Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2020-08-11

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Aug 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▼ 708 vs last sale 1,232▲ 524 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 46▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 15▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher with a couple loads of yearling steers 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Pretty light summertime offering this week featuring three loads of yearling steers and some strings of good quality home raised calves. Supply light and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.98/cwt on 326 head.
Average price
$148.98
326 head · 747 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,113
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$9.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.49
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2705149.521,054153
Medium and Large 1787148.641,169170
Large 1-2631140.008833thin
One grade step is worth $9.52/cwt here — about $171 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 sale326 hd
148.98
—
MO average19 barns · 9,842 hd
149.46
−0.49
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—Average1,79496.601,7334thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24666.4382813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40863.698977thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00558.725907thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411182.50/cwt182.50–182.507507
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488162.00/cwt162.00–162.0079114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533157.00/cwt157.00–157.0083713
Steers—Medium and Large 1613159.07/cwt155.00–163.2597524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618161.00/cwt161.00–161.009958
Steers—Large 1-2631140.00/cwt140.00–140.008833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667149.50/cwt149.50–149.509979
Steers—Medium and Large 1681154.25/cwt154.25–154.251,05018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,09463
Steers—Medium and Large 1834145.90/cwt143.00–149.001,217128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,18339
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336167.07/cwt166.00–168.0056111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432153.00/cwt153.00–153.006619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474147.00/cwt147.00–147.0069711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485146.47/cwt145.00–147.0071033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571146.17/cwt145.50–147.0083522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622140.25/cwt140.25–140.2587210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2632139.00/cwt139.00–139.008784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700129.25/cwt129.25–129.2590515
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624138.00/cwt138.00–138.008615
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,79496.60/cwt96.00–98.001,7334
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00558.72/cwt54.25–65.505907
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24666.43/cwt62.75–68.5082813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40863.69/cwt61.00–66.008977
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3741,675.00/cwt1,675.00–1,675.0023,01542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3751,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0018,5633

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.