cwt59.00–69.0073023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34573.00/cwt73.00–73.009821
BullsNatural1,92486.98/cwt85.00–89.001,6734
Bulls1,74085.13/cwt82.00–93.001,4815
Bulls1,63595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5531
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,350900.00/cwt900.00–900.0012,1501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2875.00/cwt875.00–875.001
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2423122.37/cwt115.00–129.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324119.92/cwt116.00–123.003895
HeifersMedium and Large 1-281899.22/cwt91.00–104.008123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2707112.33/cwt111.00–113.007943
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005341
BullsMedium and Large 2-3493122.51/cwt121.00–124.006042
BullsMedium and Large 2-3415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577125.22/cwt120.00–131.0072325
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523129.16/cwt122.00–135.0067620
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465136.65/cwt130.00–144.0063519
BullsMedium and Large 1-2627123.70/cwt117.00–129.0077617
BullsMedium and Large 1-2666119.01/cwt114.00–124.0079315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2419140.05/cwt131.00–146.0058715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2729112.60/cwt109.00–116.0082110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2368150.58/cwt143.00–160.005549

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.