Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a price comparison. Yearling trade was the big story to come out of Tuesday's sale as several loads of reputation steers caught up to a price level we haven't seen in quite some time. Feeder cattle contracts bounced back in a big way from Monday's sharp losses, which didn't hurt the local cash market. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.94/cwt on 736 head.

Average price

$186.94

736 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,438

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 2

$35.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.74

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	636	193.50	1,231	15thin
Medium and Large 1	773	191.38	1,479	528
Medium and Large 1-2	778	175.18	1,363	179
Medium and Large 2	633	167.00	1,057	8thin
Large 2	706	158.00	1,115	6thin

One grade step is worth $35.50/cwt here — about $115 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 sale736 hd

186.94

—

MO average15 barns · 7,447 hd

194.69

−7.74

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	1,802	108.49	1,955	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,179	82.47	972	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,519	76.34	1,160	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,111	67.90	754	6thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	185.58/cwt	178.00–188.50	978	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	182.77/cwt	176.50–184.50	1,069	36
Steers	Large 1-2	—	573	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,169	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,057	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,025	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	196.86/cwt	194.00–199.00	1,073	7
Steers	Large 2	—	706	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,560	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	200.45/cwt	196.00–209.00	1,139	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	253	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	909	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,500	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	194.39/cwt	193.50–195.50	1,238	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	188.50/cwt	182.00–194.00	1,067	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	779	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	190.27/cwt	186.50–191.50	1,364	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	174.00/cwt	173.75–176.00	1,241	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	179.64/cwt	175.25–185.00	1,157	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,383	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	175.61/cwt	174.00–181.00	1,189	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	168.78/cwt	168.00–170.00	949	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,177	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	67.90/cwt	64.00–75.00	754	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	76.34/cwt	74.00–80.00	1,160	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	84.94/cwt	84.00–87.50	997	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	946	4
Bulls	—	—	1,950	117.75/cwt	115.00–120.50	2,296	2
Bulls	—	—	1,765	106.18/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,874	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,160	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	168.16/cwt	167.00–169.50	1,061	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	194.62/cwt	190.25–205.00	1,320	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,454	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	180.78/cwt	170.00–185.00	953	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	162.55/cwt	159.00–176.00	1,109	14
Steers	Large 1-2	—	708	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	1,285	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	939	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	805	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,336	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	187.38/cwt	186.10–188.50	1,643	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	199.10/cwt	199.00–199.50	1,215	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,315	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	174.73/cwt	174.50–175.00	1,293	13

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 Aug 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,481Last week 146Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	527	178.00–188.50	185.58
36	—	585	176.50–184.50	182.77
84	—	713	173.75–176.00	174.00
141	—	644	175.25–185.00	179.64
21	—	833	166.00	166.00
27	—	677	174.00–181.00	175.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	562	168.00–170.00	168.78
8	—	711	165.50	165.50
27	—	631	167.00–169.50	168.16
3	—	492	184.00	184.00
3	—	238	195.00	195.00
16	—	527	170.00–185.00	180.78
14	—	682	159.00–176.00	162.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	773	150.00	150.00
4	—	475	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	805	166.00	166.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	573	204.00	204.00
7	—	708	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	633	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	468	219.00	219.00
7	—	545	194.00–199.00	196.86
83	—	568	196.00–209.00	200.45
12	—	717	186.50–191.50	190.27
3	—	790	184.00	184.00
51	—	678	190.25–205.00	194.62
19	—	808	180.00	180.00
308	—	877	186.10–188.50	187.38
36	—	610	199.00–199.50	199.10
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	706	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	960	162.50	162.50
3	—	253	235.00	235.00
18	—	909	165.00	165.00
37	—	637	193.50–195.50	194.39
11	—	566	182.00–194.00	188.50
9	—	419	186.00	186.00
4	—	549	171.00	171.00
21	—	778	169.00	169.00
13	—	740	174.50–175.00	174.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,111	64.00–75.00	67.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,519	74.00–80.00	76.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,174	84.00–87.50	84.94
4	—	1,183	80.00	80.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,950	115.00–120.50	117.75
8	—	1,765	100.00–112.00	106.18

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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