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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 11
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
619 head
101 vs last sale 720 14 vs year ago 633 · 2.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
70 vs last sale 190 1 vs year ago 119 · +0.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-6.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.40/cwt on 205 head.
Average price
$125.40
205 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.43
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565126.41714191
Medium and Large 2-3507111.5756514thin
One grade step is worth $14.84/cwt here — about $148 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 sale205 hd
125.40
TN average8 barns · 2,267 hd
117.96
+7.43
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
BullsLow1,75583.091,45812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50354.0281219
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,43650.3472331
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11441.4146128

Every lot, as filed

63 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2707109.38/cwt98.00–112.507739
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575119.00/cwt119.00–119.006841
BullsMedium and Large 2-3483133.60/cwt114.00–140.006454
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650106.00/cwt106.00–106.006891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520148.97/cwt146.00–154.007755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429131.89/cwt124.00–136.0056620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2693120.00/cwt120.00–120.008322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2466151.18/cwt144.00–159.0070410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-281593.30/cwt87.00–99.007603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573125.77/cwt120.00–130.007215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325168.09/cwt160.00–185.005464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414169.37/cwt166.00–171.007013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375171.12/cwt160.00–182.0064238
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2606117.20/cwt115.00–123.507107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572121.88/cwt116.00–124.506975
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2684110.44/cwt107.00–117.007554
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523129.23/cwt125.00–134.006765
BullsMedium and Large 1-2429152.08/cwt150.00–158.006524
BullsMedium and Large 1-2673114.88/cwt111.00–122.007733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521124.85/cwt120.00–129.006506
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2322145.35/cwt136.00–150.004686
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570145.46/cwt138.00–151.008298
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714120.13/cwt119.00–121.008588
SteersMedium and Large 1-2283175.09/cwt165.00–185.004962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635129.83/cwt129.00–130.008246
CowsLean 85-90%99934.10/cwt30.00–39.003419
CowsLean 85-90%1,16844.87/cwt40.00–51.0052419
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51853.04/cwt46.00–56.0080516
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42559.26/cwt57.00–61.008443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27057.00/cwt57.00–57.007241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44250.12/cwt44.00–55.0072330
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added775118.00/cwt118.00–118.0091559
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added645117.00/cwt117.00–117.007551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465153.62/cwt150.00–162.007144
Dairy SteersLarge 363380.50/cwt80.50–80.505103
Dairy SteersLarge 355383.50/cwt83.50–83.504622
Dairy SteersLarge 371570.00/cwt70.00–70.005011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3381141.50/cwt132.00–154.005397
SteersMedium and Large 2-3334149.62/cwt146.00–155.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325131.00/cwt131.00–131.004261
Bulls1,46569.00/cwt69.00–69.001,0111
Bulls1,73095.50/cwt95.50–95.501,6521
Bulls1,78683.26/cwt79.50–88.001,48710
SteersMedium and Large 2-3245152.50/cwt152.50–152.503741
SteersMedium and Large 2-3433150.02/cwt145.00–155.006503
SteersMedium and Large 2-3723110.00/cwt110.00–110.007952
BullsMedium and Large 1-280395.00/cwt95.00–95.007632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2718108.02/cwt106.00–110.007762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635120.48/cwt118.00–123.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3383121.83/cwt117.50–126.004672
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3490116.00/cwt116.00–116.005681
HeifersMedium and Large 2-363390.98/cwt90.00–92.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3530110.06/cwt100.00–116.005833
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3583107.09/cwt103.00–111.006242
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420120.00/cwt120.00–120.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760102.67/cwt100.00–104.007803
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2283141.24/cwt140.00–142.504002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287095.00/cwt95.00–95.008271
SteersMedium and Large 2-3630121.00/cwt121.00–121.007621
SteersMedium and Large 2-3580132.00/cwt132.00–132.007661
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369140.63/cwt130.00–145.5051950
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2467130.23/cwt124.00–134.0060815

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.