Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2017-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-09-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.08/cwt on 194 head.

Average price

$161.08

194 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$783

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$25.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.77

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	476	165.89	790	139
Medium and Large 1-2	522	149.82	781	50
Medium and Large 2	396	140.00	554	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.89/cwt here — about $235 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 sale194 hd

161.08

—

MO average4 barns · 2,920 hd

145.31

+15.77

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	—	Low	1,579	75.96	1,199	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,444	59.02	852	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	58.13	750	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,281	54.96	704	7thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	162.25/cwt	156.00–165.00	782	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	684	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	954	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,074	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	968	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	202.69/cwt	198.00–206.00	746	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	59.19/cwt	56.25–62.25	752	8
Bulls	—	—	1,606	73.34/cwt	69.00–75.50	1,178	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,765	54.25/cwt	54.25–54.25	958	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	610	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	59.82/cwt	57.00–62.50	831	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,297	55.54/cwt	51.50–58.00	720	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	56.43/cwt	55.25–57.25	747	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	168.82/cwt	165.75–171.50	707	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	759	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	716	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,039	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	4
Bulls	—	—	1,546	79.10/cwt	77.00–83.00	1,223	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	200.56/cwt	200.00–201.00	862	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	951	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	897	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	160.55/cwt	160.00–161.50	909	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	729	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,088	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	791	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	156.67/cwt	155.50–161.00	965	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	172.63/cwt	161.00–180.00	798	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	148.50/cwt	144.50–151.00	707	13

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 19, 2017

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 1,046Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 70Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	482	156.00–165.00	162.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	376	182.00	182.00
4	—	773	139.00	139.00
7	—	642	150.75	150.75
80	—	419	165.75–171.50	168.82
37	—	566	160.00–161.50	160.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	144.50	144.50
12	—	531	143.00	143.00
15	—	442	162.00	162.00
3	—	771	134.75	134.75
3	—	645	144.00	144.00
13	—	476	144.50–151.00	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	396	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	368	198.00–206.00	202.69
5	—	343	212.50	212.50
9	—	716	152.00	152.00
12	—	616	155.50–161.00	156.67
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	445	175.00	175.00
8	—	586	153.00	153.00
8	—	462	161.00–180.00	172.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	430	200.00–201.00	200.56
12	—	484	196.50	196.50
11	—	368	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,271	56.25–62.25	59.19
5	—	1,323	55.25–57.25	56.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,765	54.25	54.25
6	—	1,390	57.00–62.50	59.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	51.50	51.50
6	—	1,297	51.50–58.00	55.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,606	69.00–75.50	73.34
5	—	1,546	77.00–83.00	79.10

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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