Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, weaned steers and heifers sold mostly steady, short weaned or those right off the cow 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Mostly unweaned calves on offer ahead of next week's Yearling Special. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.79/cwt on 414 head.

Average price

$155.79

414 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$26.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.76

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	161.80	864	221
Medium and Large 2	465	154.00	716	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	591	150.29	888	167
Medium 1-2	585	135.75	793	20

One grade step is worth $26.05/cwt here — about $71 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 sale414 hd

155.79

—

MO average20 barns · 13,110 hd

149.02

+6.76

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	1,815	70.00	1,271	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	51.72	730	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,338	49.31	660	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,205	44.65	538	10

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	534	161.63/cwt	160.00–162.75	863	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	148.06/cwt	147.00–148.50	871	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	161.55/cwt	158.00–164.00	901	40
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	616	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	819	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	498	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	655	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	463	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	136.89/cwt	134.75–138.00	799	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	144.67/cwt	142.00–146.00	606	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	150.22/cwt	150.00–151.00	595	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	145.13/cwt	141.00–149.00	898	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	134.68/cwt	133.50–136.00	972	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,134	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	776	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	169.28/cwt	168.00–170.50	835	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	181.11/cwt	180.25–182.00	757	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	584	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	885	19
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	549	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	780	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	547	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	135.30/cwt	133.00–136.25	705	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	786	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	666	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	619	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,253	45.27/cwt	43.00–46.50	567	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	50.18/cwt	47.00–57.00	671	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	44.02/cwt	42.00–46.00	509	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	46.19/cwt	42.00–47.50	620	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	51.72/cwt	49.00–55.00	730	19
Bulls	—	—	1,815	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	635	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	157.77/cwt	157.00–158.00	912	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	169.18/cwt	163.00–172.00	807	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	488	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	732	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	648	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	148.60/cwt	145.00–153.00	911	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	946	7
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	557	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	716	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	132.62/cwt	130.00–139.50	641	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	966	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	713	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	759	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	545	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	701	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	915	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	158.81/cwt	155.00–159.50	839	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	142.80/cwt	138.00–145.00	952	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	657	3

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 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 896Last week 909Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 113Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	534	160.00–162.75	161.63
40	—	558	158.00–164.00	161.55
41	—	493	168.00–170.50	169.28
30	—	418	180.25–182.00	181.11
30	—	613	145.00–153.00	148.60
7	—	650	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	588	147.00–148.50	148.06
13	—	472	164.50	164.50
3	—	648	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	616	133.00	133.00
5	—	549	142.00	142.00
5	—	557	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	465	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	619	141.00–149.00	145.13
15	—	722	133.50–136.00	134.68
10	—	782	145.00	145.00
17	—	578	157.00–158.00	157.77
13	—	477	163.00–172.00	169.18
25	—	528	155.00–159.50	158.81
13	—	667	138.00–145.00	142.80
3	—	346	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	584	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	136.00	136.00
3	—	701	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	488	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	498	131.50	131.50
12	—	566	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	135.00	135.00
3	—	547	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	584	134.75–138.00	136.89
9	—	419	142.00–146.00	144.67
40	—	521	133.00–136.25	135.30
10	—	602	130.00–131.00	130.50
76	—	483	130.00–139.50	132.62
12	—	710	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	396	150.00–151.00	150.22
4	—	493	153.00	153.00
6	—	407	152.00	152.00
13	—	550	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	666	123.00	123.00
4	—	575	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	545	127.50	127.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,253	43.00–46.50	45.27
5	—	1,156	42.00–46.00	44.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,337	47.00–57.00	50.18
5	—	1,343	42.00–47.50	46.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,412	49.00–55.00	51.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	70.00	70.00

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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