Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2019-09-09

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Sep 9
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,028 head
▲ 1,028 vs last sale 0▲ 1,028 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 179 vs last sale 0▲ 179 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 0▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established due to this sale being closed last week in observance of the Labor Day Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.44/cwt on 329 head.
Average price
$111.44
329 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$10.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.08
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2564112.47634296
Medium and Large 2-3505102.1451632
Small 1-2535102.005461thin
One grade step is worth $10.47/cwt here — about $88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale329 hd
111.44
—
TN average11 barns · 2,341 hd
115.51
−4.08
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
Bulls—High1,69579.511,34720
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50756.8285630
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,32555.3573367
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08146.3450156

Every lot

74 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322136.94/cwt130.00–140.004417
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330127.50/cwt127.50–127.504211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3365131.00/cwt131.00–131.004781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372138.06/cwt130.00–144.0051412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424140.27/cwt135.00–146.005955
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3437117.32/cwt116.00–118.005133
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3465123.02/cwt122.00–124.005722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476135.29/cwt129.00–144.0064423
Steers—Small 1-2520110.00/cwt110.00–110.005721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529134.58/cwt129.00–141.5071217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565131.68/cwt125.00–139.0074437
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617125.84/cwt120.00–131.5077621
Steers—Small 1-2670105.51/cwt105.00–106.007072
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676123.44/cwt118.00–125.0083441
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3720106.86/cwt102.00–112.007692
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741120.31/cwt115.00–123.5089112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786115.63/cwt110.00–119.509098
Steers—Medium and Large 2-382095.00/cwt95.00–95.007791
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824109.26/cwt106.00–115.009004
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2873107.95/cwt106.00–110.009422
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240120.00/cwt120.00–120.002881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278119.28/cwt116.00–123.003322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3280108.00/cwt108.00–108.003021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329123.90/cwt122.00–132.004087
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3333111.92/cwt110.00–114.003732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378118.85/cwt114.00–122.004498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433117.07/cwt113.00–120.5050719
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3433109.34/cwt108.00–110.004733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481105.39/cwt100.00–109.0050711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482115.93/cwt110.00–121.5055947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519109.33/cwt105.00–113.5056740
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3521100.78/cwt100.00–102.005255
Heifers—Small 1-2535102.00/cwt102.00–102.005461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-356794.93/cwt90.00–98.005387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573109.83/cwt102.00–116.0062952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added581119.00/cwt118.00–120.0069118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615118.89/cwt117.00–120.5073122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616109.51/cwt100.00–114.5067517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-363395.53/cwt94.00–97.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656116.74/cwt115.50–117.507668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682106.88/cwt100.00–113.0072932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723105.76/cwt102.00–109.007659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2779103.91/cwt100.00–112.0080910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-378590.00/cwt90.00–90.007071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800114.00/cwt114.00–114.009121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-287393.00/cwt93.00–93.008122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290094.00/cwt94.00–94.008461
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415112.06/cwt111.00–114.004653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427127.93/cwt123.00–132.505466
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465128.10/cwt120.00–134.505964
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473113.93/cwt110.00–118.005393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525109.71/cwt105.00–114.005764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527124.62/cwt120.00–132.006579
Bulls—Small 1-2560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577121.41/cwt117.00–126.0070117
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3581102.55/cwt98.00–106.005968
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-361797.72/cwt95.00–100.006033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620106.01/cwt101.00–113.0065711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670100.14/cwt96.00–105.006718
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-270398.60/cwt96.00–101.006935
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-377588.00/cwt88.00–88.006821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-278590.00/cwt90.00–90.007071
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68580.41/cwt75.00–87.001,35514
Bulls——1,71391.37/cwt89.00–94.001,5652
Bulls——1,71970.44/cwt68.00–73.001,2114
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89836.11/cwt31.00–41.0032410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12148.56/cwt42.00–54.0054446
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31455.31/cwt51.00–60.0072757
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32648.75/cwt48.00–50.006465
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44862.38/cwt61.00–66.009035
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50256.49/cwt52.50–60.0084828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58061.43/cwt61.00–62.009712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,133900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,1972

This sale against other markets

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.