Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-05-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.46/cwt on 576 head.

Average price

$147.46

576 head · 754 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$266

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

$24.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.81

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	551	165.09	910	156
Medium and Large 2	529	159.63	845	12thin
Medium and Large 1	838	140.37	1,176	408

One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about −$266 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 sale576 hd

147.46

—

MO average6 barns · 6,297 hd

155.27

−7.81

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	1,735	81.09	1,407	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,306	55.45	724	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	55.43	693	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	993	49.48	491	7thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	47.22/cwt	47.00–47.50	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	684	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	638	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	829	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	597	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	782	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	778	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,043	5
Bulls	—	—	1,528	78.11/cwt	74.50–79.50	1,194	3
Bulls	—	—	1,859	82.88/cwt	81.50–85.50	1,541	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,284	54.92/cwt	50.50–58.50	705	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	837	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	936	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	906	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	170.51/cwt	170.00–176.50	924	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	131.30/cwt	130.85–131.50	1,217	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	133.89/cwt	131.00–135.00	821	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	140.55/cwt	130.00–143.50	786	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	164.71/cwt	163.50–165.00	960	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	174.37/cwt	171.00–176.00	825	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,071	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	146.95/cwt	145.00–150.00	698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,064	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	48.28/cwt	47.00–50.00	575	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	50.38/cwt	49.00–52.50	508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	129.10/cwt	129.10–129.10	1,233	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	989	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	171.19/cwt	169.00–171.50	906	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	628	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	158.62/cwt	157.50–160.00	956	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,075	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	55.37/cwt	51.00–58.00	695	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	61.12/cwt	60.00–61.50	774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,022	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	148.26/cwt	145.50–152.00	698	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	583	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	58.90/cwt	58.25–59.50	852	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	792	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Yearlings	—	693	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,036	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,002	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	139.60/cwt	139.00–140.00	741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	983	9

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 May 22, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,093Last week 1,424Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 119Last week 154Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	955	47.00–47.50	47.22
5	—	1,008	49.00–52.50	50.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,284	50.50–58.50	54.92
2	—	1,447	58.25–59.50	58.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,191	47.00–50.00	48.28
22	—	1,255	51.00–58.00	55.37
4	—	1,267	60.00–61.50	61.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,528	74.50–79.50	78.11
5	—	1,859	81.50–85.50	82.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	443	154.50	154.50
56	—	555	150.75	150.75
80	—	626	144.75	144.75
70	—	686	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	638	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	597	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	613	131.00–135.00	133.89
14	—	559	130.00–143.50	140.55
4	—	750	117.50	117.50
37	—	471	145.50–152.00	148.26
8	—	360	162.00	162.00
10	—	531	139.00–140.00	139.60
9	—	844	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	475	145.00–150.00	146.95
13	—	587	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	778	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	554	169.00	169.00
71	—	542	170.00–176.50	170.51
238	—	927	130.85–131.50	131.30
15	—	698	153.50	153.50
6	—	739	144.00	144.00
60	—	955	129.10	129.10
9	—	621	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	583	163.50–165.00	164.71
44	—	473	171.00–176.00	174.37
12	—	659	150.00	150.00
24	—	529	169.00–171.50	171.19
14	—	347	181.00	181.00
20	—	603	157.50–160.00	158.62
6	—	765	140.50	140.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	695	144.50	144.50
5	—	431	170.00	170.00
4	—	528	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Yearlings$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	693	149.50	149.50

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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