Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. The lower trend belied the strength of the local cash market this week. Trade was active throughout the day, particularly for the larger strings of high quality cattle on offer. A couple sets of open heifers bought for replacement highlighted the sale, sold by the head at some pretty lofty prices and proving that optimism still runs through a cattleman's blood. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.34/cwt on 438 head.

Average price

$142.34

438 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$20.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.42

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	598	145.32	869	302
Medium and Large 1-2	559	136.32	762	129
Medium 1-2	538	124.71	671	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.61/cwt here — about $198 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 sale438 hd

142.34

—

MO average16 barns · 6,164 hd

136.93

+5.42

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	1,985	74.50	1,479	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,296	56.10	727	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,202	52.34	629	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,111	45.86	510	11

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1Fleshy	—	511	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	794	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,072	12
Bulls	—	—	1,985	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,479	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	49.12/cwt	48.50–50.50	545	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,296	56.10/cwt	53.00–57.50	727	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	45.86/cwt	40.00–52.00	510	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	53.55/cwt	50.00–56.00	662	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	480	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	150.85/cwt	150.85–150.85	1,029	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	174.19/cwt	172.50–178.00	921	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	168.08/cwt	163.00–169.75	980	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	994	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	147.79/cwt	146.00–149.10	1,058	63
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	469	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	516	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,022	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	689	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	952	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	170.73/cwt	165.50–175.50	732	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	160.18/cwt	157.00–165.50	908	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,205	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,070	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	758	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	950	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	139.91/cwt	139.75–140.00	849	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	149.49/cwt	148.60–150.35	876	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	138.31/cwt	136.00–142.50	714	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	132.35/cwt	130.00–136.00	827	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	816	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	715	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	695	1,260.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,260.00	8,757	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	644	1,087.05/cwt	1,060.00–1,175.00	7,001	50
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	582	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	590	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	523	128.48/cwt	126.00–132.00	672	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	490	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	712	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	541	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	812	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	916	6

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 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,102Last week 862Year ago 753

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 17Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	511	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	474	149.50	149.50
6	—	863	124.00	124.00
22	—	532	142.50	142.50
31	—	685	138.75	138.75
57	—	607	139.75–140.00	139.91
175	—	586	148.60–150.35	149.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	516	136.00–142.50	138.31
45	—	625	130.00–136.00	132.35
5	—	706	130.50	130.50
7	—	397	152.50	152.50
7	—	591	138.00	138.00
15	—	499	143.25	143.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	695	1,260.00	1,260.00
50	—	644	1,060.00–1,175.00	1,087.05
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	582	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	121.00	121.00
7	—	523	126.00–132.00	128.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	794	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	682	150.85	150.85
38	—	529	172.50–178.00	174.19
54	—	583	163.00–169.75	168.08
54	—	631	157.50	157.50
63	—	716	146.00–149.10	147.79
17	—	886	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	469	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	730	140.00	140.00
6	—	398	173.00	173.00
9	—	650	146.50	146.50
15	—	429	165.50–175.50	170.73
19	—	567	157.00–165.50	160.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	153.00	153.00
4	—	712	131.00	131.00
9	—	541	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	155.75	155.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	74.50	74.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,110	48.50–50.50	49.12
16	—	1,237	50.00–56.00	53.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,296	53.00–57.50	56.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,111	40.00–52.00	45.86

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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