Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2022-04-05

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Apr 5
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,512 head
▲ 728 vs last sale 784▼ 6 vs year ago 1,518 · −0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
178 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 98▲ 47 vs year ago 131 · +35.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold weak to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows unevenly steady. Some really good quality weaned cattle on offer this week but several strings of unweaned as well. Buyers were on their heels a bit with cattle futures in a freefall and grain prices surging. Disappointing fed cattle trade already this week didn't lend a lot of support to the big cattle 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 $171.58/cwt on 741 head.
Average price
$171.58
741 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,191
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$639
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.42
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2338175.005923thin
Medium and Large 1-2632171.731,086189
Medium and Large 1717171.511,230549
One grade step is worth $3.49/cwt here — about −$639 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 sale741 hd
171.58
—
MO average16 barns · 8,846 hd
175.00
−3.42
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—Average1,767104.001,8385thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34882.671,11420
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16973.6386050
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06464.4568524

Every lot

53 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned338175.00/cwt175.00–175.005923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381208.64/cwt205.00–210.0079511
Steers—Medium and Large 1390215.00/cwt215.00–215.008397
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2409195.00/cwt195.00–195.007989
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned418206.00/cwt206.00–206.008615
Steers—Medium and Large 1438212.68/cwt210.00–216.0093240
Steers—Medium and Large 1462216.23/cwt215.00–217.5099932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476204.00/cwt204.00–204.009718
Steers—Medium and Large 1519201.25/cwt187.00–210.001,04433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526185.67/cwt177.00–195.0097731
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added529194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2552168.00/cwt168.00–168.0092712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned586167.00/cwt167.00–167.0097910
Steers—Medium and Large 1595193.05/cwt189.50–195.001,14945
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627174.05/cwt169.00–175.501,09113
Steers—Medium and Large 1641180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,15427
Steers—Medium and Large 1652170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,10814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661149.00/cwt149.00–149.009854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720161.23/cwt150.00–162.251,16185
Steers—Medium and Large 1738165.70/cwt165.10–166.501,22387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2807152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,23116
Steers—Medium and Large 1877149.70/cwt148.85–150.101,313243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2236165.00/cwt165.00–165.003893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2301173.00/cwt173.00–173.005213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned335160.00/cwt160.00–160.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372180.13/cwt171.00–191.0067034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2401154.00/cwt154.00–154.006183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437178.96/cwt172.00–180.0078239
Heifers—Medium 1-2441144.00/cwt144.00–144.006353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478183.95/cwt180.00–186.0087940
Heifers—Medium 1-2480156.00/cwt156.00–156.007496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493167.00/cwt167.00–167.0082310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned503150.00/cwt150.00–150.007554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533162.00/cwt162.00–162.0086317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533159.04/cwt157.00–163.0084814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550165.00/cwt165.00–165.0090818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580160.26/cwt150.00–170.0093045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624159.03/cwt155.00–161.5099268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628153.59/cwt152.50–155.0096521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657140.00/cwt140.00–140.009204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1697145.16/cwt145.00–145.751,012109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728147.71/cwt147.00–148.001,07599
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743131.50/cwt131.50–131.509779
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2486173.00/cwt173.00–173.008413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2695155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,0813
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,767104.00/cwt94.00–109.001,8385
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02961.00/cwt61.00–61.006286
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07565.60/cwt60.00–70.0070518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09162.76/cwt62.50–65.0068514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18975.81/cwt70.00–83.0090127
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22883.98/cwt81.00–85.001,0319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32681.73/cwt77.00–82.851,08416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43586.45/cwt84.00–88.501,2414

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.