Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale feeder sale three weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher, mostly 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Really nice feeder offering this week with an active market for nearly all weights of cattle. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.16/cwt on 848 head.

Average price

$143.16

848 head · 753 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$10.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.30

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	760	143.25	1,089	773
Medium and Large 1-2	679	143.12	972	69
Large 1-2	772	132.50	1,023	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.75/cwt here — about $66 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 sale848 hd

143.16

—

MO average16 barns · 9,283 hd

144.47

−1.30

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	2,095	84.70	1,774	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,240	60.00	744	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	55.35	717	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	44.47	441	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	744	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	772	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,023	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	44.47/cwt	42.00–46.00	441	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	55.35/cwt	52.50–58.75	717	4
Bulls	—	—	2,095	84.70/cwt	83.50–86.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	789	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,065	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	880	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	552	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	1,147	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,119	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	133.57/cwt	130.50–137.00	833	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	142.12/cwt	140.50–144.75	1,026	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,088	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	667	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	136.27/cwt	135.50–137.00	1,036	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	173.74/cwt	165.00–175.50	985	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	168.40/cwt	167.00–173.00	913	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	906	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	992	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	147.61/cwt	145.25–151.00	977	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	958	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	129.28/cwt	129.25–129.35	1,170	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	841	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	676	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	151.49/cwt	149.50–154.00	803	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,001	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	439	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	137.84/cwt	136.00–139.00	711	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	122.37/cwt	122.00–123.00	832	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	930	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	135.04/cwt	126.00–138.25	782	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	565	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	723	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	155.92/cwt	153.50–160.00	990	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	702	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	707	8

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 Feb 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,418Last week 1,193Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 24Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	992	42.00–46.00	44.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,295	52.50–58.75	55.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,095	83.50–86.00	84.70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	772	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	789	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	552	148.00	148.00
5	—	439	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	877	130.75	130.75
71	—	840	133.25	133.25
121	—	722	140.50–144.75	142.12
45	—	766	142.00	142.00
9	—	332	201.00	201.00
52	—	567	165.00–175.50	173.74
17	—	542	167.00–173.00	168.40
43	—	662	145.25–151.00	147.61
240	—	905	129.25–129.35	129.28
26	—	437	192.50	192.50
73	—	635	153.50–160.00	155.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	438	175.00	175.00
37	—	760	135.50–137.00	136.27
6	—	728	136.25	136.25
6	—	688	145.50	145.50
5	—	618	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	727	121.00	121.00
18	—	779	123.00	123.00
9	—	490	138.00	138.00
13	—	516	136.00–139.00	137.84
14	—	680	122.00–123.00	122.37
52	—	579	126.00–138.25	135.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	624	130.50–137.00	133.57
14	—	661	137.00	137.00
55	—	530	149.50–154.00	151.49
5	—	570	145.00	145.00
31	—	432	162.50	162.50
8	—	491	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	128.00	128.00

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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