Volunteer Stockyards Market Report

Greeneville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, April 17, 2021

1,084 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $137.22/cwt -4.84 vs last sale · ≈ $573/hd at 417 lb · 47 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.19/cwt -5.95 vs last sale · ≈ $631/hd at 470 lb · 42 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $152.85/cwt -8.23 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 475 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,084	1,312	708
Feeder cattle	861	1,052	597
Slaughter cattle	181	202	70
Replacement cattle	42	58	41

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers were 2.00-3.00 lower overall. Slaughter cows were 2.00-5.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were unevenly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	165.00	$165.00	$561	-0.91
360–385	375	4	162.00–169.00	$164.98	$619	-4.17
400–445	425	11	150.00–166.00	$157.78	$671	-11.35
445 fancy	445	1	168.00	$168.00	$748	—
450–490	470	11	154.00–165.00	$159.76	$751	-6.90
500–540	528	11	149.00–162.00	$155.14	$819	-1.78
560–585	574	6	146.00–153.00	$149.18	$856	+0.25
600–645	618	12	140.00–145.00	$142.35	$880	-0.32
630	630	1	122.00	$122.00	$769	-20.67
715–740	730	3	125.00–133.00	$128.28	$936	+2.01
770–793	785	3	123.00–126.00	$123.98	$973	+4.48
800–805	802	3	119.00–124.00	$120.67	$968	—
865–880	873	4	114.00–115.00	$114.75	$1,002	-1.25
910	910	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,037	—
960	960	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,104	+5.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	131.00	$131.00	$583	—
518–520	518	5	143.00	$143.00	$741	—
670	670	1	118.00	$118.00	$791	-6.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–235	233	2	152.50–162.50	$157.45	$367	-10.05
255–295	278	7	142.50–152.50	$147.38	$410	-5.01
290	290	1	130.00	$130.00	$377	-22.39
300–335	320	15	135.00–148.00	$143.57	$459	-6.93
315–328 fancy	321	5	154.00–158.00	$156.07	$501	-8.64
350–390	370	26	134.00–148.00	$140.15	$519	-0.71
403–405 fancy	404	3	146.00–150.00	$147.34	$595	—
400–445	418	43	130.00–143.00	$137.03	$573	-5.03
435	435	1	115.00	$115.00	$500	-27.06
450–466 value added	463	5	142.00	$142.00	$657	-4.00
450–495	471	37	127.00–140.00	$133.14	$627	-6.68
500–545	522	23	124.00–135.00	$129.57	$676	-5.32
510–545 fancy	528	2	137.00–139.00	$137.97	$728	—
540	540	1	116.00	$116.00	$626	-18.89
562	562	3	117.00	$117.00	$658	-14.46
550–590	566	18	119.00–133.00	$126.50	$716	-4.96
600–613	609	3	115.00	$115.00	$700	+1.45
600–640	613	6	118.00–127.00	$121.79	$747	+8.24
650–690	672	10	107.00–116.00	$111.97	$752	-1.69
700–735	713	5	103.00–111.00	$106.63	$760	-5.55
750–770	763	4	103.50–112.00	$107.46	$820	—
855	855	2	93.00	$93.00	$795	—
865 value added	865	1	91.00	$91.00	$787	—
918 value added	918	2	96.00	$96.00	$881	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	130.00	$130.00	$416	—
415	415	1	114.00	$114.00	$473	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–220	213	2	168.00–177.50	$172.58	$368	-19.92
265–290	280	3	165.00–177.50	$171.68	$481	+2.93
305–345	321	26	158.00–175.00	$164.57	$528	-2.68
350–395	374	33	157.50–172.50	$163.87	$613	-1.18
400–445	420	34	153.00–168.00	$160.44	$674	-2.06
455–465 fancy	460	3	161.00–168.00	$164.69	$758	-5.82
450–495	476	34	144.00–159.00	$151.80	$723	-8.97
500–535 fancy	518	2	157.00–157.50	$157.24	$815	-1.26
500–545	519	26	140.00–155.00	$147.20	$764	+0.41
550–580	565	14	135.00–148.00	$142.12	$803	-0.80
590	590	1	130.00	$130.00	$767	-12.92
600–645	619	10	125.00–136.00	$131.64	$815	+2.59
615–625 fancy	620	3	140.00–144.00	$142.68	$885	+3.65
650–680	661	5	123.00–128.00	$125.78	$831	+2.33
700–730	720	10	113.00–123.00	$118.30	$852	+1.30
750–770	761	4	108.00–113.00	$111.23	$846	+0.48
810–845	823	3	100.00–115.00	$109.21	$899	—
850–865	858	2	110.00	$110.00	$944	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–270	269	3	157.50–160.00	$159.16	$428	—
310	310	1	152.50	$152.50	$473	+15.00
373	373	2	155.00	$155.00	$578	+10.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	130.00	$130.00	$708	—
570–585	578	2	130.00	$130.00	$751	—
645	645	1	119.00	$119.00	$768	-1.00

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	1,335.00	$1,335.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075	1075	80-85%	1	72.00	$72.00	$774	—
905–1375	1135	80-85%	48	57.00–70.00	$64.19	$729	—
1055–1290	1173	80-85%	4	63.00–70.00	$65.17	$764	-1.29
1095–1635	1314	80-85%	4	72.00–75.00	$73.58	$967	—
1500	1500	80-85%	1	82.00	$82.00	$1,230	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1360	1312	75-80%	3	50.00–57.00	$54.01	$709	—
1080–1515	1318	75-80%	22	59.00–70.00	$64.35	$848	—
1305–1385	1345	75-80%	2	70.00–71.00	$70.49	$948	—
1445	1445	75-80%	1	72.00	$72.00	$1,040	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–905	903	85-90%	2	67.00–70.00	$68.50	$619	—
1000–1075	1048	85-90%	3	55.00–63.00	$58.37	$612	-2.52
960–1290	1089	85-90%	5	54.00–60.00	$56.41	$614	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–1805	1665	2	97.00–105.00	$100.66	$1,676	—
1360–2240	1786	8	85.00–95.00	$89.78	$1,603	-16.37
1695–2255	1989	6	85.00–96.00	$90.38	$1,798	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200–1250	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	825.00–890.00	$857.50

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Bred Heifers

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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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
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,240.00	$1,240.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,260.00–1,500.00	$1,380.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,240.00–1,390.00	$1,301.67	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,260.00	$1,260.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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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.