Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2017-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-11-07

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.42/cwt on 446 head.

Average price

$168.42

446 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,142

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$21.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.71

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	169.04	941	66
Medium and Large 1	705	168.91	1,190	367
Medium 1	550	155.50	855	6thin
Medium and Large 2	531	148.00	786	7thin

One grade step is worth $21.04/cwt here — about $155 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 sale446 hd

168.42

—

MO average5 barns · 5,762 hd

165.72

+2.71

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	—	Average	1,550	74.88	1,161	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,501	55.40	832	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,317	53.56	705	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	50.51	535	11

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	628	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	152.54/cwt	151.75–153.00	847	22
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	550	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	663	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	631	164.92/cwt	164.00–165.00	1,041	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	175.70/cwt	163.00–180.00	745	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	784	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	406	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	694	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	174.13/cwt	173.50–175.50	968	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	713	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	561	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	569	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	839	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	153.70/cwt	152.00–156.00	744	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	156.03/cwt	154.50–160.00	755	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	187.60/cwt	186.00–188.50	889	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,406	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	48.09/cwt	45.00–50.00	598	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	57.20/cwt	54.50–60.00	781	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	54.15/cwt	52.25–55.50	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	152.31/cwt	146.50–154.50	798	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	165.56/cwt	162.00–171.50	1,040	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	531	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	786	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	47.48/cwt	45.00–50.00	487	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	52.97/cwt	50.00–55.00	828	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	56.01/cwt	52.00–60.25	832	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	165.37/cwt	165.25–165.50	1,392	119
Bulls	—	—	1,540	79.75/cwt	79.75–79.75	1,228	1
Bulls	—	—	1,560	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	164.48/cwt	164.25–165.00	964	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	879	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	176.32/cwt	170.00–182.00	929	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	978	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	816	4

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 Nov 7, 2017

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 774Last week 1,473Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	145.00	145.00
19	—	424	163.00–180.00	175.70
21	—	516	152.00	152.00
21	—	484	154.50–160.00	156.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	400	157.00	157.00
22	—	555	151.75–153.00	152.54
36	—	484	152.00–156.00	153.70
4	—	610	144.50	144.50
35	—	524	146.50–154.50	152.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	406	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	569	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	550	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	663	160.00	160.00
63	—	631	164.00–165.00	164.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	556	173.50–175.50	174.13
22	—	474	186.00–188.50	187.60
60	—	851	165.25	165.25
119	—	842	165.25–165.50	165.37
27	—	527	170.00–182.00	176.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	561	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	367	212.00	212.00
4	—	412	184.00	184.00
16	—	628	162.00–171.50	165.56
13	—	586	164.25–165.00	164.48
18	—	533	165.00	165.00
4	—	496	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	531	148.00	148.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	663	147.50	147.50
4	—	525	155.50	155.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	45.00–50.00	48.09
6	—	1,366	54.50–60.00	57.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,099	52.25–55.50	54.15
6	—	1,025	45.00–50.00	47.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,563	50.00–55.00	52.97
12	—	1,486	52.00–60.25	56.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	79.75	79.75
1	—	1,560	70.00	70.00

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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