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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2024-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 28

● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,006 head

▲ 83 vs last sale 923▲ 173 vs year ago 833 · +20.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

99 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 147▼ 96 vs year ago 195 · −49.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls under 550 lbs. 3.00-8.00 higher, over 550 lbs. steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 higher.

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 $233.85/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −154.32 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.

Average price

$233.85

60 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$31.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.65

vs TN average

−26.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	241.70	1,290	41
Medium and Large 2	560	217.72	1,220	17thin
Small 1	563	210.00	1,181	2thin

One grade step is worth $31.70/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale60 hd

233.85

—

TN average14 barns · 1,050 hd

234.50

−0.65

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−26.61

This barn, trailing median32 sales

388.17

−154.32

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	—	Average	1,735	150.87	2,617	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,503	125.51	1,886	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,238	122.45	1,516	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,040	103.88	1,080	16

Every lot

92 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	292.98/cwt	285.00–300.00	820	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	284	261.17/cwt	255.00–270.00	742	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	888	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	283.20/cwt	270.00–300.00	952	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	888	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,154	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	296.46/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,301	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	253.71/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,116	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	286.75/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,374	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	267.41/cwt	262.50–272.50	1,284	3
Steers	500–550	Small 1	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	247.43/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,269	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	271.18/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,421	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	252.15/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,425	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	264.68/cwt	258.00–272.50	1,527	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	251.11/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,529	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	227.97/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,443	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	234.94/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,569	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	222.91/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,594	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,527	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	220.00/cwt	216.00–226.00	1,681	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,616	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	209.91/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,711	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	840	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,932	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	890	182.51/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,624	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	915	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,050	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	975	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,658	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,881	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	256.60/cwt	250.00–280.00	824	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	236.65/cwt	230.00–240.00	767	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	253.33/cwt	250.00–270.00	960	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	233.52/cwt	220.00–240.00	897	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	227.29/cwt	210.00–230.00	959	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	247.65/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,070	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	244.25/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,150	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	226.85/cwt	212.50–230.00	1,098	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	244.48/cwt	235.00–249.00	1,274	30
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	530	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,166	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	220.85/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,182	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	234.11/cwt	227.50–242.50	1,332	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	216.01/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,240	11
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	622	230.34/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,433	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	220.94/cwt	212.50–226.00	1,383	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	195.74/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,227	8
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	635	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,080	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	213.94/cwt	207.50–219.00	1,438	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	674	198.03/cwt	180.00–205.00	1,335	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	202.24/cwt	195.00–207.50	1,462	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,319	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	744	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,644	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	196.65/cwt	192.50–202.50	1,510	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	778	185.02/cwt	182.50–187.50	1,439	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	820	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,767	62
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	873	165.88/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,448	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	188.76/cwt	187.50–190.00	1,652	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,692	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	943	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,773	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	161.01/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,567	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	913	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	273.39/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,033	3
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	410	210.57/cwt	200.00–232.50	863	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	251.18/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,060	16
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	296.52/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,287	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	248.22/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,147	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	272.81/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,304	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	258.06/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,326	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	229.51/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,214	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	213.17/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,196	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	237.43/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,358	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	225.21/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,396	16
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	205.46/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,274	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	214.60/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,444	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	201.11/cwt	197.50–202.50	1,438	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,332	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	198.58/cwt	190.00–207.50	1,525	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,315	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,360	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,380	128.94/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,779	4
Bulls	—	—	1,791	149.91/cwt	144.00–154.00	2,685	6
Bulls	—	—	1,915	166.44/cwt	160.00–174.00	3,187	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	971	93.50/cwt	80.00–100.00	908	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	107.29/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,135	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	114.49/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,291	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	124.17/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,501	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	132.67/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,645	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,518	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,328	110.81/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,472	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,509	124.09/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,873	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,529	132.73/cwt	132.00–133.00	2,029	4

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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,006Last week 923Year ago 833

