Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2024-03-05

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Mar 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
999 head
▼ 671 vs last sale 1,670▼ 328 vs year ago 1,327 · −24.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 164▼ 52 vs year ago 129 · −40.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 10.00 higher, few spots sharply higher on steers under 550 lbs and some heifers weighing around 600 lbs. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $321.16/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −154.68 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$321.16
88 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$51.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.16
vs MO average
+8.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521338.201,76259
Medium and Large 1-2583286.501,67029
One grade step is worth $51.70/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale88 hd
321.16
—
MO average9 barns · 2,467 hd
311.00
+10.16
National average178 barns · 13,961 hd
313.00
+8.16
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−154.68
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
523477431385median 475.8403/1004/2106/0209/0110/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.37, low $399.14, median $475.84 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average2,088139.382,9104thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,366109.961,50213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,167105.261,22817
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,076100.091,07711

Every lot

36 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,1792
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435309.26/cwt300.00–322.001,3457
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436354.50/cwt354.50–354.501,5466
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5836
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481296.52/cwt290.00–306.001,4267
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521338.20/cwt325.00–348.001,76259
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583286.50/cwt286.50–286.501,67029
Steers600–650Medium 1-2623261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6269
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626305.94/cwt294.00–313.001,91563
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7855
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678285.52/cwt277.75–295.001,936205
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1708273.68/cwt272.50–274.251,93825
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned734234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7187
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766263.11/cwt257.50–263.752,01568
Steers750–800Large 1-2772218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6839
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,93418
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823229.50/cwt229.50–229.501,8895
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886248.50/cwt248.50–248.502,20260
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,1707
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488300.41/cwt289.00–309.501,46615
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2603
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528297.56/cwt295.00–303.001,57124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3093
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1604260.36/cwt259.50–262.501,57343
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6988
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned668227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5166
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,71072
Heifers800–850Large 1-2809200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,6226
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,088139.38/cwt133.50–146.002,9104
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,076100.09/cwt95.00–104.001,07711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,151104.76/cwt101.00–112.501,20613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153119.02/cwt118.00–120.001,3722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28594.76/cwt94.50–95.001,2182
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,363109.29/cwt104.00–114.001,49012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,6581

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.