Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2022-05-31

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, May 31
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,045 head
▲ 253 vs last sale 792▼ 592 vs year ago 1,637 · −36.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 100▲ 79 vs year ago 107 · +73.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 55▼ 6 vs year ago 62 · −9.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, heifers sold firm to 5.00 higher and steers sold on a sharply higher market. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher. The post-Memorial Day sale was pretty exciting with all weights of steers bringing some impressive prices, particularly the heavy yearlings which traded 3.00 to 4.00 higher than similar sales 4 weeks ago. Supply was 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 $172.35/cwt on 695 head.
Average price
$172.35
695 head · 768 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,324
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$469
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$10.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.71
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1782172.711,351642
Medium and Large 1-2617169.381,04443
Medium 1544162.0088210thin
One grade step is worth $10.71/cwt here — about $469 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 sale695 hd
172.35
—
MO average9 barns · 5,266 hd
179.06
−6.71
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—Average1,799104.681,8838thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43778.521,12838
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19174.5088731
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02760.1061719

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,082$1,2004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,183$1,73139

Every lot

42 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1361217.50/cwt217.50–217.507853
Steers—Medium and Large 1428225.00/cwt225.00–225.0096311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436200.00/cwt200.00–200.008723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2457192.50/cwt192.50–192.508804
Steers—Medium and Large 1487205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,00118
Steers—Medium and Large 1510204.27/cwt193.50–210.501,04231
Steers—Medium 1534168.00/cwt168.00–168.008976
Steers—Medium 1560153.00/cwt153.00–153.008574
Steers—Medium and Large 1573201.89/cwt190.50–210.001,15729
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586172.58/cwt165.00–181.001,01114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623157.12/cwt147.00–167.0097910
Steers—Medium and Large 1627182.30/cwt173.00–192.501,143115
Steers—Medium and Large 1675173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,1713
Steers—Medium and Large 1700176.75/cwt176.75–176.751,23710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,19612
Steers—Medium and Large 1816152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2406
Steers—Medium and Large 1887162.75/cwt161.10–164.101,444416
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358180.00/cwt180.00–180.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428174.00/cwt174.00–174.007454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430168.49/cwt168.00–169.007256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466179.38/cwt171.00–183.0083638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486167.00/cwt167.00–167.008125
Heifers—Medium 1-2495159.50/cwt159.50–159.507904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517175.14/cwt170.00–184.0090532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566163.27/cwt162.50–165.0092416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2594152.00/cwt152.00–152.0090316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625153.36/cwt146.00–155.7595935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642144.00/cwt144.00–144.009244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788123.00/cwt123.00–123.009694
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,770101.17/cwt93.00–106.501,7914
Bulls——1,828108.18/cwt103.00–112.501,9784
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94571.00/cwt71.00–71.006711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02863.07/cwt58.00–67.0064813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04250.20/cwt48.00–56.005235
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16967.62/cwt64.00–71.007907
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17975.07/cwt72.50–77.0088515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22778.89/cwt77.50–80.009689
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31183.57/cwt80.50–87.001,0966
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45978.26/cwt75.00–82.001,14227
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46773.88/cwt73.50–74.501,0845
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1831,731.28/head1,600.00–1,885.001,73139
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0821,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2004

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.