Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2023-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 6.00-12.00 higher, with instances of 18.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 12.00-20.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $195.79/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$195.79

190 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$969

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$24.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.20

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	495	200.67	993	152
Medium and Large 2-3	494	176.26	871	38

One grade step is worth $24.41/cwt here — about $122 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 sale190 hd

195.79

—

TN average10 barns · 2,195 hd

183.59

+12.20

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	—	Average	1,637	115.56	1,892	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,328	93.20	1,238	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,237	89.47	1,107	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	956	69.90	668	27

Every lot, as filed

77 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	—	835	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	170.16/cwt	165.00–177.00	1,075	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	206.20/cwt	195.00–217.50	975	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	246.34/cwt	230.00–260.00	916	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	197.74/cwt	187.50–207.00	1,016	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	612	181.21/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	509	211.88/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,078	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	170.35/cwt	167.00–175.00	1,145	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	218.25/cwt	215.00–220.00	594	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	200.84/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	204.29/cwt	180.00–225.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	514	197.80/cwt	167.50–205.00	1,017	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	230.44/cwt	220.00–237.50	979	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	241.83/cwt	235.00–250.00	767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	229	245.14/cwt	240.00–250.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	168.02/cwt	162.00–174.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	180.99/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,321	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	285	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	461	205.37/cwt	187.50–210.00	947	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	236.66/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,112	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	202.96/cwt	192.00–205.00	1,297	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	210	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	188.98/cwt	188.00–190.00	1,187	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	378	204.90/cwt	200.00–210.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	202.35/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,336	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	724	187.92/cwt	185.00–194.00	1,361	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	223.35/cwt	210.00–232.50	1,182	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	235.30/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,313	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	213.14/cwt	207.50–220.00	1,240	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	243.82/cwt	235.00–260.00	671	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	198.89/cwt	194.00–206.00	1,245	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	216.01/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,134	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	230.61/cwt	220.00–242.50	1,100	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	180.97/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,243	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	241.34/cwt	230.00–260.00	903	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	82.12/cwt	78.00–89.00	840	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	88.44/cwt	84.00–93.00	1,075	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	899	60.84/cwt	53.00–65.00	547	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	71.47/cwt	66.00–77.00	695	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,354	98.11/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,328	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	90.75/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,193	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	76.73/cwt	74.00–79.00	984	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	97.59/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,243	7
Bulls	—	—	1,643	111.94/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,839	5
Bulls	—	—	1,493	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,493	2
Bulls	—	—	1,689	125.40/cwt	122.00–128.00	2,118	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	177.98/cwt	165.00–187.50	1,027	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	195.76/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,151	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	185.56/cwt	172.00–205.00	980	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	215.16/cwt	210.00–220.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	194.27/cwt	182.50–200.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,068	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,081	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	228.73/cwt	220.00–240.00	954	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	212.38/cwt	200.00–217.50	894	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	616	179.41/cwt	172.00–188.00	1,105	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	524	171.37/cwt	160.00–185.00	898	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	564	162.04/cwt	150.00–170.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	179.79/cwt	150.00–192.50	874	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	682	159.99/cwt	158.00–162.00	1,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	434	192.90/cwt	180.00–200.00	837	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	226.38/cwt	220.00–240.00	736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	161.24/cwt	154.00–166.00	1,146	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	183.03/cwt	176.00–188.00	1,051	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	220	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	223.75/cwt	210.00–240.00	841	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	188.83/cwt	170.00–205.00	638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	227.67/cwt	225.00–230.00	512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	214.09/cwt	205.00–225.00	908	28

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 Mar 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 642Last week 670Year ago 820

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 94Year ago 145

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 6.00-12.00 higher, with instances of 18.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 12.00-20.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	146.00	146.00
12	—	632	165.00–177.00	170.16
27	—	473	195.00–217.50	206.20
14	—	514	187.50–207.00	197.74
10	—	672	167.00–175.00	170.35
3	—	272	215.00–220.00	218.25
8	—	325	220.00–240.00	226.38
5	—	711	154.00–166.00	161.24
10	—	574	176.00–188.00	183.03
15	—	376	210.00–240.00	223.75
2	—	225	225.00–230.00	227.67
1	—	770	144.00	144.00
28	—	424	205.00–225.00	214.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	612	180.00–182.00	181.21
4	—	509	210.00–215.00	211.88
4	—	480	222.50	222.50
3	—	560	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	182.50–200.00	194.27
1	—	700	150.00	150.00
11	—	524	160.00–185.00	171.37
4	—	564	150.00–170.00	162.04
4	—	486	150.00–192.50	179.79
1	—	800	130.00	130.00
3	—	682	158.00–162.00	159.99
6	—	434	180.00–200.00	192.90
1	—	220	190.00	190.00
4	—	338	170.00–205.00	188.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	372	230.00–260.00	246.34
9	—	425	220.00–237.50	230.44
5	—	317	235.00–250.00	241.83
4	—	229	240.00–250.00	245.14
2	—	763	162.00–174.00	168.02
1	—	800	162.00	162.00
2	—	730	180.00–182.00	180.99
13	—	470	225.00–250.00	236.66
10	—	639	192.00–205.00	202.96
3	—	660	200.00–205.00	202.35
17	—	529	210.00–232.50	223.35
8	—	582	207.50–220.00	213.14
5	—	275	235.00–260.00	243.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	200.00–202.50	200.84
4	—	325	180.00–225.00	204.29
8	—	514	167.50–205.00	197.80
1	—	445	212.50	212.50
1	—	285	220.00	220.00
5	—	461	187.50–210.00	205.37
1	—	210	215.00	215.00
2	—	628	188.00–190.00	188.98
2	—	378	200.00–210.00	204.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	724	185.00–194.00	187.92
3	—	558	230.00–238.00	235.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	626	194.00–206.00	198.89
19	—	525	210.00–225.00	216.01
1	—	860	146.00	146.00
19	—	477	220.00–242.50	230.61
3	—	687	175.00–186.00	180.97
10	—	374	230.00–260.00	241.34
5	—	588	190.00–202.00	195.76
1	—	715	157.00	157.00
10	—	417	220.00–240.00	228.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	210.00	210.00
6	—	577	165.00–187.50	177.98
3	—	528	172.00–205.00	185.56
3	—	370	210.00–220.00	215.16
5	—	421	200.00–217.50	212.38
4	—	616	172.00–188.00	179.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,023	78.00–89.00	82.12
11	—	899	53.00–65.00	60.84
9	—	973	66.00–77.00	71.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,215	84.00–93.00	88.44
3	—	1,282	74.00–79.00	76.73
7	—	1,274	94.00–101.00	97.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,354	94.00–102.00	98.11
10	—	1,315	88.00–93.00	90.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,643	107.00–118.00	111.94
2	—	1,493	100.00	100.00
5	—	1,689	122.00–128.00	125.40

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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