Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2024-12-17

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Dec 17
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
1,064 vs last sale 1,099 371 vs year ago 406 · 91.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
4 vs last sale 56 45 vs year ago 97 · 46.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
162 head
162 vs last sale 0 125 vs year ago 37 · +337.8%
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A light run this week, mostly bred cows and heifers on offer with several interested parties bidding to own some new to them stock before the end of the year. Supply light, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $309.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 175.08 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.
Average price
$309.00
4 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
5.47
vs MO average
17.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565309.001,7464thin
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 sale4 hd
309.00
MO average16 barns · 2,909 hd
314.47
−5.47
National average173 barns · 17,754 hd
326.63
−17.63
This barn, trailing median14 sales
484.08
−175.08
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
BullsAverage2,275149.503,4011thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,506113.971,71616
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,301106.551,38716
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,058104.501,1062thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,285$2,95016
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,210$2,90032
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,402$2,78922
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,068$3,25846
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,061$3,00028
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,600$2,9253thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,316109.65/cwt106.00–120.001,44311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26999.74/cwt92.00–105.001,2665
CowsLean 85-90%1,058104.50/cwt104.00–105.001,1062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,506113.97/cwt108.00–122.001,71616
Bulls2,275149.50/cwt149.50–149.503,4011
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0613,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,00028
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0683,258.20/head3,250.00–3,275.003,25846
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2102,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,90032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2852,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,95016
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4022,788.53/head2,650.00–2,975.002,78922
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6002,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850813228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750745256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,9074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,7464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750717240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7216

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.