Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light run two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. This week's offering included several loads of backgrounded yearlings as well as some strings of new crops as the fall calf run seems to finally be getting underway. A large percentage of the calves were right off the cow but for the most part, reputation was enough to overcome the unweaned status. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.73/cwt on 211 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −185.35 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$298.73

211 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$14.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.76

vs MO average

−0.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	303.33	1,675	146
Medium and Large 1-2	573	288.40	1,653	65

One grade step is worth $14.93/cwt here — about $22 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale211 hd

298.73

—

MO average19 barns · 2,548 hd

280.98

+17.76

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−0.31

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

−185.35

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	1,796	148.86	2,674	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,470	114.52	1,684	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	113.89	1,360	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	940	112.00	1,053	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	450–500	482	288.71/cwt	254.00–296.00	1,392	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	279.19/cwt	270.50–283.00	1,321	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	255.55/cwt	246.00–262.00	1,357	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,367	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,458	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	290.13/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,677	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,247	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	739	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,596	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,046	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	291.10/cwt	278.00–301.00	1,688	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,645	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,009	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	337.99/cwt	334.50–361.00	1,656	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	599	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,629	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,628	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	253.87/cwt	252.25–254.50	2,216	370
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	244.75/cwt	244.75–244.75	2,053	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	263.32/cwt	259.50–271.00	1,899	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	115.80/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,395	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,053	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	109.55/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,449	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	117.00/cwt	113.00–121.50	1,806	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	108.14/cwt	107.50–109.00	1,257	3
Bulls	—	—	1,796	148.86/cwt	144.00–154.50	2,674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	275.24/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,574	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	244.84/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,795	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	243.38/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,633	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,203	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	306.37/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,259	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,128	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	255.58/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,715	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	228.45/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,535	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	285.41/cwt	284.00–287.00	1,484	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,642	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,855	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	303.87/cwt	297.00–314.00	1,404	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	282.08/cwt	270.00–284.75	1,783	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	258.49/cwt	257.25–269.00	1,750	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	319.56/cwt	309.00–323.00	1,665	59

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 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,514Last week 556Year ago 1,208

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 39Year ago 120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	482	254.00–296.00	288.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	473	270.50–283.00	279.19
48	500–550	531	246.00–262.00	255.55
3	550–600	582	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	605	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	565	258.00	258.00
53	650–700	672	226.00–229.00	228.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	329.00	329.00
9	350–400	383	314.00	314.00
7	400–450	411	300.00–315.00	306.37
35	450–500	462	297.00–314.00	303.87
21	500–550	520	284.00–287.00	285.41
24	550–600	572	267.00–287.00	275.24
16	600–650	628	261.50	261.50
19	650–700	671	243.00–244.00	243.38
21	700–750	733	242.50–247.50	244.84
12	750–800	776	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	541	301.00	301.00
30	550–600	578	280.00–303.00	290.13
6	600–650	643	254.00	254.00
67	650–700	671	242.00–270.00	255.58
16	800–850	842	243.00	243.00
17	900–950	901	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	337.00	337.00
12	500–550	532	300.00	300.00
7	700–750	739	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	368.00	368.00
28	450–500	490	334.50–361.00	337.99
59	500–550	521	309.00–323.00	319.56
75	550–600	580	278.00–301.00	291.10
74	600–650	632	270.00–284.75	282.08
68	650–700	677	257.25–269.00	258.49
31	700–750	721	259.50–271.00	263.32
11	800–850	839	244.75	244.75
370	850–900	873	252.25–254.50	253.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	599	272.00	272.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,205	111.00–120.00	115.80
3	—	1,162	107.50–109.00	108.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	112.00	112.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,323	108.00–110.00	109.55
8	—	1,544	113.00–121.50	117.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,796	144.00–154.50	148.86

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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