Sale reports / Tennessee / United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN) / 2025-09-16

United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fayetteville, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 16
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3677
Feeder Cattle receipts
607 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 557▲ 189 vs year ago 418 · +45.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 107▼ 27 vs year ago 131 · −20.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers steady to 10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 10.00-20.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 10.00-20.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.93/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −55.54 against this barn's trailing median of $387.47.
Average price
$331.93
70 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.19
vs TN average
−27.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563333.581,87967
Medium and Large 2560295.111,6543thin
One grade step is worth $38.48/cwt here — about $225 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 sale70 hd
331.93
—
TN average15 barns · 808 hd
344.12
−12.19
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
−27.73
This barn, trailing median34 sales
387.47
−55.54
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

34 sales
430390350310median 387.4703/0304/2807/0709/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.50, low $323.99, median $387.47 across 34 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—High1,750194.893,41114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,542163.402,52026
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,310160.372,10037
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,092137.241,4999thin

Every lot

75 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc - Fayetteville, 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1243401.71/cwt395.00–405.009763
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2285380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0831
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3571
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320431.11/cwt415.00–445.001,3806
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323390.39/cwt380.00–400.001,2612
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425435.68/cwt435.00–436.001,8523
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440367.50/cwt340.00–395.001,6172
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9161
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added517398.21/cwt397.50–400.002,05911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525390.09/cwt385.00–395.002,0486
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0061
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565381.52/cwt380.00–385.002,15617
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2582353.35/cwt340.00–365.002,0563
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added613369.79/cwt367.50–380.002,26711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636326.68/cwt310.00–330.002,0789
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642351.53/cwt350.00–355.002,25713
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2657290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9053
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680343.50/cwt335.00–350.002,3367
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added695355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4674
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added707342.97/cwt342.50–343.002,42519
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0881
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728334.47/cwt330.00–338.002,4357
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2191
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added771342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,6414
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5325
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added818326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,6676
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1842320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6948
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6521
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2305335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0221
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341362.58/cwt355.00–365.001,2364
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378368.74/cwt355.00–370.001,39412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3231
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435346.85/cwt340.00–372.501,50919
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475337.33/cwt320.00–338.001,60230
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2481298.03/cwt270.00–310.001,4347
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531333.48/cwt317.50–340.001,77131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6051
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573292.66/cwt280.00–305.001,6772
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1591333.67/cwt315.00–337.001,97236
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622318.66/cwt312.50–330.001,98215
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8592
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added645336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,1673
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2669268.74/cwt265.00–275.001,7988
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683304.45/cwt300.00–305.002,0799
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added701330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3134
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719300.55/cwt285.00–305.002,1619
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764295.60/cwt275.00–305.002,25813
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0931
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2808240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9393
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1900250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2355375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3311
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374422.61/cwt405.00–430.001,58112
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5481
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437412.32/cwt410.00–420.001,8024
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480365.77/cwt357.00–395.001,75627
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490337.37/cwt325.00–350.001,6532
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6742
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529340.39/cwt337.50–355.001,80119
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561334.48/cwt330.00–340.001,87610
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605326.35/cwt320.00–327.501,97418
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615287.80/cwt275.00–300.001,7702
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,08912
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9581
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1719295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1216
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,498182.01/cwt181.00–183.002,7272
Bulls——1,709193.37/cwt186.00–199.003,3059
Bulls——2,042208.04/cwt206.00–210.004,2483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020122.57/cwt115.00–130.001,2502
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,113141.43/cwt135.00–145.001,5747
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,301160.84/cwt155.00–166.002,09327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,309169.25/cwt168.00–173.002,2155
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,356148.97/cwt147.00–152.002,0205
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480155.56/cwt155.00–156.002,3022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,521162.78/cwt157.00–169.002,47621
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,730172.98/cwt172.00–174.002,9933

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.