Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows weak to 2.00 lower. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.04/cwt on 603 head.

Average price

$145.04

603 head · 731 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$0.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	759	145.06	1,100	480
Medium and Large 1-2	624	144.99	904	123

One grade step is worth $0.07/cwt here — about $196 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 sale603 hd

145.04

—

MO average19 barns · 17,545 hd

146.14

−1.10

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	1,718	69.41	1,192	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,455	50.46	734	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,293	49.09	635	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,104	47.38	523	7thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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	—	755	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,068	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	147.51/cwt	144.50–148.00	1,075	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	163.01/cwt	160.00–166.00	616	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	922	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	163.79/cwt	162.50–164.50	852	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	973	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	678	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	139.70/cwt	137.00–141.00	733	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	140.96/cwt	139.75–143.00	1,174	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,222	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	940	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	129.58/cwt	128.75–134.00	742	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	595	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	791	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	952	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	447	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	132.85/cwt	132.85–132.85	917	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	746	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,108	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	131.43/cwt	130.00–132.50	825	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	952	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	144.38/cwt	142.50–145.00	927	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	147.46/cwt	145.75–151.00	916	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,244	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	446	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	756	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	748	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	1,038	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	656	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	843	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	541	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	602	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	853	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	46.94/cwt	44.50–48.50	606	11
Bulls	—	—	1,803	66.68/cwt	62.00–69.00	1,202	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	47.40/cwt	47.00–48.50	648	9
Bulls	—	—	1,632	72.14/cwt	70.00–73.75	1,177	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	47.38/cwt	44.50–50.00	523	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	126.83/cwt	126.50–128.50	786	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	52.97/cwt	50.00–58.00	808	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	52.46/cwt	49.00–56.00	680	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,096	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	424	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	518	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	136.50/cwt	135.00–139.00	708	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,011	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	144.71/cwt	144.50–145.25	952	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	155.70/cwt	154.00–157.50	908	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	686	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	690	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	873	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	139.47/cwt	138.50–139.75	994	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	653	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	126.22/cwt	126.00–126.50	851	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	611	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	595	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	791	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	553	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	802	14

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 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,028Last week 805Year ago 896

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 85Year ago 81

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows weak to 2.00 lower. Supply and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	755	141.50	141.50
85	—	729	144.50–148.00	147.51
29	—	578	159.50	159.50
20	—	520	162.50–164.50	163.79
6	—	664	146.50	146.50
201	—	833	139.75–143.00	140.96
35	—	865	141.25	141.25
3	—	407	176.00	176.00
31	—	621	145.75–151.00	147.46
17	—	923	134.75	134.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	595	133.00	133.00
3	—	447	143.00	143.00
3	—	518	145.00	145.00
3	—	653	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	675	141.00	141.00
6	—	446	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	642	142.50–145.00	144.38
6	—	547	156.00	156.00
5	—	824	133.00	133.00
18	—	658	144.50–145.25	144.71
16	—	583	154.00–157.50	155.70
23	—	713	138.50–139.75	139.47
6	—	427	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	748	138.75	138.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	690	126.50	126.50
4	—	611	142.00	142.00
14	—	553	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	378	160.00–166.00	163.01
24	—	525	137.00–141.00	139.70
22	—	726	129.50	129.50
5	—	768	124.00	124.00
27	—	690	132.85	132.85
7	—	466	160.00	160.00
27	—	866	128.00	128.00
12	—	628	130.00–132.50	131.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	474	143.00	143.00
31	—	573	128.75–134.00	129.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	656	128.50	128.50
5	—	541	134.00	134.00
3	—	602	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	620	126.50–128.50	126.83
5	—	477	144.00	144.00
7	—	584	135.00	135.00
16	—	519	135.00–139.00	136.50
30	—	790	128.00	128.00
7	—	674	126.00–126.50	126.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	136.00	136.00
5	—	686	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	595	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	120.00	120.00
3	—	397	150.00	150.00
4	—	638	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,291	44.50–48.50	46.94
7	—	1,297	49.00–56.00	52.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,368	47.00–48.50	47.40
11	—	1,526	50.00–58.00	52.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,104	44.50–50.00	47.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,803	62.00–69.00	66.68
3	—	1,632	70.00–73.75	72.14

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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