Sale reports / Tennessee / Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN / 2026-05-09

Greenville Livestock Auction - Greenville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Greeneville, Tennessee · Sat, May 9
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2070
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
62 vs last sale 222 30 vs year ago 254 · +11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
4 vs last sale 34 30 vs year ago 68 · 44.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
11 vs last sale 16 18 vs year ago 23 · 78.3%
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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 $400.01/cwt on 42 head, up $3.45 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 20 of 23 comparable sales and sits +29.09 against this barn's trailing median of $370.92.
Average price
$400.01
3.45 vs prior sale
42 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,186
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
7.98
vs TN average
27.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546400.012,18642
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 sale42 hd
400.01
TN average15 barns · 844 hd
407.99
−7.98
National average182 barns · 12,459 hd
427.90
−27.89
This barn, trailing median23 sales
370.92
+29.09
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
BullsHigh1,694188.793,1983thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,175172.082,0219thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,488168.002,5004thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,048159.411,6712thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,560160.002,4961thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,350157.002,1201thin

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)$2,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)$2,5001thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,350157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,1201
CowsLean 85-90%1,048159.41/cwt153.00–168.001,6712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,488168.00/cwt160.00–173.002,5004
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400377417.12/cwt400.00–440.001,5733
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600584412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,4066
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300290530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5371
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500470468.09/cwt440.00–495.002,2002
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,560160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,103180.57/cwt180.00–181.001,9922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,195169.65/cwt164.00–175.002,0277
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0861
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600575397.52/cwt395.00–405.002,2866
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750710325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3081
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500453390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7672
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650611336.72/cwt330.00–345.002,0576
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550515441.31/cwt415.00–455.002,2737
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320450.31/cwt440.00–460.001,4412
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400367507.44/cwt490.00–520.001,8625
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650630367.44/cwt365.00–370.002,3152
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500481412.39/cwt410.00–425.001,9848
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250205640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,3121
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550537448.29/cwt435.00–455.002,4073
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420418.75/cwt410.00–445.001,7594
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450433445.00/cwt430.00–460.001,9275
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650635385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4451
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650617363.31/cwt355.00–370.002,2423
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350325552.50/cwt545.00–560.001,7962
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300288536.04/cwt512.50–560.001,5442
SteersSmall 1Value Added500–550518420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1763
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500499467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,3335
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550530422.57/cwt422.00–425.002,2405
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800780317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,4773
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500488440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1472
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600573429.54/cwt416.00–442.502,46113
BullsSmall 1400–450435350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5231
BullsSmall 1300–350335450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5083
SteersSmall 1Value Added450–500450345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5531
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700651365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,3768
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1291
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed350–400390455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7751
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750715321.76/cwt315.00–335.002,3013
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700675379.10/cwt378.00–385.002,55913
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550529397.23/cwt380.00–410.002,10120
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565388.27/cwt380.00–402.502,19411
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950910291.70/cwt290.00–295.002,6543
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650628396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,48728
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-32,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500495410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0301
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added450–500465450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0931
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added400–450435400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7401
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added500–550522390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0363
Bulls1,475206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,0391
Bulls1,803180.19/cwt172.00–188.003,2492
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy350–400378390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4742
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450445390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7361
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy350–400395455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7971
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700683312.53/cwt310.00–315.002,1352
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700675341.59/cwt335.00–345.002,3063

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.