Sale reports / Tennessee / Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN / 2026-08-24

Unionville Livestock Auction - Unionville, TN

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Tennessee · Mon, Aug 24
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2069
Feeder Cattle receipts
562 head
▲ 308 vs last sale 254▼ 564 vs year ago 1,126 · −50.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 21▼ 43 vs year ago 105 · −41.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 10.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 10.00-20.00 higher with instances of 25.00 higher; Feeder Heifers mostly steady to 5.00 lower; Slaughter Cows mostly steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $360.90/cwt on 42 head, down $53.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −74.23 against this barn's trailing median of $435.14.
Average price
$360.90
▼ 53.46 vs prior sale
42 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,030
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.24
vs TN average
−10.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558381.002,12821
Medium and Large 2566340.801,93021
One grade step is worth $40.20/cwt here — about $198 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 sale42 hd
360.90
—
TN average17 barns · 412 hd
374.14
−13.24
National average153 barns · 5,891 hd
371.00
−10.10
This barn, trailing median31 sales
435.14
−74.23
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
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—Average1,832197.863,6255thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,620169.892,7527thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,404159.762,24313
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,035141.131,46113

Every lot

62 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273515.19/cwt480.00–520.001,4069
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,2831
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327459.74/cwt440.00–470.001,5034
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4661
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,58824
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419429.91/cwt420.00–440.001,8018
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476354.90/cwt350.00–370.001,6896
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481411.99/cwt380.00–420.001,98213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522341.74/cwt320.00–350.001,7846
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525395.25/cwt385.00–407.502,0758
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579372.23/cwt360.00–390.002,15513
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2584340.43/cwt330.00–350.001,98815
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615330.09/cwt320.00–335.002,0306
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688317.70/cwt312.50–320.002,18613
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721319.39/cwt315.00–322.502,30310
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3855
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,2481
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1295460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3572
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328445.27/cwt440.00–450.001,4602
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383411.84/cwt395.00–440.001,57714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2391385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5054
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407408.21/cwt380.00–412.501,66130
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2436348.07/cwt340.00–350.001,5185
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473326.67/cwt320.00–330.001,5459
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476353.80/cwt340.00–375.001,68414
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5971
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518335.68/cwt330.00–350.001,73912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574342.14/cwt335.00–347.501,96431
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578307.77/cwt295.00–320.001,7792
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611328.51/cwt325.00–330.002,0075
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8901
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668319.02/cwt305.00–325.002,1316
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1981
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2821
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1930260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,4181
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1353432.45/cwt425.00–440.001,5272
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385375.19/cwt360.00–390.001,4442
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420416.41/cwt410.00–435.001,7497
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465393.01/cwt385.00–400.001,8275
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480365.86/cwt355.00–370.001,7566
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510352.10/cwt350.00–360.001,7965
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6962
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571332.31/cwt330.00–342.501,89712
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623321.15/cwt315.00–330.002,0014
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627304.99/cwt300.00–310.001,9123
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2668285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9042
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1682311.56/cwt305.00–320.002,1256
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0591
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715311.22/cwt305.00–315.002,2254
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1773287.28/cwt280.00–295.002,2212
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0541
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835268.33/cwt260.00–280.002,2413
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,770200.33/cwt195.00–207.003,5464
Bulls——2,080188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,9101
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,4891
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005148.03/cwt145.00–152.001,4885
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072133.37/cwt113.00–141.001,4307
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310170.95/cwt165.00–179.002,2394
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,446154.78/cwt150.00–163.002,2389
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,610174.34/cwt169.00–180.002,8074
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,633163.96/cwt163.00–165.002,6773

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.