Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, yearling load lots sold steady to 4.00 higher, steer calves and all weights of heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Another smoking hot market this week with a good mix of yearling cattle and grazing calves on offer. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $388.93/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −95.15 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$388.93

48 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+23.71

vs MO average

+19.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	388.93	2,106	48

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

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 sale48 hd

388.93

—

MO average16 barns · 2,287 hd

365.22

+23.71

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+19.92

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

−95.15

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	1,757	167.68	2,946	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,403	134.14	1,882	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	131.68	1,593	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	115.50	1,250	12

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,734	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,771	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,042	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,081	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,226	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	318.13/cwt	314.00–319.00	2,160	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	279.28/cwt	278.00–279.60	2,324	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	785	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	812	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	747	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,941	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,097	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,925	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	440.98/cwt	436.00–446.00	1,773	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,926	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	350.71/cwt	326.00–352.50	2,139	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	289.50/cwt	289.25–289.75	2,472	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	291.37/cwt	284.00–292.60	2,459	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	342.39/cwt	336.00–344.00	1,791	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	311.64/cwt	309.00–315.50	1,829	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,915	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,071	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	414.17/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,967	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	401.00/cwt	394.00–412.00	2,125	29
Bulls	—	—	1,757	167.68/cwt	163.00–171.00	2,946	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	131.68/cwt	128.00–133.50	1,593	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,810	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	133.29/cwt	127.50–141.50	1,886	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	117.75/cwt	113.00–127.00	1,294	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	108.75/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,122	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 Apr 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 905Last week 1,565Year ago 1,080

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 91Year ago 105

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	540	328.00	328.00
4	800–850	803	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	344.00	344.00
3	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
9	650–700	665	288.00	288.00
9	750–800	759	269.00	269.00
4	900–950	905	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	402	436.00–446.00	440.98
30	500–550	523	336.00–344.00	342.39
17	550–600	587	309.00–315.50	311.64
13	600–650	644	299.00	299.00
18	700–750	734	283.50	283.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
10	700–750	747	2,300.00	2,300.00
25	750–800	785	2,375.00	2,375.00
5	800–850	812	2,325.00	2,325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	494	393.00	393.00
6	600–650	622	309.50	309.50
40	650–700	679	314.00–319.00	318.13
5	700–750	717	292.50	292.50
6	750–800	798	279.00	279.00
63	800–850	832	278.00–279.60	279.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	475	400.00–420.00	414.17
29	500–550	530	394.00–412.00	401.00
19	550–600	559	370.50	370.50
46	600–650	610	326.00–352.50	350.71
139	800–850	844	284.00–292.60	291.37
125	850–900	854	289.25–289.75	289.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,757	163.00–171.00	167.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,210	128.00–133.50	131.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	146.00	146.00
14	—	1,415	127.50–141.50	133.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,099	113.00–127.00	117.75
3	—	1,032	108.00–110.00	108.75

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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