Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2021-02-02

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Feb 2
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,418 head
▲ 225 vs last sale 1,193▲ 1,418 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 24▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale feeder sale three weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher, mostly 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Really nice feeder offering this week with an active market for nearly all weights of cattle. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.16/cwt on 848 head.
Average price
$143.16
848 head · 753 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$10.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.30
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1760143.251,089773
Medium and Large 1-2679143.1297269
Large 1-2772132.501,0236thin
One grade step is worth $10.75/cwt here — about $66 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 sale848 hd
143.16
—
MO average16 barns · 9,283 hd
144.47
−1.30
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—Average2,09584.701,7742thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24060.007441thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29555.357174thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99244.474413thin

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1332201.00/cwt201.00–201.006679
Steers—Medium and Large 1437192.50/cwt192.50–192.5084126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438175.00/cwt175.00–175.007675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned439155.00/cwt155.00–155.006805
Steers—Medium and Large 1542168.40/cwt167.00–173.0091317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned552148.00/cwt148.00–148.008175
Steers—Medium and Large 1567173.74/cwt165.00–175.5098552
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618150.50/cwt150.50–150.509305
Steers—Medium and Large 1635155.92/cwt153.50–160.0099073
Steers—Medium and Large 1662147.61/cwt145.25–151.0097743
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,0016
Steers—Medium and Large 1722142.12/cwt140.50–144.751,026121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728136.25/cwt136.25–136.259926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760136.27/cwt135.50–137.001,03637
Steers—Medium and Large 1766142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,08845
Steers—Large 1-2772132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0236
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy789135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,06566
Steers—Medium and Large 1840133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,11971
Steers—Medium and Large 1877130.75/cwt130.75–130.751,14710
Steers—Medium and Large 1905129.28/cwt129.25–129.351,170240
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432162.50/cwt162.50–162.5070231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490138.00/cwt138.00–138.006769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491144.00/cwt144.00–144.007078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516137.84/cwt136.00–139.0071113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530151.49/cwt149.50–154.0080355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565128.00/cwt128.00–128.007234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579135.04/cwt126.00–138.2578252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624133.57/cwt130.50–137.0083365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661137.00/cwt137.00–137.0090614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680122.37/cwt122.00–123.0083214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727121.00/cwt121.00–121.008809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2779123.00/cwt123.00–123.0095818
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,09584.70/cwt83.50–86.001,7742
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99244.47/cwt42.00–46.004413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24060.00/cwt60.00–60.007441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29555.35/cwt52.50–58.757174

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.