Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2023-09-12

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 12
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
723 vs last sale 1,033 1,171 vs year ago 1,481 · 79.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
65 vs last sale 101 15 vs year ago 51 · 29.4%
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeder cattle on offer for a price comparison, undertone lower. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Supply light, demand light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $240.84/cwt on 118 head.
Average price
$240.84
118 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$465
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$21.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.79
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1730243.001,77473
Medium and Large 2526241.501,27010thin
Medium and Large 1-2605239.801,45228
Large 1-2591221.501,3097thin
One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $465 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 sale118 hd
240.84
MO average16 barns · 10,409 hd
249.63
−8.79
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
BullsAverage1,473117.491,7313thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,380109.661,5136thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,208103.011,24410
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03192.789578thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1488286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3704
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572268.32/cwt268.00–268.501,5358
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned425260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1054
SteersMedium and Large 2762233.25/cwt230.50–237.001,7777
SteersMedium and Large 2590261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5405
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,49414
SteersMedium 2856213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,8235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2880206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,8132
HeifersMedium and Large 2486251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2205
SteersMedium 1-2Fleshy640243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5555
Bulls1,473117.49/cwt113.00–120.001,7313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208103.01/cwt94.00–110.001,24410
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,374107.89/cwt102.00–113.001,4825
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,410118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,6711
CowsLean 85-90%1,03192.78/cwt86.00–104.009578
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned528257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3575
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2507247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4036
SteersMedium and Large 1629280.14/cwt280.00–280.251,76238
HeifersMedium and Large 1730243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,77473
HeifersLarge 1-2591221.50/cwt221.50–221.501,3097
HeifersMedium and Large 2566232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629260.62/cwt245.00–267.001,63918

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.