Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate for some up and down quality with most of the offering carrying some excess flesh. Supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.10/cwt on 433 head.

Average price

$146.10

433 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$997

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$11.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.07

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	713	149.88	1,068	243
Medium and Large 1-2	645	141.31	911	187
Medium and Large 2	590	138.50	817	3thin

One grade step is worth $11.38/cwt here — about $251 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 sale433 hd

146.10

—

MO average20 barns · 25,655 hd

147.17

−1.07

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	73.25	1,329	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,488	45.83	682	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,301	44.45	578	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,163	42.32	492	7thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2	—	669	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	496	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	781	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	146.20/cwt	144.50–146.50	1,015	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	810	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	966	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	154.47/cwt	153.00–155.50	751	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	702	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	129.02/cwt	124.00–135.00	808	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	124.35/cwt	115.00–126.50	897	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	137.38/cwt	135.00–145.00	724	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	633	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	558	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	405	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	676	131.94/cwt	130.00–135.00	892	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	140.58/cwt	140.00–141.00	865	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	672	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	904	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	143.83/cwt	140.00–149.00	633	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	433	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	127.50/cwt	126.50–128.50	748	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	579	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	840	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	150.72/cwt	147.25–154.00	1,164	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	542	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	791	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	133.97/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,014	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	142.48/cwt	137.50–143.75	949	82
Bulls	—	—	1,815	73.25/cwt	73.25–73.25	1,329	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	43.14/cwt	39.50–44.50	644	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	46.64/cwt	44.00–53.00	607	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	47.03/cwt	44.00–52.00	699	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	42.26/cwt	40.50–45.50	550	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	42.32/cwt	41.00–47.00	492	7

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 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 755Last week 990Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 59Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	669	120.00	120.00
3	—	385	151.00	151.00
5	—	645	125.50	125.50
4	—	468	140.25	140.25
12	—	587	126.50–128.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	462	152.00	152.00
24	—	626	124.00–135.00	129.02
16	—	721	115.00–126.50	124.35
48	—	527	135.00–145.00	137.38
24	—	440	140.00–149.00	143.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	105.00	105.00
3	—	433	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	496	157.50	157.50
12	—	579	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	694	144.50–146.50	146.20
5	—	555	169.00	169.00
128	—	772	147.25–154.00	150.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	810	126.50	126.50
18	—	676	130.00–135.00	131.94
10	—	542	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	726	133.00	133.00
24	—	486	153.00–155.50	154.47
19	—	615	140.00–141.00	140.58
15	—	757	130.00–136.00	133.97
82	—	666	137.50–143.75	142.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	405	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	672	134.50	134.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	531	133.00	133.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	73.25	73.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,493	39.50–44.50	43.14
9	—	1,486	44.00–52.00	47.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,301	44.00–53.00	46.64
8	—	1,301	40.50–45.50	42.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,163	41.00–47.00	42.32

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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