Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed for two weeks in observance of the Christmas and New Year Holidays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.26/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −148.28 against this barn's trailing median of $442.54.

Average price

$294.26

13 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$234

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

$20.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.04

vs TN average

−47.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	299.04	1,709	10thin
Medium and Large 2	530	278.33	1,475	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.70/cwt here — about $234 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

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.83, low $395.21, median $442.54 across 28 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 sale13 hd

294.26

—

TN average5 barns · 157 hd

303.30

−9.04

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−47.82

This barn, trailing median28 sales

442.54

−148.28

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	1,749	153.78	2,689	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,607	135.80	2,182	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,422	126.95	1,805	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,128	108.54	1,225	8thin

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	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	368	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,196	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	249.01/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,183	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	991	237.25/cwt	237.25–237.25	2,351	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,479	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	616	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,540	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,531	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,406	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	258.00/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	286.26/cwt	272.00–288.00	1,781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	269.59/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,795	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	401.29/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,276	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	254.23/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	293.31/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,739	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	239.66/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,972	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,181	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	328.65/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,416	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	375.49/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,371	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	277.50/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,443	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	330.03/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	307.63/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	233.01/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,673	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	307.65/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,326	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	295.59/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,398	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	222.15/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,482	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	326.70/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,219	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	265.20/cwt	257.50–270.00	1,366	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	275.99/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,305	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	270.04/cwt	265.00–275.00	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	240.73/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,505	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	235.45/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,307	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	304.79/cwt	292.50–317.50	1,097	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	237.10/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	988	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	283.00/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,217	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	224.89/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	250.37/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,162	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	208.00/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,778	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	228.62/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,637	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	266.54/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,538	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	225.35/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,744	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	252.52/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	355.23/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,297	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	289.34/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,536	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	250.86/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	242.32/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	214.20/cwt	207.00–218.00	1,729	3
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	1
Bulls	—	—	1,674	143.46/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,402	4
Bulls	—	—	2,225	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	4,027	1
Bulls	—	—	1,713	156.59/cwt	150.00–163.00	2,682	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	136.29/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,819	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,412	119.62/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,689	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,682	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,299	114.89/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,492	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	96.25/cwt	84.00–103.00	883	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,458	126.19/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,840	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	128.03/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,891	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,717	142.63/cwt	138.00–150.00	2,449	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,296	1

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 Jan 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 536Last week 877Year ago 963

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 153Year ago 167

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed for two weeks in observance of the Christmas and New Year Holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	320.00–330.00	326.70
1	400–450	440	277.50	277.50
2	500–550	538	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	582	247.50–255.00	250.86
1	600–650	625	232.50	232.50
3	650–700	667	210.00–230.00	222.15
2	700–750	718	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	340.00–370.00	355.23
4	400–450	431	300.00–315.00	307.65
8	450–500	473	290.00–302.50	295.59
8	500–550	531	280.00–300.00	289.34
5	550–600	577	260.00–280.00	266.54
3	600–650	640	245.00–260.00	252.52
5	650–700	676	240.00–247.50	242.32
2	700–750	718	230.00–236.00	233.01
4	750–800	774	220.00–233.00	225.35
3	800–850	807	207.00–218.00	214.20
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	368	325.00	325.00
14	450–500	480	293.00	293.00
6	500–550	510	290.00	290.00
10	600–650	616	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	360.00	360.00
1	250–300	260	380.00	380.00
4	300–350	300	307.50	307.50
10	350–400	360	292.50–317.50	304.79
10	400–450	430	275.00–290.00	283.00
8	450–500	473	270.00–282.50	275.99
9	500–550	515	257.50–270.00	265.20
2	550–600	565	262.50	262.50
7	600–650	625	235.00–246.00	240.73
5	650–700	671	235.00–238.00	237.10
5	700–750	716	226.00–230.00	228.62
4	750–800	773	221.00	221.00
3	850–900	855	200.00–212.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	265.00	265.00
2	300–350	308	265.00–275.00	270.04
2	350–400	365	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	438	270.00	270.00
5	450–500	464	240.00–260.00	250.37
2	500–550	520	248.00–250.00	249.01
2	550–600	555	230.00–241.00	235.45
3	650–700	675	220.00–230.00	224.89
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
51	950–1000	991	237.25	237.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	330	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	388	325.00–335.00	330.03
1	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	520	275.00–280.00	277.50
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
1	650–700	650	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	260	390.00	390.00
12	300–350	318	375.00–415.00	401.29
14	350–400	365	365.00–390.00	375.49
4	400–450	431	315.00–340.00	328.65
7	450–500	494	310.00	310.00
4	500–550	539	300.00–310.00	307.63
6	550–600	593	290.00–300.00	293.31
9	600–650	622	272.00–288.00	286.26
22	650–700	666	265.00–272.50	269.59
2	700–750	700	256.00–260.00	258.00
5	750–800	753	249.00–262.00	254.23
3	800–850	823	239.00–240.00	239.66
1	850–900	880	235.00	235.00
3	900–950	928	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,674	140.00–148.00	143.46
1	—	2,225	181.00	181.00
5	—	1,713	150.00–163.00	156.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,335	135.00–138.00	136.29
3	—	1,412	116.00–121.00	119.62
8	—	1,458	122.00–133.00	126.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	121.00	121.00
6	—	1,477	123.00–135.00	128.03
9	—	1,717	138.00–150.00	142.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,299	111.00–117.00	114.89
3	—	917	84.00–103.00	96.25
1	—	1,080	120.00	120.00

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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