Slaughter CattleReceipts 99Last week 147Year ago 195

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	324	230.00–240.00	236.65
7	350–400	384	220.00–240.00	233.52
14	400–450	422	210.00–230.00	227.29
17	450–500	484	212.50–230.00	226.85
6	500–550	535	215.00–225.00	220.85
11	550–600	574	200.00–225.00	216.01
8	600–650	627	180.00–210.00	195.74
4	650–700	674	180.00–205.00	198.03
2	700–750	723	182.50	182.50
3	750–800	778	182.50–187.50	185.02
3	850–900	873	160.00–170.00	165.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	622	230.00–231.00	230.34
21	700–750	744	221.00	221.00
62	800–850	820	215.50	215.50
6	900–950	943	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	321	250.00–280.00	256.60
15	350–400	379	250.00–270.00	253.33
17	400–450	432	240.00–255.00	247.65
22	450–500	471	235.00–250.00	244.25
30	500–550	521	235.00–249.00	244.48
11	550–600	569	227.50–242.50	234.11
21	600–650	626	212.50–226.00	220.94
14	650–700	672	207.50–219.00	213.94
10	700–750	723	195.00–207.50	202.24
6	750–800	768	192.50–202.50	196.65
2	850–900	875	187.50–190.00	188.76
1	900–950	940	180.00	180.00
2	950–1000	973	160.00–162.00	161.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	595	200.00	200.00
1	600–650	635	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	250.00	250.00
16	400–450	422	240.00–265.00	251.18
6	450–500	462	240.00–260.00	248.22
7	500–550	529	215.00–245.00	229.51
4	550–600	561	205.00–220.00	213.17
3	600–650	620	200.00–216.00	205.46
2	650–700	680	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	740	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	785	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	270.00–280.00	273.39
15	400–450	434	290.00–297.50	296.52
6	450–500	478	265.00–282.50	272.81
15	500–550	514	250.00–265.00	258.06
15	550–600	572	230.00–250.00	237.43
16	600–650	620	220.00–235.00	225.21
9	650–700	673	212.00–220.00	214.60
4	700–750	715	197.50–202.50	201.11
4	750–800	768	190.00–207.50	198.58
1	800–850	800	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	200.00–232.50	210.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	284	255.00–270.00	261.17
1	300–350	335	265.00	265.00
1	350–400	355	250.00	250.00
2	400–450	440	250.00–257.50	253.71
3	450–500	480	262.50–272.50	267.41
4	500–550	513	240.00–252.50	247.43
4	550–600	565	250.00–256.00	252.15
4	600–650	633	220.00–232.00	227.97
1	650–700	655	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	745	205.00	205.00
1	800–850	800	202.00	202.00
1	950–1000	975	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	285.00–300.00	292.98
10	300–350	336	270.00–300.00	283.20
2	350–400	398	290.00	290.00
10	400–450	439	290.00–302.50	296.46
10	450–500	479	280.00–300.00	286.75
30	500–550	524	264.00–276.00	271.18
10	550–600	577	258.00–272.50	264.68
6	600–650	609	246.00–256.00	251.11
11	650–700	668	230.00–239.00	234.94
10	700–750	715	220.00–230.00	222.91
11	750–800	764	216.00–226.00	220.00
2	800–850	815	205.00–215.00	209.91
2	850–900	890	180.00–185.00	182.51
1	950–1000	990	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	800–850	840	230.00	230.00
3	900–950	915	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,791	144.00–154.00	149.91
6	—	1,915	160.00–174.00	166.44
4	—	1,380	120.00–135.00	128.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,509	118.00–128.00	124.09
1	—	1,320	115.00	115.00
4	—	1,529	132.00–133.00	132.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,328	108.00–114.00	110.81
3	—	1,240	130.00–134.00	132.67
16	—	1,209	118.00–129.00	124.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	114.00–115.00	114.49
5	—	971	80.00–100.00	93.50
9	—	1,058	102.00–113.00	107.29

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.