Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2023-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The excessive temperatures that we experienced last week affected the feeder cattle market and drastic price drops were observed. The cooler weather has improved the market this week. Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 9.00-20.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 15.00-25.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-12.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.28/cwt on 219 head.

Average price

$232.28

219 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,368

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

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

$19.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.11

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	602	234.55	1,413	193
Medium and Large 2-3	491	215.40	1,057	26

One grade step is worth $19.15/cwt here — about $356 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 sale219 hd

232.28

—

TN average12 barns · 2,007 hd

220.17

+12.11

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	1,692	124.36	2,104	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,474	112.42	1,657	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,165	106.74	1,243	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	968	92.93	899	29

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	234.67/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,678	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	223.20/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,397	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	523	222.15/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,162	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	262.27/cwt	240.00–270.00	831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	255.02/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	572	228.20/cwt	212.50–246.00	1,305	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	240.21/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,136	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	999	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	249.73/cwt	235.00–265.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	236.23/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	263.27/cwt	250.00–280.00	890	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	244.99/cwt	238.00–247.00	1,512	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	262.04/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,129	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	226.26/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,584	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,146	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	267.26/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,307	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	260.57/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,509	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	222.97/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,710	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	249.55/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,061	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	257.72/cwt	250.00–270.00	951	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	216.68/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	212.89/cwt	208.00–218.00	1,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	229.03/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,271	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	102.97/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,132	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	94.13/cwt	90.00–97.00	892	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	99.96/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,205	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	117.05/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,545	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	107.52/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,236	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	921	82.83/cwt	70.00–88.00	763	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	115.90/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,735	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	110.54/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,616	24
Bulls	—	—	1,448	115.66/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,675	5
Bulls	—	—	1,780	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,421	1
Bulls	—	—	1,881	129.66/cwt	125.00–135.00	2,439	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	479	221.69/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,062	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	419	230.41/cwt	222.50–237.50	965	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	251.45/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,204	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	185.11/cwt	178.00–192.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	208.82/cwt	180.00–225.00	873	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	221.01/cwt	207.50–235.00	1,145	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	247.71/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,305	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	234.76/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,352	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	237.27/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,260	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	213	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	215.40/cwt	207.50–225.00	1,017	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	377	226.64/cwt	220.00–230.00	854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	205.90/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,472	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	239.12/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,019	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	691	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,641	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	566	220.95/cwt	212.50–227.50	1,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	244.24/cwt	240.00–250.00	926	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	222.53/cwt	214.00–226.00	1,535	21

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 Aug 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 612Last week 547Year ago 668

Slaughter CattleReceipts 191Last week 86Year ago 147

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	715	230.00–236.00	234.67
1	—	265	300.00	300.00
2	—	503	250.00–260.00	255.02
4	—	682	230.00–240.00	236.23
4	—	338	250.00–280.00	263.27
6	—	617	238.00–247.00	244.99
5	—	431	250.00–275.00	262.04
2	—	370	290.00	290.00
1	—	800	212.00	212.00
7	—	489	250.00–270.00	267.26
11	—	579	250.00–266.00	260.57
4	—	767	220.00–229.00	222.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	215.00	215.00
7	—	572	212.50–246.00	228.20
1	—	395	215.00	215.00
3	—	615	220.00–231.00	226.26
1	—	685	230.00	230.00
1	—	515	222.50	222.50
1	—	800	185.00	185.00
1	—	335	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	250.00	250.00
8	—	656	241.50	241.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	626	218.00–230.00	223.20
5	—	317	240.00–270.00	262.27
22	—	473	230.00–250.00	240.21
4	—	999	164.00	164.00
2	—	280	235.00–265.00	249.73
20	—	576	230.00–242.50	234.76
18	—	531	230.00–245.00	237.27
2	—	213	275.00	275.00
3	—	715	200.00–210.00	205.90
8	—	426	230.00–252.50	239.12
8	—	379	240.00–250.00	244.24
3	—	750	209.00	209.00
21	—	690	214.00–226.00	222.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	215.00–228.00	222.15
1	—	810	175.00	175.00
6	—	418	180.00–225.00	208.82
5	—	472	207.50–225.00	215.40
3	—	377	220.00–230.00	226.64
5	—	566	212.50–227.50	220.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	691	237.50	237.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	240.00–260.00	249.55
1	—	830	188.00	188.00
7	—	369	250.00–270.00	257.72
3	—	620	215.00–220.00	216.68
2	—	670	208.00–218.00	212.89
11	—	555	220.00–240.00	229.03
10	—	479	240.00–260.00	251.45
2	—	778	178.00–192.00	185.11
9	—	527	245.00–255.00	247.71
1	—	730	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	479	210.00–235.00	221.69
5	—	419	222.50–237.50	230.41
1	—	555	218.00	218.00
1	—	370	215.00	215.00
8	—	518	207.50–235.00	221.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,099	101.00–105.00	102.97
17	—	948	90.00–97.00	94.13
7	—	921	70.00–88.00	82.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,205	96.00–101.00	99.96
2	—	1,320	115.00–119.00	117.05
43	—	1,150	102.00–114.00	107.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,497	115.00–120.00	115.90
24	—	1,462	105.00–114.00	110.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,448	105.00–120.00	115.66
1	—	1,780	136.00	136.00
6	—	1,881	125.00–135.00	129.66

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