Volunteer Stockyards Market Report

Greeneville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, November 21, 2020

1,272 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $111.71/cwt -4.78 vs last sale · ≈ $582/hd at 521 lb · 40 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $110.11/cwt -0.11 vs last sale · ≈ $627/hd at 569 lb · 38 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $127.22/cwt +5.83 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 521 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,272	982	716
Feeder cattle	962	800	550
Slaughter cattle	233	157	135
Replacement cattle	77	25	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and bulls 3.00 higher and feeder heifers 3.00 lower, with exception of steers and heifers weighing up to 450 lbs. sharply lower. Slaughter cows and bulls gauging 1.00 to 3.00 lower overall.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	3	133.00	$133.00	$359	-12.00
380–395	388	2	134.00	$134.00	$520	-10.44
431	431	4	135.00	$135.00	$582	-8.10
455–498	490	6	125.00–137.00	$132.07	$647	-5.96
510–540	526	7	128.00–137.00	$132.70	$698	+1.00
535 fancy	535	1	143.00	$143.00	$765	—
545	545	1	120.00	$120.00	$654	-11.70
553–580	561	19	127.00–140.00	$130.72	$733	+1.63
600–645	613	12	123.00–134.00	$127.13	$779	+6.43
650–683	666	11	115.00–127.00	$120.06	$800	-1.69
710	710	1	108.00	$108.00	$767	-6.76
705–735	719	6	112.00–123.00	$118.33	$851	+3.57
790–797	794	5	115.00–117.00	$115.60	$918	+6.60
820	820	1	109.00	$109.00	$894	—
880	880	1	108.00	$108.00	$950	—
905	905	2	104.00	$104.00	$941	+4.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–485	473	2	115.00–120.00	$117.57	$556	-10.43
505–540	523	2	105.00–109.00	$107.07	$560	—
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	121.00–125.00	$123.00	$357	—
300–340	325	8	114.00–125.00	$120.12	$390	-4.00
350–395	369	19	110.00–120.00	$114.24	$422	-15.06
400–445	424	28	110.00–122.00	$117.27	$497	-1.73
460 fancy	460	1	124.00	$124.00	$570	—
450–495	476	22	110.00–122.00	$116.41	$554	-4.07
501–545	521	37	105.00–117.00	$111.12	$579	-5.37
523 fancy	523	3	119.00	$119.00	$622	—
550–590	569	38	104.00–116.00	$110.11	$627	-0.11
609 value added	609	6	111.00	$111.00	$676	—
610–643	627	19	100.00–109.00	$106.23	$666	+2.34
650–675	668	9	92.00–103.00	$97.21	$649	-3.64
705–720	712	3	88.00–97.00	$91.64	$652	-2.66
750–798	779	6	85.00–95.00	$89.42	$697	-7.27
805–843	831	8	77.00–87.50	$85.67	$712	-10.33
860–875	868	2	71.00–82.00	$76.45	$664	—
903–940	919	4	77.00–82.00	$80.22	$737	-15.78

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	272	3	140.00–144.00	$141.42	$385	-3.16
300–345	315	10	150.00–160.00	$154.63	$487	+5.99
360–380 fancy	370	2	149.00–153.00	$150.95	$559	-14.54
350–395	372	17	132.00–147.50	$139.33	$518	-13.61
405–422	415	12	130.00–140.00	$134.16	$557	-9.27
450–495	475	15	123.00–134.00	$127.32	$605	-3.28
480 fancy	480	1	137.00	$137.00	$658	-7.00
500–545	521	36	123.00–133.00	$126.92	$661	+5.53
535 fancy	535	1	138.00	$138.00	$738	—
560–570 fancy	565	2	135.00	$135.00	$763	—
550–595	566	13	117.00–133.00	$125.61	$711	+8.99
605–615 fancy	610	2	128.00	$128.00	$781	—
615–645	636	10	112.00–123.00	$117.13	$745	+7.39
650–690	672	14	112.00–124.00	$116.82	$785	+9.20
700–740	725	5	112.00–113.00	$112.40	$815	+11.00
765 fancy	765	2	112.00	$112.00	$857	—
750–785	767	5	96.00–106.00	$100.98	$775	+8.81
800	800	1	94.00	$94.00	$752	+3.03
875	875	2	86.00–94.00	$90.00	$788	+2.07
915–935	927	3	81.00–86.00	$83.65	$775	—
970	970	1	84.00	$84.00	$815	—
1000–1040	1017	3	75.00–76.00	$75.67	$770	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	2	130.00–135.00	$132.57	$375	—
340	340	1	140.00	$140.00	$476	+17.50
445	445	1	126.00	$126.00	$561	+6.00
515–530	523	2	114.00	$114.00	$596	+4.00
593	593	4	111.00	$111.00	$658	—
660	660	1	105.00	$105.00	$693	+5.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	130.00	$130.00	$312	—
320	320	1	125.00	$125.00	$400	+10.00
375	375	1	120.00	$120.00	$450	—
570	570	1	106.00	$106.00	$604	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1400	1400	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$800	—
1135–1630	1381	75-80%	24	54.00–64.00	$58.46	$807	-0.69
1185–1770	1397	75-80%	28	53.00–62.00	$56.62	$791	—
1410	1410	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$959	+11.15
1415	1415	75-80%	1	64.00	$64.00	$906	+7.15

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1285	1128	80-85%	16	56.00–65.00	$60.99	$688	—
1125–1265	1174	80-85%	10	53.00–63.00	$58.55	$687	—
1275–1490	1372	80-85%	3	66.00–69.00	$67.41	$925	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1015	860	85-90%	3	55.00–80.00	$63.51	$546	—
1025	1025	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$564	-7.00
990–1180	1069	85-90%	5	45.00–52.00	$47.81	$511	-3.79

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520	1520	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,368	+5.70
1365–2065	1697	12	75.00–88.00	$83.15	$1,411	—
1530–2135	1704	4	86.00–91.00	$88.27	$1,504	+9.96
1435–2050	1782	9	70.00–80.00	$73.44	$1,309	-11.56

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1000–1050	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00–875.00	$787.50
1050–1150	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00–1,050.00	$970.00
1050–1300	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	610.00–800.00	$705.00
1000–1500	1221	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	800.00–925.00	$867.08

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	525.00–725.00	$625.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,095.00–1,450.00	$1,272.50	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,180.00–1,525.00	$1,287.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	975.00–1,175.00	$1,068.75	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,287.50	—

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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.