Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steers under 550 lbs steady to weak, heavier weights 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. The cash trade at the local barn shrugged off the early week volatility in the futures market as well as tariff talk with most weights and classes easily reaching and surpassing the market tops from the last auction. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.09/cwt on 183 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −128.99 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$355.09

183 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$436

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$45.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.45

vs MO average

+12.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	358.08	2,016	164
Medium and Large 1-2	539	338.70	1,826	12thin
Medium 2	505	313.00	1,581	7thin

One grade step is worth $45.08/cwt here — about $436 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 sale183 hd

355.09

—

MO average17 barns · 3,689 hd

340.64

+14.45

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+12.71

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

−128.99

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	1,929	153.73	2,965	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	127.24	1,859	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,289	114.25	1,473	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	105.20	1,125	7thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	303.80/cwt	299.50–305.25	2,136	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	280.09/cwt	265.50–289.50	1,882	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,796	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,041	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	391.05/cwt	383.00–394.00	1,889	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	294.79/cwt	269.00–305.50	1,837	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	349.41/cwt	337.00–354.00	1,523	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	279.51/cwt	275.50–282.50	2,052	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	356.09/cwt	334.00–374.25	2,033	128
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	534	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,543	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	313.19/cwt	313.00–314.00	1,582	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,830	21
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	436	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,421	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	242.15/cwt	238.00–245.50	1,981	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,485	3
Bulls	—	—	1,929	153.73/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,965	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	108.29/cwt	107.00–109.50	1,462	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	115.95/cwt	113.00–117.50	1,475	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	105.20/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,125	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,432	133.48/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,911	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	123.49/cwt	114.00–130.00	1,826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	259.90/cwt	255.25–263.25	2,230	87
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	505	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	531	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	755	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,144	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	336.43/cwt	331.50–341.00	1,595	28
Steers	Large 1-2	950–1000	980	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,244	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,210	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,312	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	338.70/cwt	336.00–340.00	1,826	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	275.77/cwt	274.25–280.75	2,228	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	312.04/cwt	295.50–317.00	2,106	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,619	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,783	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	365.16/cwt	358.00–386.00	1,954	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,157	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,822	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,163	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	328.13/cwt	317.25–340.00	2,051	111
Steers	Medium 2	650–700	665	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,889	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	266.57/cwt	239.00–279.00	1,661	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	325.78/cwt	316.00–341.00	1,733	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	321.48/cwt	316.00–328.00	1,832	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	256.09/cwt	252.00–258.00	1,711	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,603	5

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 Feb 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,632Last week 2,230Year ago 1,186

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 27Year ago 57

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	360	375.00	375.00
11	450–500	482	374.00	374.00
12	500–550	539	336.00–340.00	338.70
4	650–700	665	274.00	274.00
36	700–750	734	275.50–282.50	279.51
6	750–800	753	271.00	271.00
6	800–850	805	268.00	268.00
3	850–900	872	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	412.00	412.00
5	400–450	448	398.00	398.00
43	450–500	483	383.00–394.00	391.05
36	500–550	535	358.00–386.00	365.16
128	550–600	571	334.00–374.25	356.09
111	600–650	625	317.25–340.00	328.13
43	650–700	675	295.50–317.00	312.04
108	700–750	703	299.50–305.25	303.80
26	750–800	785	281.50	281.50
69	800–850	808	274.25–280.75	275.77
87	850–900	858	255.25–263.25	259.90
8	950–1000	986	234.50	234.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	505	313.00	313.00
12	650–700	665	284.00	284.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	950–1000	980	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	346.00	346.00
19	400–450	436	337.00–354.00	349.41
28	450–500	474	331.50–341.00	336.43
98	500–550	532	316.00–341.00	325.78
108	550–600	570	316.00–328.00	321.48
32	600–650	623	269.00–305.50	294.79
54	650–700	672	265.50–289.50	280.09
11	800–850	818	238.00–245.50	242.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	310.00	310.00
3	350–400	378	322.00	322.00
3	450–500	482	308.00	308.00
16	500–550	505	313.00–314.00	313.19
7	550–600	586	306.50	306.50
13	600–650	623	239.00–279.00	266.57
14	650–700	668	252.00–258.00	256.09
21	700–750	744	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	326.00	326.00
18	500–550	534	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	531	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	750–800	755	284.00	284.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	458	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,929	150.00–158.00	153.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	107.00–109.50	108.29
7	—	1,272	113.00–117.50	115.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,069	100.00–113.00	105.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,432	131.00–138.00	133.48
5	—	1,479	114.00–130.00	123.49

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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