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Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Jul 14
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
885 head
▲ 190 vs last sale 695▼ 88 vs year ago 973 · −9.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 94▼ 91 vs year ago 183 · −49.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-10.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 5.00 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 $331.71/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −56.46 against this barn's trailing median of $388.17.
Average price
$331.71
99 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$35.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.61
vs TN average
−7.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532334.901,78290
Medium and Large 2554299.741,6609thin
One grade step is worth $35.16/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale99 hd
331.71
—
TN average15 barns · 903 hd
322.10
+9.61
National average151 barns · 8,478 hd
338.74
−7.03
This barn, trailing median32 sales
388.17
−56.46
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—Average1,645185.633,0547thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,520162.672,47318
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,359157.032,13435
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,066129.581,3828thin

Every lot

81 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240380.00/cwt380.00–380.009121
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1287397.38/cwt360.00–420.001,1403
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320348.79/cwt347.50–350.001,1162
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328381.01/cwt375.00–400.001,2504
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368384.69/cwt370.00–400.001,4162
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3531
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424360.71/cwt350.00–395.001,5298
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459359.94/cwt355.00–370.001,6527
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483333.63/cwt315.00–350.001,6114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added526389.14/cwt385.00–390.002,04712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529374.33/cwt370.00–377.501,9807
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529338.79/cwt330.00–350.001,7928
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560327.44/cwt310.00–345.001,8348
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573365.76/cwt352.50–372.502,09621
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added606355.62/cwt355.00–356.002,1558
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616340.73/cwt332.00–348.002,09912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622321.07/cwt310.00–330.001,9976
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2674317.52/cwt312.50–320.002,1409
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678330.92/cwt324.00–337.002,24412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added679342.36/cwt341.00–343.002,32512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721316.28/cwt312.50–320.002,2805
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2051
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764316.83/cwt313.00–324.002,4215
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808299.34/cwt298.00–300.002,4193
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added855317.85/cwt317.85–317.852,71861
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1283366.88/cwt350.00–380.001,0383
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337364.19/cwt350.00–390.001,22711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380373.95/cwt360.00–380.001,42110
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429321.32/cwt310.00–330.001,3786
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430357.45/cwt345.00–375.001,53710
Heifers400–450Small 1445285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2681
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466339.27/cwt330.00–350.001,58133
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479316.06/cwt310.00–325.001,5144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added504360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,81429
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530325.52/cwt315.00–335.001,72543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536303.96/cwt285.00–310.001,6295
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576294.47/cwt285.00–307.501,6964
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582316.88/cwt310.00–327.501,84418
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added606329.65/cwt327.00–335.001,99816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623310.16/cwt306.00–318.001,93220
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633284.19/cwt267.50–292.501,7996
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658297.09/cwt288.00–302.501,95522
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677270.30/cwt240.00–282.501,8305
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,21771
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8901
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719278.78/cwt274.00–285.002,0044
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765235.00/cwt227.50–242.501,7982
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,1303
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0951
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1935237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,2161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380353.42/cwt350.00–360.001,3433
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383385.87/cwt370.00–400.001,4789
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421360.94/cwt350.00–375.001,5205
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479349.32/cwt340.00–360.001,67316
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2489330.61/cwt320.00–337.501,6178
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525315.10/cwt310.00–317.501,6543
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528338.44/cwt330.00–345.001,7878
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569330.79/cwt320.00–340.001,8827
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2572304.85/cwt295.00–315.001,7443
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628316.49/cwt307.50–325.001,9885
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2661257.39/cwt230.00–270.001,7014
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1674292.08/cwt287.50–295.001,9696
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6801
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1733276.53/cwt275.00–278.002,0272
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9111
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1855230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9671
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1965204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9691
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,9581
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,558176.17/cwt168.00–180.002,7453
Bulls——1,703188.29/cwt186.00–191.003,2073
Bulls——1,735206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,5741
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%947120.31/cwt115.00–124.001,1393
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,138135.14/cwt129.00–141.001,5385
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,304147.04/cwt137.00–151.001,91715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,369158.74/cwt153.00–167.002,17313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,459175.26/cwt170.00–180.002,5577
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500159.61/cwt154.00–165.002,39411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510152.10/cwt151.00–153.002,2972
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,568173.64/cwt167.00–179.002,7235

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.