Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2021-08-10

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Aug 10
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,038 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 964▲ 514 vs year ago 524 · +98.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 90▲ 20 vs year ago 41 · +48.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested sale four weeks ago, the bulk of the offering sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Nice run of yearling steer cattle with 9 straight loads on offer. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.67/cwt on 765 head.
Average price
$155.67
765 head · 826 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,286
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$22.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.38
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1823157.201,293539
Medium and Large 1-2831153.021,272214
Large 1-2907134.501,22012thin
One grade step is worth $22.70/cwt here — about $73 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 sale765 hd
155.67
—
MO average17 barns · 8,999 hd
161.05
−5.38
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—Average1,78094.681,6855thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49871.631,0739thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32170.4893132
CowsLean 85-90%Average91553.004851thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1582174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2598169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0114
Steers—Medium and Large 1635165.75/cwt165.75–165.751,05314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,09217
Steers—Medium and Large 1719166.28/cwt165.75–167.001,196112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0669
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,22465
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned780150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,17019
Steers—Medium and Large 1818154.03/cwt148.00–156.751,26091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2867153.35/cwt153.35–153.351,33054
Steers—Medium and Large 1872154.63/cwt154.10–155.101,348234
Steers—Medium and Large 1907153.85/cwt153.85–153.851,39563
Steers—Large 1-2907134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,22012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2928145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,34865
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470170.00/cwt170.00–170.0079911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505165.00/cwt165.00–165.0083310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2548152.00/cwt152.00–152.008333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578153.50/cwt153.50–153.508873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589142.00/cwt142.00–142.008365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned680140.00/cwt140.00–140.009529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1691149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,03321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1702149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,04920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2992127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,26010
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,78094.68/cwt90.00–97.501,6855
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91553.00/cwt53.00–53.004851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26073.60/cwt70.00–77.009275
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33269.90/cwt68.50–72.0093127
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49871.63/cwt68.00–74.001,0739

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.