Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Little different mix on offer this week as more calves start to make their way to town. Most did have the desired two rounds of shots but not a very high percentage of weaned cattle available. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.97/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −160.53 against this barn's trailing median of $414.50.

Average price

$253.97

66 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

per head · Medium 1 over Medium 1-2

$33.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.27

vs MO average

+1.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	502	263.00	1,320	12thin
Medium and Large 1	525	258.40	1,356	35
Medium and Large 1-2	557	244.67	1,362	12thin
Large 1-2	553	238.00	1,316	2thin
Medium 1-2	581	230.00	1,336	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about −$16 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $450.41, low $360.82, median $414.50 across 13 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 sale66 hd

253.97

—

MO average18 barns · 1,329 hd

253.70

+0.27

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

+1.29

This barn, trailing median13 sales

414.50

−160.53

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	1,878	159.19	2,990	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	115.51	1,730	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	112.66	1,453	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	109.09	1,116	3thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,501	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,336	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	981	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,105	2
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	419	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,127	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,905	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	307.02/cwt	303.00–315.00	1,458	6
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	591	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,602	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,521	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	313.18/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,635	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	264.56/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,627	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,831	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	582	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,374	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,347	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,260	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,198	9
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	474	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,465	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	252.34/cwt	245.50–261.00	1,194	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	734	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,740	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	283.22/cwt	263.00–294.00	1,595	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	553	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,316	2
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	502	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,320	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	265.92/cwt	256.50–268.25	1,651	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	243.39/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,176	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,336	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,329	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	272.37/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,321	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	258.75/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,327	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	241.65/cwt	232.00–247.00	1,508	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,789	2
Bulls	—	—	1,878	159.19/cwt	158.50–160.00	2,990	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	114.15/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,451	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	117.37/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,783	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	109.18/cwt	107.00–111.50	1,455	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	111.79/cwt	111.00–112.50	1,625	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	109.09/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,116	3

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 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 556Last week 812Year ago 1,146

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 44Year ago 82

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	328.00	328.00
8	550–600	566	236.00	236.00
6	600–650	610	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	250.00	250.00
2	400–450	430	257.00	257.00
11	450–500	473	245.50–261.00	252.34
5	500–550	519	256.00	256.00
2	550–600	588	238.00	238.00
11	600–650	624	232.00–247.00	241.65
2	750–800	795	225.00	225.00
26	800–850	803	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	269.00	269.00
12	500–550	502	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	483	240.00–246.00	243.39
5	550–600	582	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	485	268.00–277.00	272.37
28	500–550	513	257.00–267.00	258.75
7	550–600	572	257.00	257.00
79	600–650	621	256.50–268.25	265.92
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	581	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	404	312.00	312.00
6	450–500	475	303.00–315.00	307.02
12	550–600	563	263.00–294.00	283.22
12	750–800	779	244.50	244.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	309.00	309.00
32	550–600	591	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	368.00	368.00
6	450–500	465	327.00	327.00
31	500–550	522	305.00–317.00	313.18
32	600–650	615	264.00–270.00	264.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	363	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	734	237.00	237.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,878	158.50–160.00	159.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,271	113.00–115.00	114.15
3	—	1,333	107.00–111.50	109.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,519	115.00–123.00	117.37
4	—	1,454	111.00–112.50	111.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	107.00–110.00	109.09

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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