Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2024-07-23

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 23
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
779 head
1,508 vs last sale 2,287 94 vs year ago 685 · +13.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
5 vs last sale 35 15 vs year ago 55 · 27.3%
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for a price comparison. Mostly load lots and large drafts on offer this week with overall quality above average. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $326.00/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 158.08 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.
Average price
$326.00
22 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.36
vs MO average
+28.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548334.001,83011thin
Medium and Large 1-2557318.001,77311thin
One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $58 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
523491458425median 484.0812/1602/1004/0705/1906/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.37, low $438.80, median $484.08 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
326.00
MO average13 barns · 1,579 hd
313.64
+12.36
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
+28.18
This barn, trailing median14 sales
484.08
−158.08
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
BullsAverage2,163172.773,7372thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,443136.691,9726thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,256135.671,70310
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,108126.001,3964thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bulls2,163172.77/cwt170.00–175.003,7372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,248138.81/cwt135.00–146.001,7327
CowsBoner 80-85%1,273128.34/cwt128.00–129.001,6343
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,52215
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625307.75/cwt305.00–309.001,92332
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450418354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,4803
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650629270.43/cwt266.25–278.251,70161
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700653310.74/cwt308.25–312.002,02998
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750731258.62/cwt256.25–271.001,89181
CowsLean 85-90%1,108126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750702247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,7343
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717270.25/cwt270.25–270.251,9385
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550548334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,83011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800752241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,8163
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,443136.69/cwt136.00–137.501,9726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,50945
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550500334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,6703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800759260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,97317
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900878268.88/cwt266.75–270.502,361300
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600590272.25/cwt272.25–272.251,60615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600584277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,6184

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.