Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower and yearling load lots 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Several larger consignments of calves coming off the cow mixed in with calves weaned 45-60 days. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $258.89/cwt on 785 head.

Average price

$258.89

785 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$373

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

$8.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.29

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	260.97	1,760	587
Medium and Large 1-2	549	252.73	1,387	198

One grade step is worth $8.23/cwt here — about $373 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 sale785 hd

258.89

—

MO average16 barns · 12,027 hd

243.60

+15.29

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	—	High	1,962	109.09	2,140	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,416	87.71	1,242	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,323	80.67	1,067	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,167	68.29	797	19

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1-2Unweaned	—	552	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,380	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	788	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,785	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	700	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,505	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	535	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,214	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	438	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,165	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	268.56/cwt	251.50–272.75	1,668	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	283.68/cwt	270.00–293.50	1,501	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	308.11/cwt	302.00–312.00	1,340	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	272.52/cwt	264.00–278.00	1,551	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	238.87/cwt	232.00–244.00	1,524	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	289.39/cwt	279.00–304.00	1,351	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,691	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,407	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	232.31/cwt	231.75–232.85	2,068	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	236.23/cwt	234.00–237.75	1,675	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	354	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,016	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,686	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	504	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,562	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	410	332.47/cwt	324.00–338.00	1,363	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	264.12/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,244	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,503	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	484	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,341	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	262.54/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,376	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	527	249.37/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,314	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	233.95/cwt	230.00–236.50	1,661	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	499	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,327	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,177	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	652	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	763	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	542	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,127	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	205.05/cwt	199.00–209.50	1,280	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	57.68/cwt	50.00–67.00	632	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	80.18/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,061	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,382	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	86.98/cwt	81.00–93.00	1,228	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,153	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	74.48/cwt	70.00–80.00	900	12
Bulls	—	—	2,043	116.19/cwt	115.00–117.50	2,374	2
Bulls	—	—	1,908	104.36/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,991	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	322	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	218.60/cwt	214.00–224.50	1,255	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	209.90/cwt	204.50–217.00	1,213	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	702	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,418	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	879	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,696	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	461	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,064	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	232.56/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,302	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	219.28/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,138	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	752	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,639	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	892	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,962	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	449	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	979	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	365	238.62/cwt	237.00–240.00	871	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	388	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	446	242.66/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,082	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	238.32/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,153	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	256.28/cwt	253.00–267.00	1,448	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	562	211.43/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,188	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,337	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	486	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,123	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	639	225.10/cwt	224.50–226.50	1,438	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	656	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,378	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	243.75/cwt	243.75–243.75	1,970	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	331.49/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,319	6

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 Nov 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,318Last week 822Year ago 1,695

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 76Year ago 154

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	552	250.00	250.00
19	—	438	266.00	266.00
10	—	354	287.00	287.00
18	—	527	245.00–251.00	249.37
8	—	499	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	788	226.50	226.50
5	—	567	245.00	245.00
12	—	892	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	700	215.00	215.00
3	—	535	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	621	251.50–272.75	268.56
72	—	529	270.00–293.50	283.68
13	—	435	302.00–312.00	308.11
24	—	569	264.00–278.00	272.52
20	—	467	279.00–304.00	289.39
6	—	658	257.00	257.00
121	—	890	231.75–232.85	232.31
34	—	709	234.00–237.75	236.23
65	—	808	243.75	243.75
6	—	398	330.00–339.00	331.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	638	232.00–244.00	238.87
17	—	541	260.00	260.00
17	—	471	260.00–265.00	264.12
4	—	671	224.00	224.00
37	—	565	253.00–267.00	256.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	634	266.00	266.00
12	—	484	277.00	277.00
6	—	524	261.00–264.00	262.54
13	—	710	230.00–236.50	233.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	504	310.00	310.00
15	—	410	324.00–338.00	332.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	503	234.00	234.00
14	—	415	256.50	256.50
20	—	560	227.00–238.00	232.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	652	192.00	192.00
3	—	763	188.00	188.00
3	—	542	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	624	199.00–209.50	205.05
27	—	574	214.00–224.50	218.60
14	—	519	215.00–224.00	219.28
4	—	365	240.00	240.00
76	—	484	230.00–243.00	238.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	220.00	220.00
7	—	578	204.50–217.00	209.90
14	—	702	202.00	202.00
11	—	879	193.00	193.00
13	—	752	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	220.00	220.00
6	—	388	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	461	249.50	249.50
17	—	446	241.00–243.00	242.66
17	—	569	235.00	235.00
20	—	639	224.50–226.50	225.10
7	—	656	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	449	218.00	218.00
9	—	365	237.00–240.00	238.62
16	—	562	205.00–220.00	211.43
14	—	486	231.00	231.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,096	50.00–67.00	57.68
12	—	1,208	70.00–80.00	74.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,323	79.00–84.00	80.18
1	—	1,325	87.00	87.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	95.00	95.00
10	—	1,412	81.00–93.00	86.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,043	115.00–117.50	116.19
3	—	1,908	101.00–107.00	104.36

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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