Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2022-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls mostly steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.20/cwt on 358 head.

Average price

$147.20

358 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$28.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.51

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	575	148.43	853	325
Medium and Large 2-3	504	135.53	683	32
Small 1-2	580	120.00	696	1thin

One grade step is worth $28.43/cwt here — about $157 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 sale358 hd

147.20

—

TN average10 barns · 2,111 hd

146.69

+0.51

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	1,756	107.97	1,896	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	79.96	1,135	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	78.61	933	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	58.77	602	16

Every lot, as filed

81 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	Medium and Large 2-3	—	436	163.01/cwt	150.00–168.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	144.31/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,043	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	720	109.07/cwt	104.00–114.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	121.87/cwt	115.00–126.00	936	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	127.47/cwt	125.00–129.00	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	146.06/cwt	145.00–150.00	926	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	160.51/cwt	159.00–162.00	912	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	407	165.38/cwt	165.00–168.00	673	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	130.11/cwt	126.00–136.00	882	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	162.56/cwt	150.00–170.00	549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	159.10/cwt	150.00–162.00	759	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	153.00/cwt	148.00–156.00	947	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	139.39/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,077	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	460	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	570	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	515	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	200.77/cwt	197.50–215.00	558	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	148.33/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	672	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,102	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	173.18/cwt	169.00–180.00	1,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	150.26/cwt	145.00–156.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	171.19/cwt	170.00–172.50	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	578	148.51/cwt	148.00–149.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	195.92/cwt	190.00–200.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	568	182.53/cwt	181.00–184.00	1,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	765	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	164.06/cwt	160.00–173.00	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	184.81/cwt	176.00–192.00	771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	185.01/cwt	176.00–194.00	683	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	987	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	485	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	173.73/cwt	168.00–180.00	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	182.50/cwt	178.00–184.00	940	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	182.16/cwt	177.00–188.00	679	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	176.41/cwt	170.00–186.00	755	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	168.31/cwt	164.00–176.00	818	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	143.03/cwt	139.00–149.00	937	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	129.97/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,011	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	595	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	785	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	90.61/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,175	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	77.71/cwt	71.00–84.00	896	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	49.56/cwt	43.00–55.00	508	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	78.71/cwt	72.00–83.00	1,110	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	65.21/cwt	61.00–68.00	801	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	770	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	61.10/cwt	56.00–67.00	621	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	87.02/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,284	3
Bulls	—	—	1,938	117.39/cwt	115.00–121.00	2,275	3
Bulls	—	—	1,693	106.26/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,799	6
Bulls	—	—	1,585	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	154.89/cwt	146.00–162.00	734	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	141.63/cwt	138.00–151.00	881	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	376	165.51/cwt	154.00–170.00	622	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	143.77/cwt	134.00–145.00	840	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	123.50/cwt	118.00–128.00	772	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,040	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	144.84/cwt	138.00–150.00	834	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	154.69/cwt	148.00–159.00	883	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	154.70/cwt	150.00–160.00	818	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	143.66/cwt	141.00–148.00	764	6
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	146.57/cwt	140.00–154.00	768	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	145.08/cwt	140.00–154.00	553	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	132.53/cwt	130.00–136.00	755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	162.55/cwt	152.00–168.00	679	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	112.35/cwt	110.00–114.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	140.79/cwt	128.00–146.00	655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	540	136.34/cwt	135.00–139.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	137.60/cwt	132.00–141.00	867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	156.32/cwt	150.00–164.00	577	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	157.95/cwt	156.00–158.00	831	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,119	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	996	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	156.74/cwt	150.00–162.00	668	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	142.56/cwt	140.00–148.00	592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	154.22/cwt	148.00–160.00	723	23

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 Apr 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 908Last week 447Year ago 708

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 95Year ago 114

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls mostly steady to 4.00 lower; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	150.00–168.00	163.01
1	—	715	136.00	136.00
5	—	477	150.00–162.00	159.10
3	—	522	145.00–156.00	150.26
2	—	368	170.00–172.50	171.19
2	—	578	148.00–149.00	148.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	723	140.00–150.00	144.31
4	—	568	159.00–162.00	160.51
6	—	619	148.00–156.00	153.00
5	—	773	133.00–141.00	139.39
5	—	278	197.50–215.00	200.77
3	—	674	145.00–150.00	148.33
3	—	320	190.00–200.00	195.92
6	—	523	160.00–173.00	164.06
5	—	417	176.00–192.00	184.81
8	—	369	176.00–194.00	185.01
5	—	464	168.00–180.00	173.73
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	124.00	124.00
1	—	515	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	672	164.00	164.00
4	—	628	169.00–180.00	173.18
2	—	568	181.00–184.00	182.53
1	—	765	153.00	153.00
3	—	987	125.00	125.00
1	—	485	196.00	196.00
1	—	725	158.00	158.00
4	—	515	178.00–184.00	182.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	104.00–114.00	109.07
4	—	625	118.00–128.00	123.50
7	—	381	140.00–154.00	145.08
4	—	570	130.00–136.00	132.53
1	—	750	112.50	112.50
6	—	465	128.00–146.00	140.79
3	—	540	135.00–139.00	136.34
5	—	415	140.00–148.00	142.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	768	115.00–126.00	121.87
4	—	710	125.00–129.00	127.47
10	—	678	126.00–136.00	130.11
3	—	338	150.00–170.00	162.56
19	—	576	138.00–150.00	144.84
35	—	524	140.00–154.00	146.57
3	—	830	110.00–114.00	112.35
1	—	215	165.00	165.00
7	—	630	132.00–141.00	137.60
12	—	369	150.00–164.00	156.32
4	—	1,119	89.00	89.00
31	—	426	150.00–162.00	156.74
1	—	870	112.00	112.00
23	—	469	148.00–160.00	154.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	634	145.00–150.00	146.06
8	—	407	165.00–168.00	165.38
70	—	727	143.00	143.00
80	—	526	156.00–158.00	157.95
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	177.00–188.00	182.16
11	—	428	170.00–186.00	176.41
7	—	486	164.00–176.00	168.31
3	—	655	139.00–149.00	143.03
2	—	778	128.00–132.00	129.97
6	—	622	138.00–151.00	141.63
1	—	730	132.00	132.00
15	—	571	148.00–159.00	154.69
19	—	529	150.00–160.00	154.70
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	132.00	132.00
9	—	474	146.00–162.00	154.89
5	—	376	154.00–170.00	165.51
12	—	584	134.00–145.00	143.77
6	—	532	141.00–148.00	143.66
6	—	418	152.00–168.00	162.55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,297	86.00–96.00	90.61
32	—	1,153	71.00–84.00	77.71
5	—	1,229	61.00–68.00	65.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,025	43.00–55.00	49.56
1	—	1,100	70.00	70.00
11	—	1,017	56.00–67.00	61.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,410	72.00–83.00	78.71
3	—	1,475	86.00–88.00	87.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,938	115.00–121.00	117.39
6	—	1,693	104.00–110.00	106.26
1	—	1,585	90.00	90.00

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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