Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2024-11-19

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Nov 19
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
435 head
430 vs last sale 865 883 vs year ago 1,318 · 67.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
27 vs last sale 63 25 vs year ago 61 · 41.0%
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, steer and heifer calves not tested, yearlings 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Supply light, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $285.20/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 198.88 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.
Average price
$285.20
10 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
8.16
vs MO average
24.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556285.201,58510thin
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 sale10 hd
285.20
MO average17 barns · 3,163 hd
293.36
−8.16
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
−24.06
This barn, trailing median14 sales
484.08
−198.88
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
BullsAverage1,920148.422,8503thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,535106.181,6309thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,199104.991,25816
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,063101.921,0832thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,6366
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650612238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4577
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550548241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2165
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600599239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,4354
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900864267.24/cwt263.25–269.002,309249
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850846269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,27662
CowsBoner 80-85%1,263100.30/cwt97.50–101.501,2674
CowsBoner 80-85%1,177106.55/cwt102.00–113.501,25412
CowsLean 85-90%1,063101.92/cwt99.00–104.501,0832
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,6611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,534106.02/cwt105.00–107.001,6268
Bulls1,920148.42/cwt137.00–154.502,8503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500493305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450415310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2873
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650632245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5485
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700667249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,5074
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600584230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715227.67/cwt220.00–233.501,6287
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650604234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,41311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550545279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5216
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450428304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,3013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0953

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.