Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-07-06

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 6
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
437 head
198 vs last sale 635 406 vs year ago 843 · 48.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
71 vs last sale 134 29 vs year ago 34 · +85.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
13 vs last sale 33 94 vs year ago 114 · 82.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 600 lbs. steady to 3.00 lower, over 600 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Bulls mostly steady to 2.00 higher; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.27/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$120.27
140 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.44
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542121.50659128
Medium and Large 2-3535107.1557412thin
One grade step is worth $14.35/cwt here — about $85 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
120.27
TN average3 barns · 626 hd
121.71
−1.44
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
BullsLow1,61889.951,4554thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33562.928404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28362.5380322
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15351.7559715

Every lot, as filed

65 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3315120.00/cwt120.00–120.003781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710103.50/cwt101.00–105.007354
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3360120.00/cwt120.00–120.004321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618112.97/cwt109.00–118.006986
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3405115.00/cwt115.00–115.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668115.29/cwt109.00–117.5077018
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670117.00/cwt117.00–117.007842
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528130.30/cwt125.00–136.006887
BullsMedium and Large 1-2768103.50/cwt103.00–104.007952
BullsMedium and Large 2-3555113.00/cwt113.00–113.006271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568123.98/cwt122.00–126.007043
BullsMedium and Large 2-3438131.50/cwt131.00–132.005762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720110.48/cwt109.00–112.507953
BullsMedium and Large 2-3490130.00/cwt129.00–131.006372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2419140.96/cwt137.00–144.005914
Bulls1,11077.50/cwt77.50–77.508601
BullsMedium and Large 2-3623110.00/cwt110.00–110.006852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470138.15/cwt135.00–141.006495
Bulls1,78794.10/cwt93.00–96.501,6823
SteersMedium and Large 2-3699110.00/cwt110.00–110.007694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added548148.00/cwt148.00–148.008112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429149.14/cwt145.00–151.006407
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295166.00/cwt166.00–166.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added891113.51/cwt112.00–114.001,0114
SteersMedium and Large 2-3380138.91/cwt129.00–148.005286
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added575147.00/cwt147.00–147.008454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563136.65/cwt135.00–146.007699
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805109.00/cwt109.00–109.008771
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615118.00/cwt118.00–118.007261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512139.19/cwt134.00–145.0071311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2313163.66/cwt160.00–167.505122
SteersMedium and Large 2-3470134.99/cwt134.00–136.006342
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450119.00/cwt119.00–119.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432124.60/cwt120.00–130.005389
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275132.50/cwt132.50–132.503641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525121.66/cwt116.00–128.0063924
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3555111.00/cwt111.00–111.006161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376134.21/cwt122.00–143.0050512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618134.42/cwt128.00–137.0083115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778117.66/cwt115.00–123.009153
SteersMedium and Large 2-3583130.01/cwt129.00–131.007582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468149.89/cwt145.00–153.0070116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370152.74/cwt148.00–156.005655
SteersMedium and Large 2-3537130.10/cwt129.50–132.006994
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674133.40/cwt125.00–135.0089918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715130.58/cwt128.00–134.009345
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29251,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.009,5741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2622122.03/cwt119.00–125.007595
Dairy SteersLarge 350580.00/cwt80.00–80.004041
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,025850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,7131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,209851.01/cwt760.00–885.0010,2894
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,085850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,2231
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170753.46/cwt710.00–800.008,8152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,68854.44/cwt53.00–56.009192
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24363.34/cwt59.00–67.0078720
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33562.92/cwt59.50–67.008404
CowsLean 85-90%1,15844.24/cwt38.00–50.005125
CowsLean 85-90%1,15055.51/cwt51.50–59.5063810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-278594.00/cwt94.00–94.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565122.31/cwt115.00–127.0069128
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3620100.11/cwt90.00–106.006217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477125.54/cwt120.00–131.0059916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-296590.00/cwt90.00–90.008692
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added613120.00/cwt120.00–120.007364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318137.87/cwt134.00–142.004383

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.