Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 8.00 lower, no recent comparison on yearlings, undertone firm. Slaughter cows steady with some breaking cows as much as 3.00 higher. Quality this week was pretty attractive but also came with plenty of flesh. Buyers were selective about health history and condition, normal for this time of year, but even the weaned cattle had trouble finding any firm footing. Yearling cattle surpassed many expectations and sold virtually steady with the last test from four weeks ago. Cattle futures took a little breather by the end of the day Tuesday after the previous brutal trading session. Supply moderate, demand light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.45/cwt on 636 head.

Average price

$142.45

636 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,032

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$277

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

$17.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.84

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	373	157.00	586	3thin
Medium and Large 1	779	142.87	1,113	387
Medium and Large 1-2	646	141.96	917	212
Large 1-2	619	139.43	863	34

One grade step is worth $17.57/cwt here — about −$277 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 sale636 hd

142.45

—

MO average16 barns · 8,497 hd

140.61

+1.84

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	1,749	70.29	1,229	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,365	56.24	768	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	53.06	637	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,109	47.14	523	14

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1Unweaned	—	618	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	786	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	515	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	698	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	493	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	720	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	510	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	858	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	162.47/cwt	161.00–166.00	770	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	845	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	556	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	742	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	161.07/cwt	158.50–163.50	836	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	137.19/cwt	127.00–138.25	974	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	766	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	604	125.70/cwt	124.00–128.00	759	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	156.09/cwt	153.25–161.00	890	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	146.89/cwt	146.50–147.50	705	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	128.29/cwt	126.00–131.50	738	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	591	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	858	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	864	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	133.92/cwt	132.75–136.00	854	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	934	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	137.42/cwt	136.85–138.00	1,244	238
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	918	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,028	3
Heifers	Large 2	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	561	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	823	12
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	744	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	729	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	948	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	620	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	879	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	46.99/cwt	45.50–49.00	549	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	415	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	63.12/cwt	62.00–64.25	905	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	55.29/cwt	52.00–58.50	745	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	54.79/cwt	51.00–58.50	663	14
Bulls	—	—	1,558	67.93/cwt	67.50–68.50	1,058	2
Bulls	—	—	2,130	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,598	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	13,398	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,282	1,328.57/cwt	1,300.00–1,350.00	17,032	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	19,500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	642	139.75/cwt	136.00–140.50	897	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	639	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,165	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,903	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	807	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	143.02/cwt	142.00–151.50	850	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	454	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	568	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	47.46/cwt	45.00–53.00	532	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	12,478	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,030	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	480	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	142.82/cwt	136.00–146.00	887	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	628	7
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	901	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	591	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	550	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	699	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	132.61/cwt	129.00–135.00	704	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	138.61/cwt	137.00–141.00	651	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	907	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	776	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,020	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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,105Last week 449Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	618	127.25	127.25
6	—	515	135.50	135.50
15	—	556	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	133.00	133.00
3	—	591	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	651	131.75	131.75
15	—	575	126.00–131.50	128.29
4	—	318	151.00	151.00
7	—	416	151.00	151.00
49	—	531	129.00–135.00	132.61
18	—	470	137.00–141.00	138.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	585	144.50	144.50
10	—	539	134.50	134.50
10	—	480	146.50–147.50	146.89
28	—	638	132.75–136.00	133.92
11	—	711	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	580	132.00	132.00
14	—	604	124.00–128.00	125.70
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	918	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	730	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	454	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	550	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	493	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	161.00–166.00	162.47
104	—	710	127.00–138.25	137.19
10	—	519	155.50	155.50
27	—	594	142.00–151.50	143.02
4	—	307	185.00	185.00
4	—	811	127.00	127.00
42	—	621	136.00–146.00	142.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	519	158.50–163.50	161.07
29	—	570	153.25–161.00	156.09
238	—	905	136.85–138.00	137.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	613	140.00	140.00
4	—	570	150.50	150.50
17	—	660	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	575	150.25	150.25
23	—	642	136.00–140.50	139.75
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	561	146.75	146.75
8	—	729	130.00	130.00
10	—	620	141.75	141.75
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	591	138.50	138.50
3	—	776	131.50	131.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	151.00	151.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,168	45.50–49.00	46.99
14	—	1,210	51.00–58.50	54.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	43.00	43.00
13	—	1,120	45.00–53.00	47.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,433	62.00–64.25	63.12
12	—	1,348	52.00–58.50	55.29
1	—	1,360	47.00	47.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	67.50–68.50	67.93
1	—	2,130	75.00	75.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,165	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,165	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	901	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,150	1,085.00	1,085.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,282	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,328.57
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	1,500.00	1,500.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Slaughter Cattle

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