Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2021-01-05

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jan 5
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
696 head
▲ 696 vs last sale 0▼ 705 vs year ago 1,401 · −50.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 55 vs year ago 70 · −78.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sale for a price comparison, undertone lower. Sharply higher grain markets put pressure on any feedlot bound cattle but 500-600 lb grazing types still found good demand. 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 $141.00/cwt on 378 head.
Average price
$141.00
378 head · 720 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,015
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$30.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.75
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675152.551,030173
Medium and Large 1-2753132.08995188
Large 1-2805122.0698317thin
One grade step is worth $30.49/cwt here — about $47 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 sale378 hd
141.00
—
MO average12 barns · 14,424 hd
141.74
−0.75
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34053.017104thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10051.005611thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33448.066414thin

Every lot

30 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 1435190.07/cwt189.00–192.0082714
Steers—Medium and Large 1540165.95/cwt164.00–170.0089623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561156.90/cwt155.00–158.008808
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570144.00/cwt144.00–144.008213
Steers—Medium and Large 1575168.21/cwt160.00–174.0096733
Steers—Medium and Large 1619154.76/cwt152.50–159.2595827
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy632132.00/cwt132.00–132.0083415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned660131.00/cwt131.00–131.008653
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682135.48/cwt132.50–138.0092430
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2736130.34/cwt130.00–133.0095925
Steers—Large 1-2762125.00/cwt125.00–125.0095312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787131.85/cwt131.00–132.001,03881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy795124.93/cwt124.00–126.0099328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2858125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,07310
Steers—Medium and Large 1871134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,17161
Steers—Large 1-2909115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0455
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428148.00/cwt148.00–148.006338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483143.00/cwt143.00–143.006918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529130.90/cwt123.00–135.0069224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy555135.00/cwt135.00–135.0074920
Heifers—Medium 1-2577130.00/cwt130.00–130.0075010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635122.82/cwt122.50–123.0078038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686121.49/cwt120.00–124.0083319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750121.00/cwt121.00–121.009089
Heifers—Large 1-2893104.00/cwt104.00–104.009296
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2503151.00/cwt151.00–151.007603
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10051.00/cwt51.00–51.005611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33448.06/cwt46.00–50.506414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34053.01/cwt51.00–54.007104

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.