Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, with the exception of heavy yearling steers trading steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower.Feedlot bound cattle continue to come under some pressure but light grazing type cattle were sold on a very active market, even with a lot of unweaned stock still in the mix. Supply heavy and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.23/cwt on 1,133 head.

Average price

$151.23

1,133 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,024

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$23.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.46

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	155.24	1,040	742
Medium and Large 1-2	691	144.08	995	371
Medium 1-2	650	143.00	930	4thin
Medium and Large 2	634	135.00	856	5thin
Large 1-2	762	132.00	1,006	11thin

One grade step is worth $23.24/cwt here — about $34 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 sale1,133 hd

151.23

—

MO average20 barns · 26,521 hd

145.77

+5.46

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	1,872	72.80	1,363	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,570	61.00	958	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,393	48.29	672	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,318	47.80	630	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,119	42.86	480	17

Every lot, as filed

65 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	—	626	147.00/cwt	144.00–148.00	920	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	988	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	135.39/cwt	133.00–137.25	1,114	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	894	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	141.82/cwt	138.00–143.50	888	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	180.69/cwt	175.25–188.00	856	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	664	121.67/cwt	119.00–122.75	808	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	594	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	870	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	726	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	615	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	125.78/cwt	122.00–128.75	781	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	633	121.53/cwt	120.00–122.25	769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	568	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	727	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	728	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	813	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	609	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	907	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	140.38/cwt	140.00–140.50	1,183	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	168.93/cwt	168.50–172.00	650	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	157.48/cwt	151.50–160.25	975	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	196.06/cwt	187.00–197.00	833	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	140.96/cwt	140.25–142.50	942	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	146.99/cwt	145.00–149.00	767	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	175.11/cwt	166.50–184.00	912	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	549	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	777	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	44.37/cwt	40.00–48.50	501	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	42.11/cwt	40.00–44.00	587	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	49.83/cwt	47.00–53.00	694	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	43.37/cwt	42.00–45.50	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	602	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	48.79/cwt	45.00–50.50	646	18
Bulls	—	—	1,872	72.80/cwt	70.50–74.50	1,363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	715	140.62/cwt	139.25–143.00	1,005	28
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	787	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	913	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	826	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	979	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	690	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	869	10
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	762	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,006	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	40.70/cwt	40.00–41.00	449	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	148.40/cwt	148.00–149.00	659	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	161.88/cwt	160.00–164.50	942	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	703	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	814	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	775	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	801	10
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	650	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	930	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	559	129.42/cwt	129.00–132.00	723	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	133.05/cwt	132.00–135.00	769	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	139.04/cwt	137.50–140.00	996	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	686	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	130.80/cwt	130.00–135.00	692	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	710	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	937	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	611	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	159.14/cwt	148.00–165.50	910	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	143.91/cwt	143.50–145.00	1,043	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	151.49/cwt	150.00–154.00	782	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	134.70/cwt	130.00–137.00	766	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	144.62/cwt	143.00–146.00	697	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	698	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	519	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	847	9

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 Dec 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,010Last week 1,790Year ago 755

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 100Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	626	144.00–148.00	147.00
7	—	650	152.00	152.00
110	—	823	133.00–137.25	135.39
3	—	387	187.50	187.50
106	—	716	137.50–140.00	139.04
5	—	334	183.00	183.00
67	—	572	148.00–165.50	159.14
15	—	516	150.00–154.00	151.49
3	—	411	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	625	143.00	143.00
44	—	668	140.25–142.50	140.96
9	—	519	163.25	163.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	626	138.00–143.50	141.82
12	—	594	146.50	146.50
9	—	710	132.00	132.00
4	—	698	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	474	175.25–188.00	180.69
3	—	351	198.00	198.00
240	—	843	140.00–140.50	140.38
124	—	619	151.50–160.25	157.48
31	—	425	187.00–197.00	196.06
138	—	521	166.50–184.00	175.11
37	—	582	160.00–164.50	161.88
47	—	725	143.50–145.00	143.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	715	139.25–143.00	140.62
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	762	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	650	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	664	119.00–122.75	121.67
5	—	615	122.00	122.00
43	—	559	129.00–132.00	129.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	403	158.00	158.00
9	—	607	134.00	134.00
30	—	385	168.50–172.00	168.93
30	—	522	145.00–149.00	146.99
57	—	468	150.25	150.25
24	—	565	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	621	122.00–128.75	125.78
10	—	444	148.00–149.00	148.40
18	—	578	132.00–135.00	133.05
18	—	529	130.00–135.00	130.80
4	—	341	160.00	160.00
33	—	482	143.00–146.00	144.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	633	120.00–122.25	121.53
4	—	568	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	577	126.25	126.25
21	—	549	141.50	141.50
8	—	470	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	609	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	467	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	787	116.00	116.00
5	—	826	118.50	118.50
10	—	690	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	646	124.00	124.00
7	—	755	112.00	112.00
20	—	569	130.00–137.00	134.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,130	40.00–48.50	44.37
7	—	1,104	40.00–41.00	40.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,395	40.00–44.00	42.11
16	—	1,392	47.00–53.00	49.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,288	42.00–45.50	43.37
18	—	1,325	45.00–50.50	48.79
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	61.00	61.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,872	70.50–74.50	72.80

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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