Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2023-02-21

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Feb 21
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
667 head
▼ 974 vs last sale 1,641▼ 1,006 vs year ago 1,673 · −60.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 87▼ 68 vs year ago 137 · −49.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers traded either side of steady, in a range of 3.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 higher. This week's offering included a wide variety of type, kind, condition and quality. Without much volume of any one or the other, buyers had to stretch at times to fill some orders with most billing out goosenecks and not pot loads at the end of the day. Supply light, 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 $198.19/cwt on 341 head.
Average price
$198.19
341 head · 651 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,290
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$33.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.93
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1586214.671,257129
Medium 1-2542192.161,04219thin
Medium and Large 1-2720188.251,355176
Large 2510186.009495thin
Medium 2577181.421,04612thin
One grade step is worth $33.26/cwt here — about $211 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 sale341 hd
198.19
—
MO average18 barns · 14,925 hd
207.12
−8.93
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—Average1,74498.311,7154thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48282.791,22711
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24081.101,00622
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10764.887186thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1420245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0293
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,04211
Steers—Medium and Large 1478247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1814
Steers—Medium 2487196.00/cwt196.00–196.009555
Steers—Medium 1-2494204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0084
Steers—Large 2510186.00/cwt186.00–186.009495
Steers—Medium and Large 1521227.14/cwt218.00–234.001,18336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,14814
Steers—Medium 1-2555189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,04915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560201.79/cwt201.00–204.001,13019
Steers—Medium and Large 1573216.03/cwt212.00–223.001,23833
Steers—Medium and Large 1634206.28/cwt205.50–209.501,30825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,2676
Steers—Medium 2641171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0967
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669188.80/cwt179.50–192.501,26340
Steers—Medium and Large 1674196.67/cwt191.50–201.501,32628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833178.91/cwt173.00–180.001,49074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2917160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,47212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363189.51/cwt189.00–191.0068812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426194.58/cwt176.00–208.008297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1494194.50/cwt194.50–194.5096110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520192.00/cwt192.00–192.009987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524177.15/cwt165.00–191.509289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565186.34/cwt175.50–190.501,05326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576177.47/cwt170.00–180.001,02245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,07311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634175.76/cwt170.00–180.501,11430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695172.16/cwt172.00–173.501,19745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2806152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2256
Heifers—Large 2912132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2043
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,74498.31/cwt95.00–102.501,7154
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10764.88/cwt55.50–72.007186
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11073.67/cwt72.50–75.008184
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25981.62/cwt76.50–86.001,02814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30386.70/cwt85.00–92.001,1304
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48282.79/cwt76.50–85.001,22711

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.