Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-06-15

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 15
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
792 head
13 vs last sale 779 792 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
47 vs last sale 87 134 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
15 vs last sale 30 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Steers mostly steady. Bulls steady to 4.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.25/cwt on 254 head.
Average price
$123.25
254 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.79
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551124.91688182
Medium and Large 2-3532119.0663472
One grade step is worth $5.85/cwt here — about $54 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 sale254 hd
123.25
TN average9 barns · 2,025 hd
124.04
−0.79
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
BullsAverage1,78195.961,70915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41764.8791936
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13062.1070142
CowsLean 85-90%Average99854.2954240

Every lot, as filed

92 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 1-2Value Added539145.00/cwt145.00–145.007825
SteersMedium and Large 2-3722110.89/cwt91.00–121.008013
SteersMedium and Large 2-3478137.45/cwt124.00–146.006573
SteersMedium and Large 2-3317143.27/cwt138.00–150.004543
SteersMedium and Large 2-3658113.03/cwt105.00–121.007442
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625118.29/cwt112.00–125.007392
SteersMedium and Large 2-3425148.50/cwt140.00–157.006312
SteersMedium and Large 2-3755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added682133.22/cwt133.00–135.009099
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added468162.10/cwt156.00–164.007598
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522156.81/cwt156.00–157.008195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600147.00/cwt147.00–147.008822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added575150.50/cwt150.50–150.508651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577143.91/cwt137.00–153.0083023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665129.15/cwt120.00–132.0085915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522149.09/cwt142.00–156.0077815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483153.11/cwt146.00–160.0074015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623135.27/cwt131.00–145.0084313
SteersMedium and Large 1-293299.50/cwt99.50–99.5092710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433158.64/cwt144.00–166.006877
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380163.68/cwt157.00–168.006226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2720124.75/cwt122.00–127.008984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added434145.18/cwt140.00–146.506305
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added738105.50/cwt105.50–105.507792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573121.31/cwt115.00–126.0069531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2572136.85/cwt120.00–143.0078326
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524141.22/cwt134.00–147.0074015
BullsMedium and Large 1-2724114.39/cwt108.00–127.008289
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670121.07/cwt116.00–128.008118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620129.61/cwt120.00–136.008048
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415159.26/cwt148.00–166.006618
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462156.17/cwt146.00–163.007227
BullsMedium and Large 1-285085.00/cwt85.00–85.007231
BullsMedium and Large 1-283597.00/cwt97.00–97.008101
CowsLean 85-90%1,01454.92/cwt45.00–60.5055737
CowsLean 85-90%80046.55/cwt44.00–49.003723
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41364.49/cwt56.50–68.5091134
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48571.36/cwt70.50–72.001,0602
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12262.10/cwt54.50–68.0069740
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36570.00/cwt70.00–70.009561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19554.00/cwt54.00–54.006451
Bulls1,76491.23/cwt86.00–98.501,6098
Bulls1,896105.51/cwt96.50–110.002,0006
Bulls1,23076.50/cwt76.50–76.509411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0101,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,3531
SteersSmall 1-2545134.00/cwt134.00–134.007301
SteersMedium and Large 2-3570129.34/cwt116.00–136.007377
SteersMedium and Large 2-3523132.21/cwt120.00–141.006916
SteersMedium and Large 2-3378146.11/cwt140.00–158.005525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515126.58/cwt120.00–136.0065225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480128.15/cwt120.00–140.0061525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618119.19/cwt112.00–123.0073720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425139.44/cwt130.00–146.0059318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681109.61/cwt105.50–113.0074610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2726103.55/cwt99.00–112.007526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369138.41/cwt134.00–144.005115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2339146.50/cwt142.00–152.004974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-281898.33/cwt96.00–100.008043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280155.99/cwt150.00–160.004373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-291389.42/cwt84.00–95.008162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-286595.00/cwt95.00–95.008221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-276099.50/cwt99.50–99.507561
BullsSmall 1-2515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3477135.85/cwt126.00–150.0064813
BullsMedium and Large 2-3419143.78/cwt135.00–152.006026
BullsMedium and Large 2-3579123.45/cwt120.00–129.007154
BullsMedium and Large 2-3518133.10/cwt122.00–145.006894
BullsMedium and Large 2-3603128.96/cwt119.00–139.007782
BullsMedium and Large 2-381588.00/cwt88.00–88.007171
BullsMedium and Large 2-3655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
BullsMedium and Large 2-3705111.00/cwt111.00–111.007831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added94494.00/cwt94.00–94.008875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added482135.27/cwt134.00–136.006528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added532136.25/cwt136.00–137.007258
HeifersMedium and Large 2-378093.00/cwt93.00–93.007251
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325135.61/cwt132.00–140.004413
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3378129.24/cwt128.00–130.004894
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3730106.69/cwt90.00–116.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3667108.35/cwt102.00–112.007235
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3434127.82/cwt119.00–135.005558
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3619110.09/cwt106.00–115.006819
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3572117.91/cwt116.00–121.0067410
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3471124.46/cwt118.00–132.0058613
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3528118.43/cwt112.00–132.0062515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775116.00/cwt116.00–116.008991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2820109.00/cwt109.00–109.008941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2870108.00/cwt108.00–108.009401
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,013100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2965105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2284164.97/cwt162.50–172.504694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2323171.11/cwt165.00–177.505534
BullsMedium and Large 2-379590.00/cwt90.00–90.007161

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.