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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 14
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
885 head
190 vs last sale 695 88 vs year ago 973 · 9.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
2 vs last sale 94 91 vs year ago 183 · 49.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-10.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.71/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 71.95 against this barn's trailing median of $403.65.
Average price
$331.71
99 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.61
vs TN average
7.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532334.901,78290
Medium and Large 2554299.741,6609thin
One grade step is worth $35.16/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
440400360320median 403.6501/0503/0204/2706/2208/17
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 sale99 hd
331.71
TN average15 barns · 903 hd
322.10
+9.61
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−7.03
This barn, trailing median29 sales
403.65
−71.95
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
BullsAverage1,645185.633,0547thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,520162.672,47318
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,359157.032,13435
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,066129.581,3828thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623310.16/cwt306.00–318.001,93220
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900855317.85/cwt317.85–317.852,71861
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800783272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,1303
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300283366.88/cwt350.00–380.001,0383
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650606355.62/cwt355.00–356.002,1558
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400380373.95/cwt360.00–380.001,42110
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400383385.87/cwt370.00–400.001,4789
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650628316.49/cwt307.50–325.001,9885
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6801
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600572304.85/cwt295.00–315.001,7443
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700661257.39/cwt230.00–270.001,7014
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700679342.36/cwt341.00–343.002,32512
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950935237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,2161
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550504360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,81429
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550529338.79/cwt330.00–350.001,7928
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700674317.52/cwt312.50–320.002,1409
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650622321.07/cwt310.00–330.001,9976
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430357.45/cwt345.00–375.001,53710
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750719278.78/cwt274.00–285.002,0044
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500479316.06/cwt310.00–325.001,5144
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750735300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2051
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550536303.96/cwt285.00–310.001,6295
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650633284.19/cwt267.50–292.501,7996
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700680326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,21771
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500479349.32/cwt340.00–360.001,67316
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450410330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3531
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800765235.00/cwt227.50–242.501,7982
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650600280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6801
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525315.10/cwt310.00–317.501,6543
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380353.42/cwt350.00–360.001,3433
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600576294.47/cwt285.00–307.501,6964
HeifersSmall 1400–450445285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2681
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500483333.63/cwt315.00–350.001,6114
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600560327.44/cwt310.00–345.001,8348
CowsLean 85-90%947120.31/cwt115.00–124.001,1393
CowsLean 85-90%1,138135.14/cwt129.00–141.001,5385
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,500159.61/cwt154.00–165.002,39411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,510152.10/cwt151.00–153.002,2972
Bulls1,703188.29/cwt186.00–191.003,2073
Bulls1,735206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,5741
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450429321.32/cwt310.00–330.001,3786
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,568173.64/cwt167.00–179.002,7235
CowsBoner 80-85%1,304147.04/cwt137.00–151.001,91715
Bulls1,558176.17/cwt168.00–180.002,7453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,459175.26/cwt170.00–180.002,5577
CowsBoner 80-85%1,369158.74/cwt153.00–167.002,17313
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450421360.94/cwt350.00–375.001,5205
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750700270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8901
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450415290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2041
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350320348.79/cwt347.50–350.001,1162
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500489330.61/cwt320.00–337.501,6178
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700677270.30/cwt240.00–282.501,8305
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000965204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9691
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900855230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9671
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850808299.34/cwt298.00–300.002,4193
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600582316.88/cwt310.00–327.501,84418
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850840227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9111
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500466339.27/cwt330.00–350.001,58133
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328381.01/cwt375.00–400.001,2504
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500459359.94/cwt355.00–370.001,6527
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650616340.73/cwt332.00–348.002,09912
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600569330.79/cwt320.00–340.001,8827
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550526389.14/cwt385.00–390.002,04712
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700674292.08/cwt287.50–295.001,9696
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600573365.76/cwt352.50–372.502,09621
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529374.33/cwt370.00–377.501,9807
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400368384.69/cwt370.00–400.001,4162
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650606329.65/cwt327.00–335.001,99816
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350337364.19/cwt350.00–390.001,22711
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528338.44/cwt330.00–345.001,7878
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300287397.38/cwt360.00–420.001,1403
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450424360.71/cwt350.00–395.001,5298
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750721316.28/cwt312.50–320.002,2805
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250240380.00/cwt380.00–380.009121
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900855245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0951
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700678330.92/cwt324.00–337.002,24412
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530325.52/cwt315.00–335.001,72543
BullsMedium and Large 11000–10501,020192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,9581
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750733276.53/cwt275.00–278.002,0272
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658297.09/cwt288.00–302.501,95522
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800764316.83/cwt313.00–324.002,4215

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.