Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2026-02-02

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Feb 2
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 546 vs last sale 731▼ 790 vs year ago 975 · −81.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 55▼ 94 vs year ago 140 · −67.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 22▲ 1 vs year ago 7 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends this week due to light offerings and this sale being closed last week because of inclement weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $442.73/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 22 of 31 comparable sales and sits +7.60 against this barn's trailing median of $435.14.
Average price
$442.73
23 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,383
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$305
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.05
vs TN average
−40.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537450.872,42220
Medium and Large 2545388.452,1173thin
One grade step is worth $62.43/cwt here — about $305 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 sale23 hd
442.73
—
TN average2 barns · 26 hd
435.69
+7.05
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
−40.30
This barn, trailing median31 sales
435.14
+7.60
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
512456400345median 435.1403/0204/2707/0609/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.83, low $358.74, median $435.14 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—Low1,968186.503,6692thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,497171.362,5667thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,356164.702,2347thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low995123.691,23010

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,285$3,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,225$3,8501thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1751
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323480.10/cwt460.00–500.001,5513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8141
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1443445.03/cwt440.00–450.001,9712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9741
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added509470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,3927
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520392.67/cwt375.00–410.002,0422
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529439.96/cwt435.00–442.502,3275
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567440.96/cwt435.00–445.002,5008
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2611
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613414.54/cwt413.00–419.002,5414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,4221
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,5141
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,6213
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1750351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,6333
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775324.98/cwt322.50–327.502,5192
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3341
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323465.04/cwt460.00–470.001,5022
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4961
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413434.97/cwt430.00–440.001,7962
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7061
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488398.52/cwt390.00–425.001,9454
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520409.88/cwt397.50–412.502,1317
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1587379.17/cwt375.00–385.002,2263
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628355.91/cwt350.00–362.502,2353
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628342.94/cwt341.00–345.002,1542
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690336.25/cwt330.00–342.502,3202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7852
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415466.59/cwt460.00–470.001,9363
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2435399.54/cwt380.00–420.001,7382
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471435.12/cwt430.00–450.002,0496
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1121
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2762
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1745330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4591
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1823321.08/cwt315.00–327.502,6422
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,545195.00/cwt195.00–195.003,0131
Bulls——2,390178.00/cwt178.00–178.004,2541
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%969119.17/cwt113.00–130.001,1558
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098141.76/cwt138.00–145.001,5572
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133160.87/cwt158.00–164.001,8232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,413148.83/cwt147.00–151.002,1032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455165.86/cwt156.00–174.002,4133
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,467177.83/cwt174.00–181.002,6093
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,592183.97/cwt177.00–188.002,9293
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2853,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2253,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501

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.