Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 10.00 higher, few spots sharply higher on steers under 550 lbs and some heifers weighing around 600 lbs. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.16/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −162.92 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$321.16

88 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$51.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.16

vs MO average

+8.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	338.20	1,762	59
Medium and Large 1-2	583	286.50	1,670	29

One grade step is worth $51.70/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.37, low $438.80, median $484.08 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale88 hd

321.16

—

MO average9 barns · 2,467 hd

311.00

+10.16

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+8.16

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

−162.92

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	2,088	139.38	2,910	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,366	109.96	1,502	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	105.26	1,228	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	100.09	1,077	11

Every lot, as filed

36 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	400–450	436	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	1,546	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	100.09/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,077	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,698	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	300.41/cwt	289.00–309.50	1,466	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	104.76/cwt	101.00–112.50	1,206	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,372	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	94.76/cwt	94.50–95.00	1,218	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	109.29/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,490	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,583	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	273.68/cwt	272.50–274.25	1,938	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,170	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,202	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,934	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,670	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	734	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	668	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,309	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,710	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	309.26/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,345	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	296.52/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,426	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	338.20/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,762	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	297.56/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,571	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	285.52/cwt	277.75–295.00	1,936	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	260.36/cwt	259.50–262.50	1,573	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,889	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,260	3
Bulls	—	—	2,088	139.38/cwt	133.50–146.00	2,910	4
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	772	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,683	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	809	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,622	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	623	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,626	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	305.94/cwt	294.00–313.00	1,915	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	263.11/cwt	257.50–263.75	2,015	68

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 Mar 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 999Last week 1,670Year ago 1,327

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 164Year ago 129

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	354.50	354.50
6	450–500	474	334.00	334.00
59	500–550	521	325.00–348.00	338.20
63	600–650	626	294.00–313.00	305.94
205	650–700	678	277.75–295.00	285.52
25	700–750	708	272.50–274.25	273.68
68	750–800	766	257.50–263.75	263.11
60	850–900	886	248.50	248.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	316.00	316.00
7	400–450	435	300.00–322.00	309.26
7	450–500	481	290.00–306.00	296.52
29	550–600	583	286.50	286.50
5	650–700	666	268.00	268.00
18	750–800	786	246.00	246.00
5	800–850	823	229.50	229.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	734	234.00	234.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	772	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	623	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	324.00	324.00
15	450–500	488	289.00–309.50	300.41
24	500–550	528	295.00–303.00	297.56
3	550–600	573	269.00	269.00
43	600–650	604	259.50–262.50	260.36
8	650–700	666	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	668	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	492	256.00	256.00
3	550–600	550	238.00	238.00
72	700–750	711	240.50	240.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	809	200.50	200.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,076	95.00–104.00	100.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,151	101.00–112.50	104.76
2	—	1,153	118.00–120.00	119.02
2	—	1,285	94.50–95.00	94.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,363	104.00–114.00	109.29
1	—	1,405	118.00	118.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,088	133.50–146.00	139.38

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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