Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2021-01-12

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jan 12
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,193 head
▲ 497 vs last sale 696▲ 1,193 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 15▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, spots up to 10.00 lower. Heifers 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate after a very bullish grain report Tuesday morning sent corn and soybeans soaring to new highs. Supply moderate, demand light to moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.66/cwt on 684 head.
Average price
$137.66
684 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.14
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1691139.43963447
Medium 1-2655137.509017thin
Medium and Large 1-2700135.13946182
Large 1-2692131.2490829
Medium and Large 2680130.0088419thin
One grade step is worth $9.43/cwt here — about $79 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 sale684 hd
137.66
—
MO average19 barns · 23,935 hd
144.80
−7.14
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%Average1,65447.837914thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,50346.006912thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13540.004541thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned465170.00/cwt170.00–170.0079114
Steers—Medium and Large 1484175.25/cwt175.25–175.2584826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496161.00/cwt161.00–161.007996
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2502150.99/cwt148.00–160.0075812
Steers—Medium and Large 1535165.00/cwt165.00–165.008837
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553152.00/cwt152.00–152.008416
Steers—Medium and Large 1569154.62/cwt151.00–156.0088038
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned571146.50/cwt146.50–146.5083723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy596139.00/cwt139.00–139.0082815
Steers—Large 1-2605140.50/cwt140.50–140.5085012
Steers—Medium and Large 1623144.09/cwt141.25–147.5089883
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627140.66/cwt139.00–141.508829
Steers—Medium 1-2655137.50/cwt137.50–137.509017
Steers—Medium and Large 1661144.99/cwt144.75–146.5095844
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678139.00/cwt139.00–139.0094222
Steers—Medium and Large 2680130.00/cwt130.00–130.0088419
Steers—Large 1-2691126.00/cwt126.00–126.008716
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned694127.00/cwt127.00–127.0088112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714131.03/cwt130.00–135.0093632
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy734128.25/cwt128.25–128.2594167
Steers—Medium and Large 1746133.00/cwt133.00–133.0099213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,00668
Steers—Large 1-2787124.00/cwt124.00–124.0097611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2841121.87/cwt120.00–122.501,02512
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy847122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,03360
Steers—Medium and Large 1871124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,08760
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368154.00/cwt154.00–154.005673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445140.00/cwt140.00–140.0062310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491130.00/cwt130.00–130.006388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505126.00/cwt126.00–126.006366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537143.00/cwt143.00–143.007689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568125.00/cwt125.00–125.007104
Heifers—Large 1-2576123.00/cwt123.00–123.0070812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590135.00/cwt135.00–135.007975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned601117.00/cwt117.00–117.0070319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624127.10/cwt124.00–128.2579343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy630121.50/cwt121.50–121.5076510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2649120.00/cwt120.00–120.0077917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664120.00/cwt120.00–120.007975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy669122.75/cwt122.75–122.7582163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727118.34/cwt116.00–119.7586013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733124.00/cwt124.00–124.0090919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy786119.25/cwt119.25–119.2593766
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13540.00/cwt40.00–40.004541
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50346.00/cwt46.00–46.006912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65447.83/cwt46.00–50.007914

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.