Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2022-03-12

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Mar 12
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
660 vs last sale 724 809 vs year ago 873 · 92.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
162 vs last sale 194 162 vs year ago 194 · 83.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
26 vs last sale 31 43 vs year ago 48 · 89.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available for feeder and slaughter classes due to limited comparable receipts. Limited offerings noted due to inclement weather.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.83/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$127.83
12 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.69
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2457129.4059110thin
Medium and Large 2-3473120.005672thin
One grade step is worth $9.40/cwt here — about $24 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 sale12 hd
127.83
TN average10 barns · 1,872 hd
144.52
−16.69
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
BullsHigh1,595112.441,7935thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48099.001,4651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23486.131,0626thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02571.277317thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1-2655126.00/cwt126.00–126.008251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750117.00/cwt117.00–117.008781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515136.00/cwt136.00–136.007001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300155.00/cwt155.00–155.004651
BullsMedium and Large 2-3378145.67/cwt145.00–146.005513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365152.50/cwt152.50–152.505571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280139.00/cwt139.00–139.003892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525126.00/cwt126.00–126.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800108.00/cwt108.00–108.008641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2608143.97/cwt136.00–152.008752
SteersMedium and Large 2-3920114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680131.00/cwt131.00–131.008911
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420123.00/cwt123.00–123.005171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455162.00/cwt162.00–162.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595124.00/cwt124.00–124.007382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415131.33/cwt129.00–135.005453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245140.00/cwt140.00–140.003431
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425154.00/cwt154.00–154.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3525117.00/cwt117.00–117.006141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5001,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0015,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,7001
Bulls1,475126.28/cwt119.00–133.001,8632
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,03086.00/cwt86.00–86.008861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16578.18/cwt75.00–81.009113
CowsLean 85-90%1,02571.27/cwt66.00–76.007317
Bulls1,675103.21/cwt100.00–109.001,7293
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43898.11/cwt96.00–100.001,4112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,4651

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.