Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2023-02-13

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 13
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
519 head
68 vs last sale 587 260 vs year ago 779 · 33.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
33 vs last sale 132 41 vs year ago 140 · 29.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers mostly steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 4.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.95/cwt on 189 head.
Average price
$167.95
189 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$996
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$38.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.16
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2612170.291,042158
Medium and Large 2-3487157.6476829
Small 1-2640132.008452thin
One grade step is worth $38.29/cwt here — about $197 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 sale189 hd
167.95
TN average9 barns · 2,361 hd
164.79
+3.16
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
BullsLow1,80599.001,7879thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53187.891,34620
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24180.0799420
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05564.6668239

Every lot, as filed

79 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 2-3466158.74/cwt142.50–166.007409
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added733170.47/cwt168.00–173.001,2502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added716166.75/cwt166.75–166.751,19471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added490190.00/cwt190.00–190.009312
SteersMedium and Large 2-3370192.40/cwt185.00–200.007122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2667151.52/cwt146.00–157.001,01111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431196.24/cwt190.00–202.508469
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300175.00/cwt175.00–175.005251
SteersMedium and Large 2-3668153.99/cwt151.00–157.001,0292
SteersMedium and Large 2-3610164.95/cwt160.00–170.001,0063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578196.16/cwt194.00–202.001,1344
SteersMedium and Large 2-3830138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1451
SteersMedium and Large 2-3519172.80/cwt154.00–191.008975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370214.59/cwt205.00–225.007942
SteersMedium and Large 2-3433183.06/cwt160.00–207.507932
SteersMedium and Large 2-3474176.16/cwt165.00–180.008354
SteersMedium and Large 1-2245235.00/cwt235.00–235.005761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433224.81/cwt222.00–227.509734
SteersMedium and Large 2-3590156.00/cwt156.00–156.009201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2305237.62/cwt215.00–242.507256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2767161.07/cwt156.00–165.001,2353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680172.02/cwt171.00–178.001,1708
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added875164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633185.43/cwt182.00–190.001,1748
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530204.10/cwt200.00–210.001,0827
SteersMedium and Large 1-2272224.94/cwt215.00–230.006123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2878157.99/cwt156.00–160.001,3872
SteersMedium and Large 1-2818161.96/cwt160.00–164.001,3252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added483222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0722
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468205.82/cwt200.00–210.009636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725161.35/cwt154.00–166.001,1703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added617195.66/cwt195.00–196.001,2073
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,3051
BullsMedium and Large 2-3521169.94/cwt156.00–180.0088510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2367230.49/cwt220.00–245.008465
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2534193.92/cwt188.00–198.001,0367
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427231.39/cwt212.50–237.509887
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620171.44/cwt168.00–175.001,0632
CowsLean 85-90%1,02155.64/cwt40.00–63.0056817
CowsLean 85-90%1,07869.64/cwt64.00–76.0075117
CowsLean 85-90%1,09178.39/cwt78.00–80.008555
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59298.93/cwt94.00–104.001,5755
BullsMedium and Large 1-2865116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0031
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18571.22/cwt69.00–74.008443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07590.00/cwt90.00–90.009681
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26281.11/cwt77.00–85.001,02416
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51885.15/cwt79.00–90.001,29314
Bulls1,80590.96/cwt85.00–95.001,6425
Bulls1,804109.05/cwt105.00–111.001,9674
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465213.58/cwt202.50–224.009939
BullsMedium and Large 2-3665149.53/cwt148.00–151.009942
BullsMedium and Large 2-3477175.64/cwt155.00–190.008388
BullsMedium and Large 2-3420174.69/cwt150.00–190.007346
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575158.19/cwt150.00–170.009105
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635150.00/cwt150.00–150.009531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568162.41/cwt155.00–167.509227
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568187.74/cwt186.00–189.001,0664
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675158.00/cwt153.00–165.001,0673
BullsMedium and Large 2-3623147.54/cwt140.00–156.009195
BullsMedium and Large 2-3392176.72/cwt170.00–190.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3518153.03/cwt150.00–160.007934
HeifersSmall 1-2575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007481
HeifersSmall 1-2705134.00/cwt134.00–134.009451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2818143.50/cwt143.00–144.001,1742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626159.73/cwt154.00–166.001,0004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780147.99/cwt146.00–150.001,1542
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3424165.72/cwt150.00–180.007037
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2286195.64/cwt195.00–197.505604
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3388170.00/cwt170.00–170.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530173.23/cwt166.00–178.0091810
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008781
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3567149.17/cwt146.00–150.008465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2723144.02/cwt140.00–148.001,0418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366198.09/cwt180.00–210.007257
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335192.55/cwt185.00–200.006456
SteersMedium and Large 2-3705138.00/cwt138.00–138.009731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479179.08/cwt172.00–185.0085815

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.