Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00-6.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.35/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −169.31 against this barn's trailing median of $403.65.

Average price

$234.35

67 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,274

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$18.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.60

vs TN average

−25.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	238.15	1,295	51
Medium and Large 2	546	222.56	1,216	14thin
Small 1	525	220.00	1,155	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.15/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale67 hd

234.35

—

TN average15 barns · 894 hd

233.75

+0.60

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−25.28

This barn, trailing median29 sales

403.65

−169.31

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	1,732	139.89	2,423	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,436	126.12	1,811	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	121.29	1,472	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,014	95.91	972	23

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
Bulls	—	—	1,790	144.19/cwt	140.00–149.00	2,581	8
Bulls	—	—	1,795	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,782	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,283	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	125.16/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,785	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,618	1
Bulls	—	—	1,644	131.64/cwt	126.00–135.00	2,164	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	222.31/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,172	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	254.99/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	251.65/cwt	250.00–260.00	954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	240.52/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,022	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	204.69/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	277.87/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,142	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	203.33/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,283	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	272.36/cwt	265.00–280.00	918	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	254.72/cwt	247.50–257.50	1,302	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	262.08/cwt	250.00–275.00	978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	259.41/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,118	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	232.47/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,116	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	200.94/cwt	192.50–208.00	1,336	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	254.88/cwt	247.50–262.50	941	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	227.06/cwt	220.00–242.50	1,194	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	218.51/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,385	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	272.29/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,037	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	281.60/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,194	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	251.50/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,303	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	834	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,643	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	274.14/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,461	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	240.12/cwt	232.50–245.00	1,357	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	247.31/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,172	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	220.54/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	284.01/cwt	275.00–305.00	912	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,804	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	121.20/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,481	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	106.13/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,122	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	110.78/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,299	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	86.24/cwt	80.00–96.00	832	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	130.66/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,593	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	132.19/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,964	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	210.35/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	237.75/cwt	237.50–238.00	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	223.00/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,296	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	267.13/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,264	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	222.43/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	210.85/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	254.74/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,223	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	523	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	270.29/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,684	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	220.76/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	223.81/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,376	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	234.10/cwt	228.00–242.50	1,344	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	304.31/cwt	292.50–312.50	1,296	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	242.66/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	267.36/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,532	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	186.76/cwt	186.00–189.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	296.00/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,116	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	198.65/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	234.31/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	258.18/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,100	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	219.35/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	278.10/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,035	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	209.23/cwt	204.00–217.00	1,513	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	300.67/cwt	290.00–315.00	986	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	291.37/cwt	288.00–297.50	1,393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	327.25/cwt	305.00–350.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	238.49/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,266	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	315.79/cwt	310.00–325.00	925	7

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 Oct 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 923Last week 866Year ago 856

Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 149Year ago 189

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00-6.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,790	140.00–149.00	144.19
1	—	1,795	155.00	155.00
6	—	1,644	126.00–135.00	131.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,125	114.00	114.00
7	—	1,057	100.00–111.00	106.13
13	—	965	80.00–96.00	86.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,426	119.00–129.00	125.16
1	—	1,395	116.00	116.00
5	—	1,486	130.00–134.00	132.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,222	115.00–127.00	121.20
6	—	1,173	108.00–114.00	110.78
7	—	1,219	128.00–135.00	130.66

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	250.00	250.00
2	300–350	343	260.00	260.00
6	350–400	379	250.00–260.00	251.65
5	400–450	425	230.00–247.50	240.52
4	450–500	466	237.50–238.00	237.75
9	500–550	527	210.00–226.00	222.31
5	550–600	581	220.00–225.00	223.00
4	600–650	634	200.00–215.00	210.35
5	650–700	673	200.00–210.00	204.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	305.00–350.00	327.25
7	250–300	293	310.00–325.00	315.79
4	300–350	321	275.00–305.00	284.01
9	350–400	372	267.50–285.00	278.10
14	400–450	426	250.00–270.00	258.18
20	450–500	474	240.00–256.00	247.31
33	500–550	531	230.00–245.00	238.49
14	550–600	574	228.00–242.50	234.10
23	600–650	615	218.00–230.00	223.81
5	650–700	681	214.00–224.00	219.35
8	700–750	723	204.00–217.00	209.23
3	750–800	777	195.00–205.00	198.65
1	800–850	845	183.00	183.00
4	850–900	884	186.00–189.00	186.76
1	1000–1050	1,015	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	248.00	248.00
2	550–600	560	251.00	251.00
1	650–700	680	228.00	228.00
7	800–850	834	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	337	265.00–280.00	272.36
2	350–400	373	250.00–275.00	262.08
6	400–450	411	270.00–280.00	277.87
8	450–500	473	260.00–270.00	267.13
5	500–550	511	247.50–257.50	254.72
2	550–600	558	254.00–256.00	254.99
4	600–650	629	224.00	224.00
4	650–700	685	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	300.00	300.00
9	300–350	328	290.00–315.00	300.67
8	350–400	377	285.00–312.50	296.00
11	400–450	426	292.50–312.50	304.31
6	450–500	478	288.00–297.50	291.37
8	500–550	533	270.00–279.00	274.14
15	550–600	573	260.00–275.00	267.36
10	600–650	633	240.00–249.00	242.66
6	650–700	661	230.00–238.00	234.31
1	700–750	725	228.00	228.00
4	750–800	789	220.00–221.00	220.76
1	800–850	845	202.50	202.50
1	850–900	880	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	623	266.00–271.00	270.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	247.50–262.50	254.88
8	400–450	431	255.00–260.00	259.41
2	450–500	480	230.00–235.00	232.47
6	500–550	526	220.00–242.50	227.06
2	550–600	555	215.00–230.00	222.43
6	600–650	631	195.00–210.00	203.33
3	650–700	665	192.50–208.00	200.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	265.00–277.50	272.29
10	400–450	424	272.50–290.00	281.60
25	450–500	480	250.00–265.00	254.74
14	500–550	518	245.00–260.00	251.50
18	550–600	565	232.50–245.00	240.12
11	600–650	634	215.00–228.00	218.51
6	650–700	674	215.00–225.00	220.54
3	700–750	713	210.00–212.50	210.85
1	750–800	770	207.50	207.50

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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