Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2022-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.12/cwt on 431 head.

Average price

$142.12

431 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$28.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.05

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	557	142.71	794	414
Medium and Large 2-3	536	128.82	690	16thin
Small 1-2	605	114.00	690	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.71/cwt here — about $105 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 sale431 hd

142.12

—

TN average8 barns · 1,980 hd

140.07

+2.05

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	1,671	84.73	1,416	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,473	67.26	990	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,269	63.99	812	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	54.75	597	40

Every lot, as filed

96 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	74.08/cwt	73.00–75.00	963	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	47.07/cwt	36.00–51.00	479	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	177.99/cwt	170.00–184.00	861	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	201.04/cwt	180.00–212.50	665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	195.02/cwt	185.00–200.00	817	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	166.98/cwt	150.00–176.00	726	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	141.55/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	159.27/cwt	138.00–167.50	737	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	143.94/cwt	141.00–147.00	1,123	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	613	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,027	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	172.70/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,002	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	135.05/cwt	132.00–138.00	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	558	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	157.99/cwt	156.00–160.00	826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	596	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	834	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	147.89/cwt	146.00–151.00	787	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	121.18/cwt	117.00–125.00	880	8
Steers	Small 1-2	—	545	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	124.77/cwt	122.00–126.00	850	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	156.06/cwt	147.50–158.00	591	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	129.79/cwt	126.00–135.00	814	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	158.20/cwt	155.00–160.00	454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	140.48/cwt	134.00–148.00	738	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	732	141.59/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,036	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	205.97/cwt	192.50–212.00	799	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	191.59/cwt	182.00–200.00	525	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	150.99/cwt	146.00–155.00	935	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	147.49/cwt	145.00–150.00	985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	726	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,076	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	164.12/cwt	157.00–171.00	929	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	170.48/cwt	162.00–179.00	892	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	320	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	296	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	970	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	757	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	660	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	581	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	516	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	944	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	186.56/cwt	185.00–187.00	884	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	140.41/cwt	134.00–145.00	939	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	159.87/cwt	150.00–170.00	849	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	180.65/cwt	174.00–190.00	750	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	168.78/cwt	160.00–176.00	814	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	131.46/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,016	6
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	465	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	614	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,501	73.50/cwt	73.00–74.00	1,103	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	66.38/cwt	62.00–70.00	974	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	56.86/cwt	56.00–58.00	744	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,275	64.33/cwt	64.00–65.00	820	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	58.18/cwt	53.00–64.00	646	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	853	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	65.11/cwt	60.00–71.00	819	33
Bulls	—	—	2,145	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	2,252	1
Bulls	—	—	1,793	94.09/cwt	88.00–101.00	1,687	3
Bulls	—	—	1,551	77.83/cwt	71.00–84.00	1,207	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,565	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,007.98/cwt	775.00–1,150.00	13,507	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	820.22/cwt	775.00–900.00	10,089	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	952.25/cwt	925.00–975.00	12,189	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,540	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,329	1,016.30/cwt	875.00–1,150.00	13,507	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	159.93/cwt	156.00–164.00	677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	149.66/cwt	148.00–152.00	852	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	120.55/cwt	113.00–128.00	970	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	929	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	146.58/cwt	136.00–156.00	695	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	141.95/cwt	127.50–148.00	742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	116.15/cwt	114.00–118.00	905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	130.41/cwt	130.00–132.00	686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	145.47/cwt	139.00–154.00	628	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	135.95/cwt	130.00–139.00	771	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	161.35/cwt	150.00–164.00	505	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	145.73/cwt	139.00–150.00	694	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	120.19/cwt	117.00–122.00	763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	585	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,119	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	815	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	130.36/cwt	120.00–134.00	795	4
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	605	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	384	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	614	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	698	136.92/cwt	136.50–137.00	956	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	328	143.84/cwt	140.00–147.50	472	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	125.02/cwt	122.00–128.00	863	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	389	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	622	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	188.45/cwt	180.00–200.00	680	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	142.86/cwt	137.00–148.00	886	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	116.99/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,010	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	131.10/cwt	128.00–136.00	937	3

