Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2017-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-10-24

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.29/cwt on 448 head.

Average price

$163.29

448 head · 794 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$7.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.79

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	813	166.40	1,353	257
Medium and Large 1-2	769	159.10	1,224	191

One grade step is worth $7.29/cwt here — about $129 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 sale448 hd

163.29

—

MO average3 barns · 2,807 hd

159.50

+3.79

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	—	Average	1,605	76.38	1,226	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,320	56.27	743	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,388	53.43	741	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	50.18	510	9thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,395	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	169.27/cwt	167.25–171.85	1,314	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	158.39/cwt	158.25–158.50	1,224	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	161.41/cwt	159.00–163.50	904	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,403	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	595	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	973	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	56.01/cwt	51.50–59.25	622	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	45.51/cwt	40.00–50.50	429	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	694	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	56.27/cwt	54.75–57.50	743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	678	8
Heifers	Medium 1	—	521	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	755	8
Bulls	—	—	1,605	76.38/cwt	75.00–77.50	1,226	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	526	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	763	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	54.85/cwt	54.50–55.25	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,102	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	972	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	140.39/cwt	135.00–145.50	872	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	522	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	864	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	165.17/cwt	165.10–165.25	1,427	118

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 Oct 24, 2017

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 523Last week 639Year ago 1,541

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 60Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	883	158.00	158.00
116	—	773	158.25–158.50	158.39
11	—	560	159.00–163.50	161.41
6	—	634	160.00	160.00
8	—	393	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	776	167.25–171.85	169.27
60	—	849	165.25	165.25
8	—	462	174.50	174.50
118	—	864	165.10–165.25	165.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	595	163.50	163.50
7	—	522	165.50	165.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	521	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	526	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	705	156.25	156.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	140.00	140.00
3	—	715	136.00	136.00
10	—	621	135.00–145.50	140.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	51.50–59.25	56.01
5	—	942	40.00–50.50	45.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,335	52.00	52.00
2	—	1,440	54.50–55.25	54.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,320	54.75–57.50	56.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,605	75.00–77.50	76.38

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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