Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings. Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 10.00-15.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.53/cwt on 112 head.

Average price

$119.53

112 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$18.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.18

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	582	120.74	703	104
Small 1-2	425	112.00	476	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	489	102.57	502	7thin

One grade step is worth $18.17/cwt here — about $201 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 sale112 hd

119.53

—

TN average9 barns · 608 hd

115.35

+4.18

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	—	High	1,754	101.12	1,773	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,501	79.96	1,200	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,279	74.26	950	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	63.74	687	26

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	109.35/cwt	103.00–113.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	131.08/cwt	118.00–138.00	492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	125.47/cwt	120.00–134.00	524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	739	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	425	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	519	127.03/cwt	125.50–133.00	659	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	114.48/cwt	112.00–116.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	115.69/cwt	114.00–118.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	671	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	130.87/cwt	129.00–136.00	691	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	141.93/cwt	140.00–146.00	522	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	145.14/cwt	141.00–149.00	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	405	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	64.48/cwt	58.50–69.50	704	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,457	78.87/cwt	77.00–79.50	1,149	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	83.71/cwt	81.50–87.00	1,080	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	72.91/cwt	70.50–76.00	707	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	72.52/cwt	67.50–79.50	932	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	52.46/cwt	49.00–55.00	552	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	83.24/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,359	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	65.27/cwt	65.00–65.50	740	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	965.44/cwt	875.00–1,030.00	11,132	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	140.40/cwt	137.00–144.00	658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	122.75/cwt	116.00–138.00	470	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,450	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	10,920	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	710	3
Bulls	—	—	1,850	109.77/cwt	109.50–110.00	2,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	111.98/cwt	110.00–114.00	605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	117.75/cwt	114.00–124.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	136.00/cwt	135.00–137.00	619	2
Bulls	—	—	1,786	104.42/cwt	102.00–106.50	1,865	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	122.83/cwt	119.00–134.00	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	90.01/cwt	89.00–91.00	680	2
Bulls	—	—	1,593	85.87/cwt	82.50–88.50	1,368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	626	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	764	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	106.02/cwt	100.00–112.00	669	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	107.28/cwt	104.00–111.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	126.94/cwt	126.00–128.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	106.49/cwt	100.00–110.00	499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	458	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	627	3

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

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Feeder CattleReceipts 251Last week 210Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 52Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 7Year ago 0

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings. Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls 10.00-15.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	103.00–113.00	109.35
2	—	693	111.00	111.00
1	—	570	121.00	121.00
11	—	528	129.00–136.00	130.87
3	—	368	140.00–146.00	141.93
2	—	430	141.00–149.00	145.14
1	—	335	158.00	158.00
1	—	270	150.00	150.00
5	—	469	137.00–144.00	140.40
2	—	765	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	115.00	115.00
1	—	440	137.00	137.00
1	—	485	125.00	125.00
7	—	383	116.00–138.00	122.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	118.00–138.00	131.08
3	—	418	120.00–134.00	125.47
1	—	795	93.00	93.00
4	—	478	112.00–116.00	114.48
3	—	517	114.00–118.00	115.69
1	—	830	95.00	95.00
1	—	685	98.00	98.00
6	—	631	100.00–112.00	106.02
3	—	565	104.00–111.00	107.28
2	—	325	126.00–128.00	126.94
1	—	730	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	100.00	100.00
1	—	620	92.00	92.00
4	—	469	100.00–110.00	106.49
1	—	425	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	519	125.50–133.00	127.03
60	—	626	122.00	122.00
3	—	458	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	90.00	90.00
1	—	490	116.00	116.00
2	—	540	110.00–114.00	111.98
1	—	560	105.00	105.00
1	—	640	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	115.00–117.00	116.00
4	—	564	114.00–124.00	117.75
2	—	455	135.00–137.00	136.00
5	—	514	119.00–134.00	122.83
2	—	755	89.00–91.00	90.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,092	58.50–69.50	64.48
2	—	970	70.50–76.00	72.91
3	—	1,052	49.00–55.00	52.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,457	77.00–79.50	78.87
2	—	1,633	80.00–87.00	83.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,290	81.50–87.00	83.71
33	—	1,285	67.50–79.50	72.52
2	—	1,133	65.00–65.50	65.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,850	109.50–110.00	109.77
4	—	1,786	102.00–106.50	104.42
2	—	1,593	82.50–88.50	85.87

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,153	875.00–1,030.00	965.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,050	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	910.00	910.00

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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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Mid-South Livestock Regional Center LLC - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle