Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends this week due to light offerings and this sale being closed last week because of inclement weather.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.73/cwt on 23 head, up $31.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 28 comparable sales and sits +0.20 against this barn's trailing median of $442.54.

Average price

$442.73

▲ 31.87 vs prior sale

23 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,383

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$305

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

$62.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.05

vs TN average

−40.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	450.87	2,422	20
Medium and Large 2	545	388.45	2,117	3thin

One grade step is worth $62.43/cwt here — about $305 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale23 hd

442.73

—

TN average2 barns · 26 hd

435.69

+7.05

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−40.30

This barn, trailing median28 sales

442.54

+0.20

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	1,968	186.50	3,669	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,497	171.36	2,566	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,356	164.70	2,234	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	995	123.69	1,230	10

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,285	$3,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,225	$3,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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	300–350	323	465.04/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	466.59/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,936	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	321.08/cwt	315.00–327.50	2,642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	355.91/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,235	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	336.25/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,320	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	480.10/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,551	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	445.03/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,971	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	399.54/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	509	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,392	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	324.98/cwt	322.50–327.50	2,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	392.67/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	342.94/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,950	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	119.17/cwt	113.00–130.00	1,155	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	141.76/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,557	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,010	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	183.97/cwt	177.00–188.00	2,929	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	148.83/cwt	147.00–151.00	2,103	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	160.87/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,496	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	165.86/cwt	156.00–174.00	2,413	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,467	177.83/cwt	174.00–181.00	2,609	3
Bulls	—	—	2,390	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	4,254	1
Bulls	—	—	1,545	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	3,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	435.12/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,049	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,334	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	439.96/cwt	435.00–442.50	2,327	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	379.17/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	440.96/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,500	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	414.54/cwt	413.00–419.00	2,541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	409.88/cwt	397.50–412.50	2,131	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	398.52/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,945	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	434.97/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,796	2

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 185Last week 731Year ago 975

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 55Year ago 140

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 22Year ago 7

No trends this week due to light offerings and this sale being closed last week because of inclement weather.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	460.00	460.00
2	300–350	323	460.00–470.00	465.04
1	350–400	365	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	413	430.00–440.00	434.97
4	450–500	488	390.00–425.00	398.52
7	500–550	520	397.50–412.50	409.88
3	550–600	587	375.00–385.00	379.17
3	600–650	628	350.00–362.50	355.91
2	650–700	690	330.00–342.50	336.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	440.00	440.00
1	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	455	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	520	375.00	375.00
2	600–650	628	341.00–345.00	342.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	500.00	500.00
3	300–350	323	460.00–500.00	480.10
1	350–400	390	465.00	465.00
2	400–450	443	440.00–450.00	445.03
1	450–500	465	450.00	450.00
5	500–550	529	435.00–442.50	439.96
8	550–600	567	435.00–445.00	440.96
4	600–650	613	413.00–419.00	414.54
1	650–700	675	372.50	372.50
3	700–750	720	364.00	364.00
3	750–800	750	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	509	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	400	435.00	435.00
1	450–500	470	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	520	375.00–410.00	392.67
1	550–600	595	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	625	387.50	387.50
2	750–800	775	322.50–327.50	324.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	460.00	460.00
3	400–450	415	460.00–470.00	466.59
6	450–500	471	430.00–450.00	435.12
1	500–550	515	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	555	410.00	410.00
1	700–750	745	330.00	330.00
2	800–850	823	315.00–327.50	321.08
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	380.00–420.00	399.54
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	3,250.00	3,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	3,850.00	3,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	969	113.00–130.00	119.17
2	—	1,098	138.00–145.00	141.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,592	177.00–188.00	183.97
3	—	1,455	156.00–174.00	165.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	147.00–151.00	148.83
2	—	1,133	158.00–164.00	160.87
3	—	1,467	174.00–181.00	177.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,390	178.00	178.00
1	—	1,545	195.00	195.00

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