Sale reports / Tennessee / United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN) / 2025-12-02

United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fayetteville, Tennessee · Tue, Dec 2
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3677
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 455▼ 133 vs year ago 417 · −31.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 77▼ 37 vs year ago 165 · −22.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed last week in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.43/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −71.04 against this barn's trailing median of $387.47.
Average price
$316.43
46 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,758
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.95
vs TN average
−54.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554319.421,76941
Medium and Large 2570291.901,6635thin
One grade step is worth $27.52/cwt here — about $105 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 sale46 hd
316.43
—
TN average7 barns · 518 hd
342.38
−25.95
National average194 barns · 19,992 hd
370.45
−54.02
This barn, trailing median34 sales
387.47
−71.04
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—Low1,747177.583,1025thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,511151.542,29021
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,251146.051,82743
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,141125.981,43820

Every lot

54 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1230400.00/cwt400.00–400.009201
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318391.60/cwt390.00–395.001,2453
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358401.01/cwt390.00–412.501,4362
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1862
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413355.18/cwt325.00–385.001,4672
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424406.52/cwt405.00–412.501,7245
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480391.86/cwt391.00–395.001,8818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517374.70/cwt355.00–387.501,9378
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528347.46/cwt345.00–350.001,8352
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572363.58/cwt360.00–375.002,0809
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633333.93/cwt322.50–337.502,1147
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1650317.50/cwt315.00–322.502,0643
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705309.96/cwt305.00–315.002,1852
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2716263.58/cwt250.00–285.001,8874
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added727322.54/cwt320.00–325.002,34512
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2534
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added799300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3977
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2541
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2322315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0142
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1891
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389372.49/cwt365.00–375.001,4494
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4005
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482343.83/cwt340.00–350.001,6579
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5661
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519323.91/cwt320.00–325.001,68114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,8116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577314.12/cwt305.00–325.001,81221
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2586287.37/cwt275.00–300.001,6844
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615302.69/cwt300.00–305.001,86213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7332
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674280.69/cwt270.00–282.501,8928
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709276.30/cwt270.00–285.001,95916
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738260.02/cwt255.00–265.001,9192
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0462
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2795230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8291
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2391
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408376.57/cwt365.00–400.001,5363
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523347.81/cwt347.50–350.001,8198
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9224
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,155168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,9401
Bulls——1,895179.98/cwt173.00–185.003,4114
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,107128.76/cwt125.00–135.001,4259
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,128138.87/cwt137.00–140.001,5664
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,193115.04/cwt104.00–121.001,3727
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220146.82/cwt141.00–153.001,79132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295157.37/cwt156.00–158.002,0383
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,357138.71/cwt135.00–140.001,8828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500150.89/cwt143.00–156.002,26316
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,542162.06/cwt161.00–164.002,4993
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,1932

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.