Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows weak to 3.00 lower. The bottom has fallen out of the feeder market since the last sale here in Unionville and most weights and classes of cattle sold 8.00 to 14.00 lower, catching up with the losses over the past couple weeks. Corn, meanwhile, can't seem to find a top and fed cattle trade continues to disappoint. Supply moderate to heavy, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.05/cwt on 454 head.

Average price

$135.05

454 head · 791 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$246

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

$21.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.85

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	599	149.34	895	146
Medium and Large 2	553	142.00	785	8thin
Large 1-2	588	141.00	829	3thin
Medium and Large 1	893	127.77	1,141	297

One grade step is worth $21.57/cwt here — about −$246 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 sale454 hd

135.05

—

MO average18 barns · 8,449 hd

149.90

−14.85

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	1,555	86.58	1,346	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,560	66.80	1,042	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,227	63.40	778	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	56.81	584	14

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	445	167.64/cwt	167.50–168.00	746	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	119.75/cwt	115.00–121.00	808	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	117.32/cwt	110.00–123.50	902	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	693	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	960	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	832	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	160.32/cwt	154.00–168.00	765	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	122.05/cwt	120.75–122.50	1,163	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	949	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	1,160	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	933	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	125.31/cwt	123.00–128.00	761	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	147.38/cwt	145.00–152.00	694	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	56.81/cwt	53.00–59.00	584	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	67.89/cwt	67.75–68.00	1,079	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	64.73/cwt	59.50–67.00	974	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	66.30/cwt	65.75–67.50	923	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	63.07/cwt	56.00–66.00	762	26
Bulls	—	—	1,555	86.58/cwt	85.50–88.50	1,346	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,350.00/cwt	2,350.00–2,350.00	25,850	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	19,200	7
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,021	2,183.93/cwt	2,050.00–2,300.00	22,298	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	966	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	134.17/cwt	134.00–135.00	684	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	175.57/cwt	171.00–180.00	741	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	162.03/cwt	155.00–167.00	857	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	130.04/cwt	126.00–133.50	732	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	148.70/cwt	144.50–152.00	861	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	144.96/cwt	139.00–149.00	705	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	148.48/cwt	143.00–154.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	141.01/cwt	140.00–143.00	616	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	761	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	7,991	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	657	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	5,913	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	120.49/cwt	118.00–122.00	742	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	992	30
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	588	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	147.11/cwt	147.00–147.25	949	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	542	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	785	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 May 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,227Last week 618Year ago 1,108

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 78Year ago 110

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	445	167.50–168.00	167.64
15	—	477	154.00–168.00	160.32
9	—	680	137.25	137.25
7	—	705	137.00	137.00
33	—	529	155.00–167.00	162.03
29	—	579	144.50–152.00	148.70
30	—	753	131.75	131.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	693	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	485	171.50	171.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	953	120.75–122.50	122.05
60	—	949	122.25	122.25
12	—	422	171.00–180.00	175.57
18	—	645	147.00–147.25	147.11
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	588	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	553	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	675	115.00–121.00	119.75
67	—	769	110.00–123.50	117.32
18	—	510	134.00–135.00	134.17
34	—	563	126.00–133.50	130.04
16	—	486	139.00–149.00	144.96
9	—	437	140.00–143.00	141.01
8	—	616	118.00–122.00	120.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	401	146.00	146.00
11	—	607	123.00–128.00	125.31
9	—	471	145.00–152.00	147.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	531	125.00	125.00
3	—	720	107.00	107.00
7	—	387	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	761	1,050.00	1,050.00
83	—	657	900.00	900.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	390	148.00	148.00
7	—	517	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	452	143.00–154.00	148.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,028	53.00–59.00	56.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,589	67.75–68.00	67.89
11	—	1,504	59.50–67.00	64.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,392	65.75–67.50	66.30
26	—	1,208	56.00–66.00	63.07
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,555	85.50–88.50	86.58

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,100	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,021	2,050.00–2,300.00	2,183.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,200	1,600.00	1,600.00

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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Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Unionville Livestock Market - Unionville, MO

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle