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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Name: Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 24

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069

← Feb 17Feb 24Mar 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

525 head

▲ 296 vs last sale 229▼ 508 vs year ago 1,033 · −49.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

120 head

▲ 72 vs last sale 48▼ 31 vs year ago 151 · −20.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week on Feeder Calves due to light offerings last week, but prices seemed higher with good demand; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower.

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 $277.35/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −110.82 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.

Average price

$277.35

50 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$21.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.78

vs TN average

−29.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	283.48	1,575	36
Medium and Large 2	564	261.58	1,474	14thin

One grade step is worth $21.89/cwt here — about $101 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 sale50 hd

277.35

—

TN average10 barns · 255 hd

266.57

+10.78

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−29.66

This barn, trailing median32 sales

388.17

−110.82

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

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	1,697	169.90	2,883	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,588	141.39	2,245	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,321	136.72	1,806	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,110	113.31	1,258	28

Every lot

70 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	230	395.65/cwt	370.00–430.00	910	3
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	230	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	759	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	924	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	396.47/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,122	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	374.51/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,183	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	351.42/cwt	320.00–370.00	1,311	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	332.97/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,438	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	333.51/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,621	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	328.44/cwt	317.50–335.00	1,711	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	326.00/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,901	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	266.31/cwt	262.50–270.00	1,624	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	297.07/cwt	285.00–317.50	1,857	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,900	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	253.75/cwt	252.50–255.00	1,987	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	802	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,957	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	883	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,177	58
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,047	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	882	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	245	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	711	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	272	256.99/cwt	250.00–270.00	699	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	346.08/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,090	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	306.49/cwt	300.00–320.00	975	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	335.86/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,266	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	315.24/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,315	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	278.98/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,180	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	276.32/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,296	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	303.17/cwt	287.50–320.00	1,443	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	292.76/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,516	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	266.93/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,396	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	279.39/cwt	267.50–292.50	1,598	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	258.61/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,515	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	235.00/cwt	227.50–242.50	1,422	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	253.99/cwt	247.50–260.00	1,572	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	246.09/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,644	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	237.32/cwt	233.00–242.50	1,678	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,639	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	234.16/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,784	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,639	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,758	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	300.11/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,134	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	312.64/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,319	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	319.37/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,511	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	281.55/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,332	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	313.96/cwt	297.50–327.50	1,651	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	266.19/cwt	252.50–280.00	1,445	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	305.67/cwt	290.00–317.50	1,736	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	270.67/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,654	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	252.44/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,565	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	268.49/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,812	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,751	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,644	154.80/cwt	145.00–164.00	2,545	5
Bulls	—	—	1,722	190.77/cwt	185.00–195.00	3,285	3
Bulls	—	—	1,724	171.75/cwt	167.00–179.00	2,961	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,066	103.16/cwt	94.00–109.00	1,100	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,119	117.10/cwt	111.00–122.00	1,310	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	123.54/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,474	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,281	129.10/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,654	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	137.86/cwt	133.00–142.00	1,806	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,927	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,597	140.81/cwt	136.00–144.00	2,249	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,598	146.66/cwt	146.00–147.00	2,344	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,468	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 Feb 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 525Last week 229Year ago 1,033

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 48Year ago 151

No trends could be established this week on Feeder Calves due to light offerings last week, but prices seemed higher with good demand; Slaughter Cows mostly steady; Slaughter Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	360.00	360.00
7	300–350	315	340.00–380.00	346.08
10	350–400	377	320.00–350.00	335.86
13	400–450	417	300.00–330.00	315.24
21	450–500	476	287.50–320.00	303.17
11	500–550	518	280.00–302.50	292.76
25	550–600	572	267.50–292.50	279.39
5	600–650	619	247.50–260.00	253.99
7	650–700	668	240.00–250.00	246.09
12	700–750	707	233.00–242.50	237.32
3	750–800	762	230.00–237.50	234.16
1	800–850	830	197.50	197.50
1	950–1000	950	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	290.00	290.00
3	250–300	272	250.00–270.00	256.99
3	300–350	318	300.00–320.00	306.49
1	350–400	350	285.00	285.00
4	400–450	423	270.00–290.00	278.98
4	450–500	469	270.00–285.00	276.32
5	500–550	523	255.00–270.00	266.93
9	550–600	586	255.00–260.00	258.61
2	600–650	605	227.50–242.50	235.00
1	700–750	745	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	330.00	330.00
1	250–300	280	330.00	330.00
1	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
2	600–650	610	262.50–270.00	266.31
1	700–750	725	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	850–900	883	246.50	246.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	370.00–430.00	395.65
3	250–300	283	390.00–410.00	396.47
4	300–350	316	350.00–400.00	374.51
5	350–400	373	320.00–370.00	351.42
3	400–450	432	320.00–360.00	332.97
5	450–500	486	320.00–340.00	333.51
8	500–550	521	317.50–335.00	328.44
3	550–600	583	317.50–332.50	326.00
6	600–650	625	285.00–317.50	297.07
1	650–700	675	270.00	270.00
1	700–750	745	255.00	255.00
2	750–800	783	252.50–255.00	253.75
3	800–850	802	244.00	244.00
1	900–950	920	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	290.00–305.00	300.11
1	400–450	420	270.00	270.00
3	450–500	473	275.00–285.00	281.55
2	500–550	543	252.50–280.00	266.19
3	600–650	620	250.00–257.50	252.44
1	650–700	680	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	325.00	325.00
9	400–450	422	300.00–330.00	312.64
10	450–500	473	300.00–332.50	319.37
12	500–550	526	297.50–327.50	313.96
13	550–600	568	290.00–317.50	305.67
4	600–650	611	262.50–280.00	270.67
2	650–700	675	260.00–277.50	268.49
1	700–750	710	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,724	167.00–179.00	171.75
5	—	1,644	145.00–164.00	154.80
3	—	1,722	185.00–195.00	190.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	123.00–125.00	123.54
16	—	1,119	111.00–122.00	117.10
9	—	1,066	94.00–109.00	103.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,597	136.00–144.00	140.81
1	—	1,460	132.00	132.00
3	—	1,598	146.00–147.00	146.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,310	133.00–142.00	137.86
4	—	1,281	127.00–131.00	129.10
1	—	1,645	150.00	150.00

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.