Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2023-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 6.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.89/cwt on 275 head.

Average price

$185.89

275 head · 723 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$448

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

$2.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.48

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	742	186.05	1,381	253
Medium and Large 2-3	507	184.05	932	22

One grade step is worth $2.00/cwt here — about $448 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 sale275 hd

185.89

—

TN average10 barns · 2,150 hd

190.37

−4.48

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	1,715	103.36	1,772	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	89.13	1,302	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	85.59	1,086	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,026	66.13	679	32

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	921	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,289	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	205.71/cwt	195.00–230.00	667	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	185.43/cwt	180.00–190.00	883	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	159.00/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,091	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	166.84/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,073	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	185.45/cwt	160.00–210.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	846	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,470	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	991	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,670	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	790	172.07/cwt	168.00–172.25	1,359	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	235.04/cwt	225.00–245.00	783	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	453	196.24/cwt	195.00–197.50	889	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	478	191.90/cwt	167.50–205.00	917	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	162.04/cwt	156.00–168.00	1,102	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	158.29/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	175.54/cwt	172.00–184.00	1,080	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	168.68/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,216	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	217.09/cwt	212.50–222.50	1,125	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	202.48/cwt	198.00–210.00	1,158	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	715	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,266	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	174.14/cwt	152.50–192.50	986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	247.50/cwt	245.00–250.00	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	238.62/cwt	225.00–245.00	885	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	232.48/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,004	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	242.36/cwt	230.00–255.00	553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	218.36/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,037	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	910	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	237.81/cwt	232.50–240.00	894	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,253	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	183.30/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,034	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	210.92/cwt	200.00–217.50	1,008	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	231.89/cwt	222.50–240.00	972	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	165.70/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,137	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	86.80/cwt	81.00–91.00	1,264	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	77.03/cwt	76.00–78.00	996	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	98.28/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,488	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	74.97/cwt	74.00–76.00	816	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	56.91/cwt	45.00–64.00	536	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	70.06/cwt	65.00–76.00	745	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	94.70/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,214	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	81.39/cwt	80.00–84.00	945	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	83.47/cwt	79.00–90.00	1,071	20
Bulls	—	—	1,353	87.35/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,182	3
Bulls	—	—	1,838	113.47/cwt	110.00–118.00	2,086	4
Bulls	—	—	1,833	104.88/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,922	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	170.91/cwt	152.50–180.00	882	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	489	173.69/cwt	166.00–190.00	849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	153.24/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,166	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	185.10/cwt	170.00–200.00	789	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	165.60/cwt	158.00–170.00	1,015	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	164.05/cwt	158.00–172.00	950	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	973	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	659	150.00/cwt	148.00–151.00	989	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	192.50/cwt	187.50–198.00	1,009	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	142.98/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,154	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	384	181.27/cwt	175.00–187.50	696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	715	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,108	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	171.26/cwt	168.00–180.00	971	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	412	182.11/cwt	180.00–185.00	750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	148.36/cwt	140.00–160.00	872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	140.10/cwt	130.00–150.00	708	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	201.75/cwt	190.00–215.00	759	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	176.30/cwt	175.00–177.50	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	629	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	794	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,183	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	143.48/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,024	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	179.74/cwt	175.00–187.50	936	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	198.20/cwt	190.00–212.50	844	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	154.50/cwt	151.00–163.00	967	8

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 Feb 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 835Last week 519Year ago 1,020

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 99Year ago 159

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	921	140.00	140.00
6	—	617	166.00–168.00	166.84
23	—	654	164.00	164.00
2	—	453	195.00–197.50	196.24
2	—	715	155.00	155.00
16	—	794	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	324	195.00–230.00	205.71
14	—	476	180.00–190.00	185.43
7	—	686	150.00–162.00	159.00
2	—	275	195.00	195.00
1	—	240	195.00	195.00
22	—	567	168.00–180.00	171.26
24	—	376	190.00–215.00	201.75
4	—	714	140.00–148.00	143.48
24	—	521	175.00–187.50	179.74
17	—	426	190.00–212.50	198.20
8	—	626	151.00–163.00	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	384	175.00–187.50	181.27
7	—	412	180.00–185.00	182.11
3	—	588	140.00–160.00	148.36
2	—	505	130.00–150.00	140.10
2	—	473	175.00–177.50	176.30
1	—	340	185.00	185.00
1	—	285	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	220.00	220.00
2	—	418	160.00–210.00	185.45
8	—	478	167.50–205.00	191.90
2	—	680	156.00–168.00	162.04
1	—	285	217.50	217.50
3	—	632	154.00–161.00	158.29
1	—	305	210.00	210.00
4	—	566	152.50–192.50	174.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	846	173.75	173.75
50	—	991	168.50	168.50
66	—	790	168.00–172.25	172.07
3	—	715	177.00	177.00
2	—	533	228.00	228.00
1	—	910	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	333	225.00–245.00	235.04
7	—	615	172.00–184.00	175.54
4	—	721	165.00–174.00	168.68
13	—	518	212.50–222.50	217.09
14	—	572	198.00–210.00	202.48
1	—	660	186.00	186.00
2	—	255	245.00–250.00	247.50
7	—	371	225.00–245.00	238.62
16	—	432	220.00–240.00	232.48
2	—	228	230.00–255.00	242.36
11	—	475	210.00–230.00	218.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	376	232.50–240.00	237.81
1	—	895	140.00	140.00
6	—	564	180.00–188.00	183.30
11	—	478	200.00–217.50	210.92
8	—	419	222.50–240.00	231.89
7	—	686	158.00–168.00	165.70
4	—	761	150.00–157.00	153.24
8	—	613	158.00–170.00	165.60
6	—	524	187.50–198.00	192.50
2	—	840	140.00–146.00	142.98
1	—	740	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	516	152.50–180.00	170.91
3	—	489	166.00–190.00	173.69
4	—	426	170.00–200.00	185.10
5	—	579	158.00–172.00	164.05
1	—	640	152.00	152.00
3	—	659	148.00–151.00	150.00
1	—	380	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,456	81.00–91.00	86.80
2	—	1,293	76.00–78.00	77.03
8	—	1,514	93.00–104.00	98.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	74.00–76.00	74.97
7	—	1,282	92.00–100.00	94.70
20	—	1,283	79.00–90.00	83.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	942	45.00–64.00	56.91
15	—	1,063	65.00–76.00	70.06
4	—	1,161	80.00–84.00	81.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,353	86.00–89.00	87.35
4	—	1,838	110.00–118.00	113.47
5	—	1,833	101.00–108.00	104.88

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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