Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 2.00-6.00 higher; Feeder Bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.67/cwt on 171 head.

Average price

$121.67

171 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$13.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.76

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	569	123.25	702	151
Medium and Large 2-3	563	109.71	617	20

One grade step is worth $13.54/cwt here — about $84 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 sale171 hd

121.67

—

TN average13 barns · 4,353 hd

127.43

−5.76

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	1,797	97.04	1,744	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,523	64.74	986	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,316	61.36	807	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,086	50.84	552	41

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Bulls	—	—	2,045	102.18/cwt	100.50–103.50	2,090	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	128.16/cwt	125.00–134.00	731	5
Bulls	—	—	1,729	95.64/cwt	90.50–98.50	1,654	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	107.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	114.99/cwt	111.00–119.00	777	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	537	123.98/cwt	121.00–128.00	666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	140.19/cwt	134.00–148.00	663	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	118.32/cwt	114.00–124.00	741	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	110.39/cwt	102.00–115.00	639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	115.07/cwt	110.00–120.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	130.24/cwt	123.00–136.00	552	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	117.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	125.37/cwt	120.00–130.00	598	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	683	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	572	129.35/cwt	128.00–130.00	740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	115.03/cwt	110.00–120.00	794	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	143.55/cwt	138.00–157.00	472	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	605	148.76/cwt	145.00–149.00	900	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	152.92/cwt	149.00–156.00	583	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	890	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	118.85/cwt	112.00–125.00	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	270	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	137.84/cwt	135.00–144.00	773	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	818	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	133.43/cwt	126.00–145.00	496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	317	132.19/cwt	125.00–136.00	419	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	140.56/cwt	132.00–142.00	961	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	150.98/cwt	150.00–153.00	865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	419	133.63/cwt	129.00–140.00	560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	134.31/cwt	130.00–137.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	136.44/cwt	130.00–139.00	861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	154.81/cwt	152.50–157.50	353	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	716	139.19/cwt	136.00–140.00	997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	144.03/cwt	138.00–147.00	758	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	125.68/cwt	119.00–135.00	654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	762	137.67/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,049	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	131.63/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	131.72/cwt	125.00–134.00	967	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	126.02/cwt	124.00–129.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	155.57/cwt	154.50–157.00	811	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	149.32/cwt	141.00–155.00	642	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	150.77/cwt	141.00–155.00	709	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	623	122.96/cwt	119.00–125.00	766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	765	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	106.75/cwt	101.00–111.00	768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	116.98/cwt	113.00–119.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	125.73/cwt	125.00–126.50	780	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	125.72/cwt	121.00–131.00	656	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	137.52/cwt	131.00–142.00	517	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	107.08/cwt	100.00–111.00	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	123.92/cwt	119.00–126.00	716	37
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	110.86/cwt	102.00–116.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	135.27/cwt	130.00–140.00	712	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	894.50/cwt	850.00–925.00	10,063	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	797.74/cwt	775.00–825.00	9,110	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	63.36/cwt	58.00–68.00	805	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,628	69.74/cwt	69.50–70.00	1,135	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	64.12/cwt	60.00–67.00	968	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	44.51/cwt	35.00–49.00	504	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	54.12/cwt	50.00–60.00	574	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,457	55.09/cwt	53.00–57.00	803	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	107.63/cwt	103.00–110.00	821	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	419	127.60/cwt	124.00–131.00	535	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	119.47/cwt	115.00–125.00	740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	137.81/cwt	134.00–140.00	588	5

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 525Last week 870Year ago 796

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 136Year ago 109

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 15Year ago 52

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 2.00-6.00 higher; Feeder Bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,045	100.50–103.50	102.18
11	—	1,729	90.50–98.50	95.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,271	58.00–68.00	63.36
7	—	1,457	53.00–57.00	55.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	69.50–70.00	69.74
16	—	1,510	60.00–67.00	64.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,133	35.00–49.00	44.51
27	—	1,061	50.00–60.00	54.12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	95.00	95.00
2	—	640	105.00–110.00	107.48
3	—	537	121.00–128.00	123.98
3	—	578	102.00–116.00	110.86
6	—	419	124.00–131.00	127.60
1	—	490	124.00	124.00
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	125.00–134.00	128.16
5	—	676	111.00–119.00	114.99
1	—	700	113.00	113.00
10	—	473	134.00–148.00	140.19
10	—	526	130.00–140.00	135.27
3	—	763	103.00–110.00	107.63
4	—	619	115.00–125.00	119.47
5	—	427	134.00–140.00	137.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	626	114.00–124.00	118.32
1	—	855	86.00	86.00
13	—	424	123.00–136.00	130.24
1	—	925	94.00	94.00
14	—	477	120.00–130.00	125.37
2	—	818	104.00	104.00
17	—	690	110.00–120.00	115.03
4	—	329	138.00–157.00	143.55
5	—	719	101.00–111.00	106.75
22	—	522	121.00–131.00	125.72
7	—	376	131.00–142.00	137.52
37	—	578	119.00–126.00	123.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	579	102.00–115.00	110.39
2	—	370	110.00–120.00	115.07
2	—	405	115.00–120.00	117.50
2	—	683	105.00–106.00	105.50
2	—	780	90.00	90.00
3	—	520	113.00–119.00	116.98
3	—	618	100.00–111.00	107.08
1	—	470	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	126.00	126.00
1	—	815	110.00	110.00
3	—	572	128.00–130.00	129.35
5	—	765	115.50	115.50
9	—	620	125.00–126.50	125.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	605	145.00–149.00	148.76
1	—	890	125.00	125.00
2	—	818	125.00–129.00	127.01
4	—	573	150.00–153.00	150.98
5	—	716	136.00–140.00	139.19
6	—	762	136.00–138.00	137.67
10	—	521	154.50–157.00	155.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	381	149.00–156.00	152.92
6	—	561	135.00–144.00	137.84
1	—	260	150.00	150.00
7	—	684	132.00–142.00	140.56
1	—	335	140.00	140.00
9	—	631	130.00–139.00	136.44
2	—	228	152.50–157.50	154.81
10	—	526	138.00–147.00	144.03
3	—	778	128.00–135.00	131.63
11	—	734	125.00–134.00	131.72
5	—	430	141.00–155.00	149.32
15	—	470	141.00–155.00	150.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	112.00–125.00	118.85
1	—	270	141.00	141.00
5	—	372	126.00–145.00	133.43
3	—	317	125.00–136.00	132.19
5	—	419	129.00–140.00	133.63
3	—	465	130.00–137.00	134.31
3	—	520	119.00–135.00	125.68
3	—	575	124.00–129.00	126.02
3	—	623	119.00–125.00	122.96

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,125	850.00–925.00	894.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,142	775.00–825.00	797.74

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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