Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-01-06

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jan 6
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,211 head
▲ 626 vs last sale 585▲ 1,211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 115▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 19▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed in observance of the Christmas and New Year Holidays.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.06/cwt on 404 head.
Average price
$135.06
404 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$30.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.75
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2663136.70906346
Medium and Large 2-3533126.3367455
Small 1-2792106.008393thin
One grade step is worth $30.70/cwt here — about $67 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 sale404 hd
135.06
—
TN average5 barns · 1,039 hd
137.81
−2.75
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—Low1,52065.3899316
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50750.7776514
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34350.1367348
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11840.6745555

Every lot

100 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3240145.00/cwt145.00–145.003481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245150.00/cwt150.00–150.003681
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3275137.76/cwt137.50–138.003792
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327153.11/cwt150.00–160.005013
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3345144.00/cwt144.00–144.004971
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3369136.63/cwt125.00–147.005046
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373161.74/cwt150.00–164.006036
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3429139.96/cwt135.00–143.006004
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430159.87/cwt151.00–166.006875
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471148.77/cwt144.00–156.0070110
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3473133.51/cwt129.00–139.006329
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3513123.12/cwt117.00–131.006326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524138.85/cwt135.00–143.007288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525143.57/cwt143.50–145.0075422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569134.90/cwt129.00–139.0076823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578143.37/cwt141.00–150.0082926
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3578122.50/cwt115.00–125.5070810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623132.11/cwt126.00–136.008239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628137.60/cwt137.00–138.0086410
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3628121.53/cwt120.00–123.007632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659130.30/cwt127.00–136.0085918
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3674115.60/cwt110.00–122.007798
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685139.26/cwt138.00–146.00954125
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3710115.51/cwt115.00–116.008202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717123.34/cwt118.00–127.008846
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721131.51/cwt130.00–132.009484
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3769109.96/cwt106.00–112.008464
Steers—Small 1-2770109.00/cwt106.00–112.008392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added773131.22/cwt129.00–132.501,01412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774121.71/cwt116.00–125.009427
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820111.05/cwt108.00–117.009113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823125.59/cwt120.00–130.001,03411
Steers—Small 1-2835100.00/cwt100.00–100.008351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added850129.31/cwt127.00–129.501,09927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850107.00/cwt107.00–107.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2916110.59/cwt108.00–116.001,0135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2965100.00/cwt100.00–100.009651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,007118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1883
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2286124.38/cwt120.00–134.003564
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3290115.00/cwt115.00–115.003341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3310110.00/cwt110.00–110.003411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330122.82/cwt120.00–126.004055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367128.66/cwt119.00–138.004729
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3373113.66/cwt110.00–117.004242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420123.54/cwt118.00–131.0051917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3425114.67/cwt114.00–115.004873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477121.90/cwt117.00–131.0058129
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480114.99/cwt114.00–116.005524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added484132.19/cwt132.00–133.006405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521115.57/cwt112.00–123.0060237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525126.91/cwt126.50–127.5066613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3528108.33/cwt105.00–111.005726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565112.88/cwt107.00–117.0063822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576118.92/cwt118.00–120.0068522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3580102.31/cwt100.00–105.005933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618109.67/cwt103.00–115.0067820
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-362398.02/cwt96.00–100.006112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637116.00/cwt116.00–116.007397
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-366098.00/cwt98.00–98.006471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668104.53/cwt100.00–109.0069814
Heifers—Small 1-2680106.00/cwt106.00–106.007211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685111.65/cwt110.00–115.007659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added703117.65/cwt110.00–119.0082747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718103.90/cwt100.00–108.0074611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2764105.73/cwt102.00–111.008084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-281599.00/cwt99.00–99.008072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823108.58/cwt108.50–109.008946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2850105.00/cwt105.00–105.008932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,11580.00/cwt80.00–80.008921
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3423130.77/cwt120.00–148.005534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435156.39/cwt151.00–164.006803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473120.50/cwt120.00–121.005702
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2476143.82/cwt138.00–147.006857
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533133.59/cwt127.00–138.007126
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3534123.20/cwt118.00–126.006584
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565122.00/cwt122.00–122.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575131.92/cwt125.00–137.007599
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628126.50/cwt126.00–127.007942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2678117.61/cwt114.00–121.007973
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3695104.00/cwt104.00–104.007231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3710106.00/cwt106.00–106.007531
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282389.46/cwt87.00–92.007362
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43560.82/cwt53.00–65.0087310
Bulls——1,60971.56/cwt66.00–77.001,1515
Bulls——1,92080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5361
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11030.58/cwt27.00–35.003396
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11841.74/cwt36.00–47.5046748
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16050.00/cwt50.00–50.005801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33843.47/cwt43.00–44.005822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34350.42/cwt45.00–55.5067746
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48950.25/cwt46.00–54.0074813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74057.50/cwt57.50–57.501,0011
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29751,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0010,0911
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,050925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,7131
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,150935.00/cwt935.00–935.0010,7533
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,250850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,6251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,110660.00/cwt660.00–660.007,3261
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,6721
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,318792.44/cwt685.00–875.0010,4442

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.