Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, several spots as much as 20.00 higher. A very limited test of slaughter cows traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Really attractive offering this week that featured several consignments of reputation cattle from local cattlemen, including several full or part load lots. The light calves under 525 lbs saw the largest price jump, but all weights of cattle benefitted from the active market. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $267.16/cwt on 982 head.

Average price

$267.16

982 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,838

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$484

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

$65.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.42

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	662	279.92	1,853	634
Medium and Large 1-2	741	245.07	1,816	315
Large 1-2	712	245.00	1,744	20
Medium and Large 2	640	214.00	1,370	13thin

One grade step is worth $65.92/cwt here — about $484 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 sale982 hd

267.16

—

MO average19 barns · 20,323 hd

258.73

+8.42

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	2,075	138.50	2,874	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	104.22	1,467	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,409	97.77	1,378	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,090	87.00	948	1thin

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
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,200	$2,755	10

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1-2Fleshy	—	809	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,602	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	267.59/cwt	251.00–277.00	1,303	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	248.52/cwt	247.00–249.50	1,436	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,452	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,565	74
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	934	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,798	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,639	14
Steers	Large 1-2	—	712	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,744	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	253.00/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,857	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	244.80/cwt	243.50–247.50	1,767	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,370	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	287.56/cwt	275.50–298.00	1,815	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	318.57/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,695	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	2,041	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,386	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,414	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	303.99/cwt	297.00–316.50	1,757	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	238.19/cwt	235.50–239.25	1,872	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	281.52/cwt	272.00–284.25	1,883	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	225.32/cwt	223.50–227.00	1,316	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	719	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,657	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	252.97/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,713	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	231.48/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,910	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,714	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	215.86/cwt	200.00–220.00	2,012	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	221.47/cwt	215.75–225.25	1,601	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,656	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	325.79/cwt	314.00–328.50	1,593	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	265.94/cwt	256.50–269.00	1,362	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	245.82/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,308	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	777	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	242.21/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,492	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	267.68/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,167	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	772	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,382	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	220.53/cwt	218.75–223.75	1,530	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,285	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	603	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	892	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,574	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,438	15
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,755.00/head	2,710.00–2,800.00	2,755	10
Bulls	—	—	2,075	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	2,874	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	104.22/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,467	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	948	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	91.61/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,324	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	100.24/cwt	97.50–105.00	1,398	5

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 Jan 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,024Last week 2,008Year ago 1,524

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 81Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	809	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	487	251.00–277.00	267.59
119	—	578	247.00–249.50	248.52
74	—	682	229.50	229.50
140	—	512	256.50–269.00	265.94
84	—	616	234.00–245.00	242.21
24	—	436	265.00–272.00	267.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	705	206.00	206.00
3	—	777	205.00	205.00
15	—	655	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	934	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	584	223.50–227.00	225.32
37	—	723	215.75–225.25	221.47
20	—	832	199.00	199.00
18	—	532	242.00–248.00	245.82
6	—	643	215.00	215.00
120	—	694	218.75–223.75	220.53
4	—	498	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	892	176.50	176.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	615	266.50	266.50
39	—	722	243.50–247.50	244.80
6	—	456	310.00	310.00
43	—	786	235.50–239.25	238.19
87	—	677	249.00–262.00	252.97
73	—	825	229.00–237.00	231.48
18	—	594	288.50	288.50
24	—	932	200.00–220.00	215.86
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	712	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	734	245.00–263.00	253.00
179	—	631	275.50–298.00	287.56
46	—	532	300.00–330.00	318.57
61	—	855	238.75	238.75
6	—	436	318.00	318.00
54	—	578	297.00–316.50	303.99
124	—	669	272.00–284.25	281.52
29	—	489	314.00–328.50	325.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	640	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	719	230.50	230.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	772	234.00	234.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,200	2,710.00–2,800.00	2,755.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,075	138.50	138.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,408	99.00–107.00	104.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	87.00	87.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	90.00–93.00	91.61
5	—	1,395	97.50–105.00	100.24

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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