Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Offerings included one Load Lot of 60 Steers weighing 825 that brought $124.50 per cwt that is listed in the regular report under value added.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.55/cwt on 285 head.

Average price

$135.55

285 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$5.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.07

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	641	136.29	874	247
Medium and Large 2-3	511	130.71	668	38

One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about $206 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 sale285 hd

135.55

—

TN average9 barns · 1,795 hd

134.48

+1.07

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	1,806	79.71	1,439	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,418	51.44	729	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	50.43	618	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	40.24	431	45

Every lot, as filed

86 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	—	428	152.40/cwt	148.00–160.00	652	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	126.30/cwt	121.00–132.00	538	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	124.80/cwt	120.00–133.00	592	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	132.52/cwt	130.00–137.00	635	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	141.48/cwt	134.00–145.00	806	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	167.35/cwt	158.00–182.00	569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	112.61/cwt	104.00–119.00	773	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	134.46/cwt	130.00–140.00	441	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	111.99/cwt	109.00–115.00	922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	744	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	934	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	102.46/cwt	99.00–108.00	735	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	144.47/cwt	139.00–151.00	754	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	118.94/cwt	110.00–123.00	739	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	365	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	125.35/cwt	121.00–128.00	830	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	158.68/cwt	151.00–165.00	739	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	119.69/cwt	112.00–124.00	686	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	110.64/cwt	105.00–112.50	790	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	157.22/cwt	150.00–170.00	593	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	128.71/cwt	123.00–133.00	793	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	156.69/cwt	152.00–162.00	678	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	308	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	341	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	119.49/cwt	114.00–125.00	732	14
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	535	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	642	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	745	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	811	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	134.78/cwt	129.00–140.00	695	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	835	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,027	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	50.08/cwt	46.00–56.00	602	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	41.64/cwt	36.00–48.00	453	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	32.63/cwt	29.00–35.00	318	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	717	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	51.36/cwt	47.00–53.50	726	14
Bulls	—	—	1,853	93.48/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,732	3
Bulls	—	—	1,649	70.47/cwt	65.00–73.50	1,162	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,685	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	104.71/cwt	102.00–110.00	812	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,324	936.00/cwt	875.00–1,000.00	12,393	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	764	73.20/cwt	72.00–73.50	559	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	618	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,440	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	10,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	771	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	115.03/cwt	110.00–119.00	559	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,490	58.90/cwt	57.00–60.50	878	2
Bulls	—	—	1,901	82.05/cwt	77.00–87.00	1,560	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	109.55/cwt	104.00–113.00	681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	138.94/cwt	130.00–149.00	652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	130.03/cwt	125.00–135.00	681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	103.98/cwt	100.00–106.00	639	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	962.87/cwt	875.00–1,100.00	11,891	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	732	104.23/cwt	100.00–113.00	763	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	117.17/cwt	115.00–119.00	667	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	105.26/cwt	97.00–111.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	110.37/cwt	108.00–113.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	115.39/cwt	112.00–119.00	721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	146.82/cwt	144.00–150.00	477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	145.10/cwt	140.00–155.00	689	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	137.00/cwt	130.00–144.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	123.85/cwt	114.00–132.00	711	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	136.94/cwt	132.00–142.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	124.52/cwt	124.00–125.00	904	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	95.28/cwt	90.00–101.00	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	121.65/cwt	116.00–127.00	648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	144.81/cwt	140.00–150.00	553	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	109.21/cwt	105.00–111.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	124.22/cwt	120.00–131.00	655	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	117.52/cwt	114.00–124.00	785	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	127.13/cwt	122.00–135.00	728	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	136.45/cwt	127.00–148.00	514	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	120.43/cwt	117.00–124.00	933	2

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 Jan 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 961Last week 619Year ago 535

Slaughter CattleReceipts 139Last week 120Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 37Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	428	148.00–160.00	152.40
7	—	714	105.00–112.50	110.64
14	—	613	114.00–125.00	119.49
9	—	516	129.00–140.00	134.78
4	—	775	102.00–110.00	104.71
1	—	895	80.00	80.00
19	—	475	140.00–155.00	145.10
15	—	668	114.00–124.00	117.52
19	—	573	122.00–135.00	127.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	130.00–137.00	132.52
7	—	622	104.00–113.00	109.55
5	—	569	115.00–119.00	117.17
4	—	685	97.00–111.00	105.26
2	—	425	132.00–142.00	136.94
1	—	750	92.00	92.00
3	—	720	90.00–101.00	95.28
4	—	533	116.00–127.00	121.65
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	426	121.00–132.00	126.30
27	—	474	120.00–133.00	124.80
2	—	785	100.00–105.00	102.50
36	—	686	104.00–119.00	112.61
6	—	328	130.00–140.00	134.46
1	—	280	137.50	137.50
11	—	717	99.00–108.00	102.46
34	—	621	110.00–123.00	118.94
41	—	573	112.00–124.00	119.69
2	—	240	140.00–144.00	141.96
2	—	878	95.00	95.00
32	—	527	120.00–131.00	124.22
13	—	377	127.00–148.00	136.45
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	110.00–119.00	115.03
5	—	615	100.00–106.00	103.98
3	—	520	108.00–113.00	110.37
1	—	755	85.00	85.00
5	—	568	105.00–111.00	109.21
1	—	385	114.00	114.00
1	—	405	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	167.50	167.50
11	—	570	134.00–145.00	141.48
3	—	340	158.00–182.00	167.35
2	—	823	109.00–115.00	111.99
9	—	522	139.00–151.00	144.47
22	—	662	121.00–128.00	125.35
11	—	466	151.00–165.00	158.68
1	—	920	101.00	101.00
1	—	235	162.50	162.50
1	—	1,105	98.00	98.00
15	—	377	150.00–170.00	157.22
2	—	1,035	102.00	102.00
23	—	616	123.00–133.00	128.71
16	—	433	152.00–162.00	156.69
4	—	726	124.00–125.00	124.52
2	—	775	117.00–124.00	120.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	744	125.50	125.50
5	—	365	184.00	184.00
5	—	308	187.00	187.00
4	—	523	155.00	155.00
17	—	612	136.50	136.50
60	—	825	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	116.00	116.00
6	—	469	130.00–149.00	138.94
7	—	524	125.00–135.00	130.03
3	—	732	100.00–113.00	104.23
3	—	625	112.00–119.00	115.39
2	—	325	144.00–150.00	146.82
2	—	425	130.00–144.00	137.00
7	—	574	114.00–132.00	123.85
7	—	382	140.00–150.00	144.81
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	764	72.00–73.50	73.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,202	46.00–56.00	50.08
1	—	1,405	44.00	44.00
2	—	1,490	57.00–60.50	58.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,089	36.00–48.00	41.64
7	—	974	29.00–35.00	32.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	59.00	59.00
14	—	1,413	47.00–53.50	51.36
1	—	1,685	45.00	45.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,853	91.00–95.00	93.48
7	—	1,649	65.00–73.50	70.47
10	—	1,901	77.00–87.00	82.05

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,324	875.00–1,000.00	936.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,180	800.00	800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,235	875.00–1,100.00	962.87

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

Steers · 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

Mid-South Livestock Regional Center LLC - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle