Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers under 600 lbs. 5.00-15.00 lower, over 600 ls. 10.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-15.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady with lean cows being 3.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $421.60/cwt on 80 head, down $0.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 29 comparable sales and sits +17.95 against this barn's trailing median of $403.65.

Average price

$421.60

▼ 0.25 vs prior sale

80 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,343

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$25.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.70

vs TN average

−6.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	424.15	2,362	72
Medium and Large 2	545	398.72	2,172	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.43/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

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 sale80 hd

421.60

—

TN average15 barns · 569 hd

411.90

+9.70

National average182 barns · 12,459 hd

427.90

−6.30

This barn, trailing median29 sales

403.65

+17.95

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,745	203.42	3,550	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,506	184.72	2,782	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	173.47	2,247	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,063	147.46	1,567	20

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,293	$2,839	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	955	$2,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1Value Added	550–600	563	431.13/cwt	430.00–437.00	2,427	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	645.00/cwt	600.00–690.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	286.27/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,511	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	540.06/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,020	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	616.61/cwt	590.00–640.00	1,757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	508.04/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,190	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	397.75/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,478	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	362.32/cwt	357.00–380.00	2,428	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	474.97/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,061	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	389.96/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,262	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	2,839.26/head	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,839	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	478.00/cwt	460.00–495.00	1,754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	487.72/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	462.25/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	514.90/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	516.59/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,999	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	462.04/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,213	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	408.29/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,176	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	454.53/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,954	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	348.32/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	316.61/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,289	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	414.46/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,557	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	476.28/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,315	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	176.59/cwt	169.00–183.00	2,223	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	126.06/cwt	121.00–138.00	1,179	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	161.75/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,750	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	151.01/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,687	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	188.45/cwt	185.00–195.00	2,685	5
Bulls	—	—	1,882	218.40/cwt	215.00–221.00	4,110	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	490.63/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,566	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	452.67/cwt	437.50–460.00	2,766	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	493.78/cwt	490.00–498.00	2,874	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	472.23/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,168	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	424.00/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	397.43/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,488	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	372.45/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	430.71/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,291	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	414.05/cwt	402.50–425.00	2,348	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	519.94/cwt	515.00–525.00	2,158	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	732.15/cwt	680.00–760.00	1,647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	546.38/cwt	525.00–580.00	1,819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	525.38/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,933	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	570.60/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,043	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	503.44/cwt	490.00–512.50	2,411	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	373.37/cwt	367.50–377.50	2,502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	495.56/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,131	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	636.57/cwt	600.00–660.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	334.38/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	482.50/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,538	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	573.34/cwt	550.00–610.00	1,881	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	431.74/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,254	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	491.45/cwt	480.00–502.50	2,339	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	433.91/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,512	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	188.67/cwt	186.00–190.00	2,524	4
Bulls	—	—	1,663	194.43/cwt	190.00–205.00	3,233	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	160.81/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,144	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	180.05/cwt	171.00–183.00	2,895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	367.54/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,330	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	449.50/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,140	11

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

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 711Last week 650Year ago 741

Slaughter CattleReceipts 116Last week 98Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 51Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	563	430.00–437.00	431.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	600.00–690.00	645.00
3	250–300	285	590.00–640.00	616.61
5	300–350	333	525.00–580.00	546.38
18	350–400	368	500.00–550.00	525.38
34	400–450	430	480.00–515.00	495.56
29	450–500	459	460.00–485.00	472.23
18	500–550	532	420.00–442.50	430.71
29	550–600	567	402.50–425.00	414.05
7	600–650	626	395.00–405.00	397.43
3	650–700	670	367.50–377.50	373.37
4	700–750	724	332.50–337.50	334.38
4	850–900	877	285.00–290.00	286.27
1	950–1000	955	250.00	250.00
3	1050–1100	1,055	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	560.00	560.00
1	300–350	320	510.00	510.00
3	350–400	367	460.00–495.00	478.00
12	400–450	430	445.00–470.00	454.53
11	450–500	476	435.00–455.00	449.50
6	500–550	533	400.00–415.00	408.29
2	550–600	580	370.00	370.00
6	600–650	634	360.00–377.50	367.54
3	650–700	683	340.00–355.00	348.32
3	700–750	723	315.00–320.00	316.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	374	530.00–570.00	540.06
10	400–450	431	500.00–515.00	508.04
31	450–500	476	480.00–502.50	491.45
10	500–550	526	470.00–495.00	482.50
7	550–600	579	425.00–440.00	433.91
7	600–650	623	390.00–415.00	397.75
7	650–700	670	357.00–380.00	362.32
2	700–750	705	365.00–380.00	372.45
1	750–800	785	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	850	290.00	290.00
1	900–950	920	270.00	270.00
1	950–1000	955	285.00	285.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	490.00–525.00	514.90
5	400–450	434	460.00–485.00	474.97
5	450–500	479	450.00–475.00	462.04
3	500–550	522	410.00–450.00	431.74
4	550–600	580	375.00–410.00	389.96
1	600–650	615	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	685	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	716	389.00	389.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	580.00	580.00
3	350–400	387	510.00–520.00	516.59
2	400–450	433	480.00–495.00	487.72
7	450–500	486	470.00–485.00	476.28
2	500–550	510	450.00–475.00	462.25
1	550–600	585	450.00	450.00
8	600–650	617	400.00–430.00	414.46
1	650–700	685	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	680.00–760.00	732.15
4	250–300	266	600.00–660.00	636.57
10	300–350	328	550.00–610.00	573.34
7	350–400	358	550.00–600.00	570.60
5	400–450	415	515.00–525.00	519.94
21	450–500	479	490.00–512.50	503.44
19	500–550	523	480.00–500.00	490.63
16	550–600	582	490.00–498.00	493.78
11	600–650	611	437.50–460.00	452.67
5	650–700	650	420.00–430.00	424.00
1	850–900	880	330.00	330.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,293	2,700.00–2,950.00	2,839.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	955	2,300.00	2,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,259	169.00–183.00	176.59
4	—	1,338	186.00–190.00	188.67
8	—	1,333	157.00–165.00	160.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	935	121.00–138.00	126.06
5	—	1,082	160.00–165.00	161.75
10	—	1,117	145.00–155.00	151.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,425	185.00–195.00	188.45
4	—	1,608	171.00–183.00	180.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,882	215.00–221.00	218.40
5	—	1,663	190.00–205.00	194.43

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

Heifers · 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

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