Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2023-06-13

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jun 13
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
252 head
▼ 1,531 vs last sale 1,783▼ 361 vs year ago 613 · −58.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 140▲ 120 vs year ago 103 · +116.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a true comparison. LIght run this week ahead of the upcoming Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale in two weeks. 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 $240.45/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$240.45
108 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$368
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.45
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1761241.361,83768
Medium and Large 1-2615238.901,46940
One grade step is worth $2.46/cwt here — about $368 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 sale108 hd
240.45
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MO average16 barns · 16,508 hd
251.90
−11.45
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,372100.551,38035
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24198.291,22052
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03591.5094732

Every lot

25 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1411290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1693
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,2973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636230.37/cwt222.00–235.001,46511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6122
Steers—Medium and Large 1789237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,87463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy789224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7674
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280230.00/cwt230.00–230.006443
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314230.00/cwt230.00–230.007225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375252.50/cwt252.50–252.509472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2393225.75/cwt220.00–230.008877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,0029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459226.03/cwt220.00–229.001,0379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514224.47/cwt217.00–229.001,15417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567229.75/cwt226.00–236.001,3038
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2987
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2403240.00/cwt240.00–240.009675
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03591.50/cwt84.00–100.0094732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19889.09/cwt84.00–91.001,0678
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24999.96/cwt94.00–108.001,24944
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,372100.55/cwt95.00–105.001,38035

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.