Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, a light run of steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows mostly 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Pretty good demand given the shorter numbers on offer. Supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.80/cwt on 172 head.

Average price

$155.80

172 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$90

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

$17.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.42

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	630	159.16	1,003	107
Medium and Large 1-2	598	151.72	908	56
Large 1-2	774	141.28	1,094	9thin

One grade step is worth $17.88/cwt here — about −$90 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 sale172 hd

155.80

—

MO average19 barns · 9,234 hd

145.39

+10.42

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	1,758	79.60	1,399	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,396	55.08	769	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	50.43	634	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	46.39	495	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	776	139.32/cwt	135.50–143.00	1,081	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	924	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	669	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	48.08/cwt	46.50–49.50	554	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	51.43/cwt	50.00–54.50	618	6
Bulls	—	—	1,758	79.60/cwt	72.00–85.50	1,399	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	714	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	385	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,376	45.54/cwt	44.50–47.50	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	885	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	155.77/cwt	151.00–162.00	967	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	154.34/cwt	154.00–154.50	1,100	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	964	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	778	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	839	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	633	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	947	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	698	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	56.38/cwt	53.00–60.00	783	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	688	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	921	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	168.73/cwt	168.50–169.00	891	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	155.81/cwt	153.00–159.50	1,042	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	137.59/cwt	137.00–139.50	801	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,095	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	131.89/cwt	126.00–135.00	818	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	140.02/cwt	134.00–145.00	721	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	157.45/cwt	154.00–163.00	827	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	150.34/cwt	144.00–158.00	872	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	738	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	743	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,081	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	813	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,106	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	707	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	905	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	736	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	927	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 Oct 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 449Last week 1,368Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 100Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	776	135.50–143.00	139.32
4	—	633	146.00	146.00
5	—	442	176.00	176.00
3	—	740	148.00	148.00
15	—	525	154.00–163.00	157.45
17	—	580	144.00–158.00	150.34
4	—	650	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	621	151.00–162.00	155.77
31	—	713	154.00–154.50	154.34
5	—	451	180.00	180.00
22	—	528	168.50–169.00	168.73
22	—	669	153.00–159.50	155.81
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	743	145.50	145.50
4	—	813	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	647	136.75	136.75
9	—	448	153.50	153.50
19	—	686	134.25	134.25
6	—	484	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	817	118.00	118.00
8	—	425	149.00	149.00
11	—	789	120.00	120.00
3	—	475	147.00	147.00
12	—	582	137.00–139.50	137.59
12	—	620	126.00–135.00	131.89
24	—	515	134.00–145.00	140.02
4	—	670	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	707	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	736	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	666	126.00	126.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	46.00	46.00
7	—	1,388	53.00–60.00	56.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	46.50–49.50	48.08
1	—	895	43.00	43.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,202	50.00–54.50	51.43
1	—	1,115	64.00	64.00
4	—	1,376	44.50–47.50	45.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,758	72.00–85.50	79.60

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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