Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2017-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-12-05

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.72/cwt on 185 head.

Average price

$164.72

185 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$29

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

$10.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	618	167.32	1,034	139
Medium and Large 1-2	677	156.86	1,063	46

One grade step is worth $10.46/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale185 hd

164.72

—

MO average5 barns · 4,662 hd

162.08

+2.64

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	1,795	73.01	1,311	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,426	53.95	769	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,444	52.52	758	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,191	50.01	596	19

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	493	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	871	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	152.28/cwt	149.25–155.00	1,109	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,017	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	955	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	919	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,148	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	156.42/cwt	155.00–158.00	881	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	144.52/cwt	142.00–146.00	906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	844	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	178.26/cwt	178.00–179.00	959	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	892	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	942	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	719	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,070	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,134	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,073	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	166.48/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,057	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	147.69/cwt	137.00–151.00	827	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	672	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	177.03/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,009	17
Bulls	—	—	1,795	73.01/cwt	72.00–74.50	1,311	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,187	43.84/cwt	42.00–45.00	520	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	50.74/cwt	48.00–54.50	605	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	153.42/cwt	153.00–154.00	789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	677	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,076	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,485	50.42/cwt	48.00–53.00	749	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	54.02/cwt	51.00–56.00	764	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	50.74/cwt	49.00–53.00	772	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,369	55.87/cwt	54.00–58.00	765	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	845	7

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 Dec 5, 2017

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 372Last week 1,248Year ago 519

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 153Year 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
3	—	493	159.00	159.00
3	—	571	152.50	152.50
4	—	353	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	728	149.25–155.00	152.28
7	—	626	162.50	162.50
12	—	577	165.50	165.50
6	—	761	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	753	152.50	152.50
22	—	538	178.00–179.00	178.26
14	—	656	163.50	163.50
42	—	635	162.00–169.00	166.48
17	—	570	173.00–179.00	177.03
5	—	416	191.00	191.00
7	—	497	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	719	148.75	148.75
10	—	677	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	623	147.50	147.50
33	—	563	155.00–158.00	156.42
16	—	531	159.00	159.00
3	—	483	158.00	158.00
4	—	410	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	627	142.00–146.00	144.52
3	—	711	125.50	125.50
4	—	481	158.00	158.00
3	—	678	139.00	139.00
17	—	560	137.00–151.00	147.69
7	—	514	153.00–154.00	153.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,795	72.00–74.50	73.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,187	42.00–45.00	43.84
17	—	1,192	48.00–54.50	50.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,485	48.00–53.00	50.42
7	—	1,415	51.00–56.00	54.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,521	49.00–53.00	50.74
10	—	1,369	54.00–58.00	55.87

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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