Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower after last weeks sharp upswing. Heifers 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Several reputation strings moved through the ring on Tuesday and while buyers were eager to fill orders, most of the steers couldn't quite reach the highs of last week. A high percentage of the offering was carrying some extra condition but for the most part, buyers weren't bothered too much. Supply heavy, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.47/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −134.61 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$349.47

130 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$23.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.53

vs MO average

+7.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	351.82	1,990	117
Medium and Large 1-2	557	328.31	1,829	13thin

One grade step is worth $23.51/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale130 hd

349.47

—

MO average15 barns · 4,049 hd

336.94

+12.53

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+7.02

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

−134.61

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	1,749	149.65	2,617	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,446	124.35	1,798	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,204	119.36	1,437	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,165	108.09	1,259	2thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	119.36/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,437	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	108.09/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,259	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	124.35/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,798	6
Bulls	—	—	1,831	153.36/cwt	152.00–156.00	2,808	4
Bulls	—	—	1,585	142.24/cwt	137.00–148.00	2,255	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,609	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,557	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	853	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,877	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	267.36/cwt	258.50–268.50	1,762	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	286.30/cwt	263.00–291.00	1,829	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,858	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	720	273.60/cwt	266.00–278.00	1,970	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	320.87/cwt	313.00–332.00	1,665	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	336.56/cwt	333.00–339.50	1,521	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	704	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,147	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,927	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	288.02/cwt	278.00–299.00	1,840	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	636	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,927	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	249.81/cwt	249.50–251.00	1,889	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	273.67/cwt	272.00–276.00	2,258	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	318.88/cwt	314.00–324.00	2,009	116
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,822	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,397	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	291.36/cwt	290.00–292.50	1,664	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	304.17/cwt	295.00–325.50	1,746	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,840	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	284.37/cwt	274.00–299.00	1,925	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	1,917	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	283.54/cwt	253.00–293.50	1,956	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	263.43/cwt	263.00–265.00	2,237	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	303.49/cwt	299.00–313.00	2,030	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,954	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,821	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	349.31/cwt	340.00–358.00	2,002	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	245.64/cwt	244.00–259.00	2,142	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	292.96/cwt	280.50–301.75	2,127	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	366.59/cwt	366.00–367.50	1,976	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,499	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	900–950	901	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,144	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	277.59/cwt	260.00–285.00	2,137	86

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 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,230Last week 1,327Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 46Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,204	114.00–123.00	119.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	104.00–112.00	108.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,446	120.00–129.00	124.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,831	152.00–156.00	153.36
2	—	1,585	137.00–148.00	142.24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	497	281.00	281.00
9	550–600	571	290.00–292.50	291.36
9	600–650	631	255.00	255.00
56	650–700	659	258.50–268.50	267.36
15	700–750	746	249.00	249.00
13	750–800	777	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	633	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	853	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	452	333.00–339.50	336.56
54	500–550	519	313.00–332.00	320.87
180	550–600	574	295.00–325.50	304.17
138	600–650	639	263.00–291.00	286.30
160	650–700	677	274.00–299.00	284.37
7	700–750	713	258.00	258.00
19	750–800	756	249.50–251.00	249.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	665	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	636	303.00	303.00
17	700–750	704	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	508	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	700–750	720	266.00–278.00	273.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	478	318.00	318.00
4	500–550	546	338.00	338.00
9	550–600	562	324.00	324.00
40	600–650	639	278.00–299.00	288.02
97	650–700	690	253.00–293.50	283.54
5	700–750	745	270.00	270.00
10	750–800	780	250.50	250.50
56	800–850	849	263.00–265.00	263.43
27	850–900	872	244.00–259.00	245.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	404.00	404.00
6	450–500	455	411.00	411.00
32	500–550	539	366.00–367.50	366.59
76	550–600	573	340.00–358.00	349.31
116	600–650	630	314.00–324.00	318.88
210	650–700	669	299.00–313.00	303.49
254	700–750	726	280.50–301.75	292.96
86	750–800	770	260.00–285.00	277.59
168	800–850	825	272.00–276.00	273.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	598	320.50	320.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	900–950	901	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	685	266.00	266.00

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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