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Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Apr 16

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,194 head

▲ 114 vs last sale 1,080▼ 508 vs year ago 1,702 · −29.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

92 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 105▼ 46 vs year ago 138 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers traded unevenly steady, mostly 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher, except a solid test of heifers weighing over 600 lbs that sold 10.00 to 13.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Pretty solid trade day here at the local barn given the recent volatility in the beef sector. Cattle futures have managed to string a couple solid days together to start the week. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.81/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −155.03 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.

Average price

$320.81

119 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$21.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.02

vs MO average

+16.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	328.54	1,713	76
Medium and Large 1-2	552	307.16	1,695	43

One grade step is worth $21.37/cwt here — about $18 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale119 hd

320.81

—

MO average16 barns · 2,807 hd

302.80

+18.02

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+16.42

This barn, trailing median13 sales

475.84

−155.03

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.37, low $399.14, median $475.84 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,780	154.99	2,758	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,333	119.72	1,596	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	116.70	1,378	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,028	110.91	1,140	5thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	357.64/cwt	340.00–373.00	1,384	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	357.19/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,507	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,425	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	346.57/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,618	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	317.53/cwt	311.00–324.00	1,524	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	301.86/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,552	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	328.66/cwt	321.00–342.00	1,702	68
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	539	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	1,798	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,805	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	298.02/cwt	279.00–307.50	1,711	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	253.20/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,555	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	294.40/cwt	286.00–296.75	1,887	103
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	290.47/cwt	289.50–292.00	1,905	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,784	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,924	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	242.07/cwt	229.00–247.00	1,849	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	237.29/cwt	234.50–238.75	2,204	181
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	374	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,234	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	314.48/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,327	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,310	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	287.66/cwt	284.50–290.00	1,504	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	267.72/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,411	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	277.02/cwt	274.00–279.00	1,562	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	244.34/cwt	229.00–247.50	1,439	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	244.66/cwt	235.00–248.50	1,502	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	248.62/cwt	248.25–249.50	1,551	35
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	232.51/cwt	228.50–232.75	1,635	72
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	744	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,774	63
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	761	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,598	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,715	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,638	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	399	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,325	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,430	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,562	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,588	142.68/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,266	2
Bulls	—	—	1,818	158.89/cwt	157.00–161.00	2,889	4
Bulls	—	—	2,010	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	3,296	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	110.91/cwt	108.50–113.00	1,140	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	115.87/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,365	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,599	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,332	119.42/cwt	112.00–123.50	1,591	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,727	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 Apr 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,194Last week 1,080Year ago 1,702

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 105Year ago 138

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	332.00	332.00
7	500–550	500	286.00	286.00
5	550–600	570	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	815	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
18	400–450	422	306.00–320.00	314.48
27	500–550	523	284.50–290.00	287.66
18	550–600	564	274.00–279.00	277.02
35	600–650	624	248.25–249.50	248.62
63	700–750	744	238.50	238.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	455	288.00	288.00
43	500–550	527	260.00–285.00	267.72
17	550–600	589	229.00–247.50	244.34
12	600–650	614	235.00–248.50	244.66
72	700–750	703	228.50–232.75	232.51
6	750–800	761	210.00	210.00
11	800–850	805	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	387	340.00–373.00	357.64
9	400–450	422	340.00–380.00	357.19
28	450–500	467	335.00–370.00	346.57
68	500–550	518	321.00–342.00	328.66
8	550–600	551	327.50	327.50
103	600–650	641	286.00–296.75	294.40
13	650–700	656	289.50–292.00	290.47
44	750–800	762	252.50	252.50
181	900–950	929	234.50–238.75	237.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	437	326.00	326.00
6	450–500	480	311.00–324.00	317.53
10	500–550	514	290.00–310.00	301.86
23	550–600	574	279.00–307.50	298.02
21	600–650	614	240.00–266.00	253.20
7	650–700	656	272.00	272.00
11	750–800	764	229.00–247.00	242.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	539	333.50	333.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,178	112.00–120.00	115.87
1	—	1,230	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,028	108.50–113.00	110.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,332	112.00–123.50	119.42
1	—	1,360	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,818	157.00–161.00	158.89
2	—	1,588	140.00–145.00	142.68
1	—	2,010	164.00	164.00

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.