Name: Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on a lighter test this week, feeder heifers 3.00 higher with feeder bulls 6.00 higher, and no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 1.00 to 3.00 higher overall.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.45/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −62.15 against this barn's trailing median of $201.60.

Average price

$139.45

58 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$77

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small and Medium 1-2

$17.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.29

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	338	143.33	485	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	516	139.72	721	53
Small and Medium 1-2	445	126.25	562	2thin

One grade step is worth $17.08/cwt here — about −$77 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

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 sale58 hd

139.45

—

TN average9 barns · 871 hd

144.74

−5.29

This barn, trailing median4 sales

201.60

−62.15

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,692	87.10	1,474	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	68.80	826	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,405	67.00	941	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,066	58.62	625	21

Every lot, as filed

58 lots · USDA AMS · Volunteer Stockyards - 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	468	157.49/cwt	157.00–158.00	737	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	405	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	516	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	141.52/cwt	137.00–150.00	675	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	891	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	141.54/cwt	137.00–146.00	892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	149.52/cwt	147.00–152.00	837	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	124.97/cwt	118.00–129.00	711	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	751	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	340	153.40/cwt	147.00–160.00	522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	123.94/cwt	119.00–129.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	455	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	418	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	129.25/cwt	125.00–133.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	129.82/cwt	127.00–136.00	560	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	365	121.59/cwt	116.00–127.50	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	109.68/cwt	107.00–111.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	109.56/cwt	105.00–114.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	65.42/cwt	60.00–70.00	912	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	76.08/cwt	73.00–82.00	911	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	73.97/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,075	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	65.94/cwt	60.00–72.00	793	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	706	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	57.74/cwt	54.00–63.00	616	19
Bulls	—	—	1,827	99.37/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,815	3
Bulls	—	—	1,724	84.25/cwt	79.00–92.00	1,452	9
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,005	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	764	1
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	7,205	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	10,020	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,800.00/cwt	1,800.00–1,800.00	—	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	—	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	457	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	160.91/cwt	150.00–168.00	669	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	162.72/cwt	150.00–169.00	626	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	124.03/cwt	119.00–128.00	757	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	133.04/cwt	127.50–138.00	764	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	106.33/cwt	105.00–109.00	816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	121.20/cwt	117.00–130.00	636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	490	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	135.39/cwt	130.00–138.00	720	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	160.32/cwt	152.50–165.00	513	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	142.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	530	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	135.50/cwt	131.00–139.00	634	5

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 →

Volunteer Stockyards - Greeneville, TN

Sat Dec 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 246Last week 409Year ago 403

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 106Year ago 94

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 12Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	157.00–158.00	157.49
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	127.50	127.50
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	477	137.00–150.00	141.52
2	—	675	110.00–116.00	113.00
1	—	825	108.00	108.00
5	—	416	150.00–168.00	160.91
6	—	385	150.00–169.00	162.72
7	—	610	119.00–128.00	124.03
4	—	574	127.50–138.00	133.04
3	—	767	105.00–109.00	106.33
9	—	532	130.00–138.00	135.39
3	—	320	152.50–165.00	160.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	145.00	145.00
2	—	350	140.00–145.00	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	137.00–146.00	141.54
1	—	755	116.00	116.00
2	—	560	147.00–152.00	149.52
1	—	500	156.00	156.00
1	—	455	165.00	165.00
2	—	678	119.00–129.00	123.94
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	147.00–160.00	153.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	100.00–102.00	100.99
11	—	569	118.00–129.00	124.97
1	—	770	106.00	106.00
3	—	377	125.00–133.00	129.25
7	—	431	127.00–136.00	129.82
3	—	672	107.00–111.00	109.68
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
2	—	715	105.00–114.00	109.56
4	—	525	117.00–130.00	121.20
5	—	468	131.00–139.00	135.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	110.00	110.00
2	—	365	116.00–127.50	121.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	142.00	142.00
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
2	—	490	144.00	144.00
2	—	530	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	335	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,394	60.00–70.00	65.42
5	—	1,453	72.00–76.00	73.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,197	73.00–82.00	76.08
28	—	1,202	60.00–72.00	65.94
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	67.00	67.00
19	—	1,067	54.00–63.00	57.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,827	96.00–102.00	99.37
9	—	1,724	79.00–92.00	84.25
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	76.00	76.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	655.00	655.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	835.00	835.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,575.00	1,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,800.00	1,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00

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Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Volunteer Stockyards - Greeneville, TN

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle