Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-10-12

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 12
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
841 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 968▲ 841 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
173 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 159▲ 173 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 steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 1.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.44/cwt on 269 head.
Average price
$123.44
269 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.42
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585125.00731248
Medium and Large 2-3579105.0060821
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $124 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 sale269 hd
123.44
—
TN average13 barns · 3,134 hd
119.02
+4.42
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—High1,61771.651,15819
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50050.3975629
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41949.1069756
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13739.4844936

Every lot

61 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2339147.95/cwt144.00–150.005029
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380143.54/cwt139.00–150.005457
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410141.75/cwt135.00–145.005813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477137.79/cwt131.00–140.0065720
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3478126.35/cwt120.00–130.006043
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527133.93/cwt127.00–139.0070611
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3550124.00/cwt124.00–124.006821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565130.06/cwt126.00–137.0073522
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3622111.79/cwt104.00–115.006955
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623126.24/cwt120.00–133.0078614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672118.85/cwt112.00–120.007997
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3695111.00/cwt111.00–111.007711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2767112.43/cwt110.00–114.008625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added820118.00/cwt118.00–118.009684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840111.50/cwt111.50–111.509375
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955103.00/cwt103.00–103.009841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2314135.81/cwt126.00–142.004265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3375117.92/cwt116.00–120.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385135.45/cwt125.00–142.005216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424132.01/cwt125.00–138.005609
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3435115.00/cwt110.00–120.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472129.86/cwt125.00–133.0061327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519127.03/cwt120.00–132.0065925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567134.00/cwt134.00–134.0076057
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3570108.76/cwt105.00–110.006204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572121.61/cwt114.00–127.0069625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3619101.82/cwt90.00–105.0063011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628118.19/cwt116.00–123.0074212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672123.17/cwt122.00–124.0082842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678108.15/cwt104.00–117.0073321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715108.30/cwt105.00–112.007744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-372392.03/cwt90.00–94.006652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733115.52/cwt105.00–117.008478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815108.50/cwt108.50–108.508842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added946104.50/cwt104.50–104.509895
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433135.60/cwt132.00–140.005878
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477130.39/cwt125.00–136.0062213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2529127.06/cwt120.00–133.0067216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577125.77/cwt120.00–132.0072618
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3595111.00/cwt104.00–118.006602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623112.87/cwt109.00–120.0070311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3625103.64/cwt102.00–105.006483
Bulls—Small 1-263090.00/cwt90.00–90.005671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668102.60/cwt100.00–109.006857
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-369094.00/cwt94.00–94.006491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-376591.00/cwt91.00–91.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-277495.96/cwt93.00–100.007437
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282394.35/cwt92.00–96.007773
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56174.06/cwt70.00–78.001,15612
Bulls——1,62262.12/cwt57.00–66.001,0085
Bulls——1,93881.00/cwt81.00–81.001,5702
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97030.72/cwt20.00–35.002987
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17741.59/cwt36.00–46.5049029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27955.01/cwt54.50–56.007044
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43048.64/cwt42.00–54.0069652
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48950.62/cwt45.00–55.5075428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,81544.00/cwt44.00–44.007991

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.