Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2026-06-08

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 8
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
379 vs last sale 782 463 vs year ago 866 · 53.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
27 vs last sale 126 81 vs year ago 72 · +112.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00-4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $435.97/cwt on 26 head, down $3.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 28 comparable sales and sits 6.57 against this barn's trailing median of $442.54.
Average price
$435.97
3.36 vs prior sale
26 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,356
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$307
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$53.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs TN average
17.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542452.482,45018thin
Medium and Large 2538398.822,1448thin
One grade step is worth $53.66/cwt here — about $307 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
512468425381median 442.5401/0503/0204/2706/2208/10
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 sale26 hd
435.97
TN average16 barns · 645 hd
435.30
+0.67
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−17.75
This barn, trailing median28 sales
442.54
−6.57
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
BullsLow1,681212.393,5718thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,563175.082,73623
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,277173.042,20928
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,031148.501,53110

Every lot, as filed

71 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
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300275590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,6231
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550524415.13/cwt375.00–435.002,1755
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350312522.99/cwt500.00–550.001,6323
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450440410.11/cwt400.00–420.001,8042
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400385447.40/cwt440.00–455.001,7222
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700675325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1941
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300265600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5901
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575392.96/cwt387.50–397.502,2608
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530404.93/cwt385.00–410.002,14620
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700678334.90/cwt330.00–345.002,2713
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325573.03/cwt560.00–580.001,8623
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618394.70/cwt380.00–410.002,4392
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624333.15/cwt330.00–337.502,0794
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581433.08/cwt420.00–440.002,5168
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700674336.95/cwt330.00–342.002,2716
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250225555.33/cwt550.00–560.001,2492
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468423.46/cwt420.00–430.001,98213
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3461
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400368453.30/cwt450.00–460.001,6683
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500483451.02/cwt450.00–455.002,1785
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900885277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,4561
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650618369.97/cwt360.00–380.002,2863
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750724321.23/cwt320.00–325.002,3264
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850825290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3931
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950910295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6851
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550526405.44/cwt390.00–420.002,1339
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450432450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9443
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800770315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4261
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400355570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,0241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,262174.85/cwt170.00–181.002,20720
Bulls1,205192.94/cwt192.00–194.002,3252
CowsLean 85-90%991137.29/cwt124.00–147.001,3614
CowsLean 85-90%780163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2711
CowsLean 85-90%1,113154.57/cwt150.00–159.001,7205
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,423197.99/cwt190.00–206.002,8172
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480407.86/cwt390.00–425.001,9587
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500460391.85/cwt385.00–400.001,8033
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550541371.26/cwt350.00–380.002,0094
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476469.75/cwt460.00–480.002,23612
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550545365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9891
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650613338.33/cwt330.00–345.002,0743
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650635325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0641
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600560371.64/cwt370.00–375.002,0813
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450433401.79/cwt390.00–410.001,7403
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600593350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0762
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700680320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1761
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750740285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1091
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6751
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650645347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2381
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750700332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,3242
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800765290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2191
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850845300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5354
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5751
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400390425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6581
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500475450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1382
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600569356.37/cwt335.00–375.002,0286
SteersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added800–850829332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,75659
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450435435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8921
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3751
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800755355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6801
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750713357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,5452
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550510468.00/cwt465.00–470.002,38710
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420426.00/cwt420.00–430.001,7895
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400355580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,0591
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600565372.64/cwt360.00–395.002,1056
CowsBoner 80-85%1,343163.03/cwt155.00–168.002,1896
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,466164.32/cwt161.00–167.002,4094
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,602174.92/cwt170.00–185.002,80217
Bulls1,843226.64/cwt222.00–234.004,1773
Bulls1,837211.11/cwt205.00–218.003,8783
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225184.97/cwt184.00–186.002,2662

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.