Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2018-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-12-04

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.09/cwt on 378 head.

Average price

$143.09

378 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$363

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

$20.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.38

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	378	162.00	612	3thin
Medium and Large 1	626	149.62	936	58
Medium and Large 1-2	688	141.72	975	317

One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about −$363 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 sale378 hd

143.09

—

MO average6 barns · 6,631 hd

149.47

−6.38

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	2,042	68.00	1,389	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,555	48.11	748	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,322	45.98	608	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,138	39.05	445	14

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	463	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	685	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	768	10
Heifers	Large 1-2Calves	—	818	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,014	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	702	124.85/cwt	124.85–124.85	876	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	683	121.32/cwt	121.00–122.50	829	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	133.81/cwt	133.00–134.00	724	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	619	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	919	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	685	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	952	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	902	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,083	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	147.96/cwt	145.75–149.00	911	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	148.85/cwt	148.85–148.85	1,097	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	678	135.82/cwt	134.50–139.00	921	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	596	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	830	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	782	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,052	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	714	132.99/cwt	131.50–134.75	950	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	639	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	879	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	163.33/cwt	156.50–165.00	843	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	900	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	142.35/cwt	142.35–142.35	1,069	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	128.16/cwt	128.00–128.50	861	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	129.76/cwt	125.00–132.00	750	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	398	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	491	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	567	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	680	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	128.51/cwt	127.00–130.00	811	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	637	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	692	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	537	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	694	17
Bulls	—	—	2,042	68.00/cwt	67.75–68.25	1,389	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	33.80/cwt	29.00–36.25	374	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	42.99/cwt	40.50–45.00	500	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	40.47/cwt	39.75–41.50	544	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	46.85/cwt	44.25–49.00	617	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	48.11/cwt	46.50–53.00	748	12

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 Dec 4, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 853Last week 1,092Year ago 372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 100Year ago 79

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	148.00	148.00
10	—	565	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	818	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	702	124.85	124.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	683	121.00–122.50	121.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	541	133.00–134.00	133.81
15	—	672	128.00–128.50	128.16
50	—	578	125.00–132.00	129.76
39	—	631	127.00–130.00	128.51
3	—	445	131.00	131.00
4	—	466	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	751	142.35	142.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	398	131.00	131.00
9	—	495	128.75	128.75
10	—	577	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	491	125.00	125.00
13	—	567	120.00	120.00
17	—	537	129.25	129.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	619	148.50	148.50
26	—	685	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	136.50	136.50
8	—	792	136.75	136.75
22	—	616	145.75–149.00	147.96
66	—	737	148.85	148.85
28	—	516	156.50–165.00	163.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	678	134.50–139.00	135.82
58	—	782	134.50	134.50
26	—	714	131.50–134.75	132.99
32	—	639	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	596	139.25	139.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	536	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	162.00	162.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,042	67.75–68.25	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,107	29.00–36.25	33.80
8	—	1,162	40.50–45.00	42.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,345	39.75–41.50	40.47
19	—	1,318	44.25–49.00	46.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,555	46.50–53.00	48.11

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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