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 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,398Last week 1,169Year ago 388

Slaughter CattleReceipts 172Last week 144Year ago 108

Replacement CattleReceipts 105Last week 77Year ago 30

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,300	73.00–75.00	74.08
8	—	1,309	56.00–58.00	56.86
33	—	1,258	60.00–71.00	65.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,018	36.00–51.00	47.07
3	—	1,275	64.00–65.00	64.33
23	—	1,110	53.00–64.00	58.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,501	73.00–74.00	73.50
19	—	1,468	62.00–70.00	66.38
1	—	1,445	59.00	59.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,145	105.00	105.00
3	—	1,793	88.00–101.00	94.09
7	—	1,551	71.00–84.00	77.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	170.00	170.00
12	—	435	150.00–176.00	166.98
1	—	575	134.00	134.00
6	—	463	138.00–167.50	159.27
2	—	615	132.00–138.00	135.05
3	—	372	150.00	150.00
3	—	523	156.00–160.00	157.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	484	170.00–184.00	177.99
7	—	331	180.00–212.50	201.04
10	—	419	185.00–200.00	195.02
1	—	845	125.00	125.00
2	—	708	137.00–146.00	141.55
2	—	780	141.00–147.00	143.94
9	—	388	192.50–212.00	205.97
22	—	274	182.00–200.00	191.59
1	—	235	185.00	185.00
10	—	619	146.00–155.00	150.99
4	—	668	145.00–150.00	147.49
3	—	883	125.00	125.00
17	—	566	157.00–171.00	164.12
16	—	523	162.00–179.00	170.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	167.50	167.50
10	—	580	172.00–175.00	172.70
35	—	726	148.25	148.25
14	—	516	183.00	183.00
7	—	474	185.00–187.00	186.56
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	245	147.50	147.50
1	—	800	112.00	112.00
8	—	726	117.00–125.00	121.18
9	—	681	122.00–126.00	124.77
11	—	379	147.50–158.00	156.06
22	—	627	126.00–135.00	129.79
7	—	287	155.00–160.00	158.20
43	—	525	134.00–148.00	140.48
6	—	779	114.00–118.00	116.15
23	—	432	139.00–154.00	145.47
23	—	567	130.00–139.00	135.95
24	—	313	150.00–164.00	161.35
49	—	476	139.00–150.00	145.73
1	—	895	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	596	140.00	140.00
50	—	532	146.00–151.00	147.89
55	—	732	131.00–142.00	141.59
14	—	384	160.00	160.00
33	—	698	136.50–137.00	136.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	526	130.00–132.00	130.41
5	—	635	117.00–122.00	120.19
1	—	385	142.50	142.50
1	—	480	130.00	130.00
1	—	585	128.00	128.00
1	—	665	120.00	120.00
2	—	328	140.00–147.50	143.84
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	92.50	92.50
1	—	970	78.00	78.00
1	—	660	88.00	88.00
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	669	134.00–145.00	140.41
5	—	531	150.00–170.00	159.87
11	—	415	174.00–190.00	180.65
8	—	482	160.00–176.00	168.78
6	—	773	124.00–135.00	131.46
6	—	569	148.00–152.00	149.66
2	—	805	113.00–128.00	120.55
1	—	1,010	92.00	92.00
17	—	361	180.00–200.00	188.45
19	—	620	137.00–148.00	142.86
2	—	863	113.00–121.00	116.99
3	—	715	128.00–136.00	131.10
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	156.00–164.00	159.93
7	—	474	136.00–156.00	146.58
5	—	523	127.50–148.00	141.95
1	—	815	116.00	116.00
4	—	610	120.00–134.00	130.36
2	—	690	122.00–128.00	125.02
4	—	389	160.00	160.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,340	775.00–1,150.00	1,007.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,230	775.00–900.00	820.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,280	925.00–975.00	952.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,240	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,329	875.00–1,150.00	1,016.30

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

Heifers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle