Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-08-14

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.45/cwt on 463 head.

Average price

$145.45

463 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$985

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$4.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.90

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	147.70	815	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	698	145.57	1,016	406
Medium and Large 2	525	143.48	753	42

One grade step is worth $4.22/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 sale463 hd

145.45

—

MO average5 barns · 4,143 hd

146.35

−0.90

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	1,877	85.88	1,612	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,380	56.95	786	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,292	53.62	693	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,189	50.86	605	11

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	435	179.75/cwt	179.75–179.75	782	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	809	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	868	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,083	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	170.68/cwt	164.50–173.75	860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	159.71/cwt	149.00–162.00	1,089	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	930	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	150.58/cwt	143.00–152.25	935	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	536	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	623	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	149.09/cwt	148.50–150.50	780	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	553	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	661	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,025	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	802	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	129.85/cwt	129.85–129.85	1,167	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,004	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	152.65/cwt	151.75–154.25	1,334	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	663	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	868	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	128.85/cwt	128.85–128.85	1,221	55
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,385	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,811	8
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,482	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	16,302	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,076	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	10,599	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	573	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	1,004	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	159.99/cwt	155.00–161.25	1,146	70
Bulls	—	—	1,877	85.88/cwt	82.00–89.25	1,612	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	49.92/cwt	47.50–52.00	636	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	57.04/cwt	53.00–60.00	747	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,094	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	55.78/cwt	53.00–58.50	739	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	48.44/cwt	47.50–50.00	561	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,207	52.25/cwt	51.00–57.00	631	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 Aug 14, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,046Last week 410Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 83Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 40Year 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
7	—	435	179.75	179.75
10	—	541	149.50	149.50
10	—	611	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	752	144.00	144.00
12	—	504	164.50–173.75	170.68
23	—	682	149.00–162.00	159.71
6	—	610	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	661	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	561	179.00	179.00
180	—	874	151.75–154.25	152.65
21	—	600	167.25	167.25
70	—	716	155.00–161.25	159.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	595	156.25	156.25
177	—	621	143.00–152.25	150.58
17	—	523	148.50–150.50	149.09
4	—	386	159.50	159.50
65	—	899	129.85	129.85
55	—	948	128.85	128.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	140.00	140.00
10	—	364	152.00	152.00
7	—	442	150.00	150.00
22	—	629	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	536	150.00	150.00
3	—	623	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	533	150.50	150.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,385	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	1,076	985.00	985.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,482	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,877	82.00–89.25	85.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,274	47.50–52.00	49.92
13	—	1,309	53.00–60.00	57.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	64.00	64.00
6	—	1,325	53.00–58.50	55.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,158	47.50–50.00	48.44
7	—	1,207	51.00–57.00	52.25

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle