Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2020-08-11

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Aug 11
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
708 vs last sale 1,232 524 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
5 vs last sale 46 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
39 vs last sale 15 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher with a couple loads of yearling steers 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Pretty light summertime offering this week featuring three loads of yearling steers and some strings of good quality home raised calves. Supply light and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.98/cwt on 326 head.
Average price
$148.98
326 head · 747 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,113
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$9.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.49
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2705149.521,054153
Medium and Large 1787148.641,169170
Large 1-2631140.008833thin
One grade step is worth $9.52/cwt here — about $171 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 sale326 hd
148.98
MO average19 barns · 9,842 hd
149.46
−0.49
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
BullsAverage1,79496.601,7334thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24666.4382813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40863.698977thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00558.725907thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1700129.25/cwt129.25–129.2590515
HeifersMedium and Large 1474147.00/cwt147.00–147.0069711
HeifersMedium and Large 1336167.07/cwt166.00–168.0056111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485146.47/cwt145.00–147.0071033
HeifersMedium and Large 1622140.25/cwt140.25–140.2587210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2632139.00/cwt139.00–139.008784
HeifersMedium and Large 1432153.00/cwt153.00–153.006619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007493
HeifersMedium and Large 1571146.17/cwt145.50–147.0083522
SteersMedium and Large 1681154.25/cwt154.25–154.251,05018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533157.00/cwt157.00–157.0083713
SteersLarge 1-2631140.00/cwt140.00–140.008833
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667149.50/cwt149.50–149.509979
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618161.00/cwt161.00–161.009958
SteersMedium and Large 1-2411182.50/cwt182.50–182.507507
SteersMedium and Large 1-2739148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,09463
SteersMedium and Large 1834145.90/cwt143.00–149.001,217128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2865136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,18339
SteersMedium and Large 1613159.07/cwt155.00–163.2597524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488162.00/cwt162.00–162.0079114
Bulls1,79496.60/cwt96.00–98.001,7334
BullsMedium and Large 1-2624138.00/cwt138.00–138.008615
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3741,675.00/cwt1,675.00–1,675.0023,01542
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3751,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0018,5633
CowsLean 85-90%1,00558.72/cwt54.25–65.505907
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40863.69/cwt61.00–66.008977
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24666.43/cwt62.75–68.5082813

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.