Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-03-09

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Mar 9
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
913 head
▲ 492 vs last sale 421▲ 913 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 111▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.41/cwt on 238 head.
Average price
$123.41
238 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$34.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.55
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516124.87644206
Medium and Large 2-3474114.8554531
Small 1-262090.005581thin
One grade step is worth $34.87/cwt here — about $86 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 sale238 hd
123.41
—
TN average10 barns · 2,165 hd
126.96
−3.55
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—Average1,67384.921,4219thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46961.9291011
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29858.8976547
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02548.7250047

Every lot

81 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2274167.59/cwt160.00–175.004597
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3275152.98/cwt150.00–155.004213
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3323153.33/cwt150.00–158.004954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2331166.92/cwt161.00–177.005537
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371165.21/cwt160.00–172.0061310
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3372143.93/cwt130.00–156.005358
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3413150.07/cwt146.00–154.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416166.37/cwt158.00–172.006927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464160.65/cwt156.00–166.0074510
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3471145.94/cwt135.00–152.0068710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515143.85/cwt138.00–151.0074112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519158.14/cwt154.00–159.008216
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3528130.32/cwt128.00–132.006883
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579142.05/cwt135.00–146.0082213
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3588124.50/cwt124.00–125.007322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606140.50/cwt140.50–140.508514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624132.44/cwt125.00–136.008266
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674123.76/cwt123.00–125.5083410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710119.00/cwt119.00–119.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720125.00/cwt125.00–125.009006
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776119.67/cwt117.50–122.0092911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2806111.91/cwt111.00–114.0090210
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3823100.40/cwt100.00–101.008265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added835117.00/cwt117.00–117.009771
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3863104.49/cwt104.00–105.009022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870113.46/cwt113.00–115.0098713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2886111.06/cwt105.00–112.509845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2961110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,052100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,21090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0892
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235141.62/cwt132.50–150.003332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2268142.81/cwt132.00–151.0038317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323133.99/cwt129.00–137.504339
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3333122.24/cwt122.00–122.504072
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372133.42/cwt129.00–144.0049623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3376123.75/cwt120.00–127.504655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429127.55/cwt120.00–135.0054720
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3438117.39/cwt115.00–119.005145
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3472113.70/cwt110.00–116.005377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478127.92/cwt120.00–133.0061118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515125.76/cwt118.00–133.0064819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524134.26/cwt134.00–135.007044
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3526109.66/cwt100.00–116.005777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550128.00/cwt128.00–128.0070410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567121.69/cwt116.00–126.0069012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575109.94/cwt108.00–113.006324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611115.44/cwt111.00–119.007059
Heifers—Small 1-262090.00/cwt90.00–90.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622121.47/cwt121.00–121.5075618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664114.85/cwt109.00–119.0076321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3685107.00/cwt107.00–107.007331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711110.50/cwt110.50–110.507867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726106.80/cwt100.00–110.0077512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added765115.00/cwt115.00–115.008801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768105.50/cwt105.00–106.008102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810100.00/cwt100.00–100.008101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-290598.00/cwt98.00–98.008871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2416152.82/cwt150.00–156.006367
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3424140.15/cwt134.00–143.0059413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3475130.87/cwt126.00–142.006226
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2480150.70/cwt148.00–154.007237
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3507123.60/cwt120.00–125.006275
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521133.64/cwt130.00–141.006969
Bulls—Small 1-2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3560118.00/cwt118.00–118.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573134.55/cwt130.00–138.007715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618123.60/cwt118.00–129.0076416
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3638101.99/cwt100.00–104.006512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672118.02/cwt116.00–119.007935
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2719106.95/cwt105.00–111.007693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282193.21/cwt91.00–100.007654
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08074.50/cwt74.50–74.508051
Bulls——1,74786.22/cwt81.00–90.501,5068
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85059.50/cwt59.50–59.505061
Cows—Lean 85-90%98439.39/cwt33.00–44.0038812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04551.70/cwt46.00–56.5054034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26859.28/cwt54.50–65.0075244
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46961.92/cwt58.50–65.0091011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,74553.10/cwt52.00–53.509273

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.