Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true comparison. LIght run this week ahead of the upcoming Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale in two weeks. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $240.45/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$240.45

108 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$368

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

$2.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.45

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	761	241.36	1,837	68
Medium and Large 1-2	615	238.90	1,469	40

One grade step is worth $2.46/cwt here — about $368 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 sale108 hd

240.45

—

MO average16 barns · 16,508 hd

251.90

−11.45

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	1,372	100.55	1,380	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,241	98.29	1,220	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	91.50	947	32

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1-2	—	723	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	789	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,874	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	230.37/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,465	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,597	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,298	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,229	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,315	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	229.75/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,303	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,002	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	91.50/cwt	84.00–100.00	947	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	225.75/cwt	220.00–230.00	887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,192	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	226.03/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,037	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	224.47/cwt	217.00–229.00	1,154	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,285	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	89.09/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,067	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	99.96/cwt	94.00–108.00	1,249	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,372	100.55/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,380	35

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 Jun 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 252Last week 1,783Year ago 613

Slaughter CattleReceipts 223Last week 140Year ago 103

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true comparison. LIght run this week ahead of the upcoming Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale in two weeks. Supply light, demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	223.00	223.00
11	—	636	222.00–235.00	230.37
8	—	668	239.00	239.00
3	—	433	270.00	270.00
5	—	557	236.00	236.00
3	—	545	238.00	238.00
4	—	483	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	789	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	789	237.50	237.50
5	—	411	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	230.00	230.00
3	—	588	209.00	209.00
5	—	314	230.00	230.00
7	—	393	220.00–230.00	225.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	633	205.00	205.00
2	—	375	252.50	252.50
8	—	567	226.00–236.00	229.75
9	—	433	231.50	231.50
9	—	459	220.00–229.00	226.03
17	—	514	217.00–229.00	224.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,035	84.00–100.00	91.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,198	84.00–91.00	89.09
44	—	1,249	94.00–108.00	99.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,372	95.00–105.00	100.55

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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