Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2021-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.88/cwt on 271 head.

Average price

$134.88

271 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$22.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.40

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	605	135.98	823	246
Medium and Large 2-3	497	124.95	621	23
Small 1-2	645	113.00	729	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.98/cwt here — about $94 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 sale271 hd

134.88

—

TN average8 barns · 1,309 hd

132.48

+2.40

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	1,859	103.20	1,919	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,439	75.42	1,085	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,165	69.67	812	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	991	60.04	595	40

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	150.77/cwt	143.00–160.00	576	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	134.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	838	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	168.68/cwt	164.00–176.00	558	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	132.29/cwt	125.00–138.00	759	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	982	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	416	127.52/cwt	120.00–134.00	530	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	139.88/cwt	133.00–146.00	741	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	141.00/cwt	135.00–147.00	667	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	122.87/cwt	118.00–128.00	817	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	122.73/cwt	118.00–125.00	945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	171.97/cwt	169.00–175.00	640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	150.57/cwt	147.00–158.00	644	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	154.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	894	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	117.81/cwt	112.00–120.00	848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	162.23/cwt	155.00–165.50	792	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	156.45/cwt	151.00–161.00	831	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	110.52/cwt	105.00–116.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	850	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	144.85/cwt	141.00–151.00	889	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,037	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	141.36/cwt	135.00–152.00	597	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	159.10/cwt	144.00–168.00	525	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	480	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	787	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,074	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	802	120.33/cwt	120.00–120.50	965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	144.68/cwt	137.00–148.00	972	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	156.17/cwt	155.00–160.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	141.31/cwt	137.00–148.00	738	15
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	60.42/cwt	56.00–66.00	612	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	54.43/cwt	53.00–55.00	465	5
Bulls	—	—	2,000	108.36/cwt	108.00–109.00	2,167	3
Bulls	—	—	1,829	102.10/cwt	97.00–107.00	1,867	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,401	73.45/cwt	66.00–77.50	1,029	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	76.78/cwt	75.50–78.50	1,008	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	80.06/cwt	78.50–84.00	1,225	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	995	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	617	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	69.37/cwt	63.50–75.00	804	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	67.74/cwt	67.50–68.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	139.93/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,016	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	136.45/cwt	131.00–141.00	772	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	121.98/cwt	120.00–124.00	870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	138.18/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,045	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	121.82/cwt	120.00–124.00	923	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	140.70/cwt	131.00–145.00	722	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	161.13/cwt	158.00–164.00	606	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	144.44/cwt	142.00–146.00	617	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	136.57/cwt	130.00–141.00	649	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	126.65/cwt	125.00–130.00	684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	561	136.72/cwt	130.00–140.00	767	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	133.08/cwt	130.00–136.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	116.02/cwt	112.00–122.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	127.49/cwt	126.00–129.00	727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	149.34/cwt	146.00–151.00	651	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	148.94/cwt	144.00–152.00	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	392	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	131.97/cwt	129.00–135.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	745	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	119.50/cwt	118.00–121.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	624	132.72/cwt	129.00–138.00	828	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	126.50/cwt	126.00–128.00	802	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	146.03/cwt	144.00–148.00	545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	126.98/cwt	124.00–131.00	869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	778	119.89/cwt	115.00–125.00	933	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	130.40/cwt	125.00–136.00	679	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	128.98/cwt	124.00–135.00	806	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	151.91/cwt	145.00–156.00	703	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	103.99/cwt	103.00–105.00	889	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 Aug 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 806Last week 736Year ago 841

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 87Year ago 109

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	100.00	100.00
1	—	480	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	382	143.00–160.00	150.77
30	—	574	125.00–138.00	132.29
27	—	530	133.00–146.00	139.88
29	—	473	135.00–147.00	141.00
9	—	665	118.00–128.00	122.87
3	—	770	118.00–125.00	122.73
1	—	280	152.00	152.00
5	—	720	112.00–120.00	117.81
2	—	833	105.00–116.00	110.52
24	—	422	135.00–152.00	141.36
6	—	330	144.00–168.00	159.10
1	—	245	160.00	160.00
34	—	625	124.00–135.00	128.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	416	120.00–134.00	127.52
1	—	310	138.00	138.00
3	—	540	125.00–130.00	126.65
2	—	385	130.00–136.00	133.08
1	—	690	114.00	114.00
1	—	480	130.00	130.00
3	—	632	112.00–122.00	116.02
1	—	790	111.00	111.00
2	—	570	118.00–121.00	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	787	136.50	136.50
3	—	802	120.00–120.50	120.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	621	130.00–140.00	134.95
2	—	818	120.00	120.00
18	—	428	147.00–158.00	150.57
15	—	522	137.00–148.00	141.31
19	—	566	131.00–141.00	136.45
7	—	713	120.00–124.00	121.98
6	—	758	120.00–124.00	121.82
7	—	376	158.00–164.00	161.13
4	—	684	124.00–131.00	126.98
18	—	463	145.00–156.00	151.91
2	—	855	103.00–105.00	103.99
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	427	142.00–146.00	144.44
6	—	475	130.00–141.00	136.57
2	—	570	126.00–129.00	127.49
2	—	675	120.00–121.00	120.50
4	—	634	126.00–128.00	126.50
3	—	373	144.00–148.00	146.03
1	—	710	112.00	112.00
10	—	521	125.00–136.00	130.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	331	164.00–176.00	168.68
5	—	372	169.00–175.00	171.97
20	—	577	150.00–160.00	154.92
11	—	488	155.00–165.50	162.23
7	—	531	151.00–161.00	156.45
6	—	614	141.00–151.00	144.85
1	—	810	128.00	128.00
1	—	275	160.00	160.00
22	—	672	137.00–148.00	144.68
4	—	431	155.00–160.00	156.17
16	—	726	135.00–143.00	139.93
5	—	756	133.00–141.00	138.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	158.00	158.00
6	—	513	131.00–145.00	140.70
9	—	561	130.00–140.00	136.72
6	—	436	146.00–151.00	149.34
4	—	469	144.00–152.00	148.94
3	—	392	150.00	150.00
2	—	668	129.00–135.00	131.97
1	—	745	127.00	127.00
6	—	624	129.00–138.00	132.72
2	—	778	115.00–125.00	119.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,013	56.00–66.00	60.42
5	—	855	53.00–55.00	54.43
2	—	970	67.50–68.00	67.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,401	66.00–77.50	73.45
11	—	1,530	78.50–84.00	80.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,313	75.50–78.50	76.78
1	—	995	62.00	62.00
46	—	1,159	63.50–75.00	69.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,000	108.00–109.00	108.36
14	—	1,829	97.00–107.00	102.10

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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