Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers traded either side of steady, in a range of 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 higher. This week's offering included a wide variety of type, kind, condition and quality. Without much volume of any one or the other, buyers had to stretch at times to fill some orders with most billing out goosenecks and not pot loads at the end of the day. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $198.19/cwt on 341 head.

Average price

$198.19

341 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$33.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.93

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	214.67	1,257	129
Medium 1-2	542	192.16	1,042	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	720	188.25	1,355	176
Large 2	510	186.00	949	5thin
Medium 2	577	181.42	1,046	12thin

One grade step is worth $33.26/cwt here — about $211 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 sale341 hd

198.19

—

MO average18 barns · 14,925 hd

207.12

−8.93

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	1,744	98.31	1,715	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	82.79	1,227	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	81.10	1,006	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,107	64.88	718	6thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	634	175.76/cwt	170.00–180.50	1,114	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	189.51/cwt	189.00–191.00	688	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	172.16/cwt	172.00–173.50	1,197	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	177.47/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,022	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	194.58/cwt	176.00–208.00	829	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,225	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,267	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	188.80/cwt	179.50–192.50	1,263	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	206.28/cwt	205.50–209.50	1,308	25
Steers	Medium 2	—	487	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	955	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	494	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	201.79/cwt	201.00–204.00	1,130	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	216.03/cwt	212.00–223.00	1,238	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,472	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	178.91/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,490	74
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	555	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,049	15
Steers	Medium 2	—	641	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,096	7
Steers	Large 2	—	510	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	961	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,042	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	186.34/cwt	175.50–190.50	1,053	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,148	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	196.67/cwt	191.50–201.50	1,326	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	227.14/cwt	218.00–234.00	1,183	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,073	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,181	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	177.15/cwt	165.00–191.50	928	9
Heifers	Large 2	—	912	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,204	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	998	7
Bulls	—	—	1,744	98.31/cwt	95.00–102.50	1,715	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	82.79/cwt	76.50–85.00	1,227	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	64.88/cwt	55.50–72.00	718	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	73.67/cwt	72.50–75.00	818	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	81.62/cwt	76.50–86.00	1,028	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	86.70/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,130	4

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 Feb 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 667Last week 1,641Year ago 1,673

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 87Year ago 137

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	634	170.00–180.50	175.76
45	—	695	172.00–173.50	172.16
10	—	494	194.50	194.50
26	—	565	175.50–190.50	186.34
7	—	520	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	363	189.00–191.00	189.51
45	—	576	170.00–180.00	177.47
7	—	426	176.00–208.00	194.58
6	—	806	152.00	152.00
11	—	601	178.50	178.50
3	—	708	155.00	155.00
9	—	524	165.00–191.50	177.15
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	912	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	635	199.50	199.50
40	—	669	179.50–192.50	188.80
19	—	560	201.00–204.00	201.79
12	—	917	160.50	160.50
74	—	833	173.00–180.00	178.91
11	—	476	219.00	219.00
14	—	540	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	634	205.50–209.50	206.28
33	—	573	212.00–223.00	216.03
3	—	420	245.00	245.00
28	—	674	191.50–201.50	196.67
36	—	521	218.00–234.00	227.14
4	—	478	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	196.00	196.00
7	—	641	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	204.00	204.00
15	—	555	189.00	189.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	510	186.00	186.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,744	95.00–102.50	98.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,482	76.50–85.00	82.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,107	55.50–72.00	64.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	72.50–75.00	73.67
14	—	1,259	76.50–86.00	81.62
4	—	1,303	85.00–92.00	86.70

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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