Name: United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN) livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to this same sale last week, feeder steers 10.00 to 20.00 lower, heifers 4.00 to 12.00 higher, bulls under 550lbs 9.00 to 20.00 lower and over 550lbs 9.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower with lean cows 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.93/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −144.18 against this barn's trailing median of $399.11.

Average price

$254.93

59 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$8.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.57

vs TN average

−21.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	255.52	1,399	55
Medium and Large 2-3	521	246.76	1,286	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about $113 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

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 sale59 hd

254.93

—

TN average11 barns · 542 hd

262.49

−7.57

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−21.53

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.11

−144.18

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	1,678	144.17	2,419	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,274	133.00	1,694	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	132.88	1,948	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,109	117.36	1,302	9thin

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)	1,453	$1,845	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,235	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,218	$1,608	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$1,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	264.04/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	297.69/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,557	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	220.64/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,500	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	239.93/cwt	236.00–244.00	1,711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	998	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	327.55/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,222	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	254.79/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,603	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	933	226.03/cwt	224.00–228.00	2,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	248.77/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,401	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	289.44/cwt	289.00–292.50	1,673	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	812	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,872	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,410	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	251.98/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,494	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	254.41/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,445	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	639	281.64/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,800	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	288.63/cwt	288.00–295.00	1,518	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,309	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	222.26/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,389	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,249	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	307.14/cwt	297.50–308.00	1,324	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	241.89/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,471	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,269	1,689.32/head	1,475.00–1,800.00	1,689	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,114	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	965	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	521	246.76/cwt	246.00–247.50	1,286	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	285.81/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,323	3
Bulls	—	—	1,722	144.35/cwt	138.00–149.00	2,486	3
Bulls	—	—	1,510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,978	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,250	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	134.06/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,884	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	117.84/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,326	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	130.12/cwt	124.00–138.00	1,660	21
Steers	Small 1-2	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1
Steers	Small 1-2	350–400	370	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	270.03/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,007	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	271.21/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	489	290.17/cwt	260.00–305.00	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,530	1
Bulls	—	—	2,225	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	3,649	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,809	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,750	124.26/cwt	123.00–126.00	2,175	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	145.42/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,893	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,516	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	110.10/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,134	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	500–550	500	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	390	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,112	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,165	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,573	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	880	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,989	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	244.92/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	275.54/cwt	275.50–276.00	1,719	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,453	1,845.12/head	1,725.00–2,050.00	1,845	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	214.99/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	790	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	324.63/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	282.68/cwt	282.00–285.00	1,190	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	278.11/cwt	272.50–279.00	1,644	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	307.72/cwt	300.00–308.50	1,489	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	273.18/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,844	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	329.82/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	356.75/cwt	347.50–362.50	1,152	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	261.49/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,904	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	342.06/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	200.98/cwt	194.00–208.00	1,453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	292.84/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,125	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	235.06/cwt	231.50–244.00	1,488	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	268.70/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,292	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	257.76/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,356	23

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.

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