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Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Aug 20

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237

← Jul 23Aug 20Sep 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

857 head

▲ 78 vs last sale 779▲ 172 vs year ago 685 · +25.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

33 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 40▼ 22 vs year ago 55 · −40.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for an accurate trend, undertone lower. Several loads of yearlings on offer this week, all pretty easily absorbed, just as lower price levels than the last sale four weeks ago. All in all, the market held up pretty well considering the recent volatility in the futures markets. Supply 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 $289.82/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −186.02 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.

Average price

$289.82

22 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$54

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

$14.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.50

vs MO average

+19.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	298.98	1,549	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	284.59	1,603	14thin

One grade step is worth $14.39/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale22 hd

289.82

—

MO average13 barns · 1,478 hd

290.32

−0.50

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+19.32

This barn, trailing median13 sales

475.84

−186.02

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	1,633	166.67	2,721	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,543	139.86	2,158	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	130.11	1,642	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,102	125.03	1,378	3thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	298.98/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,549	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,623	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	278.20/cwt	276.00–281.00	1,594	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,752	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	287.58/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,866	85
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	271.65/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,820	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	254.52/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,771	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,777	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,900	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	849	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,093	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	248.95/cwt	245.60–255.85	2,171	369
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,322	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	287.25/cwt	287.25–287.25	1,591	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,536	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	234.26/cwt	233.50–234.50	1,558	17
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	238.25/cwt	238.25–238.25	1,997	64
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,559	165.12/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,574	6
Bulls	—	—	2,075	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,652	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,102	125.03/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,378	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	124.02/cwt	122.00–126.00	1,507	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	133.16/cwt	129.00–137.50	1,711	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,543	139.86/cwt	135.00–141.00	2,158	5

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 Aug 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 857Last week 779Year ago 685

Slaughter CattleReceipts 33Last week 40Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	531	249.00	249.00
10	550–600	571	269.00	269.00
17	650–700	665	233.50–234.50	234.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	554	287.25	287.25
64	800–850	838	238.25	238.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	308.00	308.00
11	550–600	573	276.00–281.00	278.20
14	600–650	628	279.00	279.00
35	650–700	696	252.00–270.00	254.52
3	700–750	705	252.00	252.00
5	750–800	795	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	518	298.00–300.00	298.98
85	600–650	649	282.00–288.00	287.58
29	650–700	670	270.00–272.50	271.65
60	800–850	849	246.50	246.50
369	850–900	872	245.60–255.85	248.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,559	159.00–170.00	165.12
1	—	2,075	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,543	135.00–141.00	139.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,102	123.00–126.00	125.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,285	129.00–137.50	133.16
2	—	1,215	122.00–126.00	124.02

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.