Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2023-04-18

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Apr 18
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,702 head
▲ 724 vs last sale 978▲ 60 vs year ago 1,642 · +3.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 67▲ 24 vs year ago 114 · +21.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 0▼ 58 vs year ago 83 · −69.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers under 800 lbs took another big jump, selling mostly 20.00 to 25.00 higher. Heifers 1.00 to 6.00 higher except some 600-700 lb heifers traded 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Looking back 4 weeks for an accurate comparison, yearling load lots traded 13.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Another wild week as the local market makes a big advance to catch up with the cash feeder gains since the last auction. Buyers were eager to put together some nice strings as numbers in this part of the country will remain tight the next several months. Supply moderate to heavy, demand good to very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $241.09/cwt on 940 head.
Average price
$241.09
940 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$95
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$30.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.35
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509255.091,29773
Medium and Large 1698239.981,676863
Medium 1619225.001,3934thin
One grade step is worth $30.09/cwt here — about −$95 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 sale940 hd
241.09
—
MO average17 barns · 12,285 hd
236.75
+4.35
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—Average1,838104.911,9282thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42091.851,30424
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18989.091,05935
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02376.5278317

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
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,125$2,72322

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319275.00/cwt275.00–275.008774
Steers—Medium and Large 1366302.75/cwt299.00–305.001,10820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395298.50/cwt298.00–300.001,17916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425225.00/cwt225.00–225.0095610
Steers—Medium and Large 1429294.75/cwt285.00–306.001,26432
Steers—Medium and Large 1470284.95/cwt277.50–290.001,33978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494265.63/cwt226.00–280.001,31215
Steers—Medium and Large 1524276.21/cwt270.00–291.001,44785
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526235.72/cwt224.00–251.001,24010
Steers—Medium and Large 1569278.51/cwt265.00–283.501,585106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5777
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy593216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2814
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy597238.00/cwt235.00–240.001,4215
Steers—Medium 1619225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3934
Steers—Medium and Large 1624264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,64736
Steers—Medium and Large 1684246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,68329
Steers—Medium and Large 1719228.73/cwt219.00–229.501,64542
Steers—Medium and Large 1842207.68/cwt207.25–207.851,749320
Steers—Medium and Large 1865204.53/cwt199.85–208.001,769110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2879200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7587
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2289250.00/cwt250.00–250.007236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy333210.00/cwt210.00–210.006993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335251.00/cwt251.00–251.008416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2359220.00/cwt220.00–220.007904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362250.00/cwt250.00–250.009057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy383192.50/cwt192.50–192.507376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy399205.00/cwt205.00–205.008187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy416227.50/cwt227.50–227.5094615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy420200.00/cwt200.00–200.008402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425248.03/cwt235.00–258.001,05475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465202.90/cwt190.00–222.5094315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474242.67/cwt232.50–250.001,15040
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2503238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy523213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy528175.00/cwt175.00–175.009243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529242.66/cwt233.00–254.501,284132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,27779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed593206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,22210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638210.21/cwt208.00–212.501,34177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1656211.48/cwt210.00–212.501,38732
Heifers—Medium 1-2659188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2284
Heifers—Medium and Large 2805169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,3603
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370289.38/cwt267.50–310.001,07114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2408227.50/cwt227.50–227.509283
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,838104.91/cwt99.00–110.001,9282
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02376.52/cwt70.00–83.0078317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18688.78/cwt82.00–95.001,05334
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27599.50/cwt99.50–99.501,2691
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42091.85/cwt89.00–94.751,30424
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,722.73/head2,700.00–2,800.002,72322

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.