Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.61/cwt on 132 head.

Average price

$140.61

132 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$12.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.61

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	520	143.01	744	107
Medium and Large 2-3	435	130.37	568	25

One grade step is worth $12.64/cwt here — about $176 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 sale132 hd

140.61

—

TN average10 barns · 1,567 hd

130.01

+10.61

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	—	Low	1,865	74.66	1,393	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,536	51.89	797	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,266	50.06	634	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,107	42.13	466	53

Every lot, as filed

73 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	753	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	86.50/cwt	86.00–87.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	97.31/cwt	94.00–99.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	126.04/cwt	120.00–132.00	474	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	119.02/cwt	111.00–123.00	739	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	111.75/cwt	111.00–112.00	828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	142.63/cwt	138.00–148.00	687	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	141.74/cwt	135.00–148.00	751	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	130.20/cwt	128.00–131.00	421	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	148.70/cwt	140.00–153.00	714	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	977	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	122.23/cwt	120.00–125.00	518	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	116.46/cwt	114.00–119.00	889	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	120.62/cwt	116.00–124.00	573	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	113.62/cwt	105.00–117.00	703	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	103.65/cwt	100.00–113.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	132.23/cwt	127.00–137.00	811	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	153.45/cwt	146.00–157.00	649	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	135.39/cwt	129.00–138.00	785	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	121.41/cwt	119.00–125.00	635	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	165.98/cwt	160.00–170.00	546	7
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	675	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	126.23/cwt	121.00–131.00	834	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	362	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	160.55/cwt	154.00–165.00	604	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	115.34/cwt	115.00–116.00	952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	131.84/cwt	125.00–138.00	692	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	120.76/cwt	115.00–124.00	868	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	88.66/cwt	86.00–91.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	101.97/cwt	94.00–107.00	783	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	109.50/cwt	106.00–116.00	744	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	645	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	426	1
Bulls	—	—	1,857	66.66/cwt	66.00–69.00	1,238	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	45.51/cwt	45.00–46.00	771	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	780	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	781	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	44.17/cwt	40.00–50.00	497	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	34.35/cwt	25.00–38.00	357	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	51.91/cwt	47.00–56.00	798	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	50.20/cwt	46.00–56.00	633	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	114.91/cwt	111.00–119.00	781	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	104.81/cwt	98.00–112.00	540	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	43.64/cwt	42.00–45.00	573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	611	106.24/cwt	104.00–107.00	649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	124.99/cwt	120.00–132.00	717	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	99.51/cwt	99.00–100.00	622	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	86.00/cwt	82.00–90.00	615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	118.90/cwt	114.00–124.00	735	2
Bulls	—	—	1,869	78.09/cwt	73.50–83.00	1,460	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	125.69/cwt	121.00–131.00	600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	136.22/cwt	132.50–140.00	456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	467	130.04/cwt	125.00–133.00	607	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	131.50/cwt	131.00–132.00	675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	113.34/cwt	105.00–118.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	100.00/cwt	96.00–102.00	570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	113.78/cwt	112.00–115.00	540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	109.26/cwt	108.00–110.50	847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	146.74/cwt	140.00–154.00	627	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	133.57/cwt	125.00–146.00	492	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	213	144.06/cwt	142.50–147.50	307	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	115.54/cwt	104.00–121.00	608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	130.95/cwt	130.00–132.00	367	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	133.55/cwt	120.00–139.00	572	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	118.35/cwt	114.00–124.00	672	16

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 Nov 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 565Last week 653Year ago 1,340

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 196Year ago 186

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	106.00	106.00
2	—	850	86.00–87.00	86.50
3	—	773	94.00–99.00	97.31
15	—	621	111.00–123.00	119.02
13	—	482	138.00–148.00	142.63
8	—	525	125.00–138.00	131.84
3	—	805	86.00–91.00	88.66
6	—	679	106.00–116.00	109.50
19	—	574	120.00–132.00	124.99
10	—	427	140.00–154.00	146.74
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	90.00	90.00
4	—	611	104.00–107.00	106.24
9	—	467	125.00–133.00	130.04
5	—	571	105.00–118.00	113.34
1	—	670	100.00	100.00
8	—	526	104.00–121.00	115.54
10	—	428	120.00–139.00	133.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	376	120.00–132.00	126.04
4	—	741	111.00–112.00	111.75
6	—	323	128.00–131.00	130.20
1	—	1,015	93.00	93.00
9	—	424	120.00–125.00	122.23
19	—	475	116.00–124.00	120.62
10	—	619	105.00–117.00	113.62
5	—	669	100.00–113.00	103.65
1	—	905	94.00	94.00
12	—	523	119.00–125.00	121.41
3	—	768	94.00–107.00	101.97
3	—	213	142.50–147.50	144.06
2	—	280	130.00–132.00	130.95
16	—	568	114.00–124.00	118.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	120.00	120.00
3	—	825	115.00–116.00	115.34
2	—	775	108.00–110.50	109.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	515	98.00–112.00	104.81
2	—	625	99.00–100.00	99.51
2	—	715	82.00–90.00	86.00
1	—	665	90.00	90.00
3	—	570	96.00–102.00	100.00
4	—	475	112.00–115.00	113.78
2	—	428	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	530	135.00–148.00	141.74
14	—	480	140.00–153.00	148.70
1	—	880	111.00	111.00
1	—	265	170.00	170.00
2	—	763	114.00–119.00	116.46
13	—	613	127.00–137.00	132.23
13	—	423	146.00–157.00	153.45
12	—	580	129.00–138.00	135.39
7	—	329	160.00–170.00	165.98
12	—	661	121.00–131.00	126.23
1	—	230	157.50	157.50
13	—	376	154.00–165.00	160.55
5	—	719	115.00–124.00	120.76
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	111.00–119.00	114.91
2	—	618	114.00–124.00	118.90
3	—	477	121.00–131.00	125.69
3	—	335	132.50–140.00	136.22
2	—	513	131.00–132.00	131.50
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
12	—	368	125.00–146.00	133.57
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	66.00	66.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,857	66.00–69.00	66.66
7	—	1,869	73.50–83.00	78.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,695	45.00–46.00	45.51
2	—	1,345	58.00	58.00
27	—	1,538	47.00–56.00	51.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	57.00	57.00
41	—	1,261	46.00–56.00	50.20
2	—	1,313	42.00–45.00	43.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,125	40.00–50.00	44.17
11	—	1,038	25.00–38.00	34.35

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN