Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2024-05-13

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, May 13
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
455 head
▼ 191 vs last sale 646▼ 201 vs year ago 656 · −30.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 116▲ 19 vs year ago 85 · +22.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.45/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −123.72 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.
Average price
$264.45
50 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,420
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.73
vs TN average
−5.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535268.351,43744
Medium and Large 2-3548235.801,2916thin
One grade step is worth $32.55/cwt here — about $146 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale50 hd
264.45
—
TN average10 barns · 513 hd
257.71
+6.73
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−5.55
This barn, trailing median32 sales
388.17
−123.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
440396352308median 388.1703/0205/0407/1309/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.15, low $321.99, median $388.17 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,755147.432,5888thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,408135.401,9075thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,207126.271,52427
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,018106.221,08222

Every lot

65 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2241393.15/cwt370.00–400.009474
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305385.00/cwt380.00–390.001,1742
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3141
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416339.60/cwt335.00–350.001,41315
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477313.34/cwt305.00–320.001,49520
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3518290.34/cwt280.00–300.001,5042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525314.72/cwt310.00–317.501,65211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565308.64/cwt297.50–311.001,74414
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3583276.63/cwt255.00–290.001,6133
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7211
Steers600–650Small 1-2620260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6121
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626289.93/cwt286.00–295.001,8158
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,8891
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3713238.79/cwt235.00–242.501,7032
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728262.03/cwt260.00–264.001,9082
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8141
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8652
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2253380.00/cwt380.00–380.009612
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295310.00/cwt310.00–310.009151
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2313360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1275
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3377262.57/cwt255.00–277.509903
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381317.69/cwt310.00–330.001,21011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429295.36/cwt290.00–310.001,26715
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3431269.34/cwt230.00–285.001,16110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470255.89/cwt250.00–260.001,2033
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473276.75/cwt270.00–282.501,30922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4356
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518267.12/cwt260.00–272.501,38420
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523248.95/cwt235.00–257.501,3023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561266.67/cwt260.00–270.001,49618
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3572222.65/cwt200.00–237.501,2743
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610236.67/cwt235.00–237.501,4443
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631247.25/cwt240.00–252.501,56016
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672234.58/cwt232.00–240.001,5763
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6652
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813195.48/cwt190.00–201.001,5892
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3825181.76/cwt181.00–182.501,5002
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2373347.65/cwt345.00–350.001,2972
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428326.96/cwt315.00–335.001,3993
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3430270.15/cwt250.00–290.001,1625
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3450280.00/cwt270.00–290.001,2602
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2472309.88/cwt300.00–315.001,4634
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525268.60/cwt255.00–280.001,4103
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2531288.59/cwt285.00–305.001,5328
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2566284.31/cwt280.00–295.001,6098
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3575270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5531
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3605265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6031
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2608280.06/cwt275.00–285.001,7032
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3715232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6621
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,8321
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2765232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,7791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,739146.69/cwt145.00–151.002,5515
Bulls——1,780138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,4561
Bulls——1,783154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,7462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%985110.72/cwt105.00–116.001,09113
Cows—Lean 85-90%993117.55/cwt117.00–118.001,1672
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08794.64/cwt84.00–101.001,0297
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153125.17/cwt120.00–131.001,44319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303116.55/cwt115.00–117.001,5194
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,365141.23/cwt137.00–145.001,9284
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,424134.25/cwt133.00–136.001,9124

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.