Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2023-03-21

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Mar 21
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
721 head
606 vs last sale 1,327 63 vs year ago 784 · 8.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
24 vs last sale 129 7 vs year ago 98 · +7.1%
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heavier weights firm to 2.00 lower. Heifers sold weak to 5.00 lower after the sharp upswing at the most recent sale. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Overall a pretty light test of the market this week with a high percentage of single head lots and very small packages selling alongside the handful of load lots. Buyers were still aggressive but picked their spots a little closer this week with certain orders limited by availability and quality. Supply light, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $205.43/cwt on 456 head.
Average price
$205.43
456 head · 757 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$445
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.15
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1769205.471,581430
Medium and Large 1-2555204.771,13626
One grade step is worth $0.70/cwt here — about $445 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 sale456 hd
205.43
MO average17 barns · 11,819 hd
214.58
−9.15
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
BullsAverage1,30093.501,2161thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17886.291,01731
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40385.281,19621
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13072.5582012

Every lot, as filed

29 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0554
HeifersMedium and Large 1437216.00/cwt216.00–216.009443
HeifersMedium and Large 1530208.02/cwt199.00–212.001,10326
HeifersMedium and Large 1612184.02/cwt178.00–186.501,12621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1196
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2453199.00/cwt199.00–199.009015
SteersMedium and Large 1643221.94/cwt216.00–229.001,42735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3856
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410207.50/cwt207.50–207.508513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,4433
SteersMedium and Large 1676207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3998
SteersMedium and Large 1477239.96/cwt238.00–250.001,14525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2359237.50/cwt237.50–237.508534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2464215.24/cwt214.00–217.0099910
SteersMedium and Large 1542237.49/cwt231.00–245.001,28739
HeifersMedium and Large 1665174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,15712
SteersMedium and Large 1860193.98/cwt193.10–195.001,668180
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0618
HeifersMedium and Large 1774168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,30415
HeifersMedium and Large 1483206.29/cwt201.00–210.0099617
HeifersMedium and Large 1723172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2444
SteersMedium and Large 1845194.44/cwt192.50–196.351,643121
SteersMedium and Large 1583237.38/cwt230.00–239.001,38422
Bulls1,30093.50/cwt93.50–93.501,2161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17584.19/cwt76.00–87.5098923
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18892.34/cwt90.00–95.501,0978
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37883.36/cwt81.00–88.001,14917
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50993.46/cwt91.50–95.001,4104
CowsLean 85-90%1,13072.55/cwt66.00–79.0082012

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.