Sale reports / Tennessee / United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN) / 2026-09-01

United Producers Inc (Fayetteville, TN)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Fayetteville, Tennessee · Tue, Sep 1
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3677
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 282▼ 150 vs year ago 364 · −41.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 31▼ 66 vs year ago 119 · −55.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $315.77/cwt on 19 head, down $0.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −55.55 against this barn's trailing median of $371.32.
Average price
$315.77
▼ 0.95 vs prior sale
19 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.44
vs TN average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552316.921,75018thin
Medium and Large 2500295.001,4751thin
One grade step is worth $21.92/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale19 hd
315.77
—
TN average13 barns · 319 hd
320.21
−4.44
This barn, trailing median29 sales
371.32
−55.55
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

29 sales
467412357302median 371.3203/0305/0507/1409/1511/03
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $452.83, low $315.77, median $371.32 across 29 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—Low1,866192.743,5979thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,424171.072,4375thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,293162.942,10813
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,105137.121,51512

Every lot

49 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1661
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6062
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457376.57/cwt370.00–380.001,7213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590360.22/cwt357.50–362.502,12512
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9931
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625347.76/cwt347.50–350.002,17410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684324.48/cwt312.50–330.002,2198
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2685295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0213
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712301.57/cwt290.00–310.002,1473
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9081
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1845268.33/cwt265.00–270.002,2673
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263362.57/cwt355.00–370.009542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1398382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,5225
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431356.30/cwt350.00–375.001,5364
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4241
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483328.85/cwt325.00–335.001,5885
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6542
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8565
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5131
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1648305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660308.50/cwt300.00–310.002,0367
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730266.61/cwt265.00–270.001,9463
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9001
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780265.01/cwt257.50–270.002,0677
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813252.49/cwt250.00–255.002,0532
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0801
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6796
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5231
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,58718
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4844
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530320.91/cwt320.00–321.001,70111
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1587310.66/cwt307.50–315.001,8247
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658257.70/cwt240.00–275.001,6962
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1692282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9514
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2773235.08/cwt230.00–240.001,8172
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1837227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9045
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1852220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8742
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,843196.09/cwt192.00–206.003,6146
Bulls——1,913186.05/cwt180.00–190.003,5593
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%990127.69/cwt120.00–133.001,2645
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6431
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,202142.84/cwt135.00–146.001,7176
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,287160.36/cwt154.00–166.002,06410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315171.56/cwt167.00–179.002,2563
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,398162.21/cwt155.00–169.002,2682
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,442176.98/cwt176.00–179.002,5523

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.