Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2022-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 5.00-15.00 lower with instances of 20.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 2.00-7.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 3.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.10/cwt on 214 head.

Average price

$145.10

214 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$11.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.18

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	516	146.44	755	189
Medium and Large 2-3	442	134.96	596	25

One grade step is worth $11.48/cwt here — about $159 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 sale214 hd

145.10

—

TN average10 barns · 2,266 hd

146.28

−1.18

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,786	98.05	1,751	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	79.99	1,179	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	75.68	967	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,006	58.04	584	45

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Steers	Small 1-2	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	144.92/cwt	138.00–152.00	755	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	248	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	155.92/cwt	155.00–156.00	822	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	153.74/cwt	146.00–160.00	653	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	133.22/cwt	131.00–136.00	957	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	422	165.38/cwt	160.00–170.00	698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	187.48/cwt	172.50–205.00	619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	158.57/cwt	140.00–172.50	748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	142.49/cwt	142.00–143.00	1,101	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	154.01/cwt	144.00–160.00	790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	145.95/cwt	142.00–150.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	359	160.71/cwt	150.00–172.50	577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	159.16/cwt	150.00–175.00	514	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	660	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	915	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	193.50/cwt	188.00–197.50	807	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	159.61/cwt	155.00–166.00	910	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	186.61/cwt	180.00–190.00	890	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	162.28/cwt	158.00–166.00	1,035	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	719	149.49/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,075	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,105	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	458	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	142.21/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,059	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	182.82/cwt	175.00–200.00	492	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	419	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	838	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	735	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	170.50/cwt	166.00–174.00	893	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	521	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	990	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,032	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	141.30/cwt	138.00–146.00	861	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	145.43/cwt	138.00–149.00	967	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	168.98/cwt	160.00–175.00	879	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	137.32/cwt	130.00–141.00	991	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	188.50/cwt	182.50–196.00	807	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	165.46/cwt	160.00–169.00	937	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	86.76/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,336	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	74.39/cwt	68.00–83.00	944	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	48.65/cwt	44.00–51.00	474	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	66.85/cwt	65.00–69.00	777	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	59.16/cwt	53.00–64.00	591	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	888	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	78.70/cwt	72.00–83.50	1,144	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	59.52/cwt	58.00–61.00	674	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	89.03/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,229	6
Bulls	—	—	1,861	97.08/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,807	4
Bulls	—	—	2,060	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	2,534	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	87.52/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,003	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	187.76/cwt	181.00–192.00	879	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	164.20/cwt	155.00–170.00	626	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	158.33/cwt	146.00–170.00	755	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	164.24/cwt	160.00–172.00	690	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	183.46/cwt	175.00–194.00	688	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	134.96/cwt	130.00–140.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	713	125.93/cwt	122.00–130.00	898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	512	143.98/cwt	130.00–155.00	737	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	120.95/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,006	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	949	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	169.02/cwt	165.00–172.50	460	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	133.27/cwt	125.00–136.00	901	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	424	136.99/cwt	125.00–144.00	581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	156.04/cwt	147.50–164.00	574	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	123.94/cwt	112.00–130.00	669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	139.08/cwt	130.00–145.00	442	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,031	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	149.35/cwt	143.00–156.00	700	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	125.68/cwt	117.50–134.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	157.77/cwt	150.00–165.00	511	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	141.73/cwt	140.00–145.00	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	137.46/cwt	127.50–140.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	133.10/cwt	127.00–138.00	832	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,085	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	142.75/cwt	136.00–146.00	828	12

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 Mar 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 820Last week 411Year ago 1,264

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 80Year ago 185

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	248	200.00	200.00
8	—	330	172.50–205.00	187.48
1	—	690	146.00	146.00
1	—	350	190.00	190.00
2	—	773	142.00–143.00	142.49
5	—	417	188.00–197.50	193.50
9	—	570	155.00–166.00	159.61
9	—	477	180.00–190.00	186.61
28	—	638	158.00–166.00	162.28
1	—	850	130.00	130.00
5	—	745	135.00–146.00	142.21
7	—	269	175.00–200.00	182.82
7	—	524	166.00–174.00	170.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	142.00	142.00
5	—	422	160.00–170.00	165.38
3	—	472	140.00–172.50	158.57
3	—	513	144.00–160.00	154.01
2	—	558	142.00–150.00	145.95
4	—	359	150.00–172.50	160.71
4	—	323	150.00–175.00	159.16
1	—	915	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	167.00	167.00
6	—	719	149.00–150.00	149.49
3	—	458	199.00	199.00
5	—	419	200.00	200.00
7	—	521	190.00	190.00
3	—	607	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	521	138.00–152.00	144.92
1	—	240	175.00	175.00
27	—	425	146.00–160.00	153.74
5	—	718	131.00–136.00	133.22
6	—	759	125.00	125.00
3	—	272	165.00–172.50	169.02
29	—	676	125.00–136.00	133.27
31	—	368	147.50–164.00	156.04
2	—	818	126.00	126.00
10	—	469	143.00–156.00	149.35
10	—	324	150.00–165.00	157.77
8	—	625	127.00–138.00	133.10
2	—	868	125.00	125.00
12	—	580	136.00–146.00	142.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	527	155.00–156.00	155.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	145.00	145.00
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
6	—	424	125.00–144.00	136.99
3	—	540	112.00–130.00	123.94
4	—	318	130.00–145.00	139.08
2	—	565	117.50–134.00	125.68
3	—	377	140.00–145.00	141.73
5	—	463	127.50–140.00	137.46
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	88.00	88.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	609	138.00–146.00	141.30
5	—	665	138.00–149.00	145.43
5	—	520	160.00–175.00	168.98
7	—	722	130.00–141.00	137.32
3	—	428	182.50–196.00	188.50
6	—	566	160.00–169.00	165.46
1	—	865	116.00	116.00
6	—	468	181.00–192.00	187.76
9	—	375	175.00–194.00	183.46
3	—	832	116.00–125.00	120.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	381	155.00–170.00	164.20
5	—	477	146.00–170.00	158.33
10	—	420	160.00–172.00	164.24
1	—	610	134.00	134.00
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
2	—	590	130.00–140.00	134.96
2	—	713	122.00–130.00	125.93
6	—	512	130.00–155.00	143.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,540	85.00–89.00	86.76
1	—	1,410	63.00	63.00
13	—	1,453	72.00–83.50	78.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,269	68.00–83.00	74.39
2	—	1,133	58.00–61.00	59.52
6	—	1,380	85.00–91.00	89.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	974	44.00–51.00	48.65
3	—	1,163	65.00–69.00	66.85
35	—	999	53.00–64.00	59.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,861	93.00–103.00	97.08
1	—	2,060	123.00	123.00
2	—	1,500	86.00–89.00	87.52

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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