Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2019-12-03

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Dec 3
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
990 head
▼ 410 vs last sale 1,400▲ 137 vs year ago 853 · +16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 86▼ 39 vs year ago 98 · −39.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with the best test on load lots of 800-850 lb yearling steers. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. A high percentage of unweaned calves in the mix this week with the sharpest discount for any 6 weight steers coming right off the cow. Best demand for the four loads of yearlings and any weaned steers under 550 lbs. Supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.48/cwt on 601 head.
Average price
$156.48
601 head · 679 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,063
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.95
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1695160.841,118456
Medium and Large 1-2626144.16903125
Large 1-2746139.501,0416thin
Medium and Large 2612131.5080514thin
One grade step is worth $29.34/cwt here — about $313 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 sale601 hd
156.48
—
MO average12 barns · 10,364 hd
147.53
+8.95
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—Average1,95577.631,5185thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52753.778213thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34450.0067215
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11945.0050312

Every lot

45 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2346186.00/cwt186.00–186.006444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372188.00/cwt188.00–188.006994
Steers—Medium and Large 1377200.00/cwt200.00–200.0075415
Steers—Medium and Large 1446188.53/cwt180.00–190.5084126
Steers—Medium and Large 1462193.50/cwt193.50–193.508949
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470160.00/cwt160.00–160.007523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478150.00/cwt150.00–150.007173
Steers—Medium and Large 1515178.06/cwt166.00–187.0091740
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned526140.00/cwt140.00–140.007363
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned533154.00/cwt154.00–154.0082111
Steers—Medium and Large 1563165.65/cwt158.00–171.0093358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590154.00/cwt154.00–154.009096
Steers—Medium and Large 1611153.00/cwt153.00–153.0093518
Steers—Medium and Large 2612131.50/cwt131.50–131.5080514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627132.82/cwt130.50–137.5083324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629145.92/cwt145.75–146.5091827
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned668136.00/cwt136.00–136.009088
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned687135.34/cwt133.75–137.5093019
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690139.68/cwt139.25–140.0096431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2707142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0077
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy712132.00/cwt132.00–132.0094011
Steers—Large 1-2746139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,0416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2752141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,0645
Steers—Medium and Large 1821154.62/cwt153.60–155.251,269249
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321153.00/cwt153.00–153.004915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2357161.00/cwt161.00–161.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378162.00/cwt162.00–162.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429150.54/cwt144.00–154.0064618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned452137.00/cwt137.00–137.006197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460145.42/cwt145.00–145.5066926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466142.00/cwt142.00–142.006625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned512131.37/cwt130.50–132.0067317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523141.94/cwt137.00–144.5074235
Heifers—Medium 1Guaranteed Open545151.50/cwt151.50–151.508267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573140.42/cwt136.00–143.0080538
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581127.22/cwt117.00–129.0073920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned595124.50/cwt124.50–124.5074112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619127.67/cwt125.00–129.7579026
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2661123.00/cwt123.00–123.008134
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,95577.63/cwt74.50–79.501,5185
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11040.00/cwt38.00–42.504443
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12246.66/cwt44.00–55.005249
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33245.80/cwt43.00–49.006107
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35553.68/cwt49.00–54.507278
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52753.77/cwt52.00–55.508213

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.