Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-07-17

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.13/cwt on 503 head.

Average price

$154.13

503 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,199

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$3.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.73

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	798	155.03	1,237	380
Medium and Large 1-2	715	151.35	1,083	123

One grade step is worth $3.69/cwt here — about $154 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 sale503 hd

154.13

—

MO average6 barns · 6,855 hd

154.87

−0.73

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	1,680	80.43	1,351	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	54.79	685	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,453	53.51	778	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,150	52.00	598	9thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	665	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	944	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	716	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,047	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	156.54/cwt	153.00–162.00	1,035	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	149.60/cwt	149.60–149.60	1,141	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,097	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	966	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	152.48/cwt	150.00–164.00	816	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	157.54/cwt	149.00–160.00	882	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,056	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,001	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	759	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	147.41/cwt	145.00–147.75	1,002	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	145.50/cwt	144.25–146.75	1,326	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	155.75/cwt	155.00–157.25	1,220	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	133.37/cwt	125.50–134.35	1,084	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,163	12
Bulls	—	—	1,498	77.77/cwt	76.00–79.50	1,165	5
Bulls	—	—	1,862	83.10/cwt	81.00–84.75	1,547	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,515	52.62/cwt	52.50–52.75	797	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	55.12/cwt	53.50–57.50	666	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	52.32/cwt	50.50–53.50	803	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	54.36/cwt	53.25–56.25	758	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	551	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	53.14/cwt	50.00–57.50	612	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 Jul 17, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 972Last week 2,343Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 104Year 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
6	—	665	142.00	142.00
9	—	456	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	732	143.00	143.00
25	—	661	153.00–162.00	156.54
63	—	763	149.60	149.60
14	—	560	149.00–160.00	157.54
3	—	400	178.00	178.00
12	—	831	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	649	169.00	169.00
117	—	911	144.25–146.75	145.50
193	—	783	155.00–157.25	155.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	471	147.00	147.00
3	—	616	143.00	143.00
8	—	513	148.00	148.00
32	—	680	145.00–147.75	147.41
4	—	575	155.75	155.75
5	—	412	156.50	156.50
74	—	813	125.50–134.35	133.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	646	149.50	149.50
17	—	535	150.00–164.00	152.48
80	—	679	155.50	155.50
88	—	589	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,498	76.00–79.50	77.77
5	—	1,862	81.00–84.75	83.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	52.50–52.75	52.62
13	—	1,209	53.50–57.50	55.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,535	50.50–53.50	52.32
7	—	1,395	53.25–56.25	54.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,147	48.00	48.00
7	—	1,151	50.00–57.50	53.14

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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