Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2020-10-06

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Oct 6
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
449 head
▼ 919 vs last sale 1,368▲ 449 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 100▲ 25 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, a light run of steers and heifers traded steady. Slaughter cows mostly 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Pretty good demand given the shorter numbers on offer. Supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.80/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$155.80
172 head · 628 lb average
Value per head Derived
$978
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$17.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.42
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1630159.161,003107
Medium and Large 1-2598151.7290856
Large 1-2774141.281,0949thin
One grade step is worth $17.88/cwt here — about −$90 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 sale172 hd
155.80
—
MO average19 barns · 9,234 hd
145.39
+10.42
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—Average1,75879.601,3992thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,39655.087698thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25750.4363411
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06746.394953thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442176.00/cwt176.00–176.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 1451180.00/cwt180.00–180.008125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525157.45/cwt154.00–163.0082715
Steers—Medium and Large 1528168.73/cwt168.50–169.0089122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580150.34/cwt144.00–158.0087217
Steers—Medium and Large 1621155.77/cwt151.00–162.0096727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633146.00/cwt146.00–146.009244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650139.00/cwt139.00–139.009044
Steers—Medium and Large 1669155.81/cwt153.00–159.501,04222
Steers—Medium and Large 1713154.34/cwt154.00–154.501,10031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0953
Steers—Large 1-2743145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,0815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776139.32/cwt135.50–143.001,0818
Steers—Large 1-2813136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1064
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425149.00/cwt149.00–149.006338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448153.50/cwt153.50–153.506889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475147.00/cwt147.00–147.006983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484152.50/cwt152.50–152.507386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515140.02/cwt134.00–145.0072124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582137.59/cwt137.00–139.5080112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620131.89/cwt126.00–135.0081812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1647136.75/cwt136.75–136.7588515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670127.00/cwt127.00–127.008514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686134.25/cwt134.25–134.2592119
Heifers—Large 1707128.00/cwt128.00–128.009057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy736126.00/cwt126.00–126.009273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2789120.00/cwt120.00–120.0094711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2817118.00/cwt118.00–118.009645
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2666126.00/cwt126.00–126.008393
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,75879.60/cwt72.00–85.501,3992
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89543.00/cwt43.00–43.003851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11564.00/cwt64.00–64.007141
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15348.08/cwt46.50–49.505542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20251.43/cwt50.00–54.506186
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37645.54/cwt44.50–47.506274
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38856.38/cwt53.00–60.007837
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45546.00/cwt46.00–46.006691

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.