Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2024-09-14

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, Sep 14
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
427 head
26 vs last sale 453 115 vs year ago 542 · 21.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
25 vs last sale 149 70 vs year ago 194 · 36.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
30 vs last sale 45 5 vs year ago 20 · 25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers measuring 7.00 to 8.00 lower, with feeder heifers weighing up to 600 lbs. 4.00 lower and those weighing over 600 lbs. sharply higher, and feeder bulls sharply lower overall with exception of those weighing 350-500 lbs. 8.00 lower. Regarding slaughter classes- breaker and boning cows 6.00 to 8.00 lower overall, with lean cows 1.00 lower, and bulls 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $210.89/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 160.04 against this barn's trailing median of $370.92.
Average price
$210.89
36 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
16.81
vs TN average
27.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547210.891,15436
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
434394353313median 370.9201/0302/2804/2507/1108/15
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $419.64, low $327.37, median $370.92 across 23 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 sale36 hd
210.89
TN average13 barns · 1,150 hd
227.69
−16.81
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−27.72
This barn, trailing median23 sales
370.92
−160.04
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
BullsAverage1,629159.332,59620
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,206125.281,51127
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,428125.221,78838
CowsLean 85-90%Average936114.051,06711
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600123.001,9681thin

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)1,450$1,6554thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,5002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,400$1,4001thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)850$1,1001thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)1,000$1,0001thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650616210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,29711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700658213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4023
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600578219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2662
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750733211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5474
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575206.46/cwt195.00–212.501,18714
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620197.90/cwt190.00–206.001,22710
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655207.00/cwt206.00–210.001,3564
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435247.93/cwt241.00–262.501,0784
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650621227.46/cwt223.00–235.001,41310
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750726226.03/cwt217.00–229.001,64111
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581230.89/cwt225.00–237.501,3417
SteersMedium and Large 1Full500–550525213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1181
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550515227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1721
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400368252.86/cwt245.00–260.009312
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300255260.00/cwt260.00–260.006631
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717195.02/cwt192.00–200.001,3983
SteersSmall and Medium 1350–400395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008891
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500455232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0581
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628217.09/cwt215.00–220.001,3637
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478247.35/cwt240.00–265.001,1825
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529238.29/cwt235.00–245.001,26115
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700668230.68/cwt224.00–234.001,5413
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800750205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5381
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300273242.71/cwt235.00–250.006632
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800755145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0951
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750715156.98/cwt145.00–167.001,1225
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550523218.88/cwt202.50–222.501,1457
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650619196.76/cwt180.00–216.001,2186
BullsMedium and Large 1Full350–400395222.50/cwt222.50–222.508791
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,600123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,9681
CowsBoner 80-85%1,279134.62/cwt133.00–138.001,7226
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202124.33/cwt118.00–130.001,49418
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,375115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5812
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,431125.79/cwt118.00–133.001,80036
CowsBoner 80-85%1,082112.29/cwt109.00–115.001,2153
CowsLean 85-90%940114.75/cwt109.00–123.001,07910
CowsLean 85-90%895107.00/cwt107.00–107.009581
Bulls1,636161.03/cwt153.00–166.002,63418
Bulls2,070145.00/cwt145.00–145.003,0021
BullsLight Weight1,065143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,5231
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28501,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4501,655.00/head1,250.00–1,875.001,6554
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4001,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,500.00/head1,275.00–1,725.001,5002
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350314210.54/cwt200.00–222.506614
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500472236.13/cwt220.00–255.001,11510
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700669173.95/cwt160.00–190.001,1649
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450414233.38/cwt222.50–250.009669
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385240.48/cwt232.50–260.009265
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325228.31/cwt225.00–230.007423
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480214.32/cwt200.00–225.001,02918
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525212.42/cwt200.00–219.001,11519
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428219.66/cwt200.00–229.0094010
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725189.23/cwt187.00–196.001,3724
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850828154.20/cwt150.00–162.501,2773
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600575210.10/cwt192.00–230.001,20813
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400363224.04/cwt207.50–236.008137

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.