Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2017-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-10-31

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.75/cwt on 886 head.

Average price

$165.75

886 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$19.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.71

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	166.81	1,081	460
Medium and Large 1-2	679	166.03	1,127	393
Medium 1	805	152.00	1,224	5thin
Medium and Large 2	602	146.95	885	28

One grade step is worth $19.86/cwt here — about $196 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 sale886 hd

165.75

—

MO average6 barns · 4,331 hd

164.04

+1.71

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	1,488	73.72	1,097	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	57.09	721	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	54.78	594	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,576	54.53	860	10

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	598	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	879	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	987	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	932	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	156.88/cwt	155.00–160.00	979	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	179.21/cwt	172.00–183.00	765	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	168.07/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,066	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	154.76/cwt	149.50–155.25	913	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	945	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	926	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	536	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	793	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	157.43/cwt	155.00–160.50	814	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	167.19/cwt	162.00–169.00	702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	162.51/cwt	157.00–165.00	752	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	591	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	910	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	150.65/cwt	150.00–151.35	1,122	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	906	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	152.89/cwt	148.00–155.00	800	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	150.15/cwt	148.00–151.25	839	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	155.31/cwt	155.00–156.00	801	10
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	805	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,224	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	716	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,081	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,341	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	167.84/cwt	167.00–174.50	990	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	608	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	888	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	176.65/cwt	175.00–184.00	931	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	171.81/cwt	170.00–173.25	888	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	166.89/cwt	160.50–168.50	1,192	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	728	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,181	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	796	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,218	8
Bulls	—	—	1,375	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	990	2
Bulls	—	—	1,600	75.44/cwt	74.50–76.25	1,207	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,607	50.57/cwt	48.25–52.25	813	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	56.55/cwt	55.00–58.50	878	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	57.29/cwt	56.50–58.00	651	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	53.10/cwt	52.25–53.50	556	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	61.67/cwt	60.00–63.50	712	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	52.76/cwt	52.50–53.00	646	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	57.06/cwt	54.50–59.50	730	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	60.25/cwt	60.25–60.25	949	1

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 31, 2017

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,473Last week 523Year ago 875

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 31Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	598	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	710	139.00	139.00
10	—	516	155.00–156.00	155.31
7	—	555	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	586	159.00	159.00
8	—	624	155.00–160.00	156.88
15	—	427	172.00–183.00	179.21
28	—	517	170.00–173.25	171.81
301	—	714	160.50–168.50	166.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	634	165.00–169.00	168.07
66	—	803	167.00	167.00
100	—	590	167.00–174.50	167.84
51	—	527	175.00–184.00	176.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	591	154.00	154.00
10	—	608	146.00	146.00
8	—	796	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	805	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	716	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	728	162.25	162.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	590	149.50–155.25	154.76
32	—	517	155.00–160.50	157.43
3	—	366	171.00	171.00
4	—	420	162.00–169.00	167.19
19	—	463	157.00–165.00	162.51
138	—	745	150.00–151.35	150.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	700	135.00	135.00
42	—	536	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	630	147.00	147.00
11	—	661	137.00	137.00
21	—	523	148.00–155.00	152.89
77	—	559	148.00–151.25	150.15
5	—	455	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	72.00	72.00
2	—	1,600	74.50–76.25	75.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,607	48.25–52.25	50.57
5	—	1,552	55.00–58.50	56.55
1	—	1,575	60.25	60.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,137	56.50–58.00	57.29
3	—	1,048	52.25–53.50	53.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,155	60.00–63.50	61.67
2	—	1,225	52.50–53.00	52.76
19	—	1,279	54.50–59.50	57.06

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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