Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2023-12-05

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Dec 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
791 head
752 vs last sale 39 1,322 vs year ago 2,113 · 62.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
752 vs last sale 791 10 vs year ago 49 · 20.4%
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady. The bulk of this week's offering consisted of load lots from a local reputation backgrounder, all met with good demand despite continuing volatility throughout the beef sector. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $237.70/cwt on 593 head.
Average price
$237.70
593 head · 792 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,882
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$488
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.01
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578252.451,45873
Medium 1-2545240.001,3088thin
Medium and Large 1826235.571,946512
One grade step is worth $16.88/cwt here — about −$488 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 sale593 hd
237.70
MO average18 barns · 15,398 hd
237.71
−0.01
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
BullsAverage2,065106.522,2002thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47585.751,26511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28782.401,0607thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17373.168585thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned325251.00/cwt251.00–251.008163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned606191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2447232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1775
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1665
HeifersMedium and Large 1511237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,21112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2878200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7569
SteersMedium and Large 1-2709221.48/cwt220.00–222.501,57010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520268.63/cwt268.00–270.001,39716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned475230.96/cwt229.00–232.001,0979
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned560220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned627205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2853
SteersMedium 1-2545240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3088
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned673233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,5714
SteersMedium and Large 1521279.45/cwt278.00–280.001,45633
HeifersMedium and Large 1580235.97/cwt234.00–239.001,36930
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy650230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4954
SteersMedium and Large 1-2387290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1227
SteersMedium and Large 1617260.88/cwt259.00–263.501,61058
SteersMedium and Large 1879228.64/cwt226.50–230.752,010421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472270.95/cwt268.00–276.001,27923
Bulls2,065106.52/cwt104.00–109.002,2002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26086.44/cwt80.00–91.501,0894
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32277.01/cwt76.00–78.001,0183
CowsLean 85-90%1,17373.16/cwt70.00–76.008585
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48487.41/cwt84.50–92.001,2978
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45081.33/cwt80.00–82.001,1793

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.