Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-11-23

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Nov 23
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
712 head
565 vs last sale 1,277 366 vs year ago 346 · +105.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
29 vs last sale 176 71 vs year ago 76 · +93.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
4 vs last sale 26 16 vs year ago 46 · 34.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 3.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 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 $117.15/cwt on 198 head.
Average price
$117.15
198 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$14.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.89
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531119.07632166
Medium and Large 2-3519107.3655730
Small 1-2570105.005992thin
One grade step is worth $14.07/cwt here — about $34 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 sale198 hd
117.15
TN average10 barns · 2,856 hd
115.26
+1.89
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
BullsAverage1,54777.481,19910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45754.5079428
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19850.2460237
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03438.8440245

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2569128.47/cwt123.00–133.0073110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2482142.86/cwt135.00–148.006899
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618114.58/cwt110.00–119.007088
SteersMedium and Large 1-2712122.17/cwt116.00–125.008707
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529121.43/cwt114.00–127.0064230
BullsMedium and Large 1-286889.37/cwt84.00–94.007763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,06094.00/cwt94.00–94.009961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624114.19/cwt110.00–118.0071318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577118.03/cwt112.00–125.0068117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2777116.99/cwt115.00–118.009093
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427121.88/cwt117.00–129.0052015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-291090.00/cwt90.00–90.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2269147.51/cwt146.00–152.503974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-278099.95/cwt97.00–104.007803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2890113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2369163.97/cwt157.00–170.0060515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950101.00/cwt101.00–101.009601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2569141.69/cwt134.00–145.0080611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471122.39/cwt117.00–129.0057632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613130.97/cwt125.00–136.008039
BullsMedium and Large 1-2537134.49/cwt128.00–139.0072211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2663113.78/cwt110.00–119.007545
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315172.54/cwt170.00–175.005442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2230170.22/cwt165.00–175.003922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517143.32/cwt140.00–152.0074110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478148.61/cwt142.00–156.007108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672127.42/cwt123.00–128.0085616
HeifersSmall 1-2570105.00/cwt105.00–105.005992
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318129.08/cwt124.00–138.004103
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445151.00/cwt144.00–155.006723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672106.80/cwt100.00–112.0071816
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1001,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,2751
BullsMedium and Large 1-280090.00/cwt90.00–90.007201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16743.00/cwt43.00–43.005023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10559.00/cwt59.00–59.006521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20450.63/cwt44.00–57.0061033
Bulls1,66780.90/cwt74.50–86.001,3496
Bulls1,24763.80/cwt61.00–67.507963
Bulls1,73098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,6951
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,450860.00/cwt860.00–860.0012,4701
Dairy SteersLarge 354080.00/cwt80.00–80.004321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45353.71/cwt49.50–57.0078025
CowsLean 85-90%1,03233.26/cwt22.00–36.0034316
CowsLean 85-90%1,03541.92/cwt37.00–48.0043429
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48861.04/cwt59.00–63.009083
BullsMedium and Large 2-3478129.23/cwt127.00–130.006185
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,301844.16/cwt685.00–1,050.0010,9837
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,510850.00/cwt850.00–850.0012,8351
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,100825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,020725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,3951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,340975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,0651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370129.77/cwt120.00–135.0048017
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3523105.87/cwt103.00–112.005543
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3255125.00/cwt125.00–125.003191
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3582102.98/cwt100.00–110.005998
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3469115.00/cwt114.00–116.005397
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435108.92/cwt108.00–115.004747
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2240147.50/cwt147.50–147.503541
SteersMedium and Large 2-3559129.16/cwt126.00–130.007225
HeifersMedium and Large 2-377391.00/cwt91.00–91.007032
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420139.94/cwt135.00–145.005882
SteersMedium and Large 2-3720112.00/cwt112.00–112.008061
SteersMedium and Large 2-3475130.00/cwt130.00–130.006181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-282398.49/cwt98.00–99.008112
SteersMedium and Large 2-3528129.63/cwt125.00–132.006845
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610102.50/cwt100.00–105.006252
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
SteersMedium and Large 2-3373145.44/cwt138.00–154.005424
SteersMedium and Large 2-3638120.00/cwt120.00–120.007662
SteersMedium and Large 1-2270175.95/cwt158.00–195.004758
BullsMedium and Large 2-3531123.53/cwt120.00–126.006564
BullsMedium and Large 2-3572117.36/cwt115.00–119.006713
BullsMedium and Large 2-3422136.78/cwt132.00–140.005773
BullsMedium and Large 2-3660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007191
BullsMedium and Large 2-3620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422158.02/cwt148.00–166.006676
BullsMedium and Large 1-2718105.43/cwt101.00–108.007577
HeifersMedium and Large 1-271598.79/cwt94.00–100.007065

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.