Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-6.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.19/cwt on 245 head.

Average price

$117.19

245 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$17.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

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	552	119.28	658	199
Medium and Large 2-3	546	108.59	593	43
Small 1-2	557	102.00	568	3thin

One grade step is worth $17.28/cwt here — about $90 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 sale245 hd

117.19

—

TN average12 barns · 2,665 hd

120.52

−3.33

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	—	Average	1,716	91.95	1,577	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,260	60.25	759	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,477	59.95	886	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	48.40	515	31

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	802	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	38.55/cwt	31.00–42.00	390	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	163.32/cwt	162.00–166.00	511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	166.17/cwt	160.00–174.00	618	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	139.68/cwt	132.00–146.00	789	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	152.98/cwt	146.00–156.00	731	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	141.63/cwt	138.00–155.00	550	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	128.87/cwt	119.00–135.00	674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	437	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	118.83/cwt	116.00–122.00	807	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	159.56/cwt	154.00–167.00	669	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	132.11/cwt	130.00–140.00	815	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	559	121.50/cwt	110.00–130.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	133.94/cwt	127.00–141.00	640	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	631	118.43/cwt	106.00–121.00	747	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	113.49/cwt	111.00–115.00	823	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	110.55/cwt	106.00–114.00	850	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	108.09/cwt	104.00–109.00	901	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	765	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	57.97/cwt	57.00–60.00	620	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	59.54/cwt	52.00–64.50	734	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	49.94/cwt	44.00–56.50	540	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	59.70/cwt	56.00–63.50	888	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	65.73/cwt	65.00–66.50	916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	141.71/cwt	138.00–147.50	390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	106.30/cwt	100.00–110.00	610	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	485	115.36/cwt	110.00–118.00	559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	114.65/cwt	110.00–119.00	499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	128.22/cwt	120.00–135.00	553	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	124.61/cwt	119.00–130.00	592	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	112.64/cwt	108.00–118.00	696	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	103.54/cwt	95.00–106.00	807	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	810	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	728	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	505	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	677	97.39/cwt	95.00–102.00	659	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	120.97/cwt	118.00–124.00	463	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	567	127.85/cwt	124.50–130.50	725	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	116.60/cwt	113.00–124.00	676	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	11,110	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	10,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	16,193	1
Bulls	—	—	1,773	88.53/cwt	80.50–93.50	1,570	7
Bulls	—	—	1,635	96.73/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,582	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	850	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	629	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	10,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	770.51/cwt	720.00–800.00	9,015	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	891.01/cwt	785.00–975.00	9,516	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,264	844.52/cwt	710.00–950.00	10,675	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	136.79/cwt	129.00–140.00	513	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	95.02/cwt	90.00–101.00	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	812	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	110.23/cwt	104.00–113.00	584	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	614	104.48/cwt	102.00–106.00	642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	638	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	778	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	119.55/cwt	115.00–127.00	625	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	103.28/cwt	100.00–109.00	746	14
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	600	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	148.94/cwt	145.00–159.00	782	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	147.50/cwt	138.00–157.00	494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	429	135.95/cwt	126.00–147.00	583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	108.50/cwt	105.00–112.00	749	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	106.80/cwt	103.00–111.00	759	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	114.09/cwt	109.00–117.00	768	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	135.51/cwt	129.00–144.00	707	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	133.49/cwt	124.00–139.00	645	6
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	635	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	116.56/cwt	111.00–121.00	722	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	143.63/cwt	140.00–151.00	674	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	105.98/cwt	105.00–107.00	708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	135.42/cwt	124.00–146.00	570	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	813	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	154.56/cwt	148.00–161.00	646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	126.92/cwt	123.00–133.00	726	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	667	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	529	122.21/cwt	119.00–127.00	646	6
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	687	102.31/cwt	99.00–104.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	137.28/cwt	132.00–140.00	441	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	109.22/cwt	104.00–115.00	733	13

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 755Last week 715Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 168Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 31Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-6.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	66.00	66.00
24	—	1,488	56.00–63.50	59.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,012	31.00–42.00	38.55
4	—	1,070	57.00–60.00	57.97
20	—	1,081	44.00–56.50	49.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	51.50	51.50
42	—	1,232	52.00–64.50	59.54
7	—	1,394	65.00–66.50	65.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,773	80.50–93.50	88.53
5	—	1,635	94.00–100.00	96.73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	103.00	103.00
3	—	313	162.00–166.00	163.32
8	—	372	160.00–174.00	166.17
12	—	565	132.00–146.00	139.68
25	—	478	146.00–156.00	152.98
1	—	265	165.00	165.00
1	—	985	91.00	91.00
7	—	679	116.00–122.00	118.83
11	—	419	154.00–167.00	159.56
17	—	617	130.00–140.00	132.11
6	—	725	111.00–115.00	113.49
9	—	769	106.00–114.00	110.55
13	—	834	104.00–109.00	108.09
25	—	525	145.00–159.00	148.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	108.00	108.00
5	—	388	138.00–155.00	141.63
6	—	523	119.00–135.00	128.87
4	—	559	110.00–130.00	121.50
6	—	478	127.00–141.00	133.94
9	—	631	106.00–121.00	118.43
2	—	335	138.00–157.00	147.50
5	—	429	126.00–147.00	135.95
6	—	690	105.00–112.00	108.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	676	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	275	138.00–147.50	141.71
1	—	245	147.50	147.50
37	—	431	120.00–135.00	128.22
15	—	475	119.00–130.00	124.61
14	—	618	108.00–118.00	112.64
6	—	779	95.00–106.00	103.54
3	—	853	95.00	95.00
1	—	910	80.00	80.00
25	—	580	113.00–124.00	116.60
10	—	375	129.00–140.00	136.79
5	—	822	90.00–101.00	95.02
1	—	990	82.00	82.00
30	—	523	115.00–127.00	119.55
14	—	722	100.00–109.00	103.28
6	—	321	132.00–140.00	137.28
13	—	671	104.00–115.00	109.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	574	100.00–110.00	106.30
5	—	485	110.00–118.00	115.36
3	—	435	110.00–119.00	114.65
7	—	677	95.00–102.00	97.39
4	—	383	118.00–124.00	120.97
10	—	530	104.00–113.00	110.23
4	—	614	102.00–106.00	104.48
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	108.00	108.00
1	—	565	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	124.50–130.50	127.85
8	—	638	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	711	103.00–111.00	106.80
11	—	673	109.00–117.00	114.09
24	—	522	129.00–144.00	135.51
1	—	855	89.00	89.00
8	—	619	111.00–121.00	116.56
22	—	469	140.00–151.00	143.63
1	—	760	107.00	107.00
5	—	418	148.00–161.00	154.56
20	—	572	123.00–133.00	126.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	124.00–139.00	133.49
2	—	668	105.00–107.00	105.98
9	—	421	124.00–146.00	135.42
1	—	575	116.00	116.00
6	—	529	119.00–127.00	122.21
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	95.00	95.00
3	—	687	99.00–104.00	102.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,010.00	1,010.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,060.00	1,060.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,270	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,170	720.00–800.00	770.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,068	785.00–975.00	891.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,250	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,264	710.00–950.00	844.52
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	900.00	900.00

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

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Slaughter Cattle

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