Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-02-03

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 3
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,093 head
36 vs last sale 1,057 1,093 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
114 vs last sale 128 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers mostly steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls under 500 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher, over 500 lbs. steady to 7.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 5.00 lower; 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 $124.53/cwt on 366 head.
Average price
$124.53
366 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$19.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.53
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541125.91681321
Medium and Large 2-3502114.8457744
Small 1-2575106.006101thin
One grade step is worth $19.91/cwt here — about $71 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 sale366 hd
124.53
TN average10 barns · 2,454 hd
125.06
−0.53
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
BullsAverage1,77278.251,38623
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45460.4887928
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24757.1671364
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09347.3151761

Every lot, as filed

88 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
HeifersSmall 1-2575106.00/cwt106.00–106.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3526116.29/cwt108.00–120.0061210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330140.29/cwt134.00–145.0046311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765107.94/cwt103.00–111.008264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525129.34/cwt123.00–135.0067952
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471129.95/cwt124.00–137.0061248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576122.78/cwt117.00–127.0070736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423132.34/cwt126.00–141.0056034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376134.47/cwt129.00–140.0050621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2664114.11/cwt109.00–118.5075820
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611116.95/cwt111.00–122.0071516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2727109.18/cwt103.00–111.0079412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2276138.38/cwt130.00–145.003824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-296891.01/cwt90.00–92.008812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476165.25/cwt158.00–173.0078715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335173.21/cwt160.00–180.0058014
SteersMedium and Large 2-3572132.79/cwt130.00–138.007606
SteersMedium and Large 2-3330147.27/cwt137.50–156.004866
SteersMedium and Large 2-3467147.57/cwt143.00–155.006895
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2828106.46/cwt104.00–109.008812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579144.90/cwt140.00–152.0083925
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524159.18/cwt154.00–164.0083421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670131.60/cwt129.00–136.0088211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2818115.50/cwt115.00–116.009452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785121.01/cwt120.00–122.009502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2283177.61/cwt175.00–180.005032
SteersMedium and Large 2-3383150.29/cwt142.00–156.005765
SteersMedium and Large 2-3663126.00/cwt126.00–126.008353
SteersMedium and Large 2-3285154.00/cwt154.00–154.004391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2378170.72/cwt160.00–180.0064513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429164.11/cwt160.00–171.0070412
SteersMedium and Large 2-3526142.64/cwt135.00–151.007507
Dairy SteersLarge 345384.00/cwt84.00–84.003814
Dairy SteersLarge 330298.00/cwt98.00–98.002967
Dairy SteersLarge 350375.00/cwt75.00–75.003774
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623134.47/cwt130.00–139.0083819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720122.22/cwt120.00–125.0088018
SteersMedium and Large 2-3429141.31/cwt127.00–155.006067
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415162.50/cwt154.00–169.006747
BullsMedium and Large 1-293281.62/cwt78.00–87.007613
BullsMedium and Large 1-281592.64/cwt90.00–96.007553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2765100.33/cwt96.00–105.007683
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720113.63/cwt109.00–117.008183
BullsMedium and Large 1-288088.00/cwt88.00–88.007741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added564155.67/cwt155.00–157.008786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added729132.00/cwt132.00–132.009625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added755130.00/cwt130.00–130.009823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added810120.00/cwt120.00–120.009721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added614143.55/cwt142.00–146.008819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added515166.59/cwt165.00–169.008587
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added627124.37/cwt123.50–126.007809
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added825109.00/cwt109.00–109.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added577128.57/cwt128.00–129.0074229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added703119.86/cwt116.50–120.5084319
BullsMedium and Large 2-3571124.03/cwt120.00–130.007089
Bulls1,89981.63/cwt76.50–86.001,55010
Bulls1,57269.82/cwt59.00–75.001,09810
Bulls2,01395.06/cwt92.00–97.501,9143
BullsSmall 1-2485134.00/cwt134.00–134.006501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3528130.06/cwt116.00–139.0068713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2616125.37/cwt123.00–129.5077212
BullsMedium and Large 2-376590.00/cwt90.00–90.006891
BullsMedium and Large 2-3735109.00/cwt109.00–109.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2574133.04/cwt129.00–138.0076410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2666122.26/cwt120.00–129.008147
BullsMedium and Large 2-3479139.55/cwt124.00–150.0066811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18948.18/cwt46.00–50.505737
BullsMedium and Large 2-3422146.00/cwt131.00–152.006167
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625110.93/cwt108.00–114.006932
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
BullsMedium and Large 1-2472161.37/cwt154.00–170.0076230
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519148.81/cwt140.00–155.0077217
CowsLean 85-90%1,11658.70/cwt56.50–61.506554
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31665.73/cwt64.00–67.508656
CowsLean 85-90%1,09347.43/cwt43.00–53.5051850
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46758.67/cwt52.50–63.5086120
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42165.00/cwt64.00–66.509248
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24757.39/cwt51.50–63.5071651
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3619105.82/cwt100.00–109.006559
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3433119.79/cwt112.00–125.005197
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3372118.89/cwt110.00–124.004425
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3575112.72/cwt108.00–115.006484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-291090.00/cwt90.00–90.008191
CowsLean 85-90%1,08439.93/cwt37.50–42.504337
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3469119.01/cwt118.00–120.005584
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3283125.89/cwt122.00–128.003563
HeifersMedium and Large 2-370096.00/cwt96.00–96.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650104.00/cwt104.00–104.006761

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.