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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 14

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

866 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 891▼ 205 vs year ago 1,071 · −19.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

149 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 158▼ 18 vs year ago 167 · −10.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 5.00-10.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.97/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −143.20 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.

Average price

$244.97

63 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.98

vs TN average

−12.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	246.88	1,364	55
Medium and Large 2	541	231.83	1,254	8thin

One grade step is worth $15.04/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale63 hd

244.97

—

TN average12 barns · 597 hd

236.99

+7.98

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−12.84

This barn, trailing median32 sales

388.17

−143.20

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,701	136.15	2,316	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,420	119.02	1,690	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	116.14	1,413	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	94.34	1,019	21

Every lot

85 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	230	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	679	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	767	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	293	356.73/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,045	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	338.15/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,109	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	292.43/cwt	280.00–305.00	983	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	293.30/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,076	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	315.01/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,216	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	408	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,306	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	297.56/cwt	295.00–302.50	1,250	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,262	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	285.01/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,357	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	257.55/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,231	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	490	300.05/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,470	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	272.82/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,408	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	519	287.89/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,494	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	560	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,624	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	254.27/cwt	244.00–267.50	1,439	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	278.37/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,612	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	263.45/cwt	254.00–271.00	1,641	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	239.57/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,495	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	633	275.99/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,747	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	228.15/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,540	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	238.68/cwt	236.00–244.00	1,633	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	230.46/cwt	224.00–240.00	1,648	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,548	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,577	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,725	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,713	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,805	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	240	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	888	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	318.33/cwt	300.00–355.00	923	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	309.25/cwt	295.00–335.00	983	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	261.31/cwt	250.00–275.00	998	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	282.57/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,085	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	276.02/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,140	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	253.30/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,079	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,170	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	258.68/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,231	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	235.64/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,192	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	512	267.66/cwt	267.50–268.00	1,370	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	255.29/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,348	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	557	250.80/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,397	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	238.44/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,357	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	228.03/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,313	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	231.74/cwt	227.50–236.00	1,430	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	241.18/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,507	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	233.49/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,574	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	201.29/cwt	197.50–205.00	1,375	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	211.10/cwt	205.00–217.50	1,516	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	740	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,665	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	203.71/cwt	197.50–210.00	1,609	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	841	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,787	62
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	186.13/cwt	182.50–191.00	1,642	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	162.51/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,476	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	299.88/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,083	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	275.00/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,064	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	282.60/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,221	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	258.39/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,127	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	268.70/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,252	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	246.76/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,204	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	253.76/cwt	247.50–265.00	1,342	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	238.20/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,274	4
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	560	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,176	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	240.84/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,390	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	225.90/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,306	5
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	214.23/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,335	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	230.68/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,451	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	226.63/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,491	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,439	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	216.17/cwt	212.50–220.00	1,556	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,607	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	188.74/cwt	185.00–192.50	1,591	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,671	129.14/cwt	123.00–134.00	2,158	4
Bulls	—	—	1,742	145.49/cwt	143.00–149.00	2,534	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,154	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	86.89/cwt	81.00–93.00	932	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	100.12/cwt	94.00–108.00	1,093	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	116.98/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,411	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	108.23/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,318	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	131.72/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,726	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,396	127.86/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,785	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,425	115.66/cwt	112.00–123.00	1,648	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,575	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mid-South Livestock Regional Center LLC - Unionville, TN

Mon Oct 14, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 866Last week 891Year ago 1,071

Slaughter CattleReceipts 149Last week 158Year ago 167

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	105.00	105.00
5	—	1,396	125.00–135.00	127.86
9	—	1,425	112.00–123.00	115.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,206	112.00–124.00	116.98
3	—	1,310	128.00–136.00	131.72
9	—	1,218	106.00–111.00	108.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,073	81.00–93.00	86.89
10	—	1,092	94.00–108.00	100.12
1	—	1,040	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,671	123.00–134.00	129.14
3	—	1,742	143.00–149.00	145.49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	210.00	210.00
1	600–650	615	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	295.00–305.00	299.88
12	400–450	432	270.00–297.50	282.60
8	450–500	466	260.00–280.00	268.70
11	500–550	529	247.50–265.00	253.76
13	550–600	577	235.00–250.00	240.84
8	600–650	629	225.00–236.00	230.68
3	650–700	658	220.00–230.00	226.63
2	700–750	720	212.50–220.00	216.17
1	750–800	765	210.00	210.00
2	800–850	843	185.00–192.50	188.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	265.00–277.50	275.00
6	400–450	436	250.00–260.00	258.39
3	450–500	488	240.00–250.00	246.76
4	500–550	535	230.00–242.50	238.20
5	550–600	578	220.00–230.00	225.90
3	600–650	623	210.00–220.00	214.23
1	650–700	660	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	295.00	295.00
1	250–300	260	295.00	295.00
4	300–350	336	280.00–305.00	292.43
3	350–400	367	290.00–295.00	293.30
1	400–450	435	290.00	290.00
4	450–500	478	240.00–265.00	257.55
5	550–600	566	244.00–267.50	254.27
14	600–650	624	220.00–242.00	239.57
3	650–700	675	225.00–232.00	228.15
1	700–750	730	212.00	212.00
1	750–800	760	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	490	295.00–305.00	300.05
8	500–550	519	285.00–292.00	287.89
1	550–600	560	290.00	290.00
8	600–650	633	274.00–278.00	275.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	345.00–370.00	356.73
9	300–350	328	320.00–350.00	338.15
7	350–400	386	305.00–325.00	315.01
5	400–450	420	295.00–302.50	297.56
7	450–500	476	277.50–290.00	285.01
20	500–550	516	270.00–282.50	272.82
23	550–600	579	270.00–282.00	278.37
6	600–650	623	254.00–271.00	263.45
9	650–700	684	236.00–244.00	238.68
4	700–750	715	224.00–240.00	230.46
11	750–800	784	220.00	220.00
2	800–850	808	212.00	212.00
2	850–900	868	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	512	267.50–268.00	267.66
10	550–600	557	250.00–251.00	250.80
15	600–650	625	240.00–242.00	241.18
1	700–750	740	225.00	225.00
62	800–850	841	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	250.00–275.00	261.31
18	400–450	426	245.00–260.00	253.30
2	450–500	468	250.00	250.00
4	500–550	506	225.00–245.00	235.64
4	550–600	576	225.00–232.00	228.03
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
2	650–700	683	197.50–205.00	201.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	370.00	370.00
3	250–300	290	300.00–355.00	318.33
8	300–350	318	295.00–335.00	309.25
19	350–400	384	280.00–300.00	282.57
13	400–450	413	265.00–280.00	276.02
37	450–500	476	252.50–267.50	258.68
15	500–550	528	250.00–262.50	255.29
27	550–600	569	235.00–247.50	238.44
16	600–650	617	227.50–236.00	231.74
6	650–700	674	226.00–235.00	233.49
2	700–750	718	205.00–217.50	211.10
2	750–800	790	197.50–210.00	203.71
3	850–900	882	182.50–191.00	186.13
2	900–950	908	160.00–165.00	162.51

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.