Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-11-06

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.09/cwt on 311 head.

Average price

$160.09

311 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,023

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$19.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.31

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	683	162.70	1,112	196
Medium and Large 1-2	557	157.59	877	97
Medium 1-2	567	149.48	848	6thin
Medium and Large 2	624	143.00	892	12thin

One grade step is worth $19.70/cwt here — about $220 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 sale311 hd

160.09

—

MO average6 barns · 4,884 hd

157.78

+2.31

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	1,632	64.53	1,053	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,562	45.53	711	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	43.66	571	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,114	40.93	456	7thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1-2Calves	—	653	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	855	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2Calves	—	613	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	584	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	850	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	630	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	128.35/cwt	128.35–128.35	993	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	139.90/cwt	139.50–140.00	753	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	171.21/cwt	168.00–175.00	736	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	837	6
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	567	149.48/cwt	146.00–153.00	848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	161.70/cwt	159.00–171.00	854	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	892	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	949	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	903	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,219	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,212	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	808	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	685	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	976	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	641	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	665	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	978	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	663	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	968	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	149.34/cwt	148.50–150.00	714	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	560	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	523	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	701	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	593	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	727	5
Bulls	—	—	1,766	68.04/cwt	66.50–69.00	1,202	3
Bulls	—	—	1,230	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	664	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	46.09/cwt	43.50–50.25	592	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	40.13/cwt	35.00–43.00	599	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	47.07/cwt	44.25–50.00	745	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	40.15/cwt	35.00–42.75	539	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	37.05/cwt	36.00–38.00	396	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	42.48/cwt	41.00–44.50	481	5

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 Nov 6, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 568Last week 1,061Year ago 774

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 101Year ago 46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	613	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	584	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	426	148.00	148.00
24	—	774	128.35	128.35
25	—	538	139.50–140.00	139.90
38	—	478	148.50–150.00	149.34
4	—	342	156.00	156.00
10	—	381	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	158.00	158.00
18	—	521	155.00	155.00
5	—	456	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	134.00	134.00
3	—	593	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	430	168.00–175.00	171.21
32	—	528	159.00–171.00	161.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	460	182.00	182.00
20	—	555	171.00	171.00
28	—	540	167.25	167.25
60	—	762	160.00	160.00
63	—	741	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	567	146.00–153.00	149.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	624	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	685	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	641	147.00	147.00
16	—	665	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	663	146.00	146.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,766	66.50–69.00	68.04
1	—	1,230	54.00	54.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,285	43.50–50.25	46.09
9	—	1,343	35.00–42.75	40.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,492	35.00–43.00	40.13
14	—	1,582	44.25–50.00	47.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	36.00–38.00	37.05
5	—	1,132	41.00–44.50	42.48

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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