Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-09-25

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.30/cwt on 314 head.

Average price

$168.30

314 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,159

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$8.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.91

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	725	168.91	1,225	237
Medium and Large 1-2	575	167.13	961	68
Large 1-2	592	162.25	961	4thin
Medium and Large 2	573	160.00	917	5thin

One grade step is worth $8.91/cwt here — about $308 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 sale314 hd

168.30

—

MO average5 barns · 3,660 hd

165.39

+2.91

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	1,605	75.76	1,216	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,398	55.93	782	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,244	54.53	678	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	52.02	567	20

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	281	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	199.58/cwt	189.50–215.00	750	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	992	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,039	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	175.10/cwt	175.10–175.10	1,117	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	160.67/cwt	160.00–161.35	1,346	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,059	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,097	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	911	15
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	595	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	910	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,005	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,256	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,280	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	640	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	928	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	917	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	592	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	153.36/cwt	152.00–155.00	962	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	152.38/cwt	149.50–154.00	862	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	761	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	152.78/cwt	147.00–154.00	749	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	798	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	791	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,107	10
Bulls	—	—	1,605	75.76/cwt	70.00–80.25	1,216	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	49.85/cwt	46.00–51.50	613	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	55.83/cwt	54.25–57.00	697	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	62.25/cwt	62.25–62.25	900	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	780	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	55.78/cwt	53.25–58.25	769	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	50.23/cwt	47.00–53.25	517	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	53.80/cwt	51.50–55.75	619	10

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 Sep 25, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 765Last week 734Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 60Year 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	—	281	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	376	189.50–215.00	199.58
19	—	567	175.00	175.00
4	—	778	149.50	149.50
6	—	435	175.00	175.00
6	—	526	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	577	180.00	180.00
63	—	638	175.10	175.10
120	—	838	160.00–161.35	160.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	640	145.00	145.00
10	—	791	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	160.00	160.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	592	162.25	162.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	730	145.00	145.00
7	—	775	141.50	141.50
15	—	601	151.50	151.50
17	—	566	149.50–154.00	152.38
6	—	335	167.00	167.00
16	—	490	147.00–154.00	152.78
5	—	543	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	153.00	153.00
5	—	1,005	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	877	146.00	146.00
166	—	627	152.00–155.00	153.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,605	70.00–80.25	75.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,229	46.00–51.50	49.85
18	—	1,248	54.25–57.00	55.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	62.25	62.25
1	—	1,530	51.00	51.00
9	—	1,378	53.25–58.25	55.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,029	47.00–53.25	50.23
10	—	1,150	51.50–55.75	53.80

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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