Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2024-01-29

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 29
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
676 head
287 vs last sale 963 243 vs year ago 433 · +56.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
46 vs last sale 167 53 vs year ago 68 · +77.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale having light offerings the past two weeks because of inclement weather.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.99/cwt on 237 head.
Average price
$223.99
237 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,320
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$19.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.82
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2603224.831,356210
Medium and Large 2-3476218.441,04025
Small 1-2543205.001,1122thin
One grade step is worth $19.83/cwt here — about $244 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 sale237 hd
223.99
TN average12 barns · 2,164 hd
219.17
+4.82
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
BullsAverage2,123119.142,5297thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,591101.141,60919
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36495.351,30129
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12479.7889628

Every lot, as filed

85 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2819198.80/cwt195.00–200.001,6285
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added455262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728229.32/cwt224.00–235.001,66916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2387310.13/cwt295.00–317.501,2003
SteersMedium and Large 2-3683222.01/cwt220.00–224.001,5162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2270354.07/cwt330.00–380.009562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581263.03/cwt255.00–272.001,52810
SteersMedium and Large 2-3398275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0952
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2707200.27/cwt196.00–201.001,4167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574229.32/cwt226.00–238.001,31612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426246.09/cwt235.00–250.001,04813
SteersSmall 1-2575220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518240.42/cwt230.00–245.001,24527
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671207.30/cwt201.00–211.001,3918
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275300.00/cwt300.00–300.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added409266.65/cwt265.00–267.501,0916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665232.25/cwt230.00–237.001,5448
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2329270.53/cwt265.00–272.508904
SteersMedium and Large 2-3720211.00/cwt201.00–221.001,5192
SteersMedium and Large 2-3434242.05/cwt237.50–277.501,0509
SteersMedium and Large 2-3479249.85/cwt210.00–275.001,1974
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added623255.72/cwt254.00–256.001,5937
SteersMedium and Large 2-3575244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2641209.46/cwt208.00–216.001,3438
SteersMedium and Large 1-2975198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,9312
SteersMedium and Large 2-3530231.93/cwt210.00–265.001,2293
SteersMedium and Large 2-3620234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2464298.24/cwt287.50–302.501,38418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2764217.01/cwt216.00–220.001,6584
SteersMedium and Large 2-3775208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2336290.98/cwt265.00–325.009785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2240385.00/cwt385.00–385.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529278.79/cwt270.00–285.001,47520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2865206.50/cwt206.00–207.001,7862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631241.62/cwt239.00–250.001,52511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432291.39/cwt280.00–302.501,2597
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360260.00/cwt260.00–260.009361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605237.27/cwt232.00–242.001,4354
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575245.34/cwt240.00–255.001,41118
BullsSmall 1-2610235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4341
BullsMedium and Large 1-2738199.48/cwt193.00–206.001,4722
BullsSmall 1-2415210.00/cwt210.00–210.008721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,490106.84/cwt105.00–109.001,5922
CowsLean 85-90%1,13687.13/cwt81.00–93.0099012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,551111.12/cwt108.00–115.001,7234
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,541102.01/cwt97.00–106.001,57211
CowsLean 85-90%1,07870.85/cwt60.00–79.0076414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35696.97/cwt92.00–103.001,31520
CowsLean 85-90%1,36898.19/cwt97.00–100.001,3432
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76888.79/cwt83.00–91.001,5704
Bulls2,121118.40/cwt115.00–123.002,5115
Bulls2,375111.00/cwt111.00–111.002,6361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35187.42/cwt83.00–90.001,1817
Bulls1,880131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,4631
BullsMedium and Large 2-3525221.41/cwt207.50–230.001,1623
BullsMedium and Large 2-3725188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3631
BullsMedium and Large 2-3610213.52/cwt200.00–227.501,3022
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430248.72/cwt240.00–257.501,0694
BullsMedium and Large 2-3668206.54/cwt205.00–208.001,3802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2379280.63/cwt270.00–295.001,0647
BullsMedium and Large 1-2935157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4681
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425279.82/cwt270.00–285.001,1893
BullsMedium and Large 1-2845169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2779195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5195
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3416219.38/cwt205.00–230.009137
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377251.35/cwt240.00–255.0094811
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3540223.34/cwt220.00–227.501,2063
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3380224.87/cwt220.00–230.008552
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3560213.55/cwt210.00–220.001,1964
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3710160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1361
HeifersSmall 1-2585210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475240.00/cwt230.00–245.001,14023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added743206.34/cwt198.00–207.001,53380
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added503250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2582
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2701
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3477223.06/cwt215.00–227.501,0645
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465242.50/cwt230.00–255.001,1282
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473285.34/cwt280.00–287.501,3506
HeifersSmall 1-2500200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2875178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,5581
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3323238.02/cwt230.00–245.007692
BullsMedium and Large 1-2529250.43/cwt242.50–265.001,3256
BullsMedium and Large 2-3582233.65/cwt230.00–236.001,3603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2668212.99/cwt212.00–214.001,4232

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.