Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2019-04-16

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Apr 16
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,255 head
▲ 357 vs last sale 898▲ 1,255 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 62▲ 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers sold fully steady, heifers steady to weak. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Pretty active market this week with the best demand for yearling load lots and 500-600 lb grazing steers. Supply moderate and demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.14/cwt on 686 head.
Average price
$164.14
686 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$341
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 1-2
$29.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.69
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2294178.6852519thin
Medium and Large 1-2563171.34964235
Medium and Large 1734159.851,174421
Medium 1-2580149.2786611thin
One grade step is worth $29.41/cwt here — about −$341 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 sale686 hd
164.14
—
MO average19 barns · 12,601 hd
165.83
−1.69
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low2,14370.131,5022thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37551.0270214
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20150.9661225
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07346.6350015

Every lot

48 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2294178.68/cwt171.00–180.0052519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420187.20/cwt186.00–187.2578675
Steers—Medium and Large 1485191.02/cwt189.00–192.0092618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487189.00/cwt189.00–189.009205
Steers—Medium 1-2Fleshy520155.00/cwt155.00–155.008064
Steers—Medium and Large 1531181.37/cwt180.00–186.0096325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2547182.30/cwt170.50–183.7599754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy550162.00/cwt162.00–162.008915
Steers—Medium and Large 1576176.30/cwt176.00–181.251,01586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590166.12/cwt161.00–176.0098028
Steers—Medium 1-2Fleshy615146.00/cwt146.00–146.008987
Steers—Medium and Large 1623164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,02212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642149.80/cwt149.50–150.0096210
Steers—Medium and Large 1657166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,09137
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy672147.00/cwt147.00–147.009887
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727149.04/cwt147.50–150.251,08423
Steers—Medium and Large 1769153.85/cwt153.85–153.851,18363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772143.58/cwt140.00–145.001,10828
Steers—Medium and Large 1874146.44/cwt145.00–147.251,280180
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2294166.00/cwt166.00–166.0048822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2301155.00/cwt155.00–155.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408152.00/cwt152.00–152.0062059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463152.58/cwt150.50–154.0070610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476138.33/cwt130.00–143.5065816
Heifers—Large 2486142.00/cwt142.00–142.006903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1504160.00/cwt160.00–160.008066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529144.24/cwt144.00–144.5076315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy529143.00/cwt143.00–143.007565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555150.25/cwt150.25–150.2583452
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560139.33/cwt135.00–140.5078015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy581134.96/cwt131.50–136.0078435
Heifers—Large 1-2592140.00/cwt140.00–140.0082910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy621133.00/cwt133.00–133.008269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623144.11/cwt143.50–145.0089819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy666139.50/cwt139.50–139.509296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned671131.71/cwt131.50–132.0088414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681140.14/cwt137.00–146.0095429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708122.25/cwt120.00–124.7586623
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2443159.00/cwt159.00–159.007046
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460151.00/cwt151.00–151.006953
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,96569.50/cwt69.50–69.501,3661
Bulls——2,32070.75/cwt70.75–70.751,6411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06249.47/cwt47.00–50.0052510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09640.95/cwt39.00–44.004495
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17650.14/cwt47.50–54.0059021
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33555.26/cwt55.00–56.007384
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36550.71/cwt46.00–53.5069213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51055.00/cwt55.00–55.008311

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.