Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-02-10

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 10
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
485 head
608 vs last sale 1,093 485 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
190 vs last sale 242 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
2 vs last sale 19 21 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 5.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.34/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$141.34
140 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$58.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.06
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533144.62771106
Medium and Large 2-3507132.5067133
Small 1-294086.008081thin
One grade step is worth $58.62/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale140 hd
141.34
TN average11 barns · 1,678 hd
138.28
+3.06
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
BullsAverage1,74386.051,5009thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47661.369066thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24053.8366716
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08143.3646923

Every lot, as filed

69 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433160.18/cwt150.00–164.006947
BullsMedium and Large 1-278591.00/cwt91.00–91.007141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566136.77/cwt134.00–142.007747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285160.00/cwt160.00–160.004561
SteersSmall 1-294086.00/cwt86.00–86.008081
SteersMedium and Large 2-3571126.42/cwt120.00–130.007224
SteersMedium and Large 2-3373139.23/cwt132.00–146.005192
SteersMedium and Large 2-3345152.50/cwt152.50–152.505261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484152.85/cwt150.00–162.0074013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2374166.88/cwt156.00–172.0062412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2326165.04/cwt155.00–170.005387
CowsLean 85-90%88632.83/cwt29.00–39.002916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18755.46/cwt51.00–62.5065810
CowsLean 85-90%1,15047.07/cwt42.00–53.0054117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47567.50/cwt67.50–67.509961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,60566.50/cwt66.50–66.501,0671
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47660.13/cwt56.50–63.008885
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27348.03/cwt45.00–50.506115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added703117.50/cwt117.50–117.508262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added665122.00/cwt122.00–122.008111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526124.50/cwt120.00–132.006559
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2621117.00/cwt115.00–119.007274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665103.54/cwt98.00–109.006892
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3625104.81/cwt100.00–110.006554
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3395121.50/cwt120.00–123.004802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800107.50/cwt107.50–107.508603
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added588126.00/cwt126.00–126.007412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421128.27/cwt121.00–134.0054015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2761110.23/cwt108.50–111.008396
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570116.67/cwt115.00–120.006653
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315138.00/cwt138.00–138.004351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3482115.85/cwt112.00–119.005587
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3413118.00/cwt118.00–118.004872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added616124.13/cwt123.00–124.507654
Dairy SteersLarge 383162.23/cwt60.00–64.5051712
Dairy SteersLarge 350054.00/cwt54.00–54.002701
Dairy SteersLarge 395560.00/cwt60.00–60.005732
SteersMedium and Large 2-3468135.80/cwt134.00–149.0063612
SteersMedium and Large 2-3421139.10/cwt130.00–145.005864
SteersMedium and Large 2-3680118.00/cwt118.00–118.008021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added743125.50/cwt125.50–125.509326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419161.75/cwt154.00–166.0067813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531145.74/cwt141.00–149.0077411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710121.00/cwt121.00–121.008591
SteersMedium and Large 2-3532132.15/cwt127.00–136.007036
SteersMedium and Large 2-3770112.48/cwt109.00–116.008662
SteersMedium and Large 2-3635114.00/cwt114.00–114.007241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632129.37/cwt125.00–130.0081823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683125.99/cwt124.50–131.0086112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473125.76/cwt120.00–131.0059516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383129.65/cwt125.00–138.004979
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2723110.18/cwt106.00–114.007973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800106.00/cwt106.00–106.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3521111.23/cwt104.00–119.005808
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3578109.01/cwt108.00–110.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 2-369090.00/cwt90.00–90.006211
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,225930.00/cwt930.00–930.0011,3931
Bulls1,75385.18/cwt79.50–90.501,4938
BullsMedium and Large 2-3424140.24/cwt137.00–146.005954
BullsMedium and Large 2-3505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518134.36/cwt129.00–139.006968
BullsMedium and Large 1-280085.00/cwt85.00–85.006801
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625114.78/cwt112.00–116.007174
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650111.00/cwt111.00–111.007221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2566131.25/cwt124.00–134.0074312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2619119.34/cwt117.00–120.007396
Bulls1,66593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5481
BullsMedium and Large 2-373096.00/cwt96.00–96.007011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473145.71/cwt141.00–152.0068913

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.