About UPI
Our Mission
United Producers, Inc. provides livestock marketing solutions that enable a sustainable future for the cooperative, our members and end-users.
Our Vision
To be the leading provider of livestock marketing solutions, credit and related services.
Our Core Values
Cooperative: We do business as a cooperative with ultimate accountability to our members.
Integrity: We will do business, in all aspects, with integrity and honesty.
People: We value our employees and members and affirm their role in our mutual success.
Advocacy: We will advocate for our members through grassroots involvement in agriculture.
Animal Care: We will be good stewards of all animals in our care.
Our Heritage
United Producers, Inc. took shape in 1999 through the consolidation in operations of Producers Livestock Association (Ohio/Indiana) and MFA Livestock (Missouri). Over the next two years, UPI brought into its’ operations Interstate Producers Livestock Association (Illinois) and the Michigan Livestock Exchange (Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky). Through our original identities we have provided needed livestock services to our farmer members for over 70 years.
Today, United Producers, Inc. services 30,000 members in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri. We operate 30 facilities and handle approximately 3 million head of livestock.