Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2025-05-31

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, May 31
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
101 vs last sale 275 79 vs year ago 253 · 31.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
5 vs last sale 61 34 vs year ago 90 · 37.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
9 vs last sale 23 6 vs year ago 20 · 30.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Cattle trends could not be established due to a lack of comparable receipts. Slaughter Cows mostly steady. Slaughter Bulls steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $335.39/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 74.33 against this barn's trailing median of $409.72.
Average price
$335.39
15 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.11
vs TN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534336.991,80113thin
Medium and Large 2518325.001,6842thin
One grade step is worth $11.99/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale15 hd
335.39
TN average10 barns · 281 hd
335.28
+0.11
This barn, trailing median21 sales
409.72
−74.33
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
BullsLow1,762186.623,28814
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,241156.671,9445thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,622150.492,4416thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,074128.261,37714

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,263$2,7504thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$2,4905
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$2,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$1,7001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)700$1,7501thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,6253thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1400–450433351.65/cwt350.00–352.501,5233
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530322.11/cwt310.00–352.501,7074
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567304.05/cwt297.50–307.501,7245
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400375409.40/cwt395.00–425.001,5352
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750725275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9941
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900860220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8921
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650634297.74/cwt280.00–312.501,8888
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479343.38/cwt337.50–357.501,64511
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850805257.55/cwt250.00–265.002,0732
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600570317.56/cwt305.00–325.001,8106
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550504353.64/cwt342.50–357.501,7827
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700672276.53/cwt262.50–291.001,8587
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500474347.53/cwt340.00–360.001,6476
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425387.87/cwt375.00–397.501,6486
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300285425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2111
SteersMedium and Large 1Full800–850810270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1871
SteersMedium and Large 1Full550–600575335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9261
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900865241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,0851
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650605287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7391
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550510360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8361
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,622150.49/cwt142.00–157.002,4416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,223163.62/cwt159.00–166.002,0013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,268146.25/cwt138.00–153.001,8542
CowsLean 85-90%1,114131.94/cwt126.00–138.001,47010
CowsLean 85-90%973119.05/cwt117.00–120.001,1584
Bulls2,275168.00/cwt168.00–168.003,8221
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-27001,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2502,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1402,490.00/head1,850.00–2,700.002,4905
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2632,750.00/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7504
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,625.00/head1,500.00–1,825.001,6253
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29502,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550518325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6842
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750745230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7141
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6561
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4241
Bulls1,590203.78/cwt202.00–206.003,2403
Bulls1,762183.33/cwt174.00–194.003,23010
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300290380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1021
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450430352.38/cwt342.50–362.501,5152
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550545315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7171
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300280315.00/cwt315.00–315.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600568279.78/cwt270.00–290.001,5892
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed200–250245445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,0901
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650645275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7741
BullsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450420400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6801
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479373.74/cwt372.50–375.001,7904
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC400–450420347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,4601
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC450–500485332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,6131
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700663275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8232
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750710296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,1023
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900885231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,0441
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550510360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8361
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300290382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,1091
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700650327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1291
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850840267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,2431
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9381
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5211
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4281
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400378381.16/cwt367.50–390.001,4415
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668257.50/cwt233.00–270.001,7203
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900868243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,1092
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,1881
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8201
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2411
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650608271.66/cwt270.00–275.001,6523

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.