Volunteer Stockyards Market Report

Greeneville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, December 12, 2020

1,257 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $120.76/cwt -1.44 vs last sale · ≈ $636/hd at 527 lb · 46 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $103.44/cwt -4.33 vs last sale · ≈ $592/hd at 572 lb · 39 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $101.28/cwt -4.77 vs last sale · ≈ $529/hd at 522 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,257	761	693
Feeder cattle	997	548	480
Slaughter cattle	206	178	135
Replacement cattle	54	35	78

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers remaining mostly steady overall, with feeder heifers 2.00 lower and feeder bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 9.00 lower overall with exception of boning cows only 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	171.00	$171.00	$547	—
350	350	1	164.00	$164.00	$574	—
405–410 fancy	408	2	145.00–148.00	$146.51	$598	—
410–445	424	4	129.00–140.00	$134.21	$569	-3.04
450	450	1	122.00	$122.00	$549	-12.03
450–495	479	10	125.00–137.00	$131.36	$629	-2.67
500–545	520	26	122.00–136.00	$127.75	$664	-2.99
520 fancy	520	1	145.00	$145.00	$754	—
550–593	573	16	122.00–134.00	$127.36	$730	+2.53
605 fancy	605	1	132.00	$132.00	$799	—
600–645	619	16	117.00–128.00	$120.82	$748	-1.99
650–695	665	17	115.00–127.50	$121.43	$808	-0.82
700–745	725	3	114.00–123.00	$118.24	$857	+9.70
750–795	775	7	109.00–117.00	$111.58	$865	—
815–825	818	4	100.00–108.00	$104.50	$855	-10.50
895	895	1	110.00	$110.00	$984	—
950	950	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,007	—
1075	1075	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590–595	593	2	113.00–116.00	$114.51	$679	+4.51
670–680	675	2	111.00	$111.00	$749	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	105.00	$105.00	$530	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–280	275	2	130.00	$130.00	$358	—
300–340	321	4	114.00–122.00	$117.77	$378	—
360	360	1	118.00	$118.00	$425	-0.02
410 fancy	410	1	126.00	$126.00	$517	-2.51
400–445	421	21	112.00–122.00	$116.40	$490	+1.52
450–480	464	26	104.00–114.00	$109.03	$506	-7.97
465 fancy	465	1	118.00	$118.00	$549	—
500–545	522	32	97.00–107.00	$101.28	$529	-4.77
550–595	572	39	98.00–109.00	$103.44	$592	-4.33
605	605	1	89.00	$89.00	$538	-13.20
605–645	625	13	97.00–109.00	$102.14	$638	+9.14
650–675	659	10	96.00–103.00	$100.48	$662	+1.32
705–735	718	8	90.00–97.00	$92.99	$668	+3.90
805–845	823	5	82.00–92.00	$85.37	$703	+1.37
855–880	868	2	81.00–85.00	$82.97	$720	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	438	2	104.00–105.00	$104.49	$458	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	152.00	$152.00	$426	-8.18
310–340	333	6	145.00–160.00	$151.74	$505	-15.20
335 fancy	335	1	175.00	$175.00	$586	—
350–395	373	13	140.00–157.50	$146.59	$547	-7.34
400–448	423	21	128.00–148.00	$136.84	$579	+0.96
450–492	471	21	120.00–130.00	$125.12	$589	-3.46
505–545 fancy	517	8	130.00–135.00	$131.11	$678	—
500–545	529	38	113.00–126.00	$118.58	$627	-3.62
555–565 fancy	558	3	130.00–134.00	$131.33	$733	—
550–595	574	19	111.00–125.00	$115.90	$665	-3.39
600–635 fancy	618	2	117.00–119.00	$117.97	$729	—
600–648	625	29	103.00–112.00	$109.08	$682	-7.42
660–665 fancy	663	2	118.00	$118.00	$782	—
650–695	668	19	105.00–116.00	$109.96	$735	+3.96
700–735	720	10	103.00–114.00	$107.89	$777	-1.96
755–795	778	6	99.00–110.00	$103.47	$805	-1.54
805–835	817	3	94.00–98.00	$95.66	$782	+0.15

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	—
370	370	1	130.00	$130.00	$481	—
400–440	415	5	113.00–120.00	$118.31	$491	—
530–540	535	2	103.00–108.00	$105.48	$564	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–490	475	2	110.00–116.00	$113.09	$537	—
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	—
650	650	1	98.00	$98.00	$637	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$800	—
1345	1345	75-80%	1	42.00	$42.00	$565	—
945–1615	1353	75-80%	20	45.00–56.00	$49.43	$669	+1.74
1130–1790	1412	75-80%	32	50.00–60.00	$55.33	$781	-9.67
1460	1460	75-80%	1	64.00	$64.00	$934	+6.71
1480	1480	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$888	+2.71

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1230	1113	80-85%	2	58.00–59.00	$58.55	$652	+3.07
940–1415	1193	80-85%	13	48.00–58.00	$53.35	$636	-10.84
1135–1295	1230	80-85%	6	54.00–61.00	$57.18	$703	-10.85
1330	1330	80-85%	1	61.00	$61.00	$811	-9.29
1460	1460	80-85%	1	65.00	$65.00	$949	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–870	838	85-90%	3	49.00–56.00	$52.06	$436	-5.94
915–1135	1068	85-90%	4	40.00–45.00	$43.41	$464	-10.09
1050–1160	1105	85-90%	2	50.00	$50.00	$552	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1600	1445	3	66.00–73.00	$69.72	$1,007	-3.28
1300–2205	1634	6	70.00–80.00	$74.15	$1,212	—
1960–2010	1985	2	85.00–89.00	$86.97	$1,726	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	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 $
1350–1500	1425	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	695.00–700.00	$697.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–950	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	850.00–1,075.00	$933.33
850–1000	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	775.00–1,050.00	$931.25

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–850	817	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	575.00–700.00	$650.83

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	95.00	$95.00	$418	—
940	940	1	79.00	$79.00	$743	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	83.00	$83.00	$593	—

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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.