Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder cattle, Steers, Bulls, and Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher with instances of 12.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.09/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −69.45 against this barn's trailing median of $442.54.

Average price

$373.09

5 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,071

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.49

vs TN average

−8.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	373.09	2,071	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale5 hd

373.09

—

TN average14 barns · 337 hd

360.60

+12.49

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

−8.59

This barn, trailing median28 sales

442.54

−69.45

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	1,570	183.04	2,874	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,510	161.88	2,445	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,320	159.49	2,105	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	902	125.02	1,127	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,114	$3,236	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,068	$3,101	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,017	$3,060	19
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,343	$2,641	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,175	$2,150	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,093	$2,938	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	805	$2,800	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	993	$1,909	4thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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	400–450	435	367.61/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,599	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	3,236.46/head	2,600.00–3,450.00	3,236	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	742	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,426	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	408.05/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	399.38/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,470	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	3,059.93/head	2,700.00–3,210.00	3,060	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,343	2,640.92/head	2,425.00–2,975.00	2,641	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	3,100.98/head	2,525.00–3,210.00	3,101	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,074	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	344.52/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,850	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,739	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	377.81/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	301.38/cwt	295.00–307.50	2,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	324.84/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,014	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	1,909.11/head	1,860.00–1,975.00	1,909	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	2,938.03/head	2,500.00–3,300.00	2,938	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	316.09/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,102	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	328.90/cwt	310.00–345.00	1,539	4
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	608	277.47/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,687	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	505	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	310.69/cwt	290.00–322.50	1,780	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,573	174.98/cwt	169.00–180.00	2,752	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	160.82/cwt	156.00–168.00	2,022	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	858	115.04/cwt	111.00–120.00	987	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	152.31/cwt	148.00–155.00	2,352	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	148.77/cwt	143.00–155.00	1,985	4
Bulls	—	—	1,543	175.31/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,705	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,609	174.76/cwt	169.00–185.00	2,812	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	161.30/cwt	156.00–167.00	2,361	18
Bulls	—	—	1,680	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	3,494	1
Bulls	—	—	1,570	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,967	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,502	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	312.65/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	339.17/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,425	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	360.04/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	283.94/cwt	272.50–295.00	1,647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	342.44/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,157	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	386.12/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	334.94/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,943	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,262	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	320.26/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,966	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	339.67/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,787	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	366.36/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,070	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	445.13/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,407	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	403.46/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	320.00/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,294	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,057	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	386.81/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	302.69/cwt	294.00–310.00	2,031	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	345.73/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,628	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	395.64/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	330.86/cwt	327.00–343.00	2,256	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	371.18/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,778	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	323.35/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,872	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	317.51/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,994	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,099	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	360.50/cwt	357.50–362.50	2,203	5

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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 452Last week 509Year ago 672

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 82Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 9Year ago 39

Compared to last week, all classes of Feeder cattle, Steers, Bulls, and Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher with instances of 12.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	350.00	350.00
3	250–300	283	375.00–410.00	386.12
5	300–350	344	400.00–410.00	408.05
4	350–400	376	370.00–390.00	377.81
4	400–450	435	360.00–385.00	367.61
9	450–500	471	340.00–355.00	345.73
7	500–550	526	330.00–342.50	339.67
13	550–600	580	327.50–340.00	334.94
7	600–650	614	312.50–325.00	320.26
21	650–700	671	294.00–310.00	302.69
1	700–750	715	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	790	297.50	297.50
1	800–850	830	272.50	272.50
1	900–950	945	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	320.00	320.00
1	250–300	275	355.00	355.00
2	300–350	338	335.00–350.00	342.44
2	400–450	420	330.00–347.50	339.17
3	450–500	473	330.00	330.00
7	500–550	527	280.00–322.50	312.65
3	550–600	573	290.00–322.50	310.69
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	700	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	700–750	742	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	440	335.00	335.00
2	600–650	620	320.00–330.00	324.84
2	650–700	665	310.00–322.00	316.09
1	700–750	705	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	400.00	400.00
2	250–300	288	440.00–450.00	445.13
3	300–350	312	380.00–425.00	395.64
2	400–450	430	360.00–380.00	370.00
3	450–500	494	370.00–395.00	386.81
1	500–550	515	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	565	362.50–372.50	366.36
5	600–650	611	357.50–362.50	360.50
12	650–700	682	327.00–343.00	330.86
6	700–750	717	315.00–325.00	320.00
1	800–850	830	290.00	290.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	368	375.00–420.00	399.38
4	400–450	419	380.00–415.00	403.46
5	450–500	479	350.00–385.00	371.18
10	500–550	537	340.00–355.00	344.52
6	550–600	579	320.00–327.50	323.35
5	600–650	628	312.50–322.50	317.51
1	650–700	670	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	715	295.00–307.50	301.38
1	800–850	815	257.50	257.50
1	850–900	890	242.50	242.50
1	900–950	935	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	422	340.00–370.00	360.04
4	450–500	468	310.00–345.00	328.90
1	500–550	515	320.00	320.00
2	550–600	580	272.50–295.00	283.94
1	600–650	625	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	735	277.50	277.50
1	900–950	915	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	608	275.00–280.00	277.47

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,114	2,600.00–3,450.00	3,236.46
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,017	2,700.00–3,210.00	3,059.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,343	2,425.00–2,975.00	2,640.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,068	2,525.00–3,210.00	3,100.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	2,800.00	2,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	993	1,860.00–1,975.00	1,909.11
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,093	2,500.00–3,300.00	2,938.03

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	169.00–180.00	174.98
9	—	1,257	156.00–168.00	160.82
4	—	1,334	143.00–155.00	148.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	111.00–120.00	115.04
1	—	1,015	148.00	148.00
1	—	920	132.00	132.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,544	148.00–155.00	152.31
6	—	1,609	169.00–185.00	174.76
18	—	1,464	156.00–167.00	161.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,543	170.00–180.00	175.31
1	—	1,680	208.00	208.00
1	—	1,570	189.00	189.00

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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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Mid-South Livestock Regional Center LLC - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle