Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steer calves sold sharply higher catching up with the big gains in the feeder market. Yearling steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers steady except those weighing 450-600 lbs trading sharply higher as well. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher. As usual, yearling load lots led the way for the rest of the offering with very good demand for all weights and classes of cattle. The calf market has caught fire, again, but the cattle market as a whole is in pretty good position fundamentally wrapping up the calendar year. Supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.13/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −146.95 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$337.13

100 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$36.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.17

vs MO average

+12.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	345.96	1,896	76
Medium and Large 1-2	575	309.17	1,777	24

One grade step is worth $36.80/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale100 hd

337.13

—

MO average19 barns · 5,760 hd

317.96

+19.17

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+12.78

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

−146.95

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	1,802	147.03	2,649	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	115.47	1,726	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	115.08	1,395	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	109.77	1,142	8thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	400–450	410	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	645	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,574	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	247.92/cwt	245.00–248.50	1,768	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	337.03/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,635	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	777	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,888	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	336.71/cwt	336.00–337.00	1,438	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	680	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	539	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	301	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,174	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,140	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,892	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,000	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,641	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	388.30/cwt	370.00–406.00	1,623	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	272.72/cwt	271.00–273.50	1,928	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	363.59/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,800	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,626	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,912	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	575	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,685	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,839	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	271.25/cwt	270.50–273.00	2,219	259
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	115.08/cwt	109.50–119.50	1,395	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	109.77/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,142	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	115.47/cwt	109.50–119.00	1,726	13
Bulls	—	—	1,802	147.03/cwt	141.00–154.00	2,649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,658	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	350.93/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,291	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,673	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	320.65/cwt	318.00–321.00	1,382	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	319.30/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,718	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	251.59/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,545	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	647	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,517	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,916	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,493	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,557	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,867	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	329.49/cwt	328.50–330.00	1,848	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	368.52/cwt	366.00–370.00	1,953	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	895	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,059	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,370	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,517	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	704	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	295.36/cwt	285.00–300.25	1,943	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	304.07/cwt	299.00–308.25	1,931	44

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 Dec 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,099Last week 1,818Year ago 791

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 76Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	392.50	392.50
4	500–550	510	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	645	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	368	345.00–352.00	350.93
25	400–450	431	318.00–321.00	320.65
34	450–500	485	325.00–342.00	337.03
22	500–550	538	311.00–321.00	319.30
13	550–600	560	296.00	296.00
8	600–650	609	262.00	262.00
18	700–750	713	245.00–248.50	247.92
7	750–800	778	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	496	301.00	301.00
20	550–600	591	263.50	263.50
13	600–650	614	242.00–256.00	251.59
3	750–800	750	223.00	223.00
11	800–850	846	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	523	280.00	280.00
15	600–650	632	240.00	240.00
9	700–750	704	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	571	240.00	240.00
9	600–650	647	234.50	234.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	585	301.00	301.00
5	750–800	777	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	301	390.00	390.00
17	400–450	427	336.00–337.00	336.71
33	450–500	489	332.50	332.50
8	550–600	592	323.00	323.00
27	600–650	636	297.50	297.50
17	650–700	670	274.50	274.50
11	750–800	775	258.00	258.00
7	800–850	828	258.50	258.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	539	330.00	330.00
12	550–600	575	293.00	293.00
3	650–700	680	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	393	417.50	417.50
8	400–450	418	370.00–406.00	388.30
18	450–500	495	360.00–382.50	363.59
35	500–550	530	366.00–370.00	368.52
37	550–600	561	328.50–330.00	329.49
44	600–650	635	299.00–308.25	304.07
54	650–700	658	285.00–300.25	295.36
16	700–750	707	271.00–273.50	272.72
259	800–850	818	270.50–273.00	271.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	895	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,212	109.50–119.50	115.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,040	103.00–114.00	109.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,495	109.50–119.00	115.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,802	141.00–154.00	147.03

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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