Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2022-03-08

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Mar 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
622 head
▼ 1,051 vs last sale 1,673▼ 395 vs year ago 1,017 · −38.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 137▼ 7 vs year ago 80 · −8.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true comparison but a lower undertone was evident, sharply lower on cattle under 600 lbs. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.96/cwt on 216 head.
Average price
$151.96
216 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.45
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1646153.94994113
Medium and Large 1-2590149.78883103
One grade step is worth $4.16/cwt here — about $111 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 sale216 hd
151.96
—
MO average17 barns · 10,196 hd
154.41
−2.45
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—Average1,76895.891,6958thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37676.561,05310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18474.9688817
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03861.526398thin

Every lot

39 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 1-2381212.00/cwt212.00–212.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 1423213.00/cwt213.00–213.009014
Steers—Medium and Large 1480215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,03212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492197.00/cwt197.00–197.009694
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,04610
Steers—Medium and Large 1597188.75/cwt188.75–188.751,12710
Steers—Medium and Large 1628183.93/cwt174.50–186.001,15534
Steers—Large 1-2637145.00/cwt145.00–145.009249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned645171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,1066
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,07025
Steers—Medium and Large 1683171.90/cwt170.00–177.751,17439
Steers—Medium and Large 1705165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,16720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1437
Steers—Large 1-2728150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2803145.75/cwt145.75–145.751,17014
Steers—Large 1-2889140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348181.00/cwt181.00–181.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373174.00/cwt174.00–174.006494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431174.00/cwt174.00–174.007508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435159.00/cwt159.00–159.006927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed451173.00/cwt173.00–173.007804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478164.02/cwt163.00–165.007846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527162.00/cwt162.00–162.008546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528150.35/cwt146.00–152.0079414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582153.19/cwt147.00–160.0089222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618147.65/cwt147.00–150.0091227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623156.00/cwt156.00–156.0097218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1694149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,03978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732129.00/cwt129.00–129.009444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2781131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,02315
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2502160.00/cwt160.00–160.008035
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705136.00/cwt136.00–136.0095910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2783126.00/cwt126.00–126.009875
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2892114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0176
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,690107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,8081
Bulls——1,77994.30/cwt90.00–99.001,6787
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03861.52/cwt60.00–64.006398
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18474.96/cwt68.00–81.0088817
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37676.56/cwt70.50–82.501,05310

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.