Name: United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN) livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 10.00-20.00 higher with instances of 25.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 15.00-20.00 higher with instances of 25.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.95/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −51.16 against this barn's trailing median of $399.11.

Average price

$347.95

18 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$3.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.25

vs TN average

−41.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	348.12	1,898	17thin
Medium and Large 2	530	345.00	1,829	1thin

One grade step is worth $3.12/cwt here — about $69 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

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 sale18 hd

347.95

—

TN average15 barns · 409 hd

344.70

+3.25

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−41.96

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.11

−51.16

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	1,677	184.85	3,100	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,504	156.37	2,352	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	150.51	1,826	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,160	127.42	1,478	8thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 2	650–700	697	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,004	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	157.12/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,351	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	142.91/cwt	136.00–148.00	2,105	3
Bulls	—	—	1,650	191.49/cwt	186.00–194.00	3,160	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	118.37/cwt	109.00–125.00	1,308	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	395.05/cwt	385.00–397.50	1,896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	364.70/cwt	330.00–400.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	414.44/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,093	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	407.96/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,930	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	457.50/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	374.19/cwt	372.50–377.50	2,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	432.27/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,807	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	470.27/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,310	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	335.36/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,113	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	354.47/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,882	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	485.54/cwt	440.00–495.00	1,709	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	408.30/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,936	4
Bulls	—	—	1,718	174.90/cwt	171.00–179.00	3,005	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	151.68/cwt	147.00–158.00	1,840	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	166.82/cwt	165.00–169.00	2,761	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,250	133.97/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,675	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	159.46/cwt	159.00–160.00	2,137	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	143.43/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	235.00/cwt	230.00–240.00	2,491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,066	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	393.12/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,282	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,274	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,359	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,201	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	438.86/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	392.55/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,421	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	437.67/cwt	430.00–442.50	1,654	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	347.77/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,038	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	755	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	384.94/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,190	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,384	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	383.04/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,773	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	412.38/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,711	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,421	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.

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