Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2024-08-20

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Aug 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
857 head
78 vs last sale 779 172 vs year ago 685 · +25.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
7 vs last sale 40 22 vs year ago 55 · 40.0%
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently tested market for an accurate trend, undertone lower. Several loads of yearlings on offer this week, all pretty easily absorbed, just as lower price levels than the last sale four weeks ago. All in all, the market held up pretty well considering the recent volatility in the futures markets. Supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $289.82/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 194.26 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.
Average price
$289.82
22 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.50
vs MO average
+19.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518298.981,5498thin
Medium and Large 1-2563284.591,60314thin
One grade step is worth $14.39/cwt here — about −$54 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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
289.82
MO average13 barns · 1,478 hd
290.32
−0.50
National average163 barns · 7,520 hd
270.50
+19.32
This barn, trailing median14 sales
484.08
−194.26
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
BullsAverage1,633166.672,7217thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,543139.862,1585thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,262130.111,6426thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,102125.031,3783thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,53610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665234.26/cwt233.50–234.501,55817
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600554287.25/cwt287.25–287.251,59140
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,75214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,6233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,7773
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670271.65/cwt270.00–272.501,82029
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518298.98/cwt298.00–300.001,5498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700696254.52/cwt252.00–270.001,77135
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900872248.95/cwt245.60–255.852,171369
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800795239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,9005
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600573278.20/cwt276.00–281.001,59411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550531249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3224
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850838238.25/cwt238.25–238.251,99764
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850849246.50/cwt246.50–246.502,09360
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650649287.58/cwt282.00–288.001,86685
Bulls1,559165.12/cwt159.00–170.002,5746
Bulls2,075176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,6521
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,543139.86/cwt135.00–141.002,1585
CowsLean 85-90%1,102125.03/cwt123.00–126.001,3783
CowsBoner 80-85%1,285133.16/cwt129.00–137.501,7114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,215124.02/cwt122.00–126.001,5072

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.