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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jun 23
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
522 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 579▼ 153 vs year ago 675 · −22.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 106▼ 90 vs year ago 132 · −68.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 27▼ 3 vs year ago 7 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of feeder cattle 10.00 to 15.00 lower. With instances of under 500lbs as much as 30.00 lower. Slaughter Cows and Bulls steady, in a light test of market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.97/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −80.23 against this barn's trailing median of $391.20.
Average price
$310.97
40 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.56
vs TN average
−24.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552318.541,75930
Medium and Large 2552288.231,59210thin
One grade step is worth $30.31/cwt here — about $167 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 sale40 hd
310.97
—
TN average15 barns · 734 hd
321.53
−10.56
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−24.94
This barn, trailing median31 sales
391.20
−80.23
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

31 sales
440396352308median 391.2003/0204/2707/0608/3110/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.15, low $321.99, median $391.20 across 31 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—Low1,687186.393,1449thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,308159.002,0796thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,385153.392,1257thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average989110.371,0926thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,353$2,6722thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)940$2,5251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$3,2501thin

Every lot

88 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2281368.04/cwt350.00–385.001,0344
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318372.64/cwt370.00–375.001,1852
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2333360.23/cwt350.00–370.001,2002
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2364344.07/cwt330.00–350.001,2525
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370377.86/cwt370.00–390.001,3985
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2408336.55/cwt315.00–360.001,3733
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1440387.70/cwt370.00–392.501,7067
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,7601
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2468330.37/cwt320.00–340.001,5462
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523338.20/cwt330.00–350.001,7693
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529316.28/cwt300.00–350.001,6738
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added537382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,0545
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,7111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579330.10/cwt320.00–340.001,91115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608270.02/cwt265.00–275.001,6422
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1609327.11/cwt317.50–335.001,99212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added626347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,1726
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670299.35/cwt290.00–312.502,0064
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672323.22/cwt317.50–330.002,1723
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2737288.82/cwt280.00–302.002,1294
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,3131
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,1711
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1946235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2235
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1990210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0791
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333348.43/cwt345.00–350.001,1603
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335327.46/cwt320.00–330.001,0974
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added337390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3149
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373313.39/cwt310.00–320.001,1693
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383345.06/cwt330.00–355.001,3229
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added388380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4742
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416309.91/cwt300.00–320.001,2894
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418337.51/cwt330.00–350.001,4114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy443320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4182
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added453342.09/cwt340.00–345.001,55012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474329.63/cwt320.00–335.001,56214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474294.74/cwt255.00–330.001,3978
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523329.02/cwt320.00–340.001,72114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536295.58/cwt270.00–317.501,5844
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy540310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6742
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563283.33/cwt275.00–290.001,5956
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583309.29/cwt300.00–315.001,80314
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614292.84/cwt285.00–300.001,7987
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2626253.68/cwt250.00–265.001,5884
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652285.26/cwt280.00–287.001,8604
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673250.07/cwt247.51–252.501,6832
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added681298.85/cwt298.85–298.852,03573
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7271
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added723265.72/cwt264.00–266.001,9217
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9001
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9131
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1900225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0251
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,2301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2320295.00/cwt295.00–295.009441
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3062
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379359.06/cwt330.00–370.001,36110
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420351.22/cwt340.00–375.001,4759
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425320.31/cwt310.00–330.001,3613
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1477342.55/cwt330.00–350.001,63411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484310.07/cwt300.00–322.501,5014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523335.04/cwt325.00–350.001,75218
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525309.14/cwt305.00–312.501,6236
Bulls500–550Small 1525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2578265.38/cwt235.00–285.001,5344
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582304.01/cwt290.00–320.001,76929
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617293.11/cwt280.00–310.001,80810
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618264.19/cwt257.50–270.001,6333
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1669287.71/cwt270.00–310.001,9258
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2676241.54/cwt210.00–260.001,6336
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710262.57/cwt257.50–267.501,8642
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710234.89/cwt220.00–250.001,6682
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1754264.77/cwt255.00–268.001,9964
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5961
Bulls750–800Small 1785220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7271
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810220.80/cwt215.00–232.501,7883
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2840200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,571171.15/cwt154.00–178.002,6894
Bulls——1,625210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,4131
Bulls——1,818195.73/cwt191.00–200.003,5584
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%950140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3301
Cows—Lean 85-90%997104.44/cwt90.00–114.001,0415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,050171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248155.68/cwt150.00–163.001,9434
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,275172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,1931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,314156.40/cwt150.00–162.002,0555
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,828140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,5592
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29402,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3532,672.37/head2,200.00–3,150.002,6722
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2003,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501

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.