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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 19
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
820 head
▲ 174 vs last sale 646▲ 273 vs year ago 547 · +49.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 76▲ 81 vs year ago 86 · +94.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 14▲ 20 vs year ago 8 · +250.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-7.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 lower; 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 $252.20/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −135.97 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.
Average price
$252.20
78 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,383
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.01
vs TN average
+7.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548257.741,41352
Medium and Large 2547242.451,32624
Medium and Large 3570225.001,2832thin
One grade step is worth $32.74/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale78 hd
252.20
—
TN average13 barns · 591 hd
240.18
+12.01
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
+7.79
This barn, trailing median32 sales
388.17
−135.97
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—Average1,710157.302,69013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,417137.941,95519
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,194135.601,61944
CowsLean 85-90%Average994122.361,21628

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,3251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,083$2,1637
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$1,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,255$1,7251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)965$1,7251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,120$1,5751thin

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1228352.31/cwt335.00–370.008032
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283320.27/cwt310.00–330.009062
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317324.74/cwt305.00–335.001,0296
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3340230.00/cwt230.00–230.007821
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345275.00/cwt275.00–275.009491
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0504
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415257.59/cwt255.00–260.001,0692
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2691
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476301.95/cwt300.00–307.501,4374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3201
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520208.70/cwt207.50–210.001,0852
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522276.19/cwt270.00–287.501,44210
Steers500–550Small 1524262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,3764
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537305.34/cwt292.50–312.501,64025
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575287.65/cwt280.00–295.001,6549
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575258.96/cwt252.00–277.501,48911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3583236.26/cwt235.00–237.501,3772
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added614281.01/cwt278.00–283.001,7258
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2634236.53/cwt227.50–244.001,5006
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1638252.77/cwt246.00–262.001,61325
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679243.38/cwt240.00–251.501,65317
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2683226.30/cwt220.00–230.001,5463
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725227.95/cwt224.00–230.001,65312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5543
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763228.27/cwt221.00–232.001,74220
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6561
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278312.16/cwt305.00–320.008682
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2280275.00/cwt275.00–275.007701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318250.00/cwt250.00–250.007952
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327304.77/cwt290.00–315.009976
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376268.70/cwt265.00–270.001,0104
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379289.46/cwt285.00–290.001,0979
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423265.01/cwt262.50–267.501,1216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427229.69/cwt210.00–240.009813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428279.07/cwt270.00–287.501,19424
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3472232.49/cwt230.00–235.001,0973
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478254.51/cwt245.00–260.001,21711
Heifers450–500Small 1480223.20/cwt200.00–245.001,0712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481268.17/cwt262.50–275.001,29011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added509269.87/cwt269.00–272.501,3744
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524243.94/cwt235.00–247.501,27814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528256.82/cwt250.00–265.001,35621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570256.66/cwt248.00–263.001,46327
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2832
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579240.37/cwt230.00–245.001,39210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636239.42/cwt230.00–245.001,52324
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2637222.93/cwt220.00–226.001,42021
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,3711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668231.76/cwt227.50–236.001,5488
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677219.86/cwt217.50–222.001,48811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3695200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3901
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715224.64/cwt222.50–226.001,6064
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781212.89/cwt210.00–219.001,6637
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5632
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1852180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5343
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2965160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5441
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,083164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,7762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418275.77/cwt270.00–282.501,15316
Bulls400–450Small 1420260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0921
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2432258.46/cwt250.00–267.501,1173
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3471234.87/cwt227.50–240.001,1064
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474261.72/cwt257.50–267.501,2416
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481281.58/cwt275.00–285.001,3548
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521246.28/cwt242.50–250.001,2834
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523277.71/cwt270.00–285.001,45210
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535235.02/cwt232.50–237.501,2572
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580251.95/cwt245.00–260.001,4619
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3586223.57/cwt222.00–227.501,3104
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2593235.97/cwt230.00–242.001,3992
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1611236.37/cwt230.00–242.001,4445
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629214.50/cwt210.00–222.501,3495
Bulls600–650Small 1635210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3341
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4021
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663224.38/cwt219.00–230.001,4886
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725211.53/cwt207.50–219.001,5343
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,528147.79/cwt138.00–153.002,2586
Bulls——1,858171.74/cwt169.00–175.003,1913
Bulls——1,873160.72/cwt155.00–165.003,0104
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%926113.58/cwt112.00–116.001,0526
Cows—Lean 85-90%993130.95/cwt129.00–134.001,3005
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018122.93/cwt117.00–128.001,25117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164128.78/cwt125.00–132.001,49917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181137.58/cwt133.00–144.001,62522
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,354150.11/cwt147.00–152.002,0325
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,0131
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,403140.39/cwt135.00–146.001,97013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465129.55/cwt124.00–133.001,8985
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29651,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0832,162.52/head1,875.00–2,375.002,1637
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1201,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2502,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2551,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251

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.