Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers under 800 lbs took another big jump, selling mostly 20.00 to 25.00 higher. Heifers 1.00 to 6.00 higher except some 600-700 lb heifers traded 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Looking back 4 weeks for an accurate comparison, yearling load lots traded 13.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Another wild week as the local market makes a big advance to catch up with the cash feeder gains since the last auction. Buyers were eager to put together some nice strings as numbers in this part of the country will remain tight the next several months. Supply moderate to heavy, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $241.09/cwt on 940 head.

Average price

$241.09

940 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$95

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

$30.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.35

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	509	255.09	1,297	73
Medium and Large 1	698	239.98	1,676	863
Medium 1	619	225.00	1,393	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.09/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale940 hd

241.09

—

MO average17 barns · 12,285 hd

236.75

+4.35

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	1,838	104.91	1,928	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	91.85	1,304	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,189	89.09	1,059	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	76.52	783	17

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,125	$2,723	22

Every lot, as filed

53 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	—	429	294.75/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,264	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	597	238.00/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	202.90/cwt	190.00–222.50	943	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	593	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,222	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	956	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	877	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	265.63/cwt	226.00–280.00	1,312	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	298.50/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,179	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	593	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,281	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	302.75/cwt	299.00–305.00	1,108	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	204.53/cwt	199.85–208.00	1,769	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,577	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	278.51/cwt	265.00–283.50	1,585	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	235.72/cwt	224.00–251.00	1,240	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	276.21/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,447	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	207.68/cwt	207.25–207.85	1,749	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	228.73/cwt	219.00–229.50	1,645	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,647	36
Steers	Medium 1	—	619	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	383	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	333	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	416	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	946	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	523	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,114	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	289.38/cwt	267.50–310.00	1,071	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,683	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	284.95/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,339	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,328	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	210.21/cwt	208.00–212.50	1,341	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,228	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	659	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,239	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	211.48/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,387	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	905	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,277	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	841	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	248.03/cwt	235.00–258.00	1,054	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	242.67/cwt	232.50–250.00	1,150	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	399	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,099	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	420	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	528	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	242.66/cwt	233.00–254.50	1,284	132
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,722.73/head	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,723	22
Bulls	—	—	1,838	104.91/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,928	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	88.78/cwt	82.00–95.00	1,053	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	1,269	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	91.85/cwt	89.00–94.75	1,304	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	76.52/cwt	70.00–83.00	783	17

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 Apr 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,702Last week 978Year ago 1,642

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 67Year ago 114

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 0Year ago 83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	429	285.00–306.00	294.75
20	—	366	299.00–305.00	302.75
110	—	865	199.85–208.00	204.53
106	—	569	265.00–283.50	278.51
85	—	524	270.00–291.00	276.21
320	—	842	207.25–207.85	207.68
42	—	719	219.00–229.50	228.73
36	—	624	264.00	264.00
29	—	684	246.00	246.00
78	—	470	277.50–290.00	284.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	597	235.00–240.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	425	225.00	225.00
4	—	319	275.00	275.00
15	—	494	226.00–280.00	265.63
16	—	395	298.00–300.00	298.50
7	—	584	270.00	270.00
7	—	879	200.00	200.00
10	—	526	224.00–251.00	235.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	593	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	619	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	465	190.00–222.50	202.90
8	—	681	195.00	195.00
4	—	706	174.00	174.00
79	—	560	228.00	228.00
4	—	359	220.00	220.00
4	—	503	238.00	238.00
3	—	628	175.00	175.00
6	—	289	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	593	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	192.50	192.50
3	—	333	210.00	210.00
2	—	420	200.00	200.00
3	—	528	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	416	227.50	227.50
4	—	523	213.00	213.00
7	—	399	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	638	208.00–212.50	210.21
32	—	656	210.00–212.50	211.48
7	—	362	250.00	250.00
6	—	335	251.00	251.00
75	—	425	235.00–258.00	248.03
40	—	474	232.50–250.00	242.67
132	—	529	233.00–254.50	242.66
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	659	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	805	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	370	267.50–310.00	289.38
3	—	408	227.50	227.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,125	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,722.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,838	99.00–110.00	104.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,186	82.00–95.00	88.78
1	—	1,275	99.50	99.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,420	89.00–94.75	91.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,023	70.00–83.00	76.52

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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