Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00-15.00 lower with 600-700 lbs. heifers being 5.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.54/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −149.11 against this barn's trailing median of $403.65.

Average price

$254.54

43 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$36.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.20

vs TN average

−16.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	266.81	1,447	26
Medium and Large 2-3	567	236.14	1,340	16thin
Small 1-2	535	230.00	1,231	1thin

One grade step is worth $36.81/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.15, low $334.37, median $403.65 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale43 hd

254.54

—

TN average10 barns · 500 hd

253.35

+1.20

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−16.05

This barn, trailing median29 sales

403.65

−149.11

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	—	Average	1,711	141.97	2,429	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,465	126.87	1,859	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	125.69	1,552	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,036	109.45	1,134	25

Every lot, as filed

76 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	400–450	431	279.21/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,203	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,849	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	708	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	309.07/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,193	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	343.92/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,338	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	274	330.05/cwt	320.00–350.00	904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	311.86/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,598	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	277.13/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,085	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	264.06/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	271.43/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,420	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	224	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	517	321.81/cwt	318.00–325.00	1,664	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	331.08/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,394	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,422	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	248.33/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	244.89/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	242.56/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,635	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	207.94/cwt	198.00–218.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	303.03/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,612	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	314.10/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,159	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	282.19/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,338	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	256.63/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,712	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	243.14/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,785	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	261.66/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	362.08/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,025	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	338.72/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,121	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	296.81/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,710	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	263.02/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	604	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,389	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	260.18/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	256.19/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,488	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	241.68/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	318.59/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,552	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	287.15/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,505	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	284.37/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,223	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	248.94/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,332	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,526	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	284.66/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,642	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	310.57/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,314	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	277.46/cwt	275.00–280.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	276.98/cwt	250.00–295.00	1,280	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	230.32/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,340	11
Heifers	Small 1-2	500–550	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	323	307.67/cwt	300.00–315.00	994	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	246.88/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,052	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	524	254.84/cwt	220.00–270.00	1,335	4
Bulls	—	—	1,721	142.07/cwt	135.00–149.00	2,445	9
Bulls	—	—	1,522	129.11/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,965	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	116.62/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,205	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	275.83/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	369	278.65/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,028	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	96.75/cwt	87.00–100.00	968	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	134.58/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,727	7
Bulls	—	—	1,868	154.54/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,887	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	116.28/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,488	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,829	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	126.51/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,817	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	108.95/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,142	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	133.80/cwt	132.00–136.00	2,174	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	124.87/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,520	30

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 Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 500Last week 917Year ago 908

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 197Year ago 134

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	224	340.00	340.00
4	250–300	274	320.00–350.00	330.05
3	300–350	323	305.00–320.00	311.86
6	350–400	369	305.00–325.00	314.10
16	400–450	431	270.00–300.00	279.21
13	450–500	474	270.00–287.50	282.19
15	500–550	523	260.00–277.50	271.43
9	550–600	581	252.50–260.00	256.19
5	600–650	614	240.00–250.00	244.89
7	650–700	674	240.00–244.00	242.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	280.00	280.00
22	700–750	720	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	275.00–280.00	277.46
6	350–400	369	270.00–295.00	278.65
5	400–450	426	235.00–260.00	246.88
3	450–500	472	250.00–265.00	260.18
5	500–550	535	240.00–255.00	248.94
11	550–600	582	220.00–237.50	230.32
7	600–650	604	230.00	230.00
1	650–700	685	210.00	210.00
1	700–750	740	185.00	185.00
1	800–850	820	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	318.00–325.00	321.81
2	550–600	568	312.50	312.50
3	650–700	670	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	340.00–390.00	362.08
4	300–350	331	330.00–345.00	338.72
6	350–400	389	330.00–365.00	343.92
9	400–450	421	315.00–335.00	331.08
7	450–500	474	300.00	300.00
8	500–550	532	297.50–315.00	303.03
9	550–600	576	292.50–300.00	296.81
5	600–650	629	270.00–280.00	277.13
2	650–700	665	260.00–268.00	264.06
3	700–750	717	247.00–251.00	248.33
1	750–800	790	234.00	234.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	160.00	160.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	300.00	300.00
2	300–350	323	300.00–315.00	307.67
1	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	540	282.50	282.50
3	550–600	575	270.00–280.00	275.83
1	600–650	640	232.50	232.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	250.00	250.00
9	400–450	430	270.00–295.00	284.37
7	450–500	462	250.00–295.00	276.98
4	500–550	524	220.00–270.00	254.84
5	550–600	572	250.00–270.00	263.02
2	600–650	623	235.00–248.00	241.68
1	650–700	685	227.50	227.50
2	700–750	708	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	305.00–320.00	309.07
8	400–450	423	300.00–320.00	310.57
17	450–500	487	310.00–320.00	318.59
7	500–550	524	280.00–292.50	287.15
10	550–600	577	275.00–290.00	284.66
5	600–650	619	255.00–270.00	261.66
3	650–700	667	252.00–260.00	256.63
4	700–750	734	240.00–247.50	243.14
1	750–800	765	246.00	246.00
2	800–850	825	198.00–218.00	207.94
2	900–950	923	176.00	176.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,721	135.00–149.00	142.07
3	—	1,522	126.00–133.00	129.11
3	—	1,868	150.00–160.00	154.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,033	115.00–119.00	116.62
4	—	1,001	87.00–100.00	96.75
13	—	1,048	105.00–112.00	108.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,283	133.00–136.00	134.58
4	—	1,280	114.00–118.00	116.28
30	—	1,217	119.00–130.00	124.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	118.00	118.00
14	—	1,436	123.00–130.00	126.51
2	—	1,625	132.00–136.00	133.80

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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