Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2025-05-17

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, May 17
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
258 head
4 vs last sale 254 10 vs year ago 248 · +4.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
27 vs last sale 68 71 vs year ago 112 · 63.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No market trends available due to limited comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $312.84/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 58.08 against this barn's trailing median of $370.92.
Average price
$312.84
19 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
8.53
vs TN average
27.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542312.841,69519thin
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 sale19 hd
312.84
TN average13 barns · 503 hd
321.38
−8.53
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−27.04
This barn, trailing median23 sales
370.92
−58.08
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
BullsLow1,505178.962,6944thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,422148.752,1157thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,140145.881,66313
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,009127.241,2845thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 Added500–550510335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7091
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400358419.97/cwt400.00–455.001,5034
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800780245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9111
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468380.83/cwt380.00–382.501,7823
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5962
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700680280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9041
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500476359.39/cwt345.00–370.001,7117
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9951
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528357.26/cwt347.50–375.001,88612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500450367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6542
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7681
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,422148.75/cwt143.00–154.002,1157
CowsBoner 80-85%1,123158.01/cwt155.00–161.001,7742
CowsLean 85-90%1,095117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,2871
CowsLean 85-90%988129.67/cwt126.00–133.001,2814
Bulls1,395170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3721
Bulls1,542181.95/cwt179.00–185.002,8063
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520318.10/cwt307.50–330.001,65411
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450432353.34/cwt340.00–367.501,5266
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800778266.05/cwt257.50–275.002,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed400–450443340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,300130.90/cwt130.00–132.001,7022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,108146.51/cwt138.00–153.001,6239
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500465333.75/cwt330.00–337.501,5522
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450410357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4661
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700672270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8143
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650600312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,8751
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600565326.45/cwt315.00–340.001,8445
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700661269.09/cwt255.00–280.001,77911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650635252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6031
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600590287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6961
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900860230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9781
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450425321.69/cwt320.00–325.001,3673
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500495310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5351
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550533331.23/cwt327.50–335.001,7652
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300250375.00/cwt375.00–375.009381
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350324431.29/cwt400.00–450.001,3974
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750728235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7113
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800778244.33/cwt240.00–250.001,9014
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475333.96/cwt322.50–347.501,5865
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395375.00/cwt367.50–377.501,4814
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600579303.74/cwt300.00–315.001,7596
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412412.43/cwt407.50–420.001,6993
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800760230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7481
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750735247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,8191
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518354.72/cwt335.00–361.001,8375
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619289.59/cwt280.00–300.001,7936
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450421385.67/cwt370.00–400.001,6245
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650637271.62/cwt260.00–280.001,7303
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500485380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8432

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.