Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2017-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-09-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.34/cwt on 493 head.

Average price

$154.34

493 head · 779 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$157

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$12.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.73

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	647	157.82	1,021	11thin
Medium and Large 1	774	157.04	1,215	364
Medium and Large 1-2	809	145.69	1,178	118

One grade step is worth $12.13/cwt here — about −$157 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale493 hd

154.34

—

MO average2 barns · 755 hd

156.07

−1.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,658	83.11	1,378	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,376	67.79	933	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	64.34	755	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,160	57.33	665	7thin

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Unionville Livestock Market - Unionville, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	2,060	90.25/cwt	90.25–90.25	1,859	1
Bulls	—	—	1,404	79.09/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,110	6
Bulls	—	—	1,819	85.53/cwt	81.50–90.50	1,556	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	68.75/cwt	65.50–74.50	888	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	53.51/cwt	53.00–54.00	519	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,236	58.86/cwt	54.00–62.00	728	5
Steers	Large 1	—	567	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	930	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,026	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	697	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,035	37
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	602	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	880	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	954	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	900	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	155.79/cwt	152.00–158.50	846	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	149.50/cwt	149.25–149.75	1,293	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	166.66/cwt	166.00–169.00	870	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	146.00/cwt	144.00–147.50	936	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	64.34/cwt	63.00–65.50	755	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	70.25/cwt	70.25–70.25	948	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,825	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	980	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	162.92/cwt	157.00–164.50	749	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	150.12/cwt	139.25–152.85	1,060	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	137.42/cwt	137.10–137.75	1,108	145
Steers	Large 1	—	787	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,157	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,082	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	807	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,106	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,319	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	168.95/cwt	166.50–169.25	1,107	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	161.92/cwt	152.50–164.10	1,172	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	137.14/cwt	130.00–142.00	860	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	943	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,093	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	135.72/cwt	134.50–136.00	984	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	1,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,181	8

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Unionville Livestock Market - Unionville, MO

Tue Sep 5, 2017

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,046Last week 507Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 40Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,060	90.25	90.25
6	—	1,404	75.00–82.00	79.09
7	—	1,819	81.50–90.50	85.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	65.50–74.50	68.75
1	—	1,350	70.25	70.25
1	—	1,825	60.50	60.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	970	53.00–54.00	53.51
5	—	1,236	54.00–62.00	58.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,173	63.00–65.50	64.34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	164.00	164.00
4	—	787	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	641	160.00	160.00
177	—	865	149.25–149.75	149.50
11	—	565	173.50	173.50
66	—	655	166.50–169.25	168.95
89	—	724	152.50–164.10	161.92
10	—	765	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	522	166.00–169.00	166.66
14	—	641	144.00–147.50	146.00
11	—	807	137.00	137.00
60	—	929	142.00	142.00
3	—	575	164.00	164.00
3	—	790	142.00	142.00
5	—	690	157.75	157.75
8	—	875	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	697	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	602	146.25	146.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	145.50	145.50
24	—	460	157.00–164.50	162.92
3	—	781	130.00	130.00
8	—	855	126.50	126.50
10	—	627	130.00–142.00	137.14
8	—	822	133.00	133.00
65	—	725	134.50–136.00	135.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	558	148.00	148.00
15	—	610	147.50	147.50
17	—	543	152.00–158.50	155.79
113	—	706	139.25–152.85	150.12
145	—	806	137.10–137.75	137.42

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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