Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2024-01-23

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jan 23
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,008 head
▲ 1,602 vs last sale 406▲ 484 vs year ago 1,524 · +31.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 97▲ 64 vs year ago 17 · +376.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a true price comparison; looking back to the last sale in mid-December, steers and heifers of all weights traded sharply higher this week. Slaughter cows were also sharply higher. This was the first sale of 2024 after several rounds of winter weather caused a couple sales to be postponed. Supply heavy, 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 $252.02/cwt on 1,226 head.
Average price
$252.02
1,226 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,812
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$534
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$29.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.31
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1721258.931,866823
Medium and Large 1-2719238.061,711395
Medium 1-2581229.231,3328thin
One grade step is worth $29.70/cwt here — about $534 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 sale1,226 hd
252.02
—
MO average14 barns · 12,655 hd
252.32
−0.31
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—Low1,50099.001,4851thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38294.601,30724
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26492.931,17432
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07385.0891316

Every lot

52 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1348320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1144
Steers—Medium and Large 1396322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,27515
Steers—Medium and Large 1439300.47/cwt295.00–309.001,31921
Steers—Medium and Large 1478320.61/cwt316.00–326.001,53346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492284.53/cwt279.00–296.001,4006
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516284.16/cwt268.00–290.501,46625
Steers—Medium and Large 1529309.73/cwt300.00–317.001,63824
Steers—Medium and Large 1569284.79/cwt279.50–297.001,620115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574276.34/cwt260.00–296.501,58642
Steers—Medium 1-2Fleshy581229.23/cwt228.00–230.001,3328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615257.16/cwt251.00–260.501,58230
Steers—Medium and Large 1629276.97/cwt264.00–282.001,74271
Steers—Medium and Large 1661269.50/cwt263.00–276.001,78161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy687234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2693243.21/cwt238.50–245.751,68562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned703175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2303
Steers—Medium and Large 1717243.28/cwt240.00–247.001,74463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719236.83/cwt233.00–242.001,70359
Steers—Medium and Large 1757244.11/cwt240.00–245.251,84893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773218.70/cwt218.00–225.001,69182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2826216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,78412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned835175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4614
Steers—Medium and Large 1876232.18/cwt229.75–236.752,034186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2885214.90/cwt208.00–218.001,90267
Steers—Medium and Large 1911229.29/cwt228.25–230.352,089124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2314242.00/cwt242.00–242.007606
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377243.23/cwt237.00–246.0091719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422247.09/cwt245.00–249.501,04310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467249.93/cwt245.00–254.001,16732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486238.39/cwt229.00–250.001,15925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy503203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,0214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519246.72/cwt240.00–251.001,28029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528226.90/cwt219.00–239.001,19862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,32611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574233.51/cwt225.00–237.001,34080
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy603200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618216.62/cwt210.00–221.001,33961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657221.08/cwt219.50–224.001,45234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674212.13/cwt207.00–216.001,43099
Heifers—Medium 1-2683209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4276
Heifers—Medium and Large 2689191.57/cwt186.00–195.001,32013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723227.97/cwt212.00–234.251,64838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2767210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,61174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2778176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,3694
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned423220.00/cwt220.00–220.009316
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,50099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,4851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07385.08/cwt80.00–91.0091316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22388.09/cwt86.00–90.001,0778
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,233108.61/cwt108.00–111.001,3395
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27794.54/cwt90.00–102.001,20724
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36587.94/cwt86.00–91.001,2006
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44792.29/cwt90.00–102.001,33513

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.