Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-01-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.24/cwt on 363 head.

Average price

$157.24

363 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,010

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$35

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

$32.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.53

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	165.89	1,018	78
Medium and Large 1-2	645	156.01	1,007	269
Large 2	637	140.00	892	6thin
Medium and Large 2	790	133.40	1,054	10thin

One grade step is worth $32.49/cwt here — about −$35 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 sale363 hd

157.24

—

MO average7 barns · 20,957 hd

150.71

+6.53

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	1,837	69.85	1,283	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,454	49.35	718	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,310	46.61	611	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,171	39.34	461	7thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	162.56/cwt	161.50–165.00	959	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	482	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	699	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	656	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	909	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	477	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	692	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	863	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	165.69/cwt	165.00–166.50	1,017	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	919	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	176.22/cwt	175.75–176.75	989	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,096	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	161.60/cwt	156.00–165.00	850	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,287	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	155.78/cwt	154.00–156.50	1,039	21
Steers	Large 2	—	637	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	892	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	686	144.65/cwt	140.00–146.00	992	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	143.06/cwt	141.00–143.50	1,054	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	158.74/cwt	154.00–166.00	991	156
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	716	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,002	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	839	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,082	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	909	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	150.15/cwt	150.00–150.50	790	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,267	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	126.86/cwt	124.75–128.25	1,001	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	140.97/cwt	134.00–146.50	808	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	141.27/cwt	140.00–144.00	742	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,434	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	133.94/cwt	133.75–134.50	885	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	139.04/cwt	132.00–141.50	877	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	124.99/cwt	123.00–127.00	724	8
Bulls	—	—	1,530	66.75/cwt	66.75–66.75	1,021	1
Bulls	—	—	1,990	71.40/cwt	69.00–73.75	1,421	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	34.29/cwt	34.00–35.00	401	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	48.98/cwt	48.00–52.00	706	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	43.12/cwt	40.00–46.50	505	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	54.31/cwt	53.00–55.00	722	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	40.13/cwt	37.50–42.00	555	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	47.64/cwt	44.00–50.50	602	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	835	1

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 Jan 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 776Last week 0Year ago 907

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 0Year ago 72

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	590	161.50–165.00	162.56
4	—	467	170.00	170.00
11	—	526	156.00–165.00	161.60
12	—	897	143.50	143.50
21	—	667	154.00–156.50	155.78
22	—	737	141.00–143.50	143.06
156	—	624	154.00–166.00	158.74
3	—	776	141.25	141.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	498	178.00	178.00
13	—	614	165.00–166.50	165.69
15	—	528	174.00	174.00
21	—	561	175.75–176.75	176.22
25	—	728	150.50	150.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	637	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	686	140.00–146.00	144.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	716	140.00	140.00
6	—	839	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	482	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	656	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	477	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	581	148.50	148.50
5	—	391	160.00	160.00
6	—	469	164.50	164.50
9	—	653	139.25	139.25
10	—	526	150.00–150.50	150.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	154.00	154.00
6	—	925	137.00	137.00
15	—	789	124.75–128.25	126.86
21	—	573	134.00–146.50	140.97
22	—	525	140.00–144.00	141.27
30	—	1,062	135.00	135.00
44	—	661	133.75–134.50	133.94
51	—	631	132.00–141.50	139.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	579	123.00–127.00	124.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	66.75	66.75
2	—	1,990	69.00–73.75	71.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	34.00–35.00	34.29
4	—	1,172	40.00–46.50	43.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,442	48.00–52.00	48.98
1	—	1,575	53.00	53.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,330	53.00–55.00	54.31
5	—	1,383	37.50–42.00	40.13
9	—	1,263	44.00–50.50	47.64

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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