Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2022-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market four weeks ago, yearling steers traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher, other weights 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows mostly steady. The cattle complex has moved slightly lower the past few weeks but the local market held up pretty well, particularly yearling trade, which exceeded most everyone's expectations. A handful of load lots from two longtime reputation producers highlighted the sale, with one particular stick out set of 880 lb steers ringing the bell at over 1650.00 per head. Supply moderate, demand mostly moderate, good in spots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.86/cwt on 533 head.

Average price

$184.86

533 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,408

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$327

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

$38.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

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	563	190.20	1,071	46
Medium and Large 1	790	185.75	1,467	447
Medium 1-2	674	171.35	1,155	23
Medium 2	615	168.00	1,033	14thin
Large 2	920	152.00	1,398	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.20/cwt here — about −$327 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 sale533 hd

184.86

—

MO average17 barns · 9,035 hd

183.75

+1.11

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	76.98	1,100	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	75.22	933	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	70.69	766	11

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	609	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,011	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,078	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	636	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	156.51/cwt	154.50–160.00	1,233	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	171.53/cwt	168.00–174.50	997	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,323	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	715	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,165	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	188.49/cwt	183.00–192.00	1,157	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	537	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,020	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	574	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	976	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	636	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,138	12
Steers	Medium 2	—	569	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	979	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	855	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,253	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,149	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,312	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,021	12
Steers	Large 2	—	920	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,398	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	661	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,084	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,053	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,102	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	690	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	536	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,032	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,464	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,659	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	182.29/cwt	180.50–185.85	1,531	246
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	182.40/cwt	181.00–184.00	781	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	172.78/cwt	169.00–178.00	841	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	303	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	946	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	986	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,076	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	69.77/cwt	68.00–70.50	901	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	76.98/cwt	73.00–82.00	1,100	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	70.69/cwt	68.00–75.00	766	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	76.65/cwt	70.00–81.50	940	19

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 Sep 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 772Last week 1,481Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 51Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	609	166.00	166.00
5	—	709	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	331	192.00	192.00
34	—	581	168.00–174.50	171.53
5	—	906	146.00	146.00
7	—	446	181.00	181.00
7	—	487	169.00–178.00	172.78
3	—	718	151.00	151.00
10	—	692	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	788	154.50–160.00	156.51
5	—	709	155.50	155.50
8	—	369	187.00	187.00
11	—	428	181.00–184.00	182.40
13	—	513	184.50	184.50
10	—	573	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	303	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	715	163.00	163.00
12	—	636	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	614	183.00–192.00	188.49
12	—	410	208.50	208.50
23	—	663	189.00	189.00
3	—	340	232.00	232.00
4	—	540	195.00	195.00
54	—	785	186.50	186.50
61	—	880	188.50	188.50
246	—	840	180.50–185.85	182.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	190.00	190.00
6	—	574	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	569	172.00	172.00
7	—	661	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	237.50	237.50
6	—	653	176.00	176.00
7	—	737	178.00	178.00
12	—	508	201.00	201.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	920	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	536	192.50	192.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	68.00–70.50	69.77
19	—	1,227	70.00–81.50	76.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,429	73.00–82.00	76.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,084	68.00–75.00	70.69

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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