Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.77/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$123.77

202 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$10.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.94

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	571	124.76	712	183
Medium and Large 2-3	495	114.26	565	19thin

One grade step is worth $10.50/cwt here — about $147 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 sale202 hd

123.77

—

TN average10 barns · 2,260 hd

126.71

−2.94

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	1,801	83.04	1,495	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,429	61.97	885	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,187	57.22	679	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,053	46.45	489	28

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	120.72/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	115.67/cwt	112.00–119.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	153.38/cwt	149.00–157.00	804	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	154.76/cwt	150.00–159.00	659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	369	130.62/cwt	120.00–144.00	482	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	137.02/cwt	133.00–144.00	854	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,102	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	134.15/cwt	128.00–144.00	639	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	126.85/cwt	120.00–132.00	987	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	153.96/cwt	148.00–158.00	724	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	165.22/cwt	155.00–175.00	380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	123.94/cwt	120.00–130.00	772	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	92.65/cwt	90.00–95.00	862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	129.76/cwt	124.00–132.00	749	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	152.78/cwt	144.00–162.00	631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	121.76/cwt	116.00–126.00	826	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	95.00/cwt	94.00–96.00	831	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	135.08/cwt	130.00–140.00	561	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	134.85/cwt	130.00–141.00	705	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	100.66/cwt	94.00–108.00	830	7
Bulls	—	—	2,045	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,943	1
Bulls	—	—	1,684	71.85/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,210	4
Bulls	—	—	1,819	85.77/cwt	82.00–93.00	1,560	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	120.46/cwt	115.00–126.00	760	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	107.65/cwt	105.00–110.00	776	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	119.51/cwt	118.00–120.00	512	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	723	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	134.19/cwt	129.00–145.00	509	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	855	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	622	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	126.18/cwt	122.00–130.00	601	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	131.98/cwt	130.00–134.00	387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	667	125.67/cwt	125.00–126.00	838	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	125.34/cwt	120.00–130.00	646	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	140.16/cwt	130.00–149.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	488	141.69/cwt	141.00–144.00	691	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	118.00/cwt	113.00–123.00	792	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	117.33/cwt	114.00–120.00	563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	139.70/cwt	136.00–144.00	731	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	124.06/cwt	119.00–128.00	716	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	129.24/cwt	125.00–135.00	556	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	108.87/cwt	100.00–115.00	615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	260	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	319	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	123.00/cwt	115.00–129.00	779	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	147.98/cwt	147.00–149.00	932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	153.08/cwt	146.00–158.00	860	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	158.60/cwt	154.00–164.00	495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	128.47/cwt	115.00–140.00	739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	115.54/cwt	110.00–121.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	133.28/cwt	130.00–135.00	889	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	120.96/cwt	119.00–124.00	689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	115.77/cwt	110.00–119.00	840	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	114.95/cwt	112.00–118.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	145.92/cwt	139.00–153.00	697	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	107.51/cwt	104.00–111.00	815	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	120.78/cwt	110.00–126.00	645	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	198	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	158	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	314	79.76/cwt	76.00–81.00	250	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	220	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	167	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	290	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	232	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	435	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	344	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	49.05/cwt	48.00–50.00	642	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	57.55/cwt	52.00–63.50	677	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	66.56/cwt	66.00–67.00	1,025	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	61.36/cwt	56.00–64.50	868	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	40.70/cwt	35.00–45.00	405	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	52.19/cwt	48.00–57.00	580	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	133.46/cwt	121.00–140.00	689	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	134.71/cwt	129.00–139.00	566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	128.86/cwt	125.00–131.00	928	14

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

Mon Aug 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 836Last week 841Year ago 734

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 109Year ago 80

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	865	115.00–124.00	120.72
17	—	524	149.00–157.00	153.38
4	—	426	150.00–159.00	154.76
19	—	623	133.00–144.00	137.02
5	—	967	114.00	114.00
1	—	825	120.00	120.00
23	—	778	120.00–132.00	126.85
11	—	470	148.00–158.00	153.96
2	—	230	155.00–175.00	165.22
13	—	562	146.00–158.00	153.08
3	—	312	154.00–164.00	158.60
14	—	667	130.00–135.00	133.28
3	—	363	162.00	162.00
14	—	720	125.00–131.00	128.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	112.00–119.00	115.67
4	—	369	120.00–144.00	130.62
5	—	476	128.00–144.00	134.15
6	—	633	115.00–129.00	123.00
7	—	575	115.00–140.00	128.47
2	—	665	110.00–121.00	115.54
8	—	516	121.00–140.00	133.46
3	—	420	129.00–139.00	134.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	147.00–149.00	147.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	85.00	85.00
1	—	870	86.00	86.00
2	—	473	131.00	131.00
3	—	415	130.00–140.00	135.08
3	—	570	119.00–124.00	120.96
1	—	640	115.00	115.00
3	—	667	112.00–118.00	114.95
1	—	770	90.00	90.00
6	—	534	110.00–126.00	120.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	623	120.00–130.00	123.94
3	—	930	90.00–95.00	92.65
13	—	577	124.00–132.00	129.76
4	—	413	144.00–162.00	152.78
16	—	678	116.00–126.00	121.76
5	—	875	94.00–96.00	95.00
23	—	523	130.00–141.00	134.85
7	—	825	94.00–108.00	100.66
10	—	726	110.00–119.00	115.77
1	—	970	89.00	89.00
11	—	478	139.00–153.00	145.92
2	—	758	104.00–111.00	107.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	631	115.00–126.00	120.46
9	—	721	105.00–110.00	107.65
10	—	379	129.00–145.00	134.19
1	—	855	100.00	100.00
11	—	476	122.00–130.00	126.18
2	—	293	130.00–134.00	131.98
15	—	515	120.00–130.00	125.34
2	—	323	130.00–149.00	140.16
18	—	671	113.00–123.00	118.00
2	—	768	106.00–108.00	107.00
38	—	577	119.00–128.00	124.06
8	—	430	125.00–135.00	129.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	428	118.00–120.00	119.51
1	—	395	118.00	118.00
1	—	525	117.00	117.00
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
1	—	710	90.00	90.00
3	—	480	114.00–120.00	117.33
5	—	565	100.00–115.00	108.87
1	—	260	122.50	122.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	117.00	117.00
3	—	622	135.00	135.00
3	—	667	125.00–126.00	125.67
7	—	488	141.00–144.00	141.69
13	—	523	136.00–144.00	139.70
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	198	80.00	80.00
4	—	314	76.00–81.00	79.76
1	—	220	76.00	76.00
1	—	290	80.00	80.00
1	—	435	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,045	95.00	95.00
4	—	1,684	70.00–77.00	71.85
12	—	1,819	82.00–93.00	85.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,308	48.00–50.00	49.05
26	—	1,176	52.00–63.50	57.55
1	—	1,240	65.00	65.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	66.00–67.00	66.56
15	—	1,414	56.00–64.50	61.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	995	35.00–45.00	40.70
14	—	1,111	48.00–57.00	52.19

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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