Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2022-11-22

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Nov 22
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,695 head
▲ 163 vs last sale 1,532▼ 311 vs year ago 2,006 · −15.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
154 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 76▲ 54 vs year ago 100 · +54.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, light volume of steer calves under 500 lbs sold with a weak undertone noted; 500 to 700 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher; yearlings over 700 lbs steady. Heifer calves under 500 lbs sold on a light test with a higher undertone noted; 500 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower; over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher; yearling heifers no recent price comparison. Several groups of quality unweaned calves and a few load lots of reputation yearlings were on offer today. Slaughter cows cows and bulls sold on a weaker undertone. Buyer attendance and demand was good for a moderate sale supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.49/cwt on 834 head.
Average price
$185.49
834 head · 686 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,273
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$250
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.91
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1703187.581,318689
Medium and Large 1-2608175.581,068145
One grade step is worth $12.00/cwt here — about $250 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 sale834 hd
185.49
—
MO average15 barns · 14,473 hd
181.58
+3.91
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—Low1,67877.791,3067thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40058.228153thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27856.4372145
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12449.7355933

Every lot

51 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned370197.00/cwt197.00–197.007295
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385196.82/cwt193.00–200.0075820
Steers—Medium and Large 1420203.95/cwt200.00–205.0085720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned422176.36/cwt170.00–182.0074411
Steers—Medium and Large 1488207.72/cwt200.00–214.001,01435
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511187.00/cwt187.00–187.0095611
Steers—Medium and Large 1527208.50/cwt206.25–210.501,09922
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned534206.96/cwt199.50–212.001,10524
Steers—Medium and Large 1571195.51/cwt190.00–204.001,11657
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574169.03/cwt165.00–172.509705
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned586191.53/cwt185.50–193.251,12236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0775
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621176.33/cwt175.00–180.001,09523
Steers—Medium and Large 1631191.63/cwt186.00–197.001,20989
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned636183.81/cwt183.50–184.501,16916
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned677173.37/cwt172.50–174.001,17412
Steers—Medium and Large 1678177.55/cwt175.50–181.501,20437
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716169.81/cwt168.00–171.501,21629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned721164.39/cwt163.50–170.001,18522
Steers—Medium and Large 1739178.20/cwt176.00–180.001,31796
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,2917
Steers—Medium and Large 1818184.85/cwt184.85–184.851,51260
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,3167
Steers—Medium and Large 1870180.83/cwt180.00–181.251,573185
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2387163.58/cwt159.00–170.0063323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476167.45/cwt160.00–174.0079739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488188.64/cwt182.00–192.0092123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy507193.00/cwt193.00–193.0097911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520157.57/cwt156.00–160.008198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525179.96/cwt177.00–182.5094520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539167.87/cwt166.00–169.5090513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560167.57/cwt163.50–169.5093817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576177.29/cwt175.00–179.001,02154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned587159.50/cwt159.50–159.509369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607158.87/cwt157.00–163.0096428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625172.61/cwt166.00–174.501,079142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned673147.37/cwt144.00–149.0099224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690172.36/cwt171.25–173.001,18980
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733167.56/cwt162.00–169.251,22817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,28572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833144.43/cwt140.00–149.001,20319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881146.64/cwt144.00–148.001,29215
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48091.84/cwt91.00–92.251,3592
Bulls——1,64364.37/cwt62.50–66.001,0583
Bulls——1,93083.87/cwt83.00–85.001,6192
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03146.37/cwt43.00–48.5047810
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16451.19/cwt49.00–54.0059623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27061.72/cwt61.00–62.507847
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27955.45/cwt53.00–59.0070938
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40058.22/cwt56.00–59.508153

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.