Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2020-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-9.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-9.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.13/cwt on 246 head.

Average price

$122.13

246 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$7.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.12

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	549	122.85	674	221
Medium and Large 2-3	484	115.73	560	25

One grade step is worth $7.13/cwt here — about $114 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 sale246 hd

122.13

—

TN average9 barns · 1,627 hd

120.01

+2.12

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	1,733	80.34	1,393	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,489	51.93	773	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,302	51.28	667	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,051	38.87	408	39

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	110.20/cwt	106.00–116.00	787	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	108.65/cwt	105.00–110.00	833	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	127.58/cwt	124.00–135.00	538	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	126.79/cwt	120.00–132.00	732	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	118.92/cwt	114.00–123.00	743	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	126.69/cwt	123.00–130.00	475	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	125.53/cwt	120.00–133.00	658	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	105.47/cwt	100.00–110.00	753	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	895	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	885	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	94.65/cwt	89.00–100.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	130.53/cwt	124.00–137.00	613	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	143.47/cwt	137.00–148.00	760	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	130.80/cwt	125.00–136.00	807	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	125.67/cwt	120.00–131.00	841	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	808	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	962	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	164.02/cwt	150.00–185.00	531	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	123.55/cwt	119.00–129.00	705	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	162.75/cwt	150.00–172.00	610	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	116.17/cwt	113.00–119.00	783	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	124.56/cwt	118.00–127.00	903	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	141.10/cwt	133.00–144.50	813	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	138.49/cwt	130.00–147.00	727	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	157.61/cwt	150.00–165.00	678	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	120.22/cwt	116.00–126.00	744	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	170.45/cwt	150.00–185.00	472	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	111.49/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	118.88/cwt	114.00–123.50	978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	122.55/cwt	116.00–127.00	952	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	157.42/cwt	150.00–165.00	751	17
Steers	Small 1-2	—	785	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	908	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	13,921	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	830.05/cwt	785.00–885.00	10,525	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	823.01/cwt	700.00–900.00	10,246	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	91.52/cwt	88.00–95.00	782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	793	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	730	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	482	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	586	1
Bulls	—	—	1,344	67.54/cwt	57.50–75.00	908	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	35.06/cwt	27.00–39.00	356	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	57.54/cwt	57.00–58.00	921	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	788	1
Bulls	—	—	1,975	95.23/cwt	93.00–97.50	1,881	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	51.92/cwt	46.50–55.50	769	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	51.01/cwt	46.00–56.50	664	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	43.32/cwt	39.50–50.00	473	18
Bulls	—	—	1,846	82.97/cwt	77.50–89.00	1,532	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	119.10/cwt	110.00–121.00	565	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	117.68/cwt	115.00–120.00	488	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	673	114.95/cwt	111.00–118.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	126.24/cwt	120.00–134.00	663	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	115.21/cwt	113.00–118.00	768	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	783	110.46/cwt	108.00–113.00	865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	717	112.27/cwt	108.00–115.00	805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	107.47/cwt	105.00–110.00	675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	112.45/cwt	110.00–115.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	126.64/cwt	125.00–129.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	118.07/cwt	112.00–122.00	433	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	112.65/cwt	108.00–119.00	656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	136.38/cwt	130.00–144.00	439	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	313	144.99/cwt	144.00–146.00	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	495	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	619	116.79/cwt	115.00–121.00	723	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	149.71/cwt	145.00–155.00	720	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	139.43/cwt	130.00–148.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	159.86/cwt	153.00–166.00	678	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	616	109.26/cwt	107.00–111.00	673	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	132.98/cwt	125.00–138.00	636	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	762	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	846	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 Nov 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,097Last week 565Year ago 1,228

Slaughter CattleReceipts 164Last week 157Year ago 196

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 42Year ago 41

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-9.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-9.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	714	106.00–116.00	110.20
11	—	577	120.00–132.00	126.79
2	—	823	89.00–100.00	94.65
9	—	525	130.00–147.00	138.49
4	—	619	116.00–126.00	120.22
2	—	855	88.00–95.00	91.52
1	—	770	103.00	103.00
9	—	667	113.00–118.00	115.21
19	—	481	145.00–155.00	149.71
21	—	424	153.00–166.00	159.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	125.00–129.00	126.64
6	—	582	108.00–119.00	112.65
4	—	437	130.00–148.00	139.43
2	—	678	109.00	109.00
4	—	616	107.00–111.00	109.26
7	—	478	125.00–138.00	132.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	767	105.00–110.00	108.65
23	—	422	124.00–135.00	127.58
18	—	625	114.00–123.00	118.92
15	—	375	123.00–130.00	126.69
33	—	524	120.00–133.00	125.53
11	—	714	100.00–110.00	105.47
2	—	295	140.00	140.00
1	—	895	100.00	100.00
31	—	470	124.00–137.00	130.53
42	—	571	119.00–129.00	123.55
11	—	674	113.00–119.00	116.17
9	—	322	130.00–144.00	136.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	825	110.00	110.00
14	—	762	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	474	110.00–121.00	119.10
3	—	415	115.00–120.00	117.68
2	—	628	105.00–110.00	107.47
2	—	583	110.00–115.00	112.45
1	—	755	96.00	96.00
1	—	680	105.00	105.00
1	—	530	119.00	119.00
6	—	367	112.00–122.00	118.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	118.00	118.00
8	—	808	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	530	137.00–148.00	143.47
17	—	617	125.00–136.00	130.80
27	—	669	120.00–131.00	125.67
10	—	324	150.00–185.00	164.02
17	—	375	150.00–172.00	162.75
18	—	725	118.00–127.00	124.56
18	—	576	133.00–144.50	141.10
8	—	430	150.00–165.00	157.61
8	—	277	150.00–185.00	170.45
2	—	930	109.00–114.00	111.49
2	—	823	114.00–123.50	118.88
14	—	777	116.00–127.00	122.55
17	—	477	150.00–165.00	157.42
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	111.00–118.00	114.95
1	—	385	140.00	140.00
5	—	525	120.00–134.00	126.24
2	—	783	108.00–113.00	110.46
3	—	717	108.00–115.00	112.27
5	—	587	128.00–130.00	129.00
3	—	427	146.00	146.00
2	—	313	144.00–146.00	144.99
1	—	495	126.00	126.00
6	—	619	115.00–121.00	116.79
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	66.00	66.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,345	1,035.00	1,035.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,268	785.00–885.00	830.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,245	700.00–900.00	823.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	41.00	41.00
2	—	1,600	57.00–58.00	57.54
23	—	1,482	46.50–55.50	51.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,016	27.00–39.00	35.06
18	—	1,091	39.50–50.00	43.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	59.50	59.50
31	—	1,301	46.00–56.50	51.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,344	57.50–75.00	67.54
2	—	1,975	93.00–97.50	95.23
13	—	1,846	77.50–89.00	82.97

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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Replacement Cattle

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