Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2022-01-04

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jan 4
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,566 head
▲ 1,566 vs last sale 0▲ 870 vs year ago 696 · +125.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 0▲ 29 vs year ago 15 · +193.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested feeder auction four weeks ago, steers and heifer sold with a sharply higher undertone. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. The local cash feeder market is off to a strong start this year even as all futures contracts showed triple digit loses and corn and bean contracts traded sharply higher. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.47/cwt on 956 head.
Average price
$173.47
956 head · 716 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,242
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.52
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1719174.191,252907
Medium and Large 1-2670160.031,07249
One grade step is worth $14.16/cwt here — about $180 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 sale956 hd
173.47
—
MO average9 barns · 14,594 hd
166.95
+6.52
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—Average1,94775.881,4773thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52752.5280213
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30551.8467611
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06349.545272thin

Every lot

31 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 1-2427194.00/cwt194.00–194.008287
Steers—Medium and Large 1443224.61/cwt224.00–225.0099515
Steers—Medium and Large 1483215.48/cwt206.00–227.501,04177
Steers—Medium and Large 1526198.73/cwt192.00–208.501,04542
Steers—Medium and Large 1572189.90/cwt185.00–193.251,08644
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned594180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,07248
Steers—Medium and Large 1630177.79/cwt170.00–187.001,120156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672158.87/cwt158.00–166.001,06827
Steers—Medium and Large 1673168.38/cwt166.50–174.001,13346
Steers—Medium and Large 1745159.55/cwt158.50–166.001,18983
Steers—Medium and Large 1755166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,25524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766146.72/cwt146.00–147.001,12411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1824
Steers—Medium and Large 1868161.16/cwt160.75–162.501,399372
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420169.81/cwt167.00–176.0071318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457161.00/cwt161.00–161.0073610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488153.00/cwt153.00–153.007478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned523155.00/cwt155.00–155.0081131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543157.14/cwt154.00–169.0085374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561156.86/cwt150.00–158.7588039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579159.00/cwt159.00–159.0092138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600142.50/cwt142.50–142.508553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610156.24/cwt144.50–159.0095323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670147.13/cwt146.50–149.0098697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674142.00/cwt142.00–142.009578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756141.96/cwt137.00–145.501,07317
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,94775.88/cwt71.00–85.001,4773
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06349.54/cwt49.00–50.005272
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29549.00/cwt49.00–49.006351
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30652.12/cwt49.50–56.0068110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52752.52/cwt50.00–55.0080213

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.