Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2024-01-30

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jan 30
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,024 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 2,008▲ 500 vs year ago 1,524 · +32.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 81▲ 1 vs year ago 17 · +5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher, several spots as much as 20.00 higher. A very limited test of slaughter cows traded 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Really attractive offering this week that featured several consignments of reputation cattle from local cattlemen, including several full or part load lots. The light calves under 525 lbs saw the largest price jump, but all weights of cattle benefitted from the active market. Supply moderate, 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 $267.16/cwt on 982 head.
Average price
$267.16
982 head · 688 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$484
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$65.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.42
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1662279.921,853634
Medium and Large 1-2741245.071,816315
Large 1-2712245.001,74420
Medium and Large 2640214.001,37013thin
One grade step is worth $65.92/cwt here — about $484 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 sale982 hd
267.16
—
MO average19 barns · 20,323 hd
258.73
+8.42
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—Average2,075138.502,8741thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,408104.221,4675thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,40997.771,3787thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09087.009481thin

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
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,200$2,75510

Every lot

46 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 1436318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,3866
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2456310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4146
Steers—Medium and Large 1489325.79/cwt314.00–328.501,59329
Steers—Medium and Large 1532318.57/cwt300.00–330.001,69546
Steers—Medium and Large 1578303.99/cwt297.00–316.501,75754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594288.50/cwt288.50–288.501,71418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615266.50/cwt266.50–266.501,63914
Steers—Medium and Large 1631287.56/cwt275.50–298.001,815179
Steers—Medium and Large 2640214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,37013
Steers—Medium and Large 1669281.52/cwt272.00–284.251,883124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677252.97/cwt249.00–262.001,71387
Steers—Large 1-2712245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,74420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy719230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,65711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722244.80/cwt243.50–247.501,76739
Steers—Medium and Large 1734253.00/cwt245.00–263.001,857132
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy772234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786238.19/cwt235.50–239.251,87243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825231.48/cwt229.00–237.001,91073
Steers—Medium and Large 1855238.75/cwt238.75–238.752,04161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2932215.86/cwt200.00–220.002,01224
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436267.68/cwt265.00–272.001,16724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487267.59/cwt251.00–277.001,30342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2498258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512265.94/cwt256.50–269.001,362140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532245.82/cwt242.00–248.001,30818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578248.52/cwt247.00–249.501,436119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584225.32/cwt223.50–227.001,31637
Heifers—Medium 1-2Fleshy603206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616242.21/cwt234.00–245.001,49284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,43815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,56574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694220.53/cwt218.75–223.751,530120
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,45221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723221.47/cwt215.75–225.251,60137
Heifers—Medium and Large 2777205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy809198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2832199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,65620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full892176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,57417
Heifers—Large 1-2934192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,79819
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,075138.50/cwt138.50–138.502,8741
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09087.00/cwt87.00–87.009481
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,395100.24/cwt97.50–105.001,3985
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,408104.22/cwt99.00–107.001,4675
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44591.61/cwt90.00–93.001,3242
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,2002,755.00/head2,710.00–2,800.002,75510

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.