Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Pretty light supply this week but very good demand for the handful of yearling load lots. Demand light to moderate for an offering of mostly unweaned calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.97/cwt on 518 head.

Average price

$145.97

518 head · 779 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,137

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$85

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

$22.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.42

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	618	147.96	914	80
Medium and Large 1	808	145.84	1,179	433
Large 1	799	125.00	999	5thin

One grade step is worth $22.96/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale518 hd

145.97

—

MO average17 barns · 6,473 hd

142.55

+3.42

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	1,592	72.53	1,154	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,479	56.81	840	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,263	51.91	656	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,112	47.41	527	15

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Large 1Unweaned	—	799	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	623	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	760	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	512	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	863	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	554	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	859	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	974	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	797	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,036	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	727	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	154.96/cwt	152.50–156.50	632	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	770	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	778	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,058	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	686	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	673	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	909	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	143.09/cwt	143.00–144.00	923	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	141.95/cwt	141.10–143.75	1,290	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,001	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	606	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	736	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	143.97/cwt	143.85–144.10	1,260	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	146.17/cwt	146.00–146.35	1,235	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	665	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	796	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	172.51/cwt	170.00–174.00	764	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	680	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	712	131.18/cwt	128.00–132.00	934	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	848	4
Bulls	—	—	1,647	73.87/cwt	71.00–76.00	1,217	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	48.98/cwt	44.50–52.00	552	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	56.68/cwt	53.00–61.50	821	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	64.73/cwt	63.00–67.00	1,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	150.62/cwt	150.00–151.00	919	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	49.14/cwt	47.00–52.50	681	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	43.08/cwt	42.00–44.50	462	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	48.08/cwt	47.00–49.50	583	5
Bulls	—	—	1,425	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	152.28/cwt	151.00–153.00	844	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	53.04/cwt	47.00–60.00	678	17

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 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 805Last week 1,001Year ago 692

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 77Year ago 56

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	799	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	512	168.50	168.50
21	—	554	155.00	155.00
7	—	442	168.50	168.50
7	—	797	130.00	130.00
32	—	645	143.00–144.00	143.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	654	149.00	149.00
88	—	909	141.10–143.75	141.95
120	—	875	143.85–144.10	143.97
121	—	845	146.00–146.35	146.17
16	—	610	150.00–151.00	150.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	778	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	135.00	135.00
15	—	712	128.00–132.00	131.18
4	—	585	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	395	176.00	176.00
5	—	517	154.00	154.00
12	—	443	170.00–174.00	172.51
14	—	554	151.00–153.00	152.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	623	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	529	137.50	137.50
11	—	475	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	408	152.50–156.50	154.96
8	—	510	151.00	151.00
30	—	801	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	613	126.00	126.00
8	—	448	148.50	148.50
4	—	466	146.00	146.00
5	—	582	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	606	121.50	121.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,647	71.00–76.00	73.87
1	—	1,425	68.50	68.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,126	44.50–52.00	48.98
4	—	1,073	42.00–44.50	43.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,448	53.00–61.50	56.68
4	—	1,633	63.00–67.00	64.73
4	—	1,385	47.00–52.50	49.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,212	47.00–49.50	48.08
17	—	1,278	47.00–60.00	53.04

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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