Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2021-06-15

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jun 15
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
974 head
▼ 663 vs last sale 1,637▼ 72 vs year ago 1,046 · −6.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 107▼ 12 vs year ago 86 · −14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves sold with a lower undertone. Yearling steers sold firm to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Calf quality a little below average ahead of the Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Special in two weeks. Several loads of yearling steers were met with very 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 $140.36/cwt on 577 head.
Average price
$140.36
577 head · 829 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$15.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.89
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2647151.9598371
Medium and Large 1870138.921,208459
Large 1-2706136.9596747
One grade step is worth $15.01/cwt here — about $16 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 sale577 hd
140.36
—
MO average14 barns · 10,457 hd
151.26
−10.89
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—High1,777101.601,8058thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28367.5686718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51265.0798410
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06155.705919thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469169.00/cwt169.00–169.007936
Steers—Medium and Large 1470146.50/cwt146.50–146.506899
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512165.00/cwt165.00–165.008454
Steers—Medium and Large 1540175.11/cwt170.00–179.0094625
Steers—Large 1-2564150.00/cwt150.00–150.0084611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594166.77/cwt164.00–168.0099116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603148.00/cwt148.00–148.0089210
Steers—Medium and Large 1613156.00/cwt156.00–156.009566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674146.94/cwt146.50–147.5099020
Steers—Large 1-2714138.50/cwt138.50–138.5098929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0025
Steers—Medium and Large 1826140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,15858
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2845133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,12610
Steers—Large 1-2897110.00/cwt110.00–110.009877
Steers—Medium and Large 1914135.73/cwt133.75–137.001,241361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405157.00/cwt157.00–157.006365
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437141.00/cwt141.00–141.006167
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463132.00/cwt132.00–132.006113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1494152.00/cwt152.00–152.007515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522129.00/cwt129.00–129.006734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540147.71/cwt147.00–150.0079817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2552139.00/cwt139.00–139.0076714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573148.86/cwt148.00–151.0085350
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621140.00/cwt140.00–140.008693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660145.00/cwt145.00–145.009579
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2691130.59/cwt125.00–132.2590217
Heifers—Large 2696123.00/cwt123.00–123.0085611
Heifers—Large 1-2835107.00/cwt107.00–107.008933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2898110.00/cwt110.00–110.009883
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735124.00/cwt124.00–124.009115
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72296.67/cwt90.50–103.501,6653
Bulls——1,810104.55/cwt101.50–108.751,8925
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06155.70/cwt50.00–61.005919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25765.79/cwt61.00–68.0082714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37473.74/cwt72.00–77.001,0134
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50571.50/cwt71.50–71.501,0761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51364.36/cwt61.00–68.509749

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.