Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2024-07-22

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 22
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
998 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 973▲ 427 vs year ago 571 · +74.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 183▲ 70 vs year ago 127 · +55.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers mostly steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 3.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.72/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −132.44 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.
Average price
$255.72
105 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,395
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$65.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.83
vs TN average
−8.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535265.761,42271
Medium and Large 2569237.651,35231
Medium and Large 3530207.501,1002thin
Small 1590200.001,1801thin
One grade step is worth $65.76/cwt here — about $242 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale105 hd
255.72
—
TN average13 barns · 913 hd
253.90
+1.83
National average157 barns · 8,958 hd
264.63
−8.91
This barn, trailing median32 sales
388.17
−132.44
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—Average1,726151.752,62011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,477133.231,96725
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,236130.501,61344
CowsLean 85-90%High1,053112.711,18732

Every lot

95 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1267372.05/cwt345.00–430.009938
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290300.00/cwt300.00–300.008701
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321337.68/cwt325.00–345.001,0844
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0371
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367344.56/cwt320.00–352.501,2657
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2381
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433337.01/cwt325.00–340.001,4599
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2435295.61/cwt285.00–307.501,2863
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2456272.77/cwt250.00–297.501,2448
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460309.93/cwt305.00–320.001,4266
Steers500–550Small 1520252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524309.99/cwt295.00–320.001,62415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530279.54/cwt260.00–290.001,4826
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3565225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569304.34/cwt290.00–310.001,73219
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571272.89/cwt258.00–288.001,5589
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added616297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,8309
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3618225.99/cwt220.00–234.001,3974
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623278.95/cwt268.00–282.001,7389
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2626247.13/cwt237.50–260.001,54711
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673223.97/cwt214.00–237.001,5079
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684246.11/cwt240.00–252.001,68320
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6271
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722234.33/cwt231.00–240.001,69220
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779227.23/cwt220.00–232.001,77010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1225369.11/cwt360.00–380.008302
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280315.00/cwt315.00–315.008821
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314332.14/cwt320.00–340.001,0436
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330295.00/cwt295.00–295.009741
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380262.17/cwt250.00–275.009962
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383288.13/cwt280.00–305.001,1046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426257.89/cwt245.00–267.501,0996
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427276.96/cwt270.00–285.001,1839
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0062
Heifers450–500Small 1450230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0351
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478270.71/cwt262.00–277.501,29423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481259.02/cwt255.00–260.001,24611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3493226.29/cwt217.50–235.001,1162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3505215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0861
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added513274.90/cwt274.00–275.001,41010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521265.14/cwt258.00–272.501,38137
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523245.75/cwt220.00–255.001,2856
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1101
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added558271.66/cwt271.00–273.001,5163
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567261.65/cwt254.00–266.001,48421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580235.71/cwt225.00–248.001,36725
Heifers550–600Small 1590200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1801
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added612250.99/cwt250.00–254.001,53612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621234.83/cwt230.00–244.001,45830
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630220.60/cwt220.00–222.501,3904
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658228.76/cwt224.00–235.001,50519
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668215.32/cwt212.00–220.001,4383
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2706198.94/cwt197.50–206.001,4056
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3708185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3103
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718213.07/cwt210.00–218.001,5306
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777214.08/cwt210.00–218.001,6635
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2790194.97/cwt190.00–200.001,5402
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813207.51/cwt202.50–210.001,6873
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1883201.01/cwt198.00–204.001,7752
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366328.17/cwt320.00–340.001,2018
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1511
Bulls400–450Small 1420250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0501
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426317.29/cwt310.00–335.001,3524
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429280.01/cwt267.50–290.001,2015
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3430252.53/cwt250.00–255.001,0862
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1041
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471291.88/cwt285.00–305.001,37511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471271.12/cwt260.00–280.001,27714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2509264.95/cwt255.00–270.001,3495
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520281.23/cwt272.50–285.001,46219
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3523228.41/cwt222.50–240.001,1955
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560266.28/cwt260.00–274.001,4915
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2571243.62/cwt232.50–250.001,3914
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3573219.76/cwt217.50–222.001,2592
Bulls550–600Small 1575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616248.34/cwt244.00–256.001,53011
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2623219.09/cwt210.00–224.001,3656
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1656237.65/cwt234.00–244.001,5596
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2674212.52/cwt207.50–220.001,4324
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3041
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1736220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6197
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1769207.45/cwt200.00–210.001,5954
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1821200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6426
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,571142.50/cwt136.00–145.002,2394
Bulls——1,809154.47/cwt147.00–158.002,7945
Bulls——1,830163.46/cwt163.00–164.002,9912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995104.43/cwt94.00–108.001,03912
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,082123.66/cwt123.00–124.001,3383
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,089116.63/cwt112.00–121.001,27017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216131.31/cwt127.00–139.001,59732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281123.63/cwt120.00–126.001,5849
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313142.48/cwt141.00–144.001,8713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,456134.57/cwt127.00–139.001,95917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518124.95/cwt124.00–126.001,8976
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,528146.64/cwt143.00–150.002,2412

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.