Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Much better feel to the market here at the local barn this week with several buyers active and looking to own some new stock. Overall quality and condition was above average, especially for grazing type 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 $150.50/cwt on 425 head.

Average price

$150.50

425 head · 717 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$47

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

$19.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.39

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	590	166.00	979	6thin
Medium and Large 1	722	150.90	1,090	354
Medium and Large 1-2	699	146.91	1,026	65

One grade step is worth $19.09/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 sale425 hd

150.50

—

MO average16 barns · 8,645 hd

152.90

−2.39

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	—	High	1,632	80.52	1,314	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,551	58.70	910	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,309	56.27	736	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	47.51	508	19

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Bulls	—	—	1,795	83.91/cwt	83.00–84.75	1,506	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	43.92/cwt	40.00–48.50	450	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	57.28/cwt	54.00–63.00	734	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	898	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	52.96/cwt	51.00–54.00	719	8
Bulls	—	—	1,523	78.26/cwt	77.50–79.50	1,192	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	134.01/cwt	132.00–136.00	886	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	159.33/cwt	152.00–168.00	1,012	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,131	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	179.80/cwt	179.00–181.00	937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,100	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	947	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	130.88/cwt	130.75–131.00	876	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,044	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	782	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	135.49/cwt	135.00–136.00	783	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,182	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	788	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,553	59.12/cwt	56.00–63.50	918	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,124	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	145.05/cwt	143.00–146.75	1,105	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	181.29/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,004	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	147.89/cwt	146.00–153.50	782	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,074	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	141.69/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,015	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	865	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	590	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	979	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	53.67/cwt	51.00–56.00	613	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	133.43/cwt	133.00–135.00	833	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,033	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	137.61/cwt	134.75–140.10	923	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	508	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	754	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	151.22/cwt	148.50–152.75	1,025	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	136.18/cwt	135.85–137.50	1,185	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	132.69/cwt	131.75–133.35	975	104

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 Mar 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 902Last week 1,017Year ago 178

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 80Year ago 34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,795	83.00–84.75	83.91
3	—	1,523	77.50–79.50	78.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,025	40.00–48.50	43.92
7	—	1,143	51.00–56.00	53.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,281	54.00–63.00	57.28
1	—	1,330	67.50	67.50
8	—	1,358	51.00–54.00	52.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	52.00	52.00
16	—	1,553	56.00–63.50	59.12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	661	132.00–136.00	134.01
3	—	820	118.00	118.00
4	—	718	122.50	122.50
3	—	625	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	635	152.00–168.00	159.33
3	—	903	125.25	125.25
10	—	521	179.00–181.00	179.80
4	—	657	157.25	157.25
98	—	762	143.00–146.75	145.05
14	—	554	180.00–183.00	181.29
17	—	722	148.75	148.75
78	—	870	135.85–137.50	136.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	873	126.00	126.00
5	—	554	171.00	171.00
3	—	953	124.00	124.00
6	—	485	173.00	173.00
8	—	848	132.50	132.50
19	—	716	137.00–147.00	141.69
3	—	503	172.00	172.00
5	—	630	144.50	144.50
11	—	678	148.50–152.75	151.22
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	590	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	669	130.75–131.00	130.88
4	—	727	123.00	123.00
4	—	798	115.00	115.00
18	—	578	135.00–136.00	135.49
7	—	544	132.00	132.00
14	—	624	133.00–135.00	133.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	794	131.50	131.50
23	—	579	135.00	135.00
39	—	529	146.00–153.50	147.89
4	—	833	124.00	124.00
102	—	671	134.75–140.10	137.61
104	—	735	131.75–133.35	132.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	508	148.50	148.50

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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