Volunteer Stockyards Market Report

Greeneville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Saturday, October 25, 2025

528 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $328.67/cwt -10.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,545/hd at 470 lb · 24 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 bulls $292.61/cwt -14.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,826/hd at 624 lb · 16 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $318.40/cwt -21.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,661/hd at 522 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	528	903	591
Feeder cattle	345	833	419
Slaughter cattle	119	70	168
Replacement cattle	64	—	4

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder heifers sold unevenly steady with exception of those weighing over 600 lbs. 15.00 to 25.00 lower. Feeder bulls weighing up to 400 lbs. sold 5.00 to 30.00 lower, with those weighing between 400 and 600 lbs. mostly steady, and those weighing over 600 lbs. 12.00 to 18.00 lower. No market trends available for feeder steers due to limited comparable receipts from this week's sale. Lighter receipts and decreased demand for feeder cattle was noted for this week, as both were inflated last week due to the inclusion of the regional qualifier for the Livestock Marketing Association World Livestock Auctioneer Competition. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher with slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Replacement offerings for today's sale included a group of 18 high-quality bred heifers from one producer, with strong demand for replacements females noted.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,624	—
405	405	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,600	+8.12
490	490	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,886	+53.00
510–540	528	3	350.00–380.00	$366.47	$1,935	-0.64
555 fancy	555	1	390.00	$390.00	$2,164	—
560–595	579	4	330.00–345.00	$337.60	$1,955	-21.39
600–635	618	2	330.00–340.00	$334.86	$2,069	-12.03

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	368	2	350.00–380.00	$365.10	$1,344	-4.90
630	630	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,890	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,530	-26.55

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–330	328	2	375.00–400.00	$387.40	$1,271	+32.62
355–390	368	5	360.00–390.00	$380.08	$1,399	+12.14
400–445	416	9	330.00–365.00	$350.62	$1,459	+6.65
410–425	418	2	317.50–320.00	$318.77	$1,332	-25.20
450–498	469	21	320.00–355.00	$330.50	$1,550	-0.86
460–495	477	3	315.00–317.50	$315.83	$1,507	-15.53
515	515	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,545	-26.87
500–548	522	15	312.50–332.50	$319.63	$1,668	-7.24
555–585	570	6	310.00–335.00	$317.37	$1,809	+4.86
585–595	590	2	300.00–305.00	$302.52	$1,785	-9.99
600–640	621	4	290.00–325.00	$300.35	$1,865	-14.43
600–630	623	4	270.00–282.50	$276.17	$1,721	-38.61
625	625	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,688	-44.78
650–690	676	6	280.00–300.00	$288.66	$1,951	-28.54
740	740	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,072	-32.50
770	770	1	267.50	$267.50	$2,060	-32.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,072	—
390	390	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,258	—
495	495	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,534	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,008	—
320	320	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,056	—
485	485	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,479	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	3	420.00–435.00	$428.30	$985	—
260	260	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,118	-36.93
300–340	318	3	390.00–420.00	$409.32	$1,302	-22.86
350–390	374	5	370.00–395.00	$386.34	$1,445	-29.79
405–440	420	12	350.00–390.00	$368.58	$1,548	+5.49
475 thin fleshed	475	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,900	—
475–495	488	6	345.00–390.00	$369.28	$1,802	+39.13
510–525 thin fleshed	517	3	372.50–382.50	$376.67	$1,947	—
500–545	521	10	320.00–360.00	$334.27	$1,742	-9.01
565	565	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,667	-32.97
550–585	568	8	305.00–355.00	$323.60	$1,838	-4.37
600–645	624	15	275.00–310.00	$290.45	$1,812	-16.92
625 thin fleshed	625	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,031	—
655–695	676	9	272.50–292.50	$281.67	$1,904	-23.33
685	685	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,832	-37.50
700–730	715	5	270.00–282.50	$277.95	$1,987	-17.79
750	750	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,138	+15.00
750	750	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,875	-20.00
815–835	822	3	250.00–277.50	$265.93	$2,186	—
840	840	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,995	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	223	2	350.00–390.00	$368.43	$822	—
375	375	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,162	-52.50
430–440	435	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,305	—
455–495	470	3	320.00–335.00	$324.84	$1,527	—
545	545	1	277.50	$277.50	$1,512	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–305	303	2	350.00–385.00	$367.36	$1,113	—
435	435	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,457	+31.00
515	515	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,494	—
545	545	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,690	—
550	550	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,650	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1480	1250	75-80%	2	134.00–135.00	$134.41	$1,680	—
1420–1620	1520	75-80%	2	160.00–162.00	$160.93	$2,446	+12.61
1360–1895	1561	75-80%	29	140.00–159.00	$150.07	$2,343	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1365	1267	80-85%	13	140.00–150.00	$145.77	$1,847	—
1375–1580	1455	80-85%	3	154.00–160.00	$155.94	$2,269	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040	1040	85-90%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,248	—
910–1185	1060	85-90%	7	124.00–138.00	$130.79	$1,386	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–2050	1638	15	168.00–184.00	$176.00	$2,883	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	2,150.00–2,450.00	$2,300.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,350.00–3,450.00	$2,980.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,500.00–3,650.00	$3,566.67
—	—	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,750.00–2,900.00	$2,825.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	2,700.00–4,000.00	$3,446.88

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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)	Open	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,900.00	$3,900.00	—
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,850.00–3,150.00	$3,000.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,600.00–3,900.00	$3,766.67	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	4,275.00	$4,275.00	—
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,300.00–3,400.00	$3,366.67	—

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Heifer 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	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

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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.