Volunteer Stockyards Market Report

Greeneville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 10, 2020

977 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $115.43/cwt ≈ $544/hd at 471 lb · 32 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $117.06/cwt ≈ $499/hd at 426 lb · 23 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $107.32/cwt ≈ $675/hd at 629 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	977	1,243
Feeder cattle	793	—
Slaughter cattle	152	—
Replacement cattle	32	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder cattle measuring 1.00 to 2.00 lower overall, with slaughter cattle gauging 5.00 to 6.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
365–395	380	2	142.00–149.00	$145.64	$553
400–430	424	6	138.00–140.00	$138.82	$589
455–495	474	5	134.00–140.00	$137.99	$654
505–530	516	11	125.00–138.00	$130.83	$675
550 fancy	550	1	138.00	$138.00	$759
552–595	577	10	119.00–130.00	$126.03	$727
610–645	623	6	120.00–127.00	$123.47	$769
660–675	666	5	119.00–123.00	$120.99	$806
695 value added	695	2	126.00	$126.00	$876
710–735	724	6	116.00–122.00	$118.68	$859
755–790	773	2	109.00–111.00	$110.02	$850
805–845	829	8	107.00–112.00	$109.13	$905
860	860	1	111.00	$111.00	$955

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
560	560	2	108.00	$108.00	$605
605	605	1	114.00	$114.00	$690

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1920	1920	1	57.00	$57.00	$1,094

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
585	585	1	105.00	$105.00	$614

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
280–295	288	2	120.00–125.00	$122.43	$353
290 fancy	290	1	138.00	$138.00	$400
305–345	326	7	124.00–135.00	$128.22	$418
365	365	1	128.00	$128.00	$467
405–445	426	23	113.00–121.00	$117.06	$499
450–495	471	32	110.00–120.00	$115.43	$544
500–545	519	22	104.00–115.00	$109.69	$569
555–595	571	18	103.00–112.50	$109.71	$626
600–645	628	19	101.00–110.00	$105.91	$665
623–638 value added	631	4	113.00–115.00	$114.01	$719
650–695	662	11	102.00–111.00	$108.47	$718
695	695	1	94.00	$94.00	$653
710–740	722	5	97.00–105.00	$102.82	$742
827 value added	827	5	98.00	$98.00	$810

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
440	440	1	107.00	$107.00	$471
495	495	1	106.00	$106.00	$525

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
360–380	370	2	108.00–110.00	$108.97	$403

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	1	150.00	$150.00	$412
300–335	318	2	138.00–155.00	$146.03	$464
365–395	377	9	130.00–138.00	$133.42	$503
405–445	420	15	128.00–137.00	$132.39	$556
450–498	475	22	126.00–140.00	$131.89	$626
505–548	528	14	123.00–133.00	$126.53	$668
550 fancy	550	1	134.00	$134.00	$737
550–598	572	10	118.00–128.00	$121.70	$696
608–623 fancy	616	4	123.00	$123.00	$758
600–635	619	9	108.00–119.00	$112.33	$695
650–695	666	13	115.00–119.00	$117.08	$780
708–735	722	4	110.00–114.00	$112.22	$810
760–780	770	3	105.00–112.00	$107.64	$829
810–820	815	2	92.00–101.00	$96.47	$786
890	890	1	89.00	$89.00	$792
920–940	930	2	90.00	$90.00	$837

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	1	137.50	$137.50	$378
438	438	2	122.00	$122.00	$534
520	520	1	118.00	$118.00	$614
565	565	1	113.00	$113.00	$638
605–630	618	2	100.00–101.00	$100.49	$621
680–685	683	2	103.00–105.00	$104.00	$710

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275–280	278	2	135.00–137.50	$136.26	$379
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534
465–495	480	2	110.00–114.00	$112.06	$538

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1180	1180	75-80%	1	63.00	$63.00	$743
1180–1615	1373	75-80%	9	46.00–55.00	$49.89	$685
1235–1650	1439	75-80%	27	42.00–52.00	$46.14	$664
1950	1950	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$1,053

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$579
990–1215	1138	80-85%	3	54.00–57.00	$54.87	$624
975–1530	1156	80-85%	25	44.00–51.00	$48.11	$556
1150–1285	1216	80-85%	7	48.00–55.00	$51.35	$624
1390	1390	80-85%	1	60.00	$60.00	$834

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–975	854	85-90%	7	51.00–75.00	$63.25	$540
905–1125	1013	85-90%	8	42.00–49.00	$45.11	$457

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1125–1325	1225	2	64.00	$64.00	$784
1690	1690	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,352
1445–2295	1724	5	67.00–76.00	$73.03	$1,259
1660–2100	1833	5	70.00–78.00	$73.98	$1,356

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1050	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–710.00	$705.00
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.