Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends this week due to light offerings, However Feeder Cattle were 5.00-15.00 lower; Slaughter Cows and Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.69/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$119.69

47 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$546

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$15.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.73

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	455	121.37	552	42
Medium and Large 2-3	472	105.59	498	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.78/cwt here — about $53 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 sale47 hd

119.69

—

TN average11 barns · 1,892 hd

115.96

+3.73

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,703	84.00	1,431	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,507	62.30	939	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,197	61.52	736	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	50.49	511	11

Every lot, as filed

44 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,490	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	812	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	745	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	253	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	61.28/cwt	55.50–67.00	718	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	52.14/cwt	47.00–57.00	542	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,018	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	62.30/cwt	57.00–68.50	939	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	129.38/cwt	125.00–134.00	744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	131.50/cwt	128.00–135.00	671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	149.68/cwt	141.00–154.00	647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	117.12/cwt	114.00–120.00	609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	144.70/cwt	138.00–148.00	482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	136.87/cwt	130.00–141.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	128.46/cwt	126.00–132.00	653	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	143.43/cwt	138.00–149.00	607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	146.61/cwt	142.00–152.00	547	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	96.97/cwt	96.00–98.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	124.26/cwt	119.00–133.00	651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	130.37/cwt	120.00–135.00	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	113.62/cwt	109.00–119.00	640	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	125.73/cwt	122.50–132.50	353	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	450	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	123.41/cwt	116.00–127.00	523	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	121.99/cwt	118.00–126.00	439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	420	2
Bulls	—	—	1,250	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	863	1
Bulls	—	—	2,120	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	2,046	1
Bulls	—	—	1,740	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	587	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	119.12/cwt	115.00–125.00	675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	571	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mid-South Livestock Regional Center LLC - Unionville, TN

Mon Mar 16, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 210Last week 913Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 52Last week 146Year ago 0

No trends this week due to light offerings, However Feeder Cattle were 5.00-15.00 lower; Slaughter Cows and Bulls mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	54.50	54.50
19	—	1,171	55.50–67.00	61.28
1	—	1,395	73.00	73.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	34.00	34.00
10	—	1,039	47.00–57.00	52.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,507	57.00–68.50	62.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	69.00	69.00
1	—	2,120	96.50	96.50
1	—	1,740	86.50	86.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
2	—	575	125.00–134.00	129.38
3	—	763	105.00	105.00
1	—	475	134.00	134.00
2	—	510	128.00–135.00	131.50
3	—	432	141.00–154.00	149.68
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
3	—	333	138.00–148.00	144.70
6	—	373	142.00–152.00	146.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	121.00	121.00
1	—	350	138.00	138.00
2	—	520	114.00–120.00	117.12
1	—	590	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	130.00–141.00	136.87
5	—	508	126.00–132.00	128.46
1	—	905	79.00	79.00
4	—	423	138.00–149.00	143.43
3	—	567	115.00–125.00	119.12
1	—	600	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	119.00–120.00	119.49
1	—	445	132.00	132.00
1	—	560	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	96.00–98.00	96.97
1	—	380	114.00	114.00
1	—	400	110.00	110.00
1	—	450	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	119.00–133.00	124.26
4	—	481	120.00–135.00	130.37
1	—	625	98.00	98.00
8	—	563	109.00–119.00	113.62
5	—	281	122.50–132.50	125.73
1	—	685	98.00	98.00
9	—	424	116.00–127.00	123.41
5	—	360	118.00–126.00	121.99
2	—	333	126.00	126.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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