Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sale for a price comparison, undertone higher. Buyers were ready to get back to business after a holiday break and with a winter storm slowing cattle transport in much of the trade area, demand was very good. Supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.61/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −138.47 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$345.61

157 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$36.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.64

vs MO average

+3.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	353.47	1,988	123
Medium and Large 1-2	561	317.15	1,779	34

One grade step is worth $36.32/cwt here — about $208 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

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 sale157 hd

345.61

—

MO average9 barns · 3,532 hd

326.97

+18.64

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+3.53

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

−138.47

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,883	151.00	2,843	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,599	111.95	1,790	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	110.65	1,434	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	104.94	1,105	4thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,705	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	271.05/cwt	251.00–295.00	1,578	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	279.00/cwt	277.00–279.50	1,936	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	998	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,508	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	258.31/cwt	250.50–264.00	1,653	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	408.68/cwt	400.00–413.00	1,377	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	362.00/cwt	353.00–375.00	2,049	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,956	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,211	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,631	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	453	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,146	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	500	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,265	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	372.90/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,958	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	321.69/cwt	307.00–337.00	1,991	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	288.59/cwt	277.50–291.75	2,055	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,918	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	323.62/cwt	318.00–328.00	1,511	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	311.94/cwt	290.00–343.00	2,096	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	278.09/cwt	276.00–282.00	2,038	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	382.29/cwt	370.00–399.00	1,831	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,291	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	313.00/cwt	304.00–319.50	1,653	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,552	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	322.25/cwt	322.25–322.25	1,901	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	321.58/cwt	295.00–337.00	1,836	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	251.59/cwt	247.50–254.50	1,839	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	272.71/cwt	264.50–288.00	1,721	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	292.79/cwt	274.00–300.00	1,648	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,809	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,878	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,334	18
Bulls	—	—	1,883	151.00/cwt	147.00–154.00	2,843	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,626	104.96/cwt	101.50–108.00	1,707	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	113.63/cwt	109.00–116.50	1,450	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,586	110.44/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,752	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	106.17/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,409	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	104.94/cwt	98.00–109.00	1,105	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	126.12/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,989	3

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Unionville Livestock Market - Unionville, MO

Tue Jan 7, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,327Last week 35Year ago 406

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 52Year ago 97

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	488	318.00	318.00
4	500–550	508	299.00	299.00
23	550–600	582	251.00–295.00	271.05
31	600–650	640	250.50–264.00	258.31
12	650–700	661	258.00	258.00
16	700–750	725	249.50	249.50
16	750–800	789	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	253.00	253.00
15	500–550	500	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	380	351.00	351.00
49	450–500	467	318.00–328.00	323.62
93	500–550	528	304.00–319.50	313.00
90	550–600	563	274.00–300.00	292.79
156	600–650	631	264.50–288.00	272.71
3	650–700	652	259.00	259.00
17	700–750	731	247.50–254.50	251.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	461	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	474	344.00	344.00
21	550–600	571	295.00–337.00	321.58
3	600–650	628	285.00	285.00
20	650–700	694	277.00–279.50	279.00
20	700–750	733	276.00–282.00	278.09
3	750–800	755	254.00	254.00
5	900–950	929	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	337	400.00–413.00	408.68
67	450–500	479	370.00–399.00	382.29
32	500–550	525	370.00–380.00	372.90
42	550–600	566	353.00–375.00	362.00
85	600–650	619	307.00–337.00	321.69
43	650–700	672	290.00–343.00	311.94
147	700–750	712	277.50–291.75	288.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	472	345.00	345.00
40	550–600	582	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	545	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	590	322.25	322.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	310.00	310.00
7	500–550	533	283.00	283.00
5	600–650	631	249.00	249.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,883	147.00–154.00	151.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,626	101.50–108.00	104.96
5	—	1,586	106.00–114.00	110.44
3	—	1,577	123.00–129.00	126.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,276	109.00–116.50	113.63
6	—	1,327	102.00–109.00	106.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,053	98.00–109.00	104.94

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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