Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2021-05-18

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, May 18
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,234 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 1,227▲ 79 vs year ago 1,155 · +6.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 154▼ 13 vs year ago 115 · −11.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher with some 9 wt yearling steers a full 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Several loads of yearlings on offer with much of the balance consisting of fall calves, many unweaned. Corn prices have backed off just enough in recent days to give the feeder market a little boost. 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 $145.08/cwt on 477 head.
Average price
$145.08
477 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,098
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$274
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.65
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2594151.41900140
Medium and Large 1824142.451,174337
One grade step is worth $8.96/cwt here — about −$274 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 sale477 hd
145.08
—
MO average17 barns · 10,337 hd
152.73
−7.65
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—Average1,88991.751,73321
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36864.1087710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19861.7874020
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06656.205998thin

Every lot

42 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 1-2Unweaned368161.00/cwt161.00–161.005925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned404166.00/cwt166.00–166.0067111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435175.60/cwt174.00–178.0076415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481162.00/cwt162.00–162.007793
Steers—Medium and Large 1490171.50/cwt171.50–171.5084038
Steers—Medium and Large 1510167.30/cwt160.00–174.5085319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548159.50/cwt159.50–159.508747
Steers—Medium and Large 1560168.50/cwt168.50–168.5094412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580156.05/cwt152.00–159.0090537
Steers—Medium and Large 1616150.04/cwt148.50–151.0092429
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696138.39/cwt138.00–140.0096331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy711135.10/cwt133.00–136.0096110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714138.82/cwt136.00–140.0099121
Steers—Medium and Large 1897135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,21160
Steers—Medium and Large 1946135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,27760
Steers—Medium and Large 1960132.24/cwt129.50–135.001,270119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned332149.00/cwt149.00–149.0049510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378150.00/cwt150.00–150.0056714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned407140.00/cwt140.00–140.0057011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464141.43/cwt140.00–142.0065640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466148.76/cwt146.00–150.0069327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540138.00/cwt138.00–138.007456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1548153.00/cwt153.00–153.008388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565148.93/cwt145.50–153.0084115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned565130.00/cwt130.00–130.007358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583136.97/cwt134.00–139.0079912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608141.50/cwt141.50–141.5086061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615143.90/cwt142.25–145.2588535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned632120.00/cwt120.00–120.0075812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664133.00/cwt133.00–133.008835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy676115.00/cwt115.00–115.007773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683129.00/cwt129.00–129.008817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715119.00/cwt119.00–119.008516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739131.25/cwt129.50–133.10970131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy780111.00/cwt111.00–111.0086611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567143.00/cwt143.00–143.008116
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,88991.75/cwt86.50–97.001,73321
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06656.20/cwt52.00–58.505998
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18854.09/cwt52.00–57.006435
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19269.97/cwt69.00–71.008343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20362.93/cwt59.50–67.5075712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36864.10/cwt62.50–66.5087710

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.