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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 17

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069

← Feb 10Feb 17Feb 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

229 head

▼ 328 vs last sale 557▼ 559 vs year ago 788 · −70.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

48 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 67▼ 130 vs year ago 178 · −73.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends this week on feeder cattle due to light offerings. Slaughter Cows 3.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 20.00-24.00 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 $252.05/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −136.12 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.

Average price

$252.05

15 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,374

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$24.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.10

vs TN average

−45.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	260.13	1,403	10thin
Medium and Large 2	556	235.88	1,312	5thin

One grade step is worth $24.25/cwt here — about $91 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 sale15 hd

252.05

—

TN average12 barns · 338 hd

265.15

−13.10

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−45.78

This barn, trailing median32 sales

388.17

−136.12

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	1,856	176.44	3,275	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,614	143.67	2,318	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	137.73	1,627	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,143	113.85	1,301	11

Every lot

51 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	275	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	825	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	322.52/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,058	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	293.21/cwt	290.00–300.00	988	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,069	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,134	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,485	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	279.98/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,576	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,671	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	240.99/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,718	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	200	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	660	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	256.69/cwt	250.00–270.00	832	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,007	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,058	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,153	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	246.57/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,176	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,296	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,231	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	257.94/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,339	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,484	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	256.81/cwt	252.50–261.00	1,446	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	233.13/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,364	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,496	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	249.07/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,584	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	734	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,784	67
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	329.96/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,277	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,092	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	294.85/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,253	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	272.48/cwt	260.00–283.00	1,281	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	302.15/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,438	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	298.84/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,545	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,619	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	264.84/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,642	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	245.12/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,557	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	245.47/cwt	241.00–247.50	1,652	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,805	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,796	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,535	156.32/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,400	2
Bulls	—	—	1,990	193.07/cwt	189.00–197.00	3,842	2
Bulls	—	—	2,043	179.92/cwt	179.00–181.00	3,676	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	920	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,178	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,082	100.04/cwt	91.00–111.00	1,082	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,126	137.12/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,544	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,201	117.74/cwt	113.00–123.00	1,414	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	146.31/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,792	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	126.98/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,661	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,463	150.04/cwt	149.00–151.00	2,195	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,664	141.54/cwt	137.00–146.00	2,355	6

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 Feb 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 229Last week 557Year ago 788

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 67Year ago 178

No trends this week on feeder cattle due to light offerings. Slaughter Cows 3.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 20.00-24.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	300.00	300.00
3	300–350	337	290.00–300.00	293.21
1	350–400	375	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	405	280.00	280.00
1	500–550	540	275.00	275.00
1	650–700	675	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	320.00–330.00	322.52
1	500–550	500	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	563	275.00–285.00	279.98
2	700–750	713	240.00–242.00	240.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	280.00	280.00
3	450–500	470	260.00–283.00	272.48
3	600–650	635	238.00–250.00	245.12
1	650–700	650	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	320.00–340.00	329.96
4	400–450	425	290.00–300.00	294.85
13	450–500	476	292.50–305.00	302.15
5	500–550	517	280.00–315.00	298.84
5	550–600	563	287.50	287.50
2	600–650	620	260.00–270.00	264.84
4	650–700	673	241.00–247.50	245.47
1	800–850	830	217.50	217.50
1	850–900	855	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	324	250.00–270.00	256.69
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	423	250.00	250.00
3	450–500	477	240.00–250.00	246.57
2	500–550	513	240.00	240.00
3	550–600	585	225.00–245.00	233.13
1	600–650	630	237.50	237.50
1	650–700	685	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	330	305.00	305.00
3	400–450	427	270.00	270.00
7	450–500	480	270.00	270.00
5	500–550	519	250.00–260.00	257.94
2	550–600	563	252.50–261.00	256.81
11	600–650	636	240.00–251.00	249.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	558	266.00	266.00
67	700–750	734	243.00	243.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	91.00–111.00	100.04
1	—	920	128.00	128.00
7	—	1,201	113.00–123.00	117.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	149.00–151.00	150.04
6	—	1,664	137.00–146.00	141.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,126	131.00–141.00	137.12
2	—	1,308	126.00–128.00	126.98
3	—	1,225	145.00–147.00	146.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,043	179.00–181.00	179.92
2	—	1,535	150.00–164.00	156.32
2	—	1,990	189.00–197.00	193.07

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.