Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2019-07-29

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 29
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
834 head
297 vs last sale 537 834 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
6 vs last sale 94 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
13 vs last sale 40 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.20/cwt on 249 head.
Average price
$124.20
249 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.22
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2583124.75728222
Medium and Large 2-3483119.7257827
One grade step is worth $5.03/cwt here — about $150 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale249 hd
124.20
TN average9 barns · 1,380 hd
122.99
+1.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,71285.821,4709thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41860.6786020
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27157.7473435
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09549.6054333

Every lot, as filed

78 lots · USDA AMS · Mid-South Livestock Regional Center LLC - Unionville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,83594.20/cwt90.00–102.001,7293
CowsLean 85-90%1,00340.95/cwt35.00–45.004118
Bulls1,71984.22/cwt82.00–88.001,4484
CowsLean 85-90%1,12452.37/cwt47.00–56.0058925
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26066.67/cwt65.00–68.008402
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573130.37/cwt126.00–135.007476
SteersMedium and Large 2-3521137.62/cwt123.00–141.0071711
SteersMedium and Large 2-3368145.99/cwt144.00–148.005372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714133.07/cwt127.00–138.0095017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2816128.17/cwt125.00–130.001,0466
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,000113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1301
HeifersMedium and Large 2-388590.00/cwt90.00–90.007971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586125.93/cwt118.00–128.0073835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629118.91/cwt112.00–124.0074813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278136.47/cwt136.00–137.003792
BullsMedium and Large 2-3740102.48/cwt100.00–105.007582
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475145.91/cwt140.00–154.0069310
Dairy SteersLarge 344877.41/cwt73.00–78.503475
SteersMedium and Large 2-3643129.50/cwt129.00–130.008332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581144.92/cwt138.00–149.5084225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2326161.93/cwt150.00–176.005287
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3251,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0016,2311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,020950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,6901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295162.50/cwt160.00–165.004792
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3272129.00/cwt129.00–129.003513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added727122.85/cwt122.50–123.5089326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2314137.88/cwt130.00–145.0043315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2768110.98/cwt106.00–115.008523
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430134.84/cwt129.00–137.005804
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430153.18/cwt148.50–160.5065912
Dairy SteersLarge 336477.97/cwt68.00–80.002846
SteersMedium and Large 2-3730119.00/cwt119.00–119.008692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added781138.04/cwt135.00–139.001,07879
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422160.79/cwt156.00–164.006797
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470152.32/cwt147.00–160.007163
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3395126.67/cwt126.00–127.005003
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335126.00/cwt126.00–126.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715114.37/cwt110.00–116.5081816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2824107.60/cwt104.00–111.008875
BullsMedium and Large 2-3577122.63/cwt119.00–124.007085
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519137.01/cwt132.00–145.0071115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2845100.00/cwt100.00–100.008451
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420140.70/cwt138.00–146.005913
SteersMedium and Large 2-3335149.00/cwt149.00–149.004991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616141.46/cwt134.00–145.008718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667137.67/cwt134.00–139.509183
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3534118.50/cwt117.00–119.006334
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470116.00/cwt116.00–116.005451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671122.24/cwt112.00–125.5082020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367136.57/cwt130.00–142.005019
BullsMedium and Large 2-3472133.71/cwt128.00–138.006319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2622129.18/cwt123.00–135.0080315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2667121.34/cwt120.00–123.008093
SteersMedium and Large 2-3479135.58/cwt121.00–142.006494
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375164.59/cwt159.00–176.0061710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768127.41/cwt124.00–129.009795
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3628113.48/cwt112.00–115.007134
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3585115.00/cwt115.00–115.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479128.37/cwt124.00–136.0061524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2869107.00/cwt107.00–107.0093010
BullsMedium and Large 2-3527125.46/cwt110.00–130.006619
BullsMedium and Large 2-3620122.00/cwt122.00–122.007561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2713119.13/cwt116.50–121.008493
SteersMedium and Large 2-3566129.81/cwt120.00–136.007358
SteersMedium and Large 2-3900108.00/cwt108.00–108.009721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531151.32/cwt147.00–158.0080411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2858121.00/cwt117.00–126.501,0385
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3432123.30/cwt121.00–125.005338
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3655104.00/cwt104.00–104.006811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522127.47/cwt122.00–132.0066532
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428133.44/cwt127.00–138.0057112
BullsMedium and Large 2-3678110.44/cwt107.00–114.007492
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34651.77/cwt50.00–53.006974
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26157.95/cwt54.00–63.0073129
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44066.29/cwt65.50–67.009552
Bulls1,51576.45/cwt71.00–80.001,1582
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41560.04/cwt56.00–64.0085018

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.