Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-02-10

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 10
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
485 head
▼ 608 vs last sale 1,093▲ 485 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 190 vs last sale 242▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 19▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.34/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$141.34
140 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$38
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$58.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.06
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533144.62771106
Medium and Large 2-3507132.5067133
Small 1-294086.008081thin
One grade step is worth $58.62/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale140 hd
141.34
—
TN average11 barns · 1,678 hd
138.28
+3.06
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—Average1,74386.051,5009thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47661.369066thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24053.8366716
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08143.3646923

Every lot

69 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 1-2285160.00/cwt160.00–160.004561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2326165.04/cwt155.00–170.005387
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3345152.50/cwt152.50–152.505261
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3373139.23/cwt132.00–146.005192
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374166.88/cwt156.00–172.0062412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419161.75/cwt154.00–166.0067813
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3421139.10/cwt130.00–145.005864
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3468135.80/cwt134.00–149.0063612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484152.85/cwt150.00–162.0074013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531145.74/cwt141.00–149.0077411
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3532132.15/cwt127.00–136.007036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566136.77/cwt134.00–142.007747
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3571126.42/cwt120.00–130.007224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632129.37/cwt125.00–130.0081823
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3635114.00/cwt114.00–114.007241
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3680118.00/cwt118.00–118.008021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683125.99/cwt124.50–131.0086112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710121.00/cwt121.00–121.008591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added743125.50/cwt125.50–125.509326
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3770112.48/cwt109.00–116.008662
Steers—Small 1-294086.00/cwt86.00–86.008081
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315138.00/cwt138.00–138.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383129.65/cwt125.00–138.004979
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395121.50/cwt120.00–123.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3413118.00/cwt118.00–118.004872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421128.27/cwt121.00–134.0054015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473125.76/cwt120.00–131.0059516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3482115.85/cwt112.00–119.005587
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3521111.23/cwt104.00–119.005808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526124.50/cwt120.00–132.006559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570116.67/cwt115.00–120.006653
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3578109.01/cwt108.00–110.006302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588126.00/cwt126.00–126.007412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616124.13/cwt123.00–124.507654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621117.00/cwt115.00–119.007274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3625104.81/cwt100.00–110.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665122.00/cwt122.00–122.008111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665103.54/cwt98.00–109.006892
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-369090.00/cwt90.00–90.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added703117.50/cwt117.50–117.508262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723110.18/cwt106.00–114.007973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2761110.23/cwt108.50–111.008396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800107.50/cwt107.50–107.508603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800106.00/cwt106.00–106.008481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3424140.24/cwt137.00–146.005954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433160.18/cwt150.00–164.006947
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473145.71/cwt141.00–152.0068913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3505120.00/cwt120.00–120.006061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518134.36/cwt129.00–139.006968
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566131.25/cwt124.00–134.0074312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619119.34/cwt117.00–120.007396
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625114.78/cwt112.00–116.007174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3650111.00/cwt111.00–111.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373096.00/cwt96.00–96.007011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-278591.00/cwt91.00–91.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280085.00/cwt85.00–85.006801
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 350054.00/cwt54.00–54.002701
Dairy Steers—Large 383162.23/cwt60.00–64.5051712
Dairy Steers—Large 395560.00/cwt60.00–60.005732
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5481
Bulls——1,75385.18/cwt79.50–90.501,4938
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88632.83/cwt29.00–39.002916
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15047.07/cwt42.00–53.0054117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18755.46/cwt51.00–62.5065810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27348.03/cwt45.00–50.506115
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47567.50/cwt67.50–67.509961
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47660.13/cwt56.50–63.008885
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,60566.50/cwt66.50–66.501,0671
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,225930.00/cwt930.00–930.0011,3931

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.