Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2023-09-26

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 26
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
516 head
206 vs last sale 310 256 vs year ago 772 · 33.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
49 vs last sale 36 13 vs year ago 98 · 13.3%
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market four weeks ago, steers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower and heifers steady to weak. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Pretty light run again this week but the offering did include a good test of yearling steers with four pot load lots available. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $254.81/cwt on 340 head.
Average price
$254.81
340 head · 791 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,015
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$584
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.00
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578264.941,53252
Medium and Large 2548261.001,4298thin
Medium and Large 1837252.762,116280
One grade step is worth $12.18/cwt here — about −$584 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 sale340 hd
254.81
MO average19 barns · 8,792 hd
266.82
−12.00
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
BullsAverage1,950127.502,4861thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,410111.361,57017
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,242106.861,32825
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07492.1098911

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1-2473256.57/cwt256.00–257.001,21412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2668244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6303
HeifersMedium and Large 1537260.02/cwt258.00–261.001,39612
HeifersMedium and Large 2600232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,39210
HeifersMedium and Large 2397251.00/cwt251.00–251.009963
HeifersLarge 2779211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6444
SteersMedium and Large 1536283.29/cwt281.00–286.001,51811
SteersMedium and Large 2596250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,5235
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530268.14/cwt260.00–276.001,42119
SteersMedium and Large 1883246.68/cwt245.75–247.252,178243
SteersMedium and Large 1387334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,2933
SteersMedium and Large 1415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4114
SteersMedium and Large 1495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4858
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626258.73/cwt253.00–259.501,62025
SteersMedium and Large 2499272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3574
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,33013
HeifersMedium and Large 2509246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2525
HeifersMedium and Large 1645246.25/cwt246.25–246.251,58817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2594240.54/cwt239.00–244.001,42913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1248
SteersMedium and Large 1650268.25/cwt268.25–268.251,74411
Bulls1,950127.50/cwt127.50–127.502,4861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,256108.95/cwt99.50–114.001,36820
CowsBoner 80-85%1,035124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22692.14/cwt89.50–93.001,1304
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,397110.76/cwt105.00–116.001,54716
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,620121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,9601
CowsLean 85-90%1,07492.10/cwt85.00–97.0098911

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.