Name: United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN) livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to this same sale last week, feeder steers/bulls sharply higher, not enough heifer receipts to compare but a lower demand was noted. Slaughter cows/bulls steady to 5.00 lower with breaker cows 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.10/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −149.01 against this barn's trailing median of $399.11.

Average price

$250.10

54 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$13.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.37

vs TN average

−19.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	251.21	1,380	42
Medium and Large 1	586	248.00	1,453	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	580	237.37	1,377	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.84/cwt here — about $4 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.50, low $339.43, median $399.11 across 31 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 sale54 hd

250.10

—

TN average10 barns · 457 hd

255.47

−5.37

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−19.90

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.11

−149.01

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	—	Average	1,664	145.86	2,428	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,446	135.44	1,958	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,298	132.65	1,722	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	114.25	1,306	12

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,170	$1,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$1,425	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,021	$2,344	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,294	$2,129	7

Every lot, as filed

73 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc - Fayetteville, 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 1-2	650–700	655	235.03/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,539	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	318.05/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,660	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	364.17/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,358	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	338.33/cwt	320.00–355.00	880	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	254.04/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	293.27/cwt	270.00–314.00	1,704	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,582	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	330.28/cwt	320.00–339.00	1,367	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	330.94/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	273.55/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,165	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	586	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,453	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	372.63/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	598	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,639	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Full	350–400	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	241.17/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	171.24/cwt	170.00–172.50	1,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	355.00/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,331	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	279.11/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,742	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	286.82/cwt	284.00–292.50	1,514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	243.69/cwt	237.50–250.00	1,182	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	135.15/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,950	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	145.19/cwt	143.00–147.00	2,110	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	124.97/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,850	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	115.78/cwt	100.00–124.00	1,294	8
Bulls	—	—	1,727	147.63/cwt	141.00–155.00	2,550	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	140.57/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,912	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,090	129.52/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,412	2
Bulls	—	—	2,125	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	3,379	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,511	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	131.61/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,695	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,193	105.92/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,264	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,606	1
Bulls	Small 1-2	600–650	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	434	260.28/cwt	257.50–266.00	1,130	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	237.37/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	256.99/cwt	242.50–272.00	1,485	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	952	2,373.51/head	1,975.00–2,600.00	2,374	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	2,396.08/head	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,396	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	275.17/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	256.43/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	286.30/cwt	277.50–292.50	1,045	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	2,060.98/head	1,900.00–2,200.00	2,061	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	2,290.73/head	2,225.00–2,350.00	2,291	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	326.51/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	325.89/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,323	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	304.79/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	770	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	292.37/cwt	287.50–293.00	1,778	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	146.00/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	189.76/cwt	188.00–192.50	1,548	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,548	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	263.75/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,258	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	248.26/cwt	239.00–250.00	1,430	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	168.79/cwt	165.00–172.50	1,460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	175.49/cwt	165.00–197.50	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	254.16/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,329	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	235.99/cwt	234.00–237.50	1,447	6

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

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