Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-07-13

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 13
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
718 head
281 vs last sale 437 123 vs year ago 841 · 14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
68 vs last sale 63 3 vs year ago 128 · +2.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.70/cwt on 214 head.
Average price
$118.70
214 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.48
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535120.61646163
Medium and Large 2-3493112.6255551
One grade step is worth $7.99/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 sale214 hd
118.70
TN average8 barns · 2,425 hd
121.19
−2.48
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
BullsLow1,77788.471,57217
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23660.0574240
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43258.4783710
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09951.1056140

Every lot, as filed

78 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 1-2574119.15/cwt115.00–125.0068434
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423130.42/cwt123.00–135.0055212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-286089.00/cwt89.00–89.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3375123.00/cwt123.00–123.004617
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3270110.00/cwt110.00–110.002971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381133.51/cwt125.00–139.0050914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2228143.96/cwt140.00–147.503282
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3621104.28/cwt100.00–105.006487
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675103.00/cwt103.00–103.006951
SteersMedium and Large 2-3465127.92/cwt120.00–134.005953
SteersMedium and Large 2-3730108.00/cwt108.00–108.007881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718127.03/cwt118.00–131.0091211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2324162.03/cwt161.00–164.005256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783121.00/cwt121.00–121.009472
SteersMedium and Large 2-3391130.32/cwt120.00–140.005107
SteersMedium and Large 2-381094.00/cwt94.00–94.007611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622133.73/cwt130.00–139.0083227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2823112.84/cwt110.00–116.009296
SteersMedium and Large 1-2933112.95/cwt109.00–117.001,0542
SteersMedium and Large 2-3589121.96/cwt119.00–127.007187
SteersMedium and Large 2-389097.00/cwt97.00–97.008631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522139.57/cwt135.00–147.0072929
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673131.53/cwt125.00–135.008858
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477140.03/cwt137.00–143.006683
BullsMedium and Large 2-3471123.54/cwt120.00–127.005824
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463133.61/cwt130.00–137.0061913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2717111.97/cwt107.00–115.008033
BullsMedium and Large 2-3429128.87/cwt121.00–132.505535
BullsMedium and Large 1-2617119.50/cwt115.00–125.0073714
BullsMedium and Large 1-2780103.75/cwt99.00–106.008094
BullsMedium and Large 1-2674115.28/cwt110.00–121.0077717
BullsMedium and Large 1-283091.51/cwt89.00–94.007604
Bulls1,32575.92/cwt71.00–81.501,0064
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2567130.89/cwt128.00–133.007429
Bulls1,95199.84/cwt98.00–101.001,9484
BullsMedium and Large 2-3685107.00/cwt107.00–107.007331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2428141.17/cwt135.00–146.0060412
Bulls1,90189.00/cwt83.00–95.501,6929
SteersMedium and Large 2-3649123.00/cwt123.00–123.007988
SteersMedium and Large 2-3338122.48/cwt120.00–125.004142
SteersMedium and Large 2-3245145.00/cwt145.00–145.003551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2888121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0743
SteersMedium and Large 2-3526125.36/cwt115.00–132.006599
SteersMedium and Large 2-3448138.00/cwt138.00–138.006182
SteersMedium and Large 2-3285147.50/cwt147.50–147.504201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566134.51/cwt130.00–141.007614
SteersSmall 1-2600122.00/cwt122.00–122.007321
SteersMedium and Large 2-3778110.00/cwt110.00–110.008562
SteersMedium and Large 2-3670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2387156.97/cwt149.00–160.0060710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421145.10/cwt140.00–152.006115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2230170.00/cwt170.00–170.003911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-278094.00/cwt94.00–94.007333
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3534110.30/cwt104.00–115.005899
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3315122.98/cwt122.00–124.003872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518122.62/cwt117.00–128.0063521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2319135.41/cwt130.00–140.004324
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3436117.30/cwt116.00–120.0051116
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615115.88/cwt110.00–120.0071324
BullsMedium and Large 2-3523123.33/cwt123.00–124.006453
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531130.30/cwt125.00–136.0069212
BullsMedium and Large 1-285591.00/cwt91.00–91.007781
CowsLean 85-90%99943.65/cwt41.00–46.004369
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25568.50/cwt68.50–68.508602
CowsLean 85-90%1,13353.02/cwt47.00–57.5060130
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51553.43/cwt51.00–55.008095
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19260.54/cwt56.00–65.5072233
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58554.00/cwt54.00–54.008561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41558.97/cwt55.00–65.008349
CowsLean 85-90%96060.50/cwt60.50–60.505811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2727101.45/cwt96.00–107.007388
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3563106.76/cwt102.00–113.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476123.30/cwt118.00–128.0058728
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2667110.98/cwt105.00–115.0074011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295132.50/cwt132.50–132.503911
HeifersMedium and Large 2-372891.29/cwt90.00–94.006653

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.