Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2022-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 3.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 3.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers under 600 lbs. steady to 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs. steady to 4.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 3.00-6.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.09/cwt on 268 head.

Average price

$149.09

268 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$23.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

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	596	153.39	915	219
Small 1-2	490	130.00	637	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	478	129.91	621	48

One grade step is worth $23.47/cwt here — about $293 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 sale268 hd

149.09

—

TN average9 barns · 2,706 hd

147.17

+1.93

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	—	Low	1,659	80.32	1,332	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	65.60	962	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	59.88	773	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,089	50.81	553	38

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	147.11/cwt	140.00–154.00	774	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	448	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	690	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	932	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	570	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	809	1
Steers	Small 1-2	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	687	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,139	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	151.20/cwt	150.50–153.00	889	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	135.35/cwt	133.00–138.00	850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	210	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	795	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	622	136.60/cwt	130.00–150.00	850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	171.24/cwt	170.00–172.50	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	204.74/cwt	190.00–220.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	676	142.37/cwt	130.00–147.00	962	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	471	153.65/cwt	140.00–165.00	724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	571	141.48/cwt	130.00–148.00	808	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	156.86/cwt	152.00–162.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	171.47/cwt	167.00–176.00	899	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	186.04/cwt	175.00–220.00	597	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,147	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	144.40/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	173.68/cwt	168.00–175.00	844	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	178.06/cwt	176.00–180.00	771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	745	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,125	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	162.37/cwt	155.00–167.00	935	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,266	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	778	150.07/cwt	150.00–150.50	1,168	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	668	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,086	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	619	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,046	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	158.70/cwt	154.00–163.00	992	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	153.54/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,027	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	825	160.93/cwt	153.50–162.00	1,328	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	139.69/cwt	134.00–145.00	785	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	166.51/cwt	164.00–172.00	783	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	108.99/cwt	108.00–110.00	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	135.64/cwt	131.00–139.00	917	6
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	590	116.94/cwt	110.00–124.00	690	2
Bulls	Small 1-2	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	61.03/cwt	57.00–69.00	818	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	41.13/cwt	31.00–50.00	432	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	57.13/cwt	53.00–63.00	636	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	65.04/cwt	60.00–70.00	944	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	72.09/cwt	71.00–73.00	1,184	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	54.97/cwt	51.00–56.00	674	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	72.13/cwt	70.00–74.00	918	3
Bulls	—	—	1,582	75.00/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,187	10
Bulls	—	—	1,755	86.97/cwt	80.00–95.00	1,526	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	134.31/cwt	124.00–140.00	759	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	142.15/cwt	130.00–154.00	667	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	416	154.67/cwt	150.00–162.50	643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	706	112.99/cwt	112.00–116.00	798	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	126.02/cwt	124.00–128.00	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	171.28/cwt	166.00–180.00	711	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	138.92/cwt	133.00–142.00	878	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	156.83/cwt	150.00–162.00	790	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	662	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	126.99/cwt	123.00–131.00	975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	137.68/cwt	128.00–148.00	713	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	140.53/cwt	134.00–148.00	805	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	133.39/cwt	131.00–138.00	903	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	128.49/cwt	128.00–129.00	996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	130.09/cwt	129.50–133.00	1,042	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	128.98/cwt	126.00–135.00	931	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	170.71/cwt	162.50–180.00	582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	156.78/cwt	147.50–162.00	654	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	152.31/cwt	146.00–158.00	719	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	897	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	323	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	115.90/cwt	112.00–120.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	141.25/cwt	130.00–147.50	520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	131.81/cwt	120.00–145.00	567	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	132.62/cwt	115.00–142.50	621	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	929	1
Heifers	Small 1-2	—	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	517	134.14/cwt	130.00–139.00	694	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	228	132.36/cwt	130.00–135.00	302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	139.72/cwt	135.00–145.00	370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	111.39/cwt	110.00–117.50	746	7

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 Dec 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,099Last week 834Year ago 997

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 146Year ago 139

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	526	140.00–154.00	147.11
2	—	383	162.00	162.00
1	—	280	160.00	160.00
3	—	628	133.00–138.00	135.35
26	—	573	134.00–148.00	140.53
5	—	677	131.00–138.00	133.39
2	—	775	128.00–129.00	128.49
6	—	801	129.50–133.00	130.09
9	—	722	126.00–135.00	128.98
4	—	341	162.50–180.00	170.71
14	—	417	147.50–162.00	156.78
30	—	472	146.00–158.00	152.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	687	165.75	165.75
17	—	588	150.50–153.00	151.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	130.00	130.00
1	—	735	122.00	122.00
2	—	323	140.00	140.00
2	—	630	112.00–120.00	115.90
4	—	368	130.00–147.50	141.25
12	—	430	120.00–145.00	131.81
7	—	468	115.00–142.50	132.62
8	—	517	130.00–139.00	134.14
2	—	228	130.00–135.00	132.36
2	—	265	135.00–145.00	139.72
7	—	670	110.00–117.50	111.39
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	130.00	130.00
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	135.00	135.00
1	—	570	142.00	142.00
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	155.00	155.00
1	—	795	134.00	134.00
1	—	340	160.00	160.00
3	—	622	130.00–150.00	136.60
7	—	676	130.00–147.00	142.37
7	—	471	140.00–165.00	153.65
4	—	571	130.00–148.00	141.48
2	—	520	152.00–162.00	156.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	181.00	181.00
2	—	473	184.00	184.00
17	—	745	151.00	151.00
13	—	778	150.00–150.50	150.07
6	—	668	162.50	162.50
4	—	619	169.00	169.00
70	—	825	153.50–162.00	160.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	170.00–172.50	171.24
2	—	290	190.00–220.00	204.74
16	—	524	167.00–176.00	171.47
5	—	321	175.00–220.00	186.04
3	—	780	147.00	147.00
2	—	720	141.00–148.00	144.40
9	—	486	168.00–175.00	173.68
2	—	433	176.00–180.00	178.06
7	—	576	155.00–167.00	162.37
6	—	830	152.50	152.50
12	—	625	154.00–163.00	158.70
11	—	669	149.00–159.00	153.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	562	134.00–145.00	139.69
11	—	470	164.00–172.00	166.51
2	—	880	108.00–110.00	108.99
6	—	676	131.00–139.00	135.64
1	—	705	122.00	122.00
5	—	415	166.00–180.00	171.28
10	—	632	133.00–142.00	138.92
7	—	504	150.00–162.00	156.83
2	—	358	185.00	185.00
2	—	768	123.00–131.00	126.99
1	—	815	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	110.00–124.00	116.94
1	—	695	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	124.00–140.00	134.31
6	—	469	130.00–154.00	142.15
6	—	416	150.00–162.50	154.67
4	—	706	112.00–116.00	112.99
2	—	635	124.00–128.00	126.02
8	—	518	128.00–148.00	137.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,341	57.00–69.00	61.03
11	—	1,226	51.00–56.00	54.97
3	—	1,273	70.00–74.00	72.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,051	31.00–50.00	41.13
23	—	1,114	53.00–63.00	57.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,451	60.00–70.00	65.04
2	—	1,643	71.00–73.00	72.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,582	70.00–79.00	75.00
8	—	1,755	80.00–95.00	86.97

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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