Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-12.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $311.75/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −91.91 against this barn's trailing median of $403.65.

Average price

$311.75

22 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$36.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.80

vs TN average

−9.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	321.75	1,715	16thin
Medium and Large 2	543	285.07	1,548	6thin

One grade step is worth $36.69/cwt here — about $167 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 sale22 hd

311.75

—

TN average13 barns · 676 hd

304.95

+6.80

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−9.63

This barn, trailing median29 sales

403.65

−91.91

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	1,762	160.54	2,829	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,442	136.65	1,971	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,231	136.41	1,679	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	110.74	1,170	19

Every lot, as filed

67 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 2	450–500	470	361.39/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,699	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	298.52/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	244.34/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	293.82/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	381.13/cwt	370.00–425.00	1,544	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	322.55/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,826	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	284.38/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,803	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	419.77/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,138	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	290.19/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	368.86/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,534	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	237.75/cwt	237.50–238.00	1,790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	385.47/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,469	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	236.71/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	323.43/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,642	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	271.61/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	327.41/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,359	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	585	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,697	1
Bulls	—	—	1,703	149.03/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,538	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	139.43/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,976	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	132.49/cwt	132.00–133.00	1,961	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	128.03/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,469	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	136.58/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,700	14
Bulls	—	—	1,792	166.30/cwt	160.00–174.00	2,980	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	311.27/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,597	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	670	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,508	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	147.82/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,860	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	119.77/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,250	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	103.25/cwt	90.00–110.00	1,084	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	402.16/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,484	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	341.74/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,312	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	351.93/cwt	320.00–380.00	1,471	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	372.36/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,203	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	262.16/cwt	252.50–265.00	1,665	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	307.94/cwt	302.50–314.00	1,915	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	421.06/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	399.07/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,305	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	253.24/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,699	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	267.45/cwt	260.00–275.00	2,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	331.06/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,731	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	335.52/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,889	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	326.21/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,039	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	403.22/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,331	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	377.03/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,037	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	388.67/cwt	375.00–397.50	1,827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	300.40/cwt	290.00–307.50	2,157	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	354.42/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	419.56/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,741	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	720	266.85/cwt	266.85–266.85	1,921	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	346.72/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,650	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	296.90/cwt	292.50–302.50	1,986	4

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 Mar 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 475Last week 869Year ago 500

Slaughter CattleReceipts 96Last week 137Year ago 138

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-12.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	380.00	380.00
16	400–450	418	320.00–380.00	351.93
8	450–500	470	340.00–370.00	361.39
2	500–550	513	310.00–312.50	311.27
1	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	725	282.50	282.50
1	750–800	755	260.00	260.00
1	850–900	880	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	271	390.00–440.00	419.77
11	300–350	330	390.00–435.00	403.22
8	350–400	370	400.00–435.00	421.06
7	400–450	415	410.00–425.00	419.56
6	450–500	470	375.00–397.50	388.67
8	500–550	515	347.50–370.00	354.42
13	550–600	563	330.00–340.00	335.52
4	600–650	625	320.00–337.50	326.21
4	650–700	669	292.50–302.50	296.90
5	700–750	718	290.00–307.50	300.40
1	750–800	750	267.50	267.50
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	323	370.00–375.00	372.36
3	350–400	384	335.00–345.00	341.74
2	400–450	415	320.00–335.00	327.41
3	450–500	472	310.00–330.00	323.43
3	500–550	518	280.00–310.00	298.52
3	550–600	568	270.00–275.00	271.61
7	600–650	635	252.50–265.00	262.16
3	650–700	668	230.00–240.00	236.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	440.00	440.00
3	250–300	275	370.00–390.00	377.03
7	300–350	327	380.00–430.00	399.07
12	350–400	381	360.00–410.00	385.47
14	400–450	416	360.00–380.00	368.86
7	450–500	476	335.00–360.00	346.72
12	500–550	523	322.50–337.50	331.06
4	550–600	563	285.00–315.00	293.82
4	600–650	634	272.50–290.00	284.38
7	650–700	671	250.00–257.50	253.24
4	700–750	723	242.50–250.00	244.34
2	750–800	753	237.50–238.00	237.75
1	900–950	930	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
69	700–750	720	266.85	266.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	385.00–420.00	402.16
5	400–450	405	370.00–425.00	381.13
3	450–500	473	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	540	315.00	315.00
4	550–600	566	315.00–325.00	322.55
3	600–650	622	302.50–314.00	307.94
3	650–700	675	285.00–298.00	290.19
1	700–750	745	258.00	258.00
2	750–800	760	260.00–275.00	267.45
1	800–850	800	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	440	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	490	335.00	335.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,703	144.00–155.00	149.03
8	—	1,792	160.00–174.00	166.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,417	135.00–144.00	139.43
2	—	1,480	132.00–133.00	132.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,147	125.00–130.00	128.03
14	—	1,245	132.00–144.00	136.58
2	—	1,258	146.00–150.00	147.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,044	112.00–125.00	119.77
11	—	1,050	90.00–110.00	103.25
1	—	1,220	130.00	130.00

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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