Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2024-08-17

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Aug 17
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
130 vs last sale 481 170 vs year ago 521 · 32.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
139 head
3 vs last sale 142 33 vs year ago 172 · 19.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
20 vs last sale 28 25 vs year ago 33 · 75.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder heifers measuring 3.00 lower overall, with feeder bulls unevenly steady, and no comparisons available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts. Slaughter cows gauging 3.00 to 4.00 lower with slaughter bulls 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $238.84/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 170.89 against this barn's trailing median of $409.72.
Average price
$238.84
17 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,281
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.51
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536238.841,28117thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
477425373322median 409.7201/0303/0704/2506/1308/08
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $462.86, low $335.63, median $409.72 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
238.84
TN average12 barns · 336 hd
238.33
+0.51
This barn, trailing median21 sales
409.72
−170.89
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
BullsHigh1,682174.862,94225
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,424145.182,06732
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,167142.301,66032
CowsLean 85-90%High1,003129.571,29915
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,097125.941,3813thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$1,6002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)$1,4751thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)$2,2751thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1Fleshy450–500465242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1281
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650600215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2901
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950940179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,6831
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275310.00/cwt310.00–310.008532
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900860186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,6001
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400378288.13/cwt280.00–292.501,0899
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550500245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2251
Dairy SteersLarge 41150–12001,180145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,7111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,181142.05/cwt135.00–149.001,67824
CowsBoner 80-85%1,155130.24/cwt127.00–133.001,5044
CowsLean 85-90%1,150141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,6221
CowsLean 85-90%1,013132.10/cwt124.00–138.001,33811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,363130.43/cwt129.00–132.001,7782
CowsBoner 80-85%1,091155.82/cwt152.00–163.001,7004
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,090128.91/cwt124.00–133.001,4052
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,110120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3321
CowsLean 85-90%917116.46/cwt112.50–120.001,0683
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,645159.52/cwt158.00–161.002,6242
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,412145.21/cwt134.00–156.002,05028
Bulls1,930198.00/cwt198.00–198.003,8211
Bulls1,830179.04/cwt168.00–188.003,27618
Bulls1,488162.34/cwt160.00–165.002,4162
BullsLight Weight1,054156.53/cwt153.00–159.001,6504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,600.00/head1,550.00–1,650.001,6002
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-22,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-22,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600559238.04/cwt222.50–249.001,3316
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800771196.11/cwt186.00–210.001,5125
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665222.25/cwt222.00–222.501,4782
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550524239.27/cwt230.00–246.001,25411
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850815194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5811
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650614223.23/cwt220.00–229.001,3719
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500469257.14/cwt250.00–272.501,2069
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523260.18/cwt253.00–267.501,3616
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700695232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6123
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500458274.00/cwt260.00–282.501,2556
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6751
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300268246.21/cwt242.50–250.006602
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650632227.33/cwt227.00–228.001,4373
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900890206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,8331
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650616216.73/cwt212.50–222.001,3354
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350326272.96/cwt265.00–282.508906
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526231.54/cwt228.00–240.001,2186
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500458222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,0193
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400363318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,1542
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650620242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450429249.57/cwt240.00–262.501,07111
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473235.75/cwt228.00–242.501,11511
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250245270.00/cwt270.00–270.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565225.57/cwt220.00–229.001,2749
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400379260.01/cwt247.50–272.509855
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428230.00/cwt230.00–230.009842
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665210.74/cwt209.00–212.501,4012
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full500–550508220.51/cwt220.00–221.001,1202
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full400–450438229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0033
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750723202.16/cwt191.00–211.001,4627
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450434256.34/cwt252.50–268.001,11311
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350322289.31/cwt275.00–312.509323
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500460242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,1161
BullsSmall and Medium 1350–400380260.00/cwt260.00–260.009881

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.