Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2024-09-24

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 24
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
812 head
401 vs last sale 411 296 vs year ago 516 · +57.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
11 vs last sale 33 41 vs year ago 85 · 48.2%
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the light test two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly weak to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Not very many calves in town yet as this week's offering consisted of larger strings and load lots of yearlings. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $273.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 211.08 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.
Average price
$273.00
8 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,512
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.30
vs MO average
1.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554273.001,5128thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale8 hd
273.00
MO average16 barns · 1,735 hd
279.30
−6.30
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
−1.29
This barn, trailing median14 sales
484.08
−211.08
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
BullsAverage1,770142.502,5221thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,423114.301,62611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,336112.361,50114
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,170107.001,2521thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1550–600553267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,47712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618255.21/cwt250.00–259.001,57724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600593248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4713
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450442263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,1628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850835224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,8705
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677237.92/cwt229.00–239.501,61126
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900874251.07/cwt249.85–252.752,194309
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700692257.27/cwt252.50–259.501,78067
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800787246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,93629
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900859238.50/cwt234.50–243.002,04914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600554273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,5128
SteersLarge 1-2800–850846240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0309
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700677265.50/cwt265.50–265.501,79722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750736243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,79218
SteersLarge 1-2950–1000966231.25/cwt231.25–231.252,23445
HeifersLarge 1-2900–950935218.85/cwt215.00–222.002,04623
HeifersLarge 1-2750–800786215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6906
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750734246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,80956
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7627
Bulls1,770142.50/cwt142.50–142.502,5221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,383106.77/cwt105.00–110.501,4773
CowsLean 85-90%1,170107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,368114.12/cwt112.50–116.001,5619
CowsBoner 80-85%1,279109.20/cwt106.00–114.001,3975
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438117.12/cwt111.50–122.001,6848

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.