Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-11-27

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.12/cwt on 596 head.

Average price

$159.12

596 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,125

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$19.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.26

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	717	160.45	1,151	504
Medium and Large 1-2	646	153.15	990	76
Medium 1	624	151.50	945	7thin
Medium 1-2	703	141.00	991	9thin

One grade step is worth $19.45/cwt here — about $159 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 sale596 hd

159.12

—

MO average4 barns · 7,038 hd

153.86

+5.26

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	2,055	70.25	1,444	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,414	50.03	707	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,308	46.86	613	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,117	41.22	461	15

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	646	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	622	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	843	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	147.24/cwt	140.00–150.50	680	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	137.48/cwt	137.00–138.00	800	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,109	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	161.66/cwt	159.25–164.00	1,190	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	158.76/cwt	158.00–159.25	1,313	194
Steers	Medium 1	—	624	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	945	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	703	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	991	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	158.40/cwt	157.50–159.00	916	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	176.23/cwt	174.00–179.00	730	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,087	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	872	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	940	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	173.29/cwt	171.25–176.00	887	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	154.18/cwt	150.00–156.00	942	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	738	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	808	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	686	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	981	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	767	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,039	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	634	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	910	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	926	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	135.15/cwt	134.00–140.00	811	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	708	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	889	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	591	133.74/cwt	133.00–135.00	790	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	757	9
Bulls	—	—	2,005	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,363	1
Bulls	—	—	2,105	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,526	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	49.89/cwt	46.50–52.50	721	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	36.32/cwt	34.50–40.00	392	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	53.75/cwt	52.50–55.75	762	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	43.67/cwt	40.00–47.00	496	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	55.39/cwt	54.00–56.00	752	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	40.34/cwt	37.50–44.25	516	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	47.99/cwt	46.00–52.00	629	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,282	41.31/cwt	40.00–42.50	530	2

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 27, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,092Last week 1,857Year ago 1,248

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 91Year ago 153

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	646	129.25	129.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	622	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	606	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	462	140.00–150.50	147.24
39	—	582	137.00–138.00	137.48
5	—	317	173.00	173.00
8	—	400	151.00	151.00
21	—	600	134.00–140.00	135.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	753	147.25	147.25
13	—	495	149.00	149.00
48	—	558	144.75	144.75
9	—	515	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	708	125.50	125.50
8	—	591	133.00–135.00	133.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	736	159.25–164.00	161.66
194	—	827	158.00–159.25	158.76
6	—	483	180.50	180.50
13	—	553	170.00	170.00
43	—	512	171.25–176.00	173.29
85	—	611	150.00–156.00	154.18
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	703	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	578	157.50–159.00	158.40
6	—	628	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	414	174.00–179.00	176.23
33	—	697	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	686	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	767	135.50	135.50
14	—	634	143.50	143.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	68.00	68.00
1	—	2,105	72.50	72.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,445	46.50–52.50	49.89
5	—	1,417	52.50–55.75	53.75
2	—	1,282	40.00–42.50	41.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,080	34.50–40.00	36.32
10	—	1,136	40.00–47.00	43.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,358	54.00–56.00	55.39
8	—	1,279	37.50–44.25	40.34
16	—	1,310	46.00–52.00	47.99

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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