Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-02-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.02/cwt on 579 head.

Average price

$165.02

579 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$8.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.18

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	713	166.73	1,189	458
Medium and Large 1-2	669	158.55	1,061	121

One grade step is worth $8.18/cwt here — about $128 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 sale579 hd

165.02

—

MO average4 barns · 3,751 hd

162.85

+2.18

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	1,868	84.52	1,579	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,322	60.21	796	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,244	60.12	748	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	51.64	604	11

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	818	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,023	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	893	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	881	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	808	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,054	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	164.76/cwt	162.25–166.25	946	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	146.49/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,066	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,151	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	980	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,001	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	164.10/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,024	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	190.22/cwt	187.50–196.00	1,021	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,022	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,114	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	173.84/cwt	168.00–187.00	1,036	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	949	139.10/cwt	139.10–139.10	1,320	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	180.29/cwt	169.00–184.00	1,114	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	988	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	144.85/cwt	143.00–146.50	1,121	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	156.16/cwt	154.00–164.00	829	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	146.80/cwt	146.75–146.85	1,216	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	173.82/cwt	170.00–176.25	1,158	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	515	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,094	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	141.36/cwt	133.50–142.75	978	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	212.08/cwt	211.50–213.00	999	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	594	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	188.25/cwt	186.00–192.00	1,090	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	673	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	741	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	157.96/cwt	150.00–165.00	780	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	167.83/cwt	163.00–169.50	886	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	696	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,082	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,238	65.83/cwt	63.00–68.25	815	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	53.01/cwt	50.50–57.50	637	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	64.89/cwt	63.00–69.00	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	645	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	864	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	158.90/cwt	156.75–159.50	977	118
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	58.33/cwt	55.00–60.25	787	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	475	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	49.50/cwt	49.50–49.50	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	980	11
Bulls	—	—	1,868	84.52/cwt	82.00–86.75	1,579	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	58.29/cwt	54.50–62.00	726	13

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 Feb 13, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,134Last week 1,884Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 69Year 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	—	818	125.00	125.00
8	—	535	167.00	167.00
3	—	716	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	808	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	574	162.25–166.25	164.76
3	—	835	136.00	136.00
5	—	444	167.00	167.00
31	—	528	163.00–169.50	167.83
118	—	615	156.75–159.50	158.90
11	—	754	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	720	137.25	137.25
22	—	531	154.00–164.00	156.16
37	—	692	133.50–142.75	141.36
6	—	635	144.50	144.50
11	—	403	167.00	167.00
15	—	494	150.00–165.00	157.96
5	—	592	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	594	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	645	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	728	145.00–150.00	146.49
7	—	854	134.75	134.75
10	—	524	187.00	187.00
4	—	493	203.00	203.00
18	—	624	160.00–168.00	164.10
28	—	681	150.00	150.00
19	—	596	168.00–187.00	173.84
15	—	774	143.00–146.50	144.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	537	187.50–196.00	190.22
11	—	719	155.00	155.00
59	—	949	139.10	139.10
80	—	618	169.00–184.00	180.29
122	—	828	146.75–146.85	146.80
81	—	666	170.00–176.25	173.82
10	—	471	211.50–213.00	212.08
24	—	579	186.00–192.00	188.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	515	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	696	155.50	155.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,238	63.00–68.25	65.83
12	—	1,350	55.00–60.25	58.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,202	50.50–57.50	53.01
1	—	1,055	45.00	45.00
2	—	1,097	49.50	49.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,239	63.00–69.00	64.89
13	—	1,246	54.50–62.00	58.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,868	82.00–86.75	84.52

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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