Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2022-07-25

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 25
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
533 head
281 vs last sale 814 81 vs year ago 614 · 13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
39 vs last sale 119 2 vs year ago 78 · +2.6%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.50/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$145.50
151 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.23
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520149.11775116
Medium and Large 2-3536133.5471635
One grade step is worth $15.57/cwt here — about $59 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 sale151 hd
145.50
TN average9 barns · 1,828 hd
145.73
−0.23
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
BullsLow1,71692.561,58810
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37275.331,0339thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23068.7784626
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01756.6157624

Every lot, as filed

71 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2268182.34/cwt180.00–185.004892
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3374145.83/cwt140.00–150.005455
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420158.76/cwt155.00–170.0066712
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3471136.72/cwt128.00–140.006444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2322187.49/cwt180.00–192.506043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516180.07/cwt174.00–187.0092935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683157.32/cwt155.00–162.001,07416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518143.81/cwt140.00–149.0074512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326165.58/cwt165.00–167.0054010
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3627129.02/cwt124.00–132.008097
SteersMedium and Large 2-3415160.00/cwt160.00–160.006641
SteersMedium and Large 2-3473161.91/cwt154.00–170.007666
SteersMedium and Large 2-3520163.11/cwt156.00–170.008485
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675141.40/cwt138.00–145.009542
SteersMedium and Large 2-3628156.04/cwt154.00–158.009802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280212.50/cwt210.00–215.005952
SteersMedium and Large 2-3337158.92/cwt150.00–172.505363
SteersMedium and Large 1-2368193.57/cwt177.50–200.007124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2723142.54/cwt141.00–144.001,0312
SteersMedium and Large 2-3580157.90/cwt146.00–170.009162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2925114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2771145.78/cwt140.00–153.001,1246
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621169.96/cwt162.00–174.001,0557
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added619180.25/cwt180.00–181.001,1164
SteersMedium and Large 2-3740135.00/cwt135.00–135.009991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466184.80/cwt180.00–188.008615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2439178.89/cwt176.00–185.007855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2569180.38/cwt176.00–186.001,02612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370190.41/cwt180.00–205.007055
BullsMedium and Large 1-2668138.46/cwt135.00–142.009252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475179.64/cwt176.00–185.008534
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755127.00/cwt127.00–127.009591
BullsMedium and Large 1-2407170.00/cwt170.00–170.006925
BullsSmall 1-2435112.50/cwt112.50–112.504891
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46382.52/cwt82.00–83.001,2072
CowsLean 85-90%1,00451.79/cwt40.00–56.0052012
CowsLean 85-90%1,03061.42/cwt57.00–69.0063312
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34673.27/cwt70.00–76.009867
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28060.06/cwt55.00–65.007697
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25977.49/cwt76.00–80.009766
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19069.44/cwt65.00–75.0082613
Bulls1,82581.81/cwt80.00–83.001,4933
Bulls1,693101.98/cwt101.00–103.001,7273
Bulls1,65193.56/cwt89.00–98.001,5454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577146.62/cwt142.00–150.008467
BullsMedium and Large 2-3678118.91/cwt114.00–124.008062
BullsMedium and Large 2-3469155.17/cwt150.00–166.007285
BullsMedium and Large 2-3528143.02/cwt142.00–145.007553
BullsMedium and Large 2-3783108.98/cwt108.00–110.008532
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800121.00/cwt121.00–121.009681
BullsMedium and Large 2-3730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008031
BullsMedium and Large 2-3367164.15/cwt160.00–170.006023
BullsMedium and Large 2-3568134.62/cwt130.00–139.007653
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425150.00/cwt150.00–150.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2621142.20/cwt139.00–144.008835
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3532130.03/cwt117.50–138.006926
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3565132.30/cwt131.00–134.007473
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3810100.00/cwt100.00–100.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3426145.52/cwt140.00–150.006205
BullsMedium and Large 1-2521153.14/cwt148.00–158.007985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2719138.42/cwt137.00–139.009957
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573143.66/cwt140.00–148.008236
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480153.05/cwt145.00–156.0073528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666131.53/cwt128.00–138.008764
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3720119.49/cwt119.00–120.008602
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3678125.49/cwt125.00–126.008512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376158.20/cwt154.00–170.0059510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611141.46/cwt135.00–147.0086417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772133.78/cwt133.00–137.001,0335

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.