Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2025-04-21

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Apr 21
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
462 head
▼ 352 vs last sale 814▼ 384 vs year ago 846 · −45.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 125▼ 23 vs year ago 120 · −19.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls under 600 lbs. steady to 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 2.00 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 $321.48/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −66.69 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.
Average price
$321.48
45 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.91
vs TN average
−8.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562325.911,83135
Medium and Large 2544305.991,66410thin
One grade step is worth $19.91/cwt here — about $167 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 sale45 hd
321.48
—
TN average15 barns · 572 hd
308.57
+12.91
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−8.47
This barn, trailing median32 sales
388.17
−66.69
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—Average1,815169.243,07212
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,557145.752,26919
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,293137.511,77822
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,069117.701,25811

Every lot

74 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278471.04/cwt440.00–505.001,3092
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3502
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368409.68/cwt400.00–420.001,5083
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445400.00/cwt390.00–415.001,7803
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490390.87/cwt382.50–400.001,9153
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2503338.69/cwt327.50–350.001,7042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526374.61/cwt365.00–385.001,97019
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573370.75/cwt360.00–382.502,12413
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2579344.89/cwt340.00–352.501,9974
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,7422
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added607350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,12512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643333.26/cwt328.00–335.002,1434
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658323.61/cwt321.00–332.502,1295
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,0821
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9171
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714316.37/cwt307.50–320.002,25913
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added754312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3527
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772286.16/cwt285.00–287.502,2093
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1331
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1853263.76/cwt260.00–267.502,2502
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274436.44/cwt410.00–460.001,1964
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330290.00/cwt290.00–290.009571
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331404.08/cwt400.00–405.001,3385
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368346.61/cwt340.00–350.001,2763
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430317.56/cwt315.00–320.001,3662
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435348.18/cwt340.00–360.001,5153
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added452360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6275
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2466315.76/cwt300.00–320.001,4717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479338.66/cwt330.00–345.001,6227
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519337.65/cwt330.00–347.501,7528
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523312.17/cwt287.50–320.001,6336
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added562339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,9059
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575296.73/cwt285.00–302.501,7064
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581314.14/cwt310.00–322.501,82518
Heifers600–650Small 1600260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5601
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added614307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8856
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629293.22/cwt285.00–300.001,84415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631275.94/cwt255.00–280.001,7416
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671269.72/cwt265.00–280.001,8109
Heifers650–700Small 1685247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6951
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6041
Heifers700–750Small 1705242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7101
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1708259.18/cwt257.00–262.501,8353
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added713282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,0115
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,93968
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1784257.81/cwt250.00–264.002,0219
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,0571
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1975210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0481
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390402.60/cwt395.00–410.001,5702
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435371.82/cwt365.00–380.001,6173
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460375.00/cwt370.00–380.001,7252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485332.47/cwt330.00–335.001,6122
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509347.52/cwt340.00–350.001,7694
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578334.70/cwt329.00–342.501,9354
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623327.77/cwt320.00–335.002,0422
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9801
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1712311.66/cwt310.00–315.002,2193
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1843244.50/cwt244.00–245.002,0612
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9672
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,507147.63/cwt140.00–155.002,2253
Bulls——1,780188.44/cwt188.00–189.003,3542
Bulls——1,957173.02/cwt168.00–179.003,3867
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,046120.91/cwt118.00–125.001,2656
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068104.09/cwt102.00–105.001,1123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140128.50/cwt128.00–129.001,4652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168151.90/cwt150.00–154.001,7742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242126.01/cwt125.00–127.001,5653
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317137.85/cwt134.00–146.001,81517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,328134.48/cwt134.00–135.001,7862
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,511154.24/cwt149.00–158.002,3318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,648140.70/cwt136.00–147.002,3199

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.