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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 21
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
923 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 866▲ 67 vs year ago 856 · +7.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 149▼ 42 vs year ago 189 · −22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00-6.00 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 $234.35/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −153.82 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.
Average price
$234.35
67 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,274
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$18.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.60
vs TN average
−25.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544238.151,29551
Medium and Large 2546222.561,21614thin
Small 1525220.001,1552thin
One grade step is worth $18.15/cwt here — about $140 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 sale67 hd
234.35
—
TN average15 barns · 894 hd
233.75
+0.60
National average195 barns · 25,856 hd
259.63
−25.28
This barn, trailing median32 sales
388.17
−153.82
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—Average1,732139.892,42315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,436126.121,81127
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,214121.291,47239
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01495.9197223

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250300.00/cwt300.00–300.007501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328300.67/cwt290.00–315.009869
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2337272.36/cwt265.00–280.009184
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373262.08/cwt250.00–275.009782
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377296.00/cwt285.00–312.501,1168
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2411277.87/cwt270.00–280.001,1426
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426304.31/cwt292.50–312.501,29611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473267.13/cwt260.00–270.001,2648
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478291.37/cwt288.00–297.501,3936
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2511254.72/cwt247.50–257.501,3025
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533274.14/cwt270.00–279.001,4618
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2558254.99/cwt254.00–256.001,4232
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573267.36/cwt260.00–275.001,53215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added623270.29/cwt266.00–271.001,6847
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2629224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4094
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633242.66/cwt240.00–249.001,53610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661234.31/cwt230.00–238.001,5496
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5214
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6531
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789220.76/cwt220.00–221.001,7424
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,7111
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228327.25/cwt305.00–350.007462
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1293315.79/cwt310.00–325.009257
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295250.00/cwt250.00–250.007381
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321284.01/cwt275.00–305.009124
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2343260.00/cwt260.00–260.008922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372278.10/cwt267.50–285.001,0359
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379251.65/cwt250.00–260.009546
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425240.52/cwt230.00–247.501,0225
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426258.18/cwt250.00–270.001,10014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466237.75/cwt237.50–238.001,1084
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474247.31/cwt240.00–256.001,17220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2972
Heifers500–550Small 1525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1552
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527222.31/cwt210.00–226.001,1729
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531238.49/cwt230.00–245.001,26633
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added560251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4062
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574234.10/cwt228.00–242.501,34414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581223.00/cwt220.00–225.001,2965
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615223.81/cwt218.00–230.001,37623
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2634210.35/cwt200.00–215.001,3344
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673204.69/cwt200.00–210.001,3785
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added680228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5501
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681219.35/cwt214.00–224.001,4945
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723209.23/cwt204.00–217.001,5138
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777198.65/cwt195.00–205.001,5443
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added834197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6437
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,5461
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884186.76/cwt186.00–189.001,6514
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,015154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,5631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369254.88/cwt247.50–262.509415
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1381272.29/cwt265.00–277.501,0379
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424281.60/cwt272.50–290.001,19410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2431259.41/cwt255.00–260.001,1188
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480254.74/cwt250.00–265.001,22325
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480232.47/cwt230.00–235.001,1162
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518251.50/cwt245.00–260.001,30314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2526227.06/cwt220.00–242.501,1946
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555222.43/cwt215.00–230.001,2342
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565240.12/cwt232.50–245.001,35718
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2631203.33/cwt195.00–210.001,2836
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634218.51/cwt215.00–228.001,38511
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665200.94/cwt192.50–208.001,3363
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1674220.54/cwt215.00–225.001,4866
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1713210.85/cwt210.00–212.501,5033
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,5981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,644131.64/cwt126.00–135.002,1646
Bulls——1,790144.19/cwt140.00–149.002,5818
Bulls——1,795155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,7821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96586.24/cwt80.00–96.0083213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,057106.13/cwt100.00–111.001,1227
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,125114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2833
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173110.78/cwt108.00–114.001,2996
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219130.66/cwt128.00–135.001,5937
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222121.20/cwt115.00–127.001,48126
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,6181
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,426125.16/cwt119.00–129.001,78521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486132.19/cwt130.00–134.001,9645

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.