Mid-South Livestock Regional Center LLC Market Report

Unionville, Tennessee · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 13, 2021

1,414 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.07/cwt -3.96 vs last sale · ≈ $745/hd at 573 lb · 55 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.55/cwt -7.81 vs last sale · ≈ $869/hd at 623 lb · 51 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.63/cwt -0.56 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 524 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,414	709	849
Feeder cattle	1,139	595	710
Slaughter cattle	247	114	106
Replacement cattle	28	—	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

There was no sale last week in observance of the Labor Day Holiday. Trends are compared to the last sale from two weeks ago. Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls mostly steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifer mostly steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 5.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 4.00-7.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	170.00	$170.00	$459	—
320–345	328	3	167.50–176.00	$171.29	$562	-10.67
350–395	378	6	158.00–174.00	$162.77	$615	-8.23
405–445	426	11	150.00–160.00	$155.20	$661	-7.13
455–490	472	17	147.00–156.00	$152.55	$720	-5.02
505–546	529	46	141.00–154.00	$147.34	$779	-4.60
550–595	573	29	135.00–148.00	$141.60	$811	-7.40
600–642	623	51	134.00–145.00	$139.55	$869	-2.17
650–695	668	26	131.00–141.00	$136.43	$911	-5.96
700–746	726	18	128.00–139.00	$134.20	$974	-2.33
750–785	766	7	130.00–135.00	$131.97	$1,011	-8.47
815–830	820	9	130.00–134.00	$132.94	$1,090	+5.43
865	865	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,116	—
970–980	975	2	114.00–124.00	$119.03	$1,161	—
1040	1040	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,186	—
1100	1100	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	155.00	$155.00	$426	—
305–330	315	3	145.00–147.50	$146.63	$462	-5.55
370–390	380	2	138.00–150.00	$144.16	$548	-6.84
410–440	424	4	140.00–146.00	$142.96	$606	-7.04
460–490	474	7	138.00–147.00	$142.73	$677	-3.79
500–545	523	5	130.00–138.00	$134.37	$703	-1.62
560–590	574	6	130.00–134.00	$132.33	$760	+0.59
600–625	609	5	120.00–132.00	$127.95	$779	+1.22
685	685	1	128.00	$128.00	$877	-2.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	145.00	$145.00	$428	+2.46
315–345	333	5	140.00–147.50	$143.06	$476	-3.86
355–395	377	15	134.00–145.00	$140.94	$531	+0.30
400–445	429	25	134.00–145.00	$140.50	$603	+2.24
450–498	481	40	129.00–142.00	$137.49	$661	+2.19
500–545	524	50	127.00–140.00	$134.63	$705	-0.56
550–598	573	55	124.00–136.00	$130.07	$745	-3.96
600–648	619	42	120.00–134.00	$126.64	$784	+2.52
650–695	670	25	119.00–130.00	$123.91	$830	+0.42
730–745	738	4	123.00–127.00	$125.25	$924	+4.59
760–775	767	3	112.00–120.00	$115.32	$885	+2.32
805–835	824	5	100.00–110.00	$103.99	$857	-11.01
870	870	1	110.00	$110.00	$957	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	132.50	$132.50	$338	—
310–340	325	3	117.50–132.00	$126.31	$411	+6.31
360–375	366	4	118.00–132.00	$122.52	$448	-6.79
490	490	1	121.00	$121.00	$593	-4.92
500–538	523	9	112.50–125.00	$120.60	$631	-6.10
595	595	1	122.00	$122.00	$726	-0.99
600–643	624	7	110.00–119.00	$114.88	$717	-5.12
665–680	670	3	102.00–108.00	$104.32	$699	—
710–730	720	3	110.00–114.00	$112.01	$806	+0.01
768	768	3	104.00	$104.00	$799	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	373	8	148.00–160.00	$155.15	$579	-4.30
400–448	418	15	146.00–158.00	$151.84	$635	-0.01
450–495	473	25	142.00–151.00	$146.40	$692	-1.82
500–535	520	20	134.00–145.00	$137.64	$716	-3.60
550–595	572	30	129.00–139.00	$133.68	$765	-0.48
600–645	628	24	124.00–135.00	$130.79	$821	+3.12
650–698	674	18	124.00–134.00	$128.34	$865	+1.97
700–740	718	9	118.00–128.00	$122.22	$878	-0.78
755–790	772	6	113.00–123.00	$119.15	$920	+0.12
800–845	822	3	112.00–120.00	$117.40	$965	-0.60
850–880	870	3	116.00–120.00	$117.64	$1,023	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	132.50–137.50	$135.00	$486	-7.00
415–440	428	4	130.00–144.00	$139.84	$599	-1.55
470–495	483	8	130.00–144.00	$135.79	$656	+2.61
510–545	525	12	120.00–132.00	$129.11	$678	-4.40
550–580	564	5	120.00–127.00	$125.02	$705	-1.60
620–635	628	2	120.00	$120.00	$754	+6.07
695	695	1	118.00	$118.00	$820	+1.35

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	110.00	$110.00	$594	-2.00
605	605	1	104.00	$104.00	$629	-9.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1310	1077	85-90%	11	36.00–50.00	$44.04	$474	—
755–1680	1098	85-90%	29	51.50–61.00	$55.21	$606	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	80-85%	1	53.00	$53.00	$572	—
910–1900	1264	80-85%	36	56.00–66.50	$61.60	$779	-15.90
1320–1390	1355	80-85%	2	67.00	$67.00	$908	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1760	1508	75-80%	10	60.00–64.50	$62.58	$944	—
1440–1665	1563	75-80%	4	66.00–67.00	$66.36	$1,037	-5.96

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470–1840	1590	5	70.00–84.00	$79.92	$1,271	—
1450–2125	1758	8	85.00–97.00	$92.17	$1,620	—
1945	1945	1	98.50	$98.50	$1,916	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1100	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	775.00–925.00	$861.16
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	88.00	$88.00	$515	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.