Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2024-08-26

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 26
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Receipts
801 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 820▲ 189 vs year ago 612 · +30.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 8.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00-6.00 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 $242.16/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −149.03 against this barn's trailing median of $391.20.
Average price
$242.16
76 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,350
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$358
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$47.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.96
vs TN average
+0.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564247.781,39854
Medium and Large 2545234.071,27517thin
Medium and Large 3533215.091,1473thin
Small 1520200.001,0402thin
One grade step is worth $47.78/cwt here — about $358 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 sale76 hd
242.16
—
TN average15 barns · 984 hd
235.21
+6.96
National average160 barns · 7,566 hd
241.88
+0.28
This barn, trailing median31 sales
391.20
−149.03
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

31 sales
440396352308median 391.2003/0204/2707/0608/3110/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.15, low $321.99, median $391.20 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

79 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240310.00/cwt310.00–310.007441
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285270.00/cwt270.00–270.007701
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0011
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308321.95/cwt300.00–345.009922
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345245.00/cwt245.00–245.008451
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424313.22/cwt295.00–317.501,3287
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428269.92/cwt267.50–280.001,1555
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3442252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1163
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469277.76/cwt270.00–285.001,30315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475262.50/cwt260.00–265.001,2472
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523267.57/cwt260.00–272.001,39912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525284.69/cwt284.00–286.001,4953
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529248.84/cwt240.00–257.501,3165
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570268.78/cwt262.50–274.001,5323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590232.45/cwt230.00–244.001,3718
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added593281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6666
Steers600–650Small 1600207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2451
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610271.40/cwt266.00–274.001,65610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619244.66/cwt240.00–250.001,51423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620231.45/cwt230.00–235.001,4355
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6651
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762229.83/cwt224.00–231.001,7516
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828209.25/cwt204.00–214.001,7334
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,9231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3228235.00/cwt235.00–235.005362
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1230291.67/cwt275.00–300.006713
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290304.74/cwt290.00–320.008842
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328302.39/cwt300.00–305.009924
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373253.72/cwt252.50–255.009462
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377278.80/cwt275.00–290.001,05110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3390230.00/cwt230.00–230.008971
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3413228.80/cwt220.00–237.509452
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2421247.59/cwt240.00–257.501,0428
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424267.32/cwt260.00–275.001,13313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473249.97/cwt240.00–255.001,18218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475263.11/cwt257.50–268.001,25021
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517239.20/cwt230.00–246.001,2378
Heifers500–550Small 1520200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0402
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525215.14/cwt210.00–220.001,1292
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529255.26/cwt250.00–264.001,35015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1831
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added562257.52/cwt256.00–259.001,4473
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569229.51/cwt222.00–237.501,3069
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579243.85/cwt239.00–254.001,41236
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626224.38/cwt220.00–232.001,40519
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638214.16/cwt212.50–215.001,3663
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663227.96/cwt220.00–233.001,5117
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678208.82/cwt202.50–215.001,4162
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712214.92/cwt212.50–216.001,5308
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718197.56/cwt195.00–200.001,4182
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5581
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added790213.25/cwt213.25–213.251,68564
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828192.44/cwt185.00–196.001,5933
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,7071
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360275.00/cwt275.00–275.009901
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0632
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433275.57/cwt267.50–280.001,1935
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2460250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465272.17/cwt267.50–275.001,2669
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533238.84/cwt235.00–242.501,2732
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535252.74/cwt250.00–260.001,3528
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535212.52/cwt210.00–217.501,1373
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568236.93/cwt234.00–240.001,3462
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2081
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588213.49/cwt212.00–216.001,2553
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1611219.21/cwt215.00–222.001,33910
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618207.48/cwt202.50–212.501,2822
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3620190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1781
Bulls600–650Small 1635200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2701
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5581
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4972
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1750183.50/cwt180.00–187.001,3762
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,5601
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2835165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3781

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.