Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CLOSED*Compared to two week's ago, feeder steers and heifers sold sharply lower on comparable sales. Slaughter cows traded 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Several load lots of good reputation yearlings on offer.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.55/cwt on 594 head.

Average price

$145.55

594 head · 792 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,152

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$255

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

$13.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.71

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	591	157.52	931	80
Large 1	584	146.00	853	5thin
Medium and Large 1	825	143.67	1,186	509

One grade step is worth $13.85/cwt here — about −$255 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 sale594 hd

145.55

—

MO average5 barns · 7,426 hd

166.26

−20.71

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	1,789	82.83	1,482	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,224	60.08	735	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,434	55.96	802	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	55.24	590	25

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	153.24/cwt	151.00–161.00	877	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	153.66/cwt	146.50–165.00	974	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	130.36/cwt	126.50–132.50	1,195	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	138.00/cwt	135.00–141.00	718	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	135.92/cwt	135.85–136.00	1,210	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	195.29/cwt	194.00–197.00	908	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,120	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	174.30/cwt	163.00–177.00	974	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	184.81/cwt	175.00–187.00	987	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	752	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	145.17/cwt	142.50–153.00	992	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	137.02/cwt	135.50–139.00	921	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	718	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,027	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	609	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,102	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	780	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	850	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	969	3
Steers	Large 1	—	584	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,069	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	166.77/cwt	156.00–177.00	879	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	122.79/cwt	122.00–124.00	907	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	126.96/cwt	126.50–127.50	942	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	126.69/cwt	120.00–131.00	778	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	581	127.99/cwt	126.50–129.50	744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	766	118.10/cwt	103.00–128.25	905	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	678	128.50/cwt	125.50–130.00	871	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	178.40/cwt	171.00–180.00	856	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,047	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,167	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	827	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,034	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	707	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,025	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	820	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	975	128.67/cwt	126.25–130.85	1,255	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	133.85/cwt	133.85–133.85	1,027	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	149.65/cwt	145.50–154.50	792	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	131.52/cwt	128.10–133.00	1,080	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	152.97/cwt	138.00–155.00	890	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	138.96/cwt	133.50–142.00	846	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	632	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,231	1,900.00/cwt	1,900.00–1,900.00	23,389	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,272	906.98/cwt	900.00–925.00	11,537	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,213	692.71/cwt	625.00–725.00	8,403	3
Bulls	—	—	1,802	78.32/cwt	73.00–81.50	1,411	8
Bulls	—	—	1,783	85.08/cwt	83.00–88.25	1,517	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,351	53.92/cwt	52.00–55.00	728	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	58.10/cwt	55.00–65.00	813	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	58.12/cwt	55.25–63.00	649	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	51.57/cwt	44.50–54.00	519	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	52.49/cwt	50.00–55.25	782	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	61.00/cwt	57.00–67.00	728	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	69.25/cwt	69.25–69.25	816	2

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 Mar 13, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,092Last week 693Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 99Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 164Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	572	151.00–161.00	153.24
17	—	634	146.50–165.00	153.66
3	—	926	121.00	121.00
7	—	672	135.50–139.00	137.02
6	—	443	176.00	176.00
3	—	710	136.50	136.50
18	—	527	156.00–177.00	166.77
11	—	480	171.00–180.00	178.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	917	126.50–132.50	130.36
119	—	890	135.85–136.00	135.92
16	—	465	194.00–197.00	195.29
44	—	559	163.00–177.00	174.30
26	—	534	175.00–187.00	184.81
28	—	683	142.50–153.00	145.17
5	—	436	195.00	195.00
3	—	703	152.00	152.00
116	—	975	126.25–130.85	128.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	718	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	609	181.00	181.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	584	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	707	145.00	145.00
3	—	820	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	520	135.00–141.00	138.00
5	—	739	122.00–124.00	122.79
20	—	614	120.00–131.00	126.69
12	—	593	139.50	139.50
6	—	834	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	482	156.00	156.00
11	—	742	126.50–127.50	126.96
10	—	1,047	111.50	111.50
73	—	767	133.85	133.85
21	—	529	145.50–154.50	149.65
64	—	821	128.10–133.00	131.52
3	—	653	140.00	140.00
69	—	582	138.00–155.00	152.97
21	—	609	133.50–142.00	138.96
17	—	421	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	581	126.50–129.50	127.99
10	—	766	103.00–128.25	118.10
18	—	678	125.50–130.00	128.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,231	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,272	900.00–925.00	906.98
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,213	625.00–725.00	692.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,802	73.00–81.50	78.32
16	—	1,783	83.00–88.25	85.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,351	52.00–55.00	53.92
27	—	1,194	57.00–67.00	61.00
2	—	1,178	69.25	69.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,399	55.00–65.00	58.10
8	—	1,490	50.00–55.25	52.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,116	55.25–63.00	58.12
11	—	1,006	44.50–54.00	51.57

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Unionville Livestock Market - Unionville, MO

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle