Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2019-12-10

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Dec 10
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
755 head
▼ 235 vs last sale 990▲ 755 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 59▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate for some up and down quality with most of the offering carrying some excess flesh. 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 $146.10/cwt on 433 head.
Average price
$146.10
433 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.07
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1713149.881,068243
Medium and Large 1-2645141.31911187
Medium and Large 2590138.508173thin
One grade step is worth $11.38/cwt here — about $251 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 sale433 hd
146.10
—
MO average20 barns · 25,655 hd
147.17
−1.07
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—Average1,81573.251,3291thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48845.8368213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30144.4557816
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16342.324927thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned405167.00/cwt167.00–167.006766
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486154.47/cwt153.00–155.5075124
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy496157.50/cwt157.50–157.507818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy542146.00/cwt146.00–146.0079110
Steers—Medium and Large 1555169.00/cwt169.00–169.009385
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy579145.00/cwt145.00–145.0084012
Steers—Medium and Large 2590138.50/cwt138.50–138.508173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615140.58/cwt140.00–141.0086519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666142.48/cwt137.50–143.7594982
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned672134.50/cwt134.50–134.509047
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy676131.94/cwt130.00–135.0089218
Steers—Medium and Large 1694146.20/cwt144.50–146.501,01584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726133.00/cwt133.00–133.009669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2757133.97/cwt130.00–136.001,01415
Steers—Medium and Large 1772150.72/cwt147.25–154.001,164128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy810126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,0253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385151.00/cwt151.00–151.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy433132.00/cwt132.00–132.005723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440143.83/cwt140.00–149.0063324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462152.00/cwt152.00–152.0070210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468140.25/cwt140.25–140.256564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527137.38/cwt135.00–145.0072448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned558111.00/cwt111.00–111.006193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2587127.50/cwt126.50–128.5074812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626129.02/cwt124.00–135.0080824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy633105.00/cwt105.00–105.006653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645125.50/cwt125.50–125.508095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669120.00/cwt120.00–120.008038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721124.35/cwt115.00–126.5089716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531133.00/cwt133.00–133.007064
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,81573.25/cwt73.25–73.251,3291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16342.32/cwt41.00–47.004927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30146.64/cwt44.00–53.006078
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30142.26/cwt40.50–45.505508
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48647.03/cwt44.00–52.006999
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49343.14/cwt39.50–44.506444

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.