Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2021-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, heifers traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower and while comparisons on steer cattle were pretty slim, most weights sold steady to firm. Several groups of new crop calves showed up this week, mostly unweaned with only one round of shots, but really good quality held throughout the entire sale. Discounts are starting to become more evident on those unweaned calves, with sharper deductions for heifers than their steer mates. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.41/cwt on 601 head.

Average price

$164.41

601 head · 721 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$29

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

$31.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.04

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	480	177.29	850	22
Medium and Large 1	731	164.04	1,199	575
Medium 1-2	602	146.00	879	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.29/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale601 hd

164.41

—

MO average15 barns · 8,805 hd

161.37

+3.04

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	1,900	85.10	1,617	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	59.59	908	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	57.30	708	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	53.09	574	10

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	844	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	166.75/cwt	161.00–170.00	797	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	820	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	890	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,177	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	181.16/cwt	180.00–184.50	975	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	851	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	602	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	384	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	699	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	576	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	907	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	650	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	884	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	1,310	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	198.68/cwt	192.00–204.50	862	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	154.74/cwt	152.00–156.50	1,023	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	158.62/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,407	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	162.99/cwt	159.00–169.75	1,002	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	166.75/cwt	166.75–166.75	1,172	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	169.28/cwt	168.75–172.00	972	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	190.93/cwt	188.00–198.00	888	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	181.49/cwt	181.00–182.00	855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	565	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	483	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	715	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	157.95/cwt	155.00–162.50	747	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	512	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	546	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	764	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	969	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	159.88/cwt	157.00–165.50	830	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	994	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	136.91/cwt	134.50–138.00	864	23
Bulls	—	—	1,900	85.10/cwt	83.00–87.50	1,617	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	57.30/cwt	53.50–62.00	708	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	59.59/cwt	55.50–64.00	908	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	53.09/cwt	49.50–57.00	574	10

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 Oct 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 980Last week 886Year ago 1,001

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 84Year ago 77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	426	161.00	161.00
4	—	555	152.00	152.00
8	—	478	161.00–170.00	166.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	374	170.00	170.00
4	—	717	137.00	137.00
21	—	473	155.00–162.50	157.95
5	—	557	157.00	157.00
43	—	519	157.00–165.50	159.88
7	—	695	143.00	143.00
4	—	430	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	558	147.00	147.00
15	—	640	139.00	139.00
5	—	459	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	650	136.00	136.00
3	—	565	137.00	137.00
13	—	483	148.00	148.00
15	—	546	140.00	140.00
23	—	631	134.50–138.00	136.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	512	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	790	149.00	149.00
4	—	331	200.00	200.00
6	—	471	181.00–182.00	181.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	538	180.00–184.50	181.16
20	—	820	159.75	159.75
11	—	434	192.00–204.50	198.68
50	—	661	152.00–156.50	154.74
240	—	887	157.00–160.00	158.62
62	—	615	159.00–169.75	162.99
64	—	703	166.75	166.75
71	—	574	168.75–172.00	169.28
17	—	465	188.00–198.00	190.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	532	160.00	160.00
6	—	493	183.50	183.50
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	602	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	384	182.00	182.00
3	—	576	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	155.00	155.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,900	83.00–87.50	85.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,235	53.50–62.00	57.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,524	55.50–64.00	59.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,082	49.50–57.00	53.09

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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