Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2021-05-01

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, May 1
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
639 head
33 vs last sale 672 87 vs year ago 726 · 12.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
19 vs last sale 130 38 vs year ago 187 · 20.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
7 vs last sale 59 10 vs year ago 76 · 13.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers measuring 5.00 lower, with feeder bulls mostly steady overall, and no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts, but a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 2.00 to 4.00 higher overall.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.50/cwt on 199 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits 63.10 against this barn's trailing median of $201.60.
Average price
$138.50
199 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.57
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524138.79727191
Small and Medium 1-2468133.256232thin
Medium and Large 2-3421130.865516thin
One grade step is worth $7.93/cwt here — about $176 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

4 sales
218203189174median 201.6004/1104/1805/1607/1107/11
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $204.16, low $187.93, median $201.60 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale199 hd
138.50
TN average8 barns · 1,073 hd
131.93
+6.57
This barn, trailing median4 sales
201.60
−63.10
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
BullsAverage1,60090.031,44019
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20869.1383532
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39863.0088128
CowsLean 85-90%Average98459.1858310

Every lot, as filed

77 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,020102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422129.52/cwt124.00–135.0054727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2805102.00/cwt102.00–102.008211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy360141.00/cwt141.00–141.005081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371131.54/cwt126.00–136.0048819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313134.37/cwt128.00–140.004214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2870113.00/cwt113.00–113.009831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2513140.69/cwt137.00–145.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566121.93/cwt115.00–129.0069021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450154.00/cwt154.00–154.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474125.60/cwt120.00–131.0059527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428149.00/cwt148.00–150.006383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586134.99/cwt130.00–140.0079110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added560144.99/cwt144.00–146.008122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
BullsReturn to Feed1,22890.90/cwt90.00–92.001,1162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy435172.00/cwt172.00–172.007481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added415164.00/cwt164.00–164.006811
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2445139.00/cwt139.00–139.006191
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2490127.50/cwt127.50–127.506251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550144.00/cwt144.00–144.007921
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2950938.75/cwt800.00–1,100.008,9184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2658130.51/cwt129.00–132.008592
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39861.97/cwt59.00–70.0086618
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17366.47/cwt61.00–72.0078023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29975.93/cwt73.00–79.009869
BullsNatural1,59987.06/cwt84.00–93.001,3926
Bulls1,73195.79/cwt92.00–102.001,6587
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2750800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,0002
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2800775.00/cwt775.00–775.006,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100785.00/cwt695.00–875.008,6352
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.008,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29331,073.33/cwt1,035.00–1,150.0010,0143
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200760.00/cwt700.00–820.009,1202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,042931.67/cwt800.00–1,165.009,7086
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy1,450925.00/cwt925.00–925.0013,4131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0861,024.29/cwt875.00–1,200.0011,1247
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425124.00/cwt124.00–124.005271
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,283.33/cwt1,225.00–1,325.003
CowsLean 85-90%Natural1,08064.00/cwt64.00–64.006911
CowsLean 85-90%96857.60/cwt54.00–63.005588
CowsBreaker 75-80%Natural1,35965.96/cwt63.00–72.008964
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41855.89/cwt55.00–57.007933
BullsMedium and Large 1-2567133.31/cwt127.00–140.0075624
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43072.36/cwt72.00–73.001,0353
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,02067.00/cwt67.00–67.006831
SteersMedium and Large 2-3770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
SteersMedium and Large 2-3605125.00/cwt125.00–125.007561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365137.08/cwt134.00–140.005002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621130.81/cwt126.00–134.008125
BullsMedium and Large 2-3457129.00/cwt125.00–132.005903
Bulls1,55883.95/cwt79.00–89.001,3084
BullsMedium and Large 1-2672121.96/cwt117.00–130.0082012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2316163.47/cwt155.00–170.005178
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy610135.25/cwt135.00–136.008254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275139.00/cwt139.00–139.003821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610115.43/cwt113.00–118.007047
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623125.40/cwt120.00–133.0078121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2240161.28/cwt160.00–162.503872
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520136.73/cwt130.00–144.0071126
BullsMedium and Large 1-2372155.40/cwt150.00–165.0057815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725100.34/cwt100.00–101.007273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473158.74/cwt152.00–166.007512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474143.22/cwt137.00–150.0067920
BullsMedium and Large 1-2724115.66/cwt109.00–120.008377
BullsMedium and Large 1-2413147.58/cwt142.00–157.5061018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677113.96/cwt107.00–120.0077210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy335175.00/cwt174.00–176.005864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750124.00/cwt124.00–124.009301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy430164.69/cwt159.00–170.007087
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518123.59/cwt119.00–129.0064029
BullsMedium and Large 1-2260163.81/cwt157.50–170.004264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2228145.19/cwt142.50–147.503312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700122.00/cwt122.00–122.008541
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380162.50/cwt162.50–162.506181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2754114.77/cwt107.00–116.5086514

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.