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Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 12

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237

← Aug 29Sep 12Sep 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

310 head

▼ 723 vs last sale 1,033▼ 1,171 vs year ago 1,481 · −79.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

36 head

▼ 65 vs last sale 101▼ 15 vs year ago 51 · −29.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a price comparison, undertone lower. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Supply light, demand light to moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $240.84/cwt on 118 head.

Average price

$240.84

118 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,625

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$465

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

$21.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.79

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	730	243.00	1,774	73
Medium and Large 2	526	241.50	1,270	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	605	239.80	1,452	28
Large 1-2	591	221.50	1,309	7thin

One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $465 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 sale118 hd

240.84

—

MO average16 barns · 10,409 hd

249.63

−8.79

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	1,473	117.49	1,731	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,380	109.66	1,513	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	103.01	1,244	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	92.78	957	8thin

Every lot

25 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	425	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,105	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,396	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,370	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	528	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,357	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	268.32/cwt	268.00–268.50	1,535	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,540	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	280.14/cwt	280.00–280.25	1,762	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	260.62/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,639	18
Steers	—	Medium 1-2Fleshy	640	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,555	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	762	233.25/cwt	230.50–237.00	1,777	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	856	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,823	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	486	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,220	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,255	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,313	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,403	6
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	591	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,309	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,494	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,774	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,813	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,473	117.49/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,731	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,031	92.78/cwt	86.00–104.00	957	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	103.01/cwt	94.00–110.00	1,244	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,374	107.89/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,482	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,671	1

This sale against other markets

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 Sep 12, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 310Last week 1,033Year ago 1,481

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 101Year ago 51

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a price comparison, undertone lower. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Supply light, demand light to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	488	286.00	286.00
38	—	629	280.00–280.25	280.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	500	274.00	274.00
8	—	572	268.00–268.50	268.32
18	—	629	245.00–267.00	260.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	260.00	260.00
5	—	528	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	762	230.50–237.00	233.25
5	—	590	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	856	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	640	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	250.00	250.00
14	—	625	239.00	239.00
2	—	880	206.00	206.00
3	—	507	247.50	247.50
6	—	575	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	251.00	251.00
5	—	566	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	730	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	591	221.50	221.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	113.00–120.00	117.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,208	94.00–110.00	103.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,374	102.00–113.00	107.89
1	—	1,410	118.50	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,031	86.00–104.00	92.78

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.