Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2021-10-04

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 4
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
611 head
512 vs last sale 1,123 357 vs year ago 968 · 36.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
59 vs last sale 159 59 vs year ago 159 · 37.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls under 500 lbs. 5.00-10.00 higher, over 500 lbs. steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers under 550 lbs. 2.00-5.00 higher, over 550 lbs. 2.00-5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.20/cwt on 189 head.
Average price
$123.20
189 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$21.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.18
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552124.41687160
Medium and Large 2-3495118.0458426
Small 1-2644103.336653thin
One grade step is worth $21.08/cwt here — about $22 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 sale189 hd
123.20
TN average8 barns · 1,239 hd
123.38
−0.18
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
BullsAverage1,71685.631,46910
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50762.1593718
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24559.6474225
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09044.3948432

Every lot, as filed

85 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
SteersMedium and Large 2-3380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005321
SteersMedium and Large 2-3665120.05/cwt118.00–122.007982
SteersMedium and Large 2-3790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009321
SteersMedium and Large 2-3705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added552135.00/cwt135.00–135.007453
SteersMedium and Large 2-3623118.28/cwt114.00–126.007373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618135.22/cwt131.50–139.0083619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522139.03/cwt134.00–144.0072612
SteersMedium and Large 2-3555121.79/cwt117.50–126.006762
SteersMedium and Large 2-3515130.00/cwt130.00–130.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2762105.30/cwt103.00–110.008023
SteersMedium and Large 2-3430135.96/cwt134.00–138.005854
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373134.77/cwt130.00–142.0050313
HeifersSmall 1-2605100.00/cwt100.00–100.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429133.70/cwt126.00–138.0057417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added690126.00/cwt126.00–126.008691
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635103.00/cwt103.00–103.006541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added90492.00/cwt92.00–92.008324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-280797.97/cwt90.00–100.007915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2286151.19/cwt145.00–162.504324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669114.48/cwt110.00–118.007668
SteersMedium and Large 1-2323162.84/cwt150.00–176.005267
SteersMedium and Large 2-3482132.07/cwt128.00–138.006373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2387155.24/cwt150.00–162.006015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472145.76/cwt140.00–151.006883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576134.94/cwt130.00–140.007778
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665132.52/cwt130.00–134.0088112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added575141.96/cwt141.00–145.008164
SteersMedium and Large 2-3328140.17/cwt132.50–147.504602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900108.00/cwt108.00–108.009721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2245177.50/cwt177.50–177.504351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426143.02/cwt140.00–150.006096
SteersMedium and Large 1-2767126.37/cwt125.00–129.009693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280167.50/cwt167.50–167.504691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710120.49/cwt120.00–121.008552
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added770136.56/cwt131.00–137.501,0527
BullsMedium and Large 1-280896.00/cwt96.00–96.007762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2730116.77/cwt110.00–124.008524
BullsMedium and Large 1-2574129.23/cwt125.00–135.0074218
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415138.44/cwt134.00–142.005759
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760122.00/cwt122.00–122.009271
BullsMedium and Large 1-292585.00/cwt85.00–85.007861
CowsLean 85-90%1,11447.31/cwt43.00–52.5052721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59866.84/cwt65.00–68.501,0682
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47762.17/cwt57.00–64.0091815
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23065.00/cwt65.00–65.008001
CowsLean 85-90%1,02036.85/cwt33.00–42.0037610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,68552.00/cwt52.00–52.008761
CowsLean 85-90%1,29058.50/cwt58.50–58.507551
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22659.74/cwt55.00–63.0073223
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77552.50/cwt52.50–52.509321
Bulls1,77989.76/cwt85.50–93.001,5976
Bulls1,50774.23/cwt72.00–76.001,1193
Bulls1,96595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,8671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475134.84/cwt130.00–140.0064018
BullsMedium and Large 1-2384142.35/cwt140.00–150.005474
BullsMedium and Large 2-3393131.99/cwt130.00–134.005192
BullsMedium and Large 2-3678107.01/cwt104.00–110.007263
BullsMedium and Large 2-3568119.81/cwt112.00–123.006816
BullsMedium and Large 2-3710108.00/cwt108.00–108.007671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513134.27/cwt128.00–138.0068917
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620124.53/cwt119.00–129.0077210
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630111.20/cwt106.00–118.007015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331141.96/cwt138.00–147.504708
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3529119.56/cwt113.00–122.006329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2729107.60/cwt105.00–114.007845
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614116.62/cwt110.00–120.0071630
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3670106.00/cwt106.00–106.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477134.39/cwt130.00–138.0064120
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3428121.01/cwt118.00–124.005186
HeifersSmall 1-2663105.00/cwt105.00–105.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3363125.16/cwt120.00–128.004543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added752115.00/cwt115.00–115.008653
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3585112.47/cwt110.00–115.006584
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470107.50/cwt107.50–107.505051
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325125.00/cwt125.00–125.004061
BullsMedium and Large 1-296091.00/cwt91.00–91.008741
BullsMedium and Large 1-2669121.47/cwt115.00–125.008137
BullsMedium and Large 1-285099.00/cwt99.00–99.008421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287998.75/cwt95.00–100.008684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519133.10/cwt125.00–139.0069117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571119.53/cwt116.00–127.0068315
BullsMedium and Large 2-3538119.65/cwt114.00–125.006443
BullsMedium and Large 2-3418130.00/cwt130.00–130.005432
BullsMedium and Large 2-3468120.96/cwt120.00–122.005662

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.