Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2020-03-24

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Mar 24
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
178 head
494 vs last sale 672 178 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
16 vs last sale 18 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough cattle on offer for a true comparison. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Lots of factors in play this week pointing to an up market, just not really enough cattle available here at the local market to move much one way or another. A much larger run is expected in two weeks, when lots and pens are hopefully much drier and the market has further stabilized. Supply light, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.35/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$147.35
126 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$993
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$51.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.57
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543158.7586230
Medium and Large 1-2706145.361,02692
Large 1-2911107.509794thin
One grade step is worth $51.25/cwt here — about −$117 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 sale126 hd
147.35
MO average10 barns · 3,368 hd
142.78
+4.57
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
BullsAverage1,89886.361,6394thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30764.488439thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56364.331,00613
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11553.265943thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1716140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0029
SteersMedium and Large 1408166.00/cwt166.00–166.0067710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433163.00/cwt163.00–163.007063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473163.79/cwt162.00–165.007755
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39368.72/cwt66.00–73.009574
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56066.98/cwt64.00–70.001,0458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2393168.00/cwt168.00–168.006603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2593154.50/cwt154.50–154.509164
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56960.10/cwt58.00–64.009435
CowsLean 85-90%1,17554.64/cwt52.50–56.506422
SteersLarge 1-2911107.50/cwt107.50–107.509794
Bulls1,89886.36/cwt80.50–89.001,6394
HeifersMedium and Large 2503119.00/cwt119.00–119.005995
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405136.00/cwt136.00–136.0055112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458139.98/cwt136.00–143.006417
SteersMedium and Large 1525167.50/cwt167.50–167.5087911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715139.00/cwt139.00–139.009943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2751142.25/cwt142.25–142.251,06874
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23861.09/cwt56.50–64.007565
CowsLean 85-90%99550.50/cwt50.50–50.505021

How this sale compares

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.