Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2020-11-09

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Nov 9
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,097 head
▲ 532 vs last sale 565▼ 131 vs year ago 1,228 · −10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 157▼ 32 vs year ago 196 · −16.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 42▼ 10 vs year ago 41 · −24.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-9.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-9.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.13/cwt on 246 head.
Average price
$122.13
246 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.12
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549122.85674221
Medium and Large 2-3484115.7356025
One grade step is worth $7.13/cwt here — about $114 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 sale246 hd
122.13
—
TN average9 barns · 1,627 hd
120.01
+2.12
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—Low1,73380.341,39320
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48951.9377326
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30251.2866732
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05138.8740839

Every lot

78 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2277170.45/cwt150.00–185.004728
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3313144.99/cwt144.00–146.004542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324164.02/cwt150.00–185.0053110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375162.75/cwt150.00–172.0061017
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3427146.00/cwt146.00–146.006233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430157.61/cwt150.00–165.006788
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477157.42/cwt150.00–165.0075117
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3495126.00/cwt126.00–126.006241
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3525126.24/cwt120.00–134.006635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530143.47/cwt137.00–148.0076024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576141.10/cwt133.00–144.5081318
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3587129.00/cwt128.00–130.007575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617130.80/cwt125.00–136.0080717
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3619116.79/cwt115.00–121.007236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669125.67/cwt120.00–131.0084127
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3673114.95/cwt111.00–118.007743
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3717112.27/cwt108.00–115.008053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725124.56/cwt118.00–127.0090318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2777122.55/cwt116.00–127.0095214
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3783110.46/cwt108.00–113.008652
Steers—Small 1-2785105.00/cwt105.00–105.008241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added808119.00/cwt119.00–119.009628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2823118.88/cwt114.00–123.509782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added885118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930111.49/cwt109.00–114.001,0372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2295140.00/cwt140.00–140.004132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322136.38/cwt130.00–144.004399
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3367118.07/cwt112.00–122.004336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375126.69/cwt123.00–130.0047515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415117.68/cwt115.00–120.004883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422127.58/cwt124.00–135.0053823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470130.53/cwt124.00–137.0061331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3474119.10/cwt110.00–121.005659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524125.53/cwt120.00–133.0065833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3530119.00/cwt119.00–119.006311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571123.55/cwt119.00–129.0070542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3583112.45/cwt110.00–115.006562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625118.92/cwt114.00–123.0074318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3628107.47/cwt105.00–110.006752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674116.17/cwt113.00–119.0078311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680105.00/cwt105.00–105.007141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714105.47/cwt100.00–110.0075311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375596.00/cwt96.00–96.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762111.00/cwt111.00–111.0084614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2767108.65/cwt105.00–110.008339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added825110.00/cwt110.00–110.009082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2895100.00/cwt100.00–100.008951
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2424159.86/cwt153.00–166.0067821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3437139.43/cwt130.00–148.006094
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3478132.98/cwt125.00–138.006367
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2481149.71/cwt145.00–155.0072019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525138.49/cwt130.00–147.007279
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525126.64/cwt125.00–129.006653
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577126.79/cwt120.00–132.0073211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3582112.65/cwt108.00–119.006566
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3616109.26/cwt107.00–111.006734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619120.22/cwt116.00–126.007444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2667115.21/cwt113.00–118.007689
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3678109.00/cwt109.00–109.007392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2714110.20/cwt106.00–116.007879
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770103.00/cwt103.00–103.007931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282394.65/cwt89.00–100.007792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285591.52/cwt88.00–95.007822
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 373066.00/cwt66.00–66.004822
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34467.54/cwt57.50–75.009085
Bulls——1,84682.97/cwt77.50–89.001,53213
Bulls——1,97595.23/cwt93.00–97.501,8812
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01635.06/cwt27.00–39.0035621
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09143.32/cwt39.50–50.0047318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30151.01/cwt46.00–56.5066431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32559.50/cwt59.50–59.507881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43041.00/cwt41.00–41.005861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48251.92/cwt46.50–55.5076923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60057.54/cwt57.00–58.009212
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,245823.01/cwt700.00–900.0010,2463
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,268830.05/cwt785.00–885.0010,5253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3451,035.00/cwt1,035.00–1,035.0013,9211

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.