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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 22
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
621 head
160 vs last sale 461 99 vs year ago 522 · +19.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
31 vs last sale 50 39 vs year ago 42 · +92.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
12 vs last sale 22 30 vs year ago 4 · +750.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-15.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 10.00-20.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady with lean cows being 5.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $401.68/cwt on 40 head, up $0.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 29 comparable sales and sits 1.97 against this barn's trailing median of $403.65.
Average price
$401.68
0.03 vs prior sale
40 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,173
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.27
vs TN average
14.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532410.462,18327
Medium and Large 2560383.452,14713thin
One grade step is worth $27.01/cwt here — about $36 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

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 sale40 hd
401.68
TN average17 barns · 594 hd
398.41
+3.27
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
−14.15
This barn, trailing median29 sales
403.65
−1.97
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
BullsLow1,695206.463,5005thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,460178.632,6078thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,315169.382,22717
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,073148.361,59121

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,060$3,3762thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$3,1113thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,293$3,0282thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$3,0001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,235$2,4501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)955$2,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,030$2,1501thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,020$2,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,002$4,2985
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,137$3,3215
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$2,1701thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1550–600564436.42/cwt420.00–442.502,46126
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513421.09/cwt410.00–430.002,16016
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450418488.33/cwt480.00–530.002,0419
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300286605.89/cwt600.00–640.001,7337
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900865344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,9764
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380552.68/cwt540.00–570.002,1003
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655354.35/cwt350.00–365.002,3217
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627362.46/cwt360.00–370.002,27314
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600559395.00/cwt390.00–405.002,20811
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750735341.15/cwt330.00–345.002,5077
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426485.08/cwt470.00–495.002,06615
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665393.93/cwt388.00–410.002,62012
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500482439.91/cwt430.00–460.002,12025
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650627364.61/cwt357.50–372.502,2867
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850840335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,8141
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900895335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,9981
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350338611.45/cwt580.00–630.002,0676
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600572414.12/cwt412.00–420.002,36914
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550521418.16/cwt410.00–425.002,17910
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800756384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,90313
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700693419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,9045
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400382494.19/cwt470.00–515.001,88813
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4921
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400385547.44/cwt530.00–580.002,1084
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28754,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1403,111.37/head2,800.00–3,650.003,1113
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0202,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750715343.32/cwt342.50–345.002,4553
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500467448.36/cwt430.00–465.002,0943
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1383,138.46/head3,000.00–3,175.003,1384
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0004,500.00/head4,500.00–4,500.004,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29552,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0302,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700655370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4243
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700668357.45/cwt355.00–360.002,3882
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-28502,170.00/head2,170.00–2,170.002,1701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0353,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,257172.20/cwt168.00–180.002,1657
Bulls1,538194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,9842
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,440175.77/cwt170.00–180.002,5315
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,410166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,3411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,416159.72/cwt156.00–166.002,2627
CowsBoner 80-85%1,213185.36/cwt182.00–187.002,2483
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,533192.11/cwt187.00–197.002,9452
Bulls1,865212.16/cwt206.00–217.003,9572
Bulls1,670220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,6741
CowsLean 85-90%1,019134.97/cwt126.00–142.001,37510
CowsLean 85-90%1,155166.67/cwt166.00–167.001,9253
CowsLean 85-90%1,109158.23/cwt150.00–163.001,7558
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0603,375.94/head3,100.00–3,700.003,3762
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2352,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2933,027.66/head3,000.00–3,050.003,0282
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1354,050.00/head4,050.00–4,050.004,0501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0454,329.74/head4,000.00–4,750.004,3303
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750725348.28/cwt342.50–352.502,5253
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650636371.64/cwt355.00–380.002,3645
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550534394.90/cwt385.00–400.002,1095
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300296420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2437
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450440485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added700–750728346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,51969
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400360455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6381
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550516386.98/cwt345.00–410.001,9976
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1281
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500474416.66/cwt400.00–425.001,9754
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500478434.74/cwt425.00–445.002,0782
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350345475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6391
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630347.51/cwt345.00–350.002,1894
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600576376.29/cwt350.00–385.002,1678
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625422.28/cwt407.50–430.002,63917
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900850295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5081
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350325510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,6581
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440432.98/cwt420.00–440.001,9055
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650625352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,2031
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550540370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9981
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,8641
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720369.97/cwt365.00–374.002,6648
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800775342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,6542
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0451
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550509445.43/cwt420.00–460.002,26724
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600569447.43/cwt447.00–450.002,54614
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350319538.85/cwt515.00–560.001,7196
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500466475.50/cwt460.00–485.002,21610
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700670373.18/cwt360.00–380.002,5003
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600555394.23/cwt370.00–402.502,1884
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450411505.41/cwt500.00–525.002,07711

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.