Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sale for a price comparison, undertone lower. Sharply higher grain markets put pressure on any feedlot bound cattle but 500-600 lb grazing types still found good demand. Supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.00/cwt on 378 head.

Average price

$141.00

378 head · 720 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,015

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$30.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	152.55	1,030	173
Medium and Large 1-2	753	132.08	995	188
Large 1-2	805	122.06	983	17thin

One grade step is worth $30.49/cwt here — about $47 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 sale378 hd

141.00

—

MO average12 barns · 14,424 hd

141.74

−0.75

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,340	53.01	710	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	51.00	561	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,334	48.06	641	4thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2Fleshy	—	795	124.93/cwt	124.00–126.00	993	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	130.90/cwt	123.00–135.00	692	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,073	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	131.85/cwt	131.00–132.00	1,038	81
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	893	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	929	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	762	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	953	12
Steers	Large 1-2	—	909	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	154.76/cwt	152.50–159.25	958	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,171	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	168.21/cwt	160.00–174.00	967	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	48.06/cwt	46.00–50.50	641	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	53.01/cwt	51.00–54.00	710	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	660	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	135.48/cwt	132.50–138.00	924	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	165.95/cwt	164.00–170.00	896	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	130.34/cwt	130.00–133.00	959	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	122.82/cwt	122.50–123.00	780	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	121.49/cwt	120.00–124.00	833	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	156.90/cwt	155.00–158.00	880	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	908	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	577	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	750	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	632	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	834	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	691	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	190.07/cwt	189.00–192.00	827	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 Jan 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 696Last week 0Year ago 1,401

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 0Year ago 70

No recent sale for a price comparison, undertone lower. Sharply higher grain markets put pressure on any feedlot bound cattle but 500-600 lb grazing types still found good demand. Supply moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	795	124.00–126.00	124.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	858	125.00	125.00
81	—	787	131.00–132.00	131.85
30	—	682	132.50–138.00	135.48
25	—	736	130.00–133.00	130.34
8	—	561	155.00–158.00	156.90
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	762	125.00	125.00
5	—	909	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	619	152.50–159.25	154.76
61	—	871	134.50	134.50
33	—	575	160.00–174.00	168.21
23	—	540	164.00–170.00	165.95
14	—	435	189.00–192.00	190.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	144.00	144.00
3	—	660	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	632	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	529	123.00–135.00	130.90
8	—	428	148.00	148.00
38	—	635	122.50–123.00	122.82
19	—	686	120.00–124.00	121.49
9	—	750	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	893	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	577	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	555	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	483	143.00	143.00
8	—	700	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,334	46.00–50.50	48.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,340	51.00–54.00	53.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	51.00	51.00

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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