Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-01-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.53/cwt on 410 head.

Average price

$151.53

410 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$62

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

$38.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.05

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	588	164.71	969	146
Medium 1	541	157.90	854	15thin
Large 1-2	719	146.56	1,054	33
Medium and Large 1-2	736	144.86	1,067	193
Medium and Large 2	768	128.17	984	9thin
Medium 1-2	819	125.89	1,031	14thin

One grade step is worth $38.81/cwt here — about −$62 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 sale410 hd

151.53

—

MO average6 barns · 15,088 hd

160.58

−9.05

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	1,837	82.02	1,507	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,466	55.53	814	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	52.76	692	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,133	50.57	573	19

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1Fleshy	—	666	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	866	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	465	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	679	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,045	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	686	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	123.24/cwt	122.50–126.00	910	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	895	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	136.37/cwt	133.50–142.00	1,072	26
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	680	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	918	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	874	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	1,068	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	164.76/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,008	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	167.14/cwt	163.00–179.00	886	37
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	660	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	832	23
Heifers	Medium 1	—	620	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	856	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	149.13/cwt	147.50–153.00	801	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	634	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	877	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	161.13/cwt	159.00–162.00	772	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	748	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	909	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	914	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	937	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	150.86/cwt	147.00–152.00	840	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	139.57/cwt	133.00–149.00	804	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	141.27/cwt	137.50–145.00	870	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	130.77/cwt	125.00–133.25	871	25
Steers	Large 1-2	—	767	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,080	20
Steers	Large 1-2	—	645	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,003	13
Steers	Medium 1	—	503	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	805	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	566	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	886	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,074	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	152.10/cwt	151.50–152.25	1,013	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	989	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,216	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	132.37/cwt	131.25–134.25	1,109	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	172.57/cwt	168.50–178.00	977	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	150.81/cwt	146.00–152.50	1,038	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	157.72/cwt	157.00–158.50	904	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	155.80/cwt	150.00–162.00	989	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	948	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,142	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	183.99/cwt	182.00–186.00	810	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	182.77/cwt	180.50–185.00	850	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,078	8
Bulls	—	—	1,837	82.02/cwt	77.00–85.50	1,507	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	56.50/cwt	54.00–60.75	715	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,332	52.14/cwt	51.50–53.00	695	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	56.15/cwt	53.00–60.00	837	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	45.90/cwt	45.00–47.50	497	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	51.44/cwt	47.50–53.00	587	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	48.27/cwt	45.50–52.00	660	5

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 Jan 9, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 907Last week 284Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 15Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	666	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	836	125.00	125.00
29	—	480	143.00	143.00
28	—	738	122.50–126.00	123.24
24	—	576	133.00–149.00	139.57
25	—	616	137.50–145.00	141.27
25	—	666	125.00–133.25	130.77
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	660	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	620	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	537	147.50–153.00	149.13
8	—	404	157.00	157.00
11	—	638	137.50	137.50
13	—	479	159.00–162.00	161.13
13	—	557	147.00–152.00	150.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	748	121.50	121.50
5	—	914	102.50	102.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	678	132.00	132.00
3	—	948	120.50	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	786	133.50–142.00	136.37
21	—	838	131.25–134.25	132.37
99	—	688	146.00–152.50	150.81
4	—	521	161.00	161.00
8	—	573	157.00–158.50	157.72
15	—	635	150.00–162.00	155.80
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	135.00	135.00
10	—	874	122.25	122.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	612	160.00–168.00	164.76
37	—	530	163.00–179.00	167.14
8	—	751	143.00	143.00
20	—	666	151.50–152.25	152.10
23	—	566	168.50–178.00	172.57
8	—	440	182.00–186.00	183.99
8	—	465	180.50–185.00	182.77
8	—	736	146.50	146.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	767	140.75	140.75
13	—	645	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	503	160.00	160.00
9	—	566	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	989	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,837	77.00–85.50	82.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,266	54.00–60.75	56.50
5	—	1,367	45.50–52.00	48.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,332	51.50–53.00	52.14
11	—	1,490	53.00–60.00	56.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	45.00–47.50	45.90
16	—	1,142	47.50–53.00	51.44

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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