Volunteer Stockyards Market Report

Greeneville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, January 30, 2021

832 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $121.88/cwt -1.05 vs last sale · ≈ $519/hd at 426 lb · 34 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $118.69/cwt +2.39 vs last sale · ≈ $618/hd at 521 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $113.82/cwt +0.61 vs last sale · ≈ $655/hd at 576 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	832	738	684
Feeder cattle	620	587	539
Slaughter cattle	180	151	126
Replacement cattle	32	—	19

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers holding mostly steady overall, with feeder bulls 2.00 higher overall. Slaughter cows also steady with exception of lean cows gauging 2.00 to 5.00 higher, and slaughter bulls 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	152.00	$152.00	$562	-8.68
415–430	425	3	154.00–164.00	$157.25	$668	+3.71
455–490	479	5	143.00–159.00	$149.47	$716	+0.21
505 fancy	505	1	147.00	$147.00	$742	-6.00
510–530	519	5	130.00–143.00	$138.05	$716	-5.39
550 fancy	550	1	145.00	$145.00	$798	—
551 value added	551	6	147.50	$147.50	$813	—
555–590	573	6	130.00–141.00	$136.67	$783	-0.25
600–625	613	5	126.00–135.00	$131.17	$804	-1.54
680–697	693	4	127.00–131.00	$127.98	$887	+2.18
698 thin fleshed	698	2	116.00	$116.00	$810	—
755–790	771	4	109.00–120.00	$115.43	$890	+0.92
913	913	2	116.00	$116.00	$1,059	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	146.00	$146.00	$635	+21.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	137.50	$137.50	$296	±0.00
315–340	323	8	122.00–130.00	$127.68	$412	-0.89
345 fancy	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	—
365–390	372	9	120.00–130.00	$122.20	$455	-7.15
375 fancy	375	1	134.00	$134.00	$502	—
400–425 fancy	411	4	130.00–134.00	$131.97	$542	—
400–443	428	30	115.00–128.00	$120.54	$516	-2.39
450–495	472	25	115.00–124.00	$119.94	$566	-1.11
505–530 value added	511	8	122.75–129.00	$124.37	$636	+1.37
500–548	524	18	114.00–122.00	$117.25	$614	+1.32
510–545	528	2	108.00–110.00	$108.97	$575	-6.96
558 value added	558	2	123.00	$123.00	$686	—
550–595	577	26	108.00–117.00	$113.11	$653	-0.10
605	605	1	103.00	$103.00	$623	-6.56
600–643	616	15	108.00–117.00	$112.03	$690	+2.47
650–695	672	12	105.00–112.00	$108.08	$726	-2.78
705–745	730	5	104.00–113.00	$109.17	$797	+1.66
755–785	770	2	105.00–107.00	$106.02	$816	-0.98
815	815	1	94.00	$94.00	$766	-9.00
860–885	878	6	81.00–90.00	$84.48	$742	-15.52
930	930	1	93.00	$93.00	$865	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–270	265	2	112.50–120.00	$116.18	$308	—
400–415	408	2	100.00–110.00	$104.91	$428	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	117.50	$117.50	$352	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	157.50–162.50	$160.05	$384	—
315–340 fancy	329	6	185.00–202.00	$193.51	$637	+8.51
325–331	330	6	156.00–157.50	$156.41	$516	-1.64
350 fancy	350	1	191.00	$191.00	$668	—
355–390	374	8	160.00–175.00	$167.18	$625	+5.19
419 value added	419	4	159.00	$159.00	$666	—
400–445	421	23	141.00–157.00	$149.52	$629	+0.99
455–493	476	19	139.00–155.00	$146.09	$695	+1.33
500–525 fancy	510	4	145.00–152.00	$148.80	$759	—
500–545	521	13	130.00–142.00	$135.49	$706	-2.24
558–585	567	8	130.00–134.00	$131.37	$745	+2.73
605–625	613	3	118.00–124.00	$121.67	$746	-2.92
675–695	685	6	113.00–119.00	$116.01	$795	+0.63
710–735	719	4	109.00–112.00	$109.74	$789	-0.71
770–790	777	3	104.00–106.00	$104.99	$816	-1.99
820	820	1	93.00	$93.00	$763	-10.00
875	875	1	95.00	$95.00	$831	-1.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	150.00	$150.00	$525	—
420	420	1	136.00	$136.00	$571	—
455–472	468	4	132.50–135.00	$133.11	$623	—
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630	—
645	645	1	113.00	$113.00	$729	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	137.00	$137.00	$603	—
500	500	1	124.00	$124.00	$620	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	80-85%	1	68.00	$68.00	$765	—
950–1400	1188	80-85%	15	60.00–70.00	$64.31	$764	—
910–1605	1198	80-85%	23	57.00–66.00	$62.84	$753	—
1235–1465	1335	80-85%	7	67.00–74.00	$68.91	$920	—
1335–1510	1394	80-85%	4	73.00–78.00	$75.17	$1,048	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245	1245	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$872	—
1215–1735	1421	75-80%	6	59.00–67.00	$62.73	$891	+2.69
1170–1655	1436	75-80%	19	54.00–65.00	$60.05	$862	+0.01
1495–1520	1508	75-80%	2	69.00	$69.00	$1,041	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795–890	843	85-90%	2	60.00–63.00	$61.58	$519	—
1000–1070	1035	85-90%	2	53.00–58.00	$55.58	$575	—
825–1395	1103	85-90%	12	49.00–59.00	$53.84	$594	+3.04

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435	1435	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,277	—
1620–2040	1780	6	81.00–88.00	$83.20	$1,481	—
1360–2200	1856	10	80.00–90.00	$84.23	$1,563	—
1945–2015	1980	2	96.00	$96.00	$1,901	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
1000–1200	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	675.00–875.00	$775.00
1100–1400	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–925.00	$850.00
1200–1450	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	510.00–760.00	$635.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1050	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00

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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	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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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.