Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2021-02-22

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 22
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
241 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 388▼ 443 vs year ago 684 · −64.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 108▼ 34 vs year ago 122 · −27.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed last week because of inclement weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.22/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$121.22
70 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.73
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546121.7566465
Medium and Large 2-3531114.406085thin
One grade step is worth $7.35/cwt here — about $57 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 sale70 hd
121.22
—
TN average5 barns · 406 hd
121.95
−0.73
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—Average1,99497.711,9487thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55768.761,07112
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21165.7379627
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03956.2558530

Every lot

48 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335164.00/cwt164.00–164.005491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368167.07/cwt166.00–170.006154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424154.17/cwt150.00–158.006547
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3425142.96/cwt142.00–144.006082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473157.04/cwt155.00–165.007438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523144.38/cwt137.00–153.507558
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573142.77/cwt134.00–148.008189
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3590125.00/cwt125.00–125.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635132.17/cwt127.00–135.0083917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670126.18/cwt124.00–129.008455
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785118.66/cwt118.00–119.009313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800110.00/cwt110.00–110.008801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930103.00/cwt103.00–103.009581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270134.00/cwt134.00–134.003621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315129.00/cwt129.00–129.004061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378136.94/cwt128.00–140.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3413124.49/cwt124.00–125.005142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423133.94/cwt129.00–138.005677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476128.36/cwt124.00–136.006119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525121.80/cwt118.00–126.0063917
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3540115.00/cwt115.00–115.006211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572118.18/cwt114.00–122.006767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619112.02/cwt110.00–117.006934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620105.00/cwt105.00–105.006511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666115.00/cwt115.00–115.007665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3670103.00/cwt103.00–103.006901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705109.00/cwt109.00–109.007681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added742108.50/cwt108.00–109.008054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added822102.00/cwt102.00–102.008383
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405152.00/cwt152.00–152.006161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450156.00/cwt156.00–156.007021
Bulls—Small 1-2515116.00/cwt116.00–116.005971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525139.00/cwt139.00–139.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2590128.00/cwt128.00–128.007551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625116.88/cwt112.00–122.007312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2728114.00/cwt113.00–115.008302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-280589.00/cwt89.00–89.007161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,99497.71/cwt91.00–101.001,9487
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%82048.00/cwt48.00–48.003941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04156.10/cwt51.00–60.0058427
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07357.65/cwt57.00–58.506192
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12862.43/cwt62.00–63.007042
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22265.16/cwt61.00–70.0079622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22375.34/cwt72.00–79.509213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53267.05/cwt63.00–70.001,0279
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63273.89/cwt73.00–75.001,2063

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.