Sale reports / Tennessee / United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN) / 2025-12-16

United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fayetteville, Tennessee · Tue, Dec 16
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3677
Feeder Cattle receipts
217 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 392▲ 217 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 112▲ 111 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.95/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 12 of 34 comparable sales and sits −39.52 against this barn's trailing median of $387.47.
Average price
$347.95
18 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,894
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.25
vs TN average
−41.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545348.121,89817thin
Medium and Large 2530345.001,8291thin
One grade step is worth $3.12/cwt here — about $69 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 sale18 hd
347.95
—
TN average15 barns · 409 hd
344.70
+3.25
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
−41.96
This barn, trailing median34 sales
387.47
−39.52
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—Average1,677184.853,1005thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,504156.372,35231
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213150.511,82622
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,160127.421,4788thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1240502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,2061
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2741
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283470.27/cwt460.00–480.001,3312
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335457.50/cwt450.00–465.001,5332
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345400.00/cwt395.00–405.001,3802
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1352485.54/cwt440.00–495.001,70910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418432.27/cwt410.00–440.001,8077
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2440405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7821
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473407.96/cwt395.00–420.001,9302
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505414.44/cwt400.00–417.502,0936
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569384.94/cwt380.00–387.502,19010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620374.19/cwt372.50–377.502,3203
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,42111
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added700337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,3594
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3102
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added755335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2252
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2288364.70/cwt330.00–400.001,0502
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326393.12/cwt370.00–405.001,2826
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331438.86/cwt420.00–445.001,4534
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362392.55/cwt370.00–400.001,4214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378437.67/cwt430.00–442.501,65410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420408.30/cwt405.00–410.001,7159
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463383.04/cwt380.00–387.501,77312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7891
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8291
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531354.47/cwt350.00–370.001,88213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1591327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,9364
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,06610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8751
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2697287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0043
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1751317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3845
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,060235.00/cwt230.00–240.002,4912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6922
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415412.38/cwt400.00–430.001,7119
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6791
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480395.05/cwt385.00–397.501,8965
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8721
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9751
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1586347.77/cwt345.00–355.002,0387
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630335.36/cwt320.00–350.002,1132
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,2811
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9321
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,650191.49/cwt186.00–194.003,1603
Bulls——1,718174.90/cwt171.00–179.003,0052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105118.37/cwt109.00–125.001,3084
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,5981
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164143.43/cwt140.00–146.001,6705
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213151.68/cwt147.00–158.001,84015
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,250133.97/cwt133.00–135.001,6753
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340159.46/cwt159.00–160.002,1372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473142.91/cwt136.00–148.002,1053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,496157.12/cwt150.00–164.002,35126
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,655166.82/cwt165.00–169.002,7612

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.