Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2020-01-28

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jan 28
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,102 head
▲ 240 vs last sale 862▲ 349 vs year ago 753 · +46.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 17▲ 25 vs year ago 45 · +55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. The lower trend belied the strength of the local cash market this week. Trade was active throughout the day, particularly for the larger strings of high quality cattle on offer. A couple sets of open heifers bought for replacement highlighted the sale, sold by the head at some pretty lofty prices and proving that optimism still runs through a cattleman's blood. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.34/cwt on 438 head.
Average price
$142.34
438 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$834
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$20.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.42
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598145.32869302
Medium and Large 1-2559136.32762129
Medium 1-2538124.716717thin
One grade step is worth $20.61/cwt here — about $198 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 sale438 hd
142.34
—
MO average16 barns · 6,164 hd
136.93
+5.42
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—Average1,98574.501,4791thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29656.107278thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20252.3462922
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11145.8651011

Every lot

41 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398173.00/cwt173.00–173.006896
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429170.73/cwt165.50–175.5073215
Steers—Medium 2-3469110.00/cwt110.00–110.0051610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490153.00/cwt153.00–153.007503
Steers—Medium and Large 1529174.19/cwt172.50–178.0092138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned541150.00/cwt150.00–150.008129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567160.18/cwt157.00–165.5090819
Steers—Medium and Large 1583168.08/cwt163.00–169.7598054
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned588155.75/cwt155.75–155.759166
Steers—Medium and Large 1631157.50/cwt157.50–157.5099454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650146.50/cwt146.50–146.509529
Steers—Medium and Large 1682150.85/cwt150.85–150.851,02926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned712131.00/cwt131.00–131.009334
Steers—Medium and Large 1716147.79/cwt146.00–149.101,05863
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,02224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy794135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,07212
Steers—Medium and Large 1886136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,20517
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2397152.50/cwt152.50–152.506057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474149.50/cwt149.50–149.507096
Heifers—Medium 1-2480131.00/cwt131.00–131.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2499143.25/cwt143.25–143.2571515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy511135.00/cwt135.00–135.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516138.31/cwt136.00–142.5071440
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned523128.48/cwt126.00–132.006727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532142.50/cwt142.50–142.5075822
Heifers—Medium 1-2Unweaned582120.00/cwt120.00–120.006984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586149.49/cwt148.60–150.35876175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned590121.00/cwt121.00–121.007143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591138.00/cwt138.00–138.008167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607139.91/cwt139.75–140.0084957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625132.35/cwt130.00–136.0082745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement6441,087.05/cwt1,060.00–1,175.007,00150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685138.75/cwt138.75–138.7595031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement6951,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.008,75732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706130.50/cwt130.50–130.509215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0706
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,98574.50/cwt74.50–74.501,4791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11049.12/cwt48.50–50.505456
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11145.86/cwt40.00–52.0051011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23753.55/cwt50.00–56.0066216
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29656.10/cwt53.00–57.507278

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.