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Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Dec 5

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

791 head

▲ 752 vs last sale 39▼ 1,322 vs year ago 2,113 · −62.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▼ 752 vs last sale 791▼ 10 vs year ago 49 · −20.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. The bulk of this week's offering consisted of load lots from a local reputation backgrounder, all met with good demand despite continuing volatility throughout the beef sector. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $237.70/cwt on 593 head.

Average price

$237.70

593 head · 792 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$488

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

$16.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.01

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	252.45	1,458	73
Medium 1-2	545	240.00	1,308	8thin
Medium and Large 1	826	235.57	1,946	512

One grade step is worth $16.88/cwt here — about −$488 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 sale593 hd

237.70

—

MO average18 barns · 15,398 hd

237.71

−0.01

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	2,065	106.52	2,200	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,475	85.75	1,265	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	82.40	1,060	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,173	73.16	858	5thin

Every lot

27 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 1-2	387	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,122	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	270.95/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,279	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	268.63/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,397	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	279.45/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,456	33
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	260.88/cwt	259.00–263.50	1,610	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	673	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,571	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	221.48/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,570	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,756	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	228.64/cwt	226.50–230.75	2,010	421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	475	230.96/cwt	229.00–232.00	1,097	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,166	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,211	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	235.97/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,369	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	627	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,285	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	325	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	816	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,037	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	606	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,157	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,065	106.52/cwt	104.00–109.00	2,200	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,173	73.16/cwt	70.00–76.00	858	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	86.44/cwt	80.00–91.50	1,089	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,322	77.01/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,018	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	81.33/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,179	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,484	87.41/cwt	84.50–92.00	1,297	8

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 Dec 5, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 791Last week 39Year ago 2,113

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 791Year ago 49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	251.00	251.00
4	—	606	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	447	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	511	237.00	237.00
30	—	580	234.00–239.00	235.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	475	229.00–232.00	230.96
3	—	560	220.00	220.00
3	—	627	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	878	200.00	200.00
10	—	709	220.00–222.50	221.48
16	—	520	268.00–270.00	268.63
7	—	387	290.00	290.00
23	—	472	268.00–276.00	270.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	545	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	673	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	521	278.00–280.00	279.45
58	—	617	259.00–263.50	260.88
421	—	879	226.50–230.75	228.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	650	230.00	230.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,065	104.00–109.00	106.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,260	80.00–91.50	86.44
3	—	1,322	76.00–78.00	77.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,173	70.00–76.00	73.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,484	84.50–92.00	87.41
3	—	1,450	80.00–82.00	81.33

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.