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Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 23

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237

← Jun 25Jul 23Aug 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

779 head

▼ 1,508 vs last sale 2,287▲ 94 vs year ago 685 · +13.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 35▼ 15 vs year ago 55 · −27.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a price comparison. Mostly load lots and large drafts on offer this week with overall quality above average. Supply moderate, demand good.

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 $326.00/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −149.84 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.

Average price

$326.00

22 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,802

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$16.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.36

vs MO average

+28.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	334.00	1,830	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	318.00	1,773	11thin

One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $58 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale22 hd

326.00

—

MO average13 barns · 1,579 hd

313.64

+12.36

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

+28.18

This barn, trailing median13 sales

475.84

−149.84

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	2,163	172.77	3,737	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,443	136.69	1,972	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	135.67	1,703	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	126.00	1,396	4thin

Every lot

22 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,480	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,670	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,830	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,806	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	307.75/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,923	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	310.74/cwt	308.25–312.00	2,029	98
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	1,938	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,973	17
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	268.88/cwt	266.75–270.50	2,361	300
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,522	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,509	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,618	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	272.25/cwt	272.25–272.25	1,606	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	270.43/cwt	266.25–278.25	1,701	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,734	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	258.62/cwt	256.25–271.00	1,891	81
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,816	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,163	172.77/cwt	170.00–175.00	3,737	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,108	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,396	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	138.81/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,732	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	128.34/cwt	128.00–129.00	1,634	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,443	136.69/cwt	136.00–137.50	1,972	6

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 Jul 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 779Last week 2,287Year ago 685

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 35Year ago 55

No recently tested market for a price comparison. Mostly load lots and large drafts on offer this week with overall quality above average. Supply moderate, demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,163	170.00–175.00	172.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,248	135.00–146.00	138.81
3	—	1,273	128.00–129.00	128.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,108	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,443	136.00–137.50	136.69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	516	295.00	295.00
15	550–600	590	272.25	272.25
61	600–650	629	266.25–278.25	270.43
81	700–750	731	256.25–271.00	258.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	524	288.00	288.00
4	550–600	584	277.00	277.00
3	700–750	702	247.00	247.00
3	750–800	752	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	354.00	354.00
11	500–550	548	334.00	334.00
32	600–650	625	305.00–309.00	307.75
98	650–700	653	308.25–312.00	310.74
5	700–750	717	270.25	270.25
300	850–900	878	266.75–270.50	268.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	500	334.00	334.00
8	550–600	579	312.00	312.00
17	750–800	759	260.00	260.00

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.