Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold with a very uneven trend as the light supply of weaned and worked cattle traded steady to 5.00 higher and anything off the cow or lacking a health history sold sharply lower. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Typical October offering this week with the larger percentage of the offering coming to town unweaned, many with only one round of shots, creating wide price spreads. Supply moderate, demand moderate at best.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $272.26/cwt on 671 head.

Average price

$272.26

671 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$467

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

$30.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.82

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	280.01	1,749	426
Medium and Large 1-2	619	259.14	1,605	235
Medium 1-2	513	250.00	1,283	10thin

One grade step is worth $30.01/cwt here — about $467 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 sale671 hd

272.26

—

MO average17 barns · 6,761 hd

266.44

+5.82

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	2,043	118.34	2,418	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	95.45	1,392	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	91.84	1,179	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,119	85.93	962	12

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	661	242.23/cwt	242.00–242.25	1,601	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,119	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	540	233.98/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,263	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	561	237.64/cwt	233.00–245.00	1,333	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	473	254.23/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,203	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	602	243.10/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,463	20
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	513	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,283	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,115	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	539	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,310	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	683	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,509	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	947	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	274.74/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,039	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,102	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	257.75/cwt	257.75–257.75	2,003	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	606	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,367	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,807	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,204	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	268.61/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,413	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,016	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	2,066	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	280.23/cwt	267.00–288.00	1,625	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	499	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,327	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	554	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,368	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	282.86/cwt	282.00–283.75	1,898	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	1,733	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	277.94/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,298	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,584	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	240.55/cwt	231.00–243.00	1,285	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	249.27/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,059	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	349	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	855	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	512	226.49/cwt	218.00–231.00	1,160	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	297.25/cwt	297.25–297.25	1,674	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	553	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,416	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,039	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	489	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,183	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,516	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,319	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,618	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,289	5
Bulls	—	—	2,043	118.34/cwt	110.00–125.50	2,418	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	93.03/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,176	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	87.36/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,188	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	96.31/cwt	94.00–105.00	1,458	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	109.32/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,481	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	87.02/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,230	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	85.93/cwt	80.00–92.50	962	12

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 Oct 10, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,146Last week 516Year ago 637

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 85Year ago 102

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	661	242.00–242.25	242.23
6	—	337	281.00	281.00
16	—	378	268.00–277.00	274.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	539	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	683	221.00	221.00
8	—	489	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	534	231.00–243.00	240.55
5	—	558	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	425	248.00–250.00	249.27
6	—	349	245.00	245.00
9	—	512	218.00–231.00	226.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	409	254.00	254.00
14	—	624	243.00	243.00
17	—	534	247.00	247.00
41	—	674	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	540	230.00–246.00	233.98
16	—	561	233.00–245.00	237.64
17	—	473	251.00–259.00	254.23
20	—	602	240.00–252.00	243.10
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	513	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	368	303.00	303.00
61	—	777	257.75	257.75
21	—	678	266.50	266.50
9	—	404	298.00	298.00
20	—	526	267.00–270.00	268.61
20	—	808	249.50	249.50
23	—	467	272.00–285.00	277.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	338	326.00	326.00
46	—	814	253.75	253.75
124	—	580	267.00–288.00	280.23
143	—	671	282.00–283.75	282.86
12	—	623	278.25	278.25
17	—	548	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	279.00	279.00
8	—	606	266.00	266.00
12	—	473	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	499	266.00	266.00
10	—	553	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	554	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	563	297.25	297.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,043	110.00–125.50	118.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,264	90.00–101.00	93.03
4	—	1,360	82.00–92.00	87.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,514	94.00–105.00	96.31
2	—	1,355	107.00–111.00	109.32
4	—	1,413	85.00–89.00	87.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,119	80.00–92.50	85.93

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