Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2025-10-07

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Oct 7
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,220 head
375 vs last sale 845 664 vs year ago 556 · +119.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
32 vs last sale 97 26 vs year ago 39 · +66.7%
Also sold hereLLC Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jan 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last tested market four weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower except yearling load lots steady. Slaughter cows unevenly steady. As usual here at the local barn, yearlings ruled the day but some reputation consignments of high quality calves were on offer as well, most fresh off the cow. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $465.91/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits 18.17 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.
Average price
$465.91
35 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,399
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+46.75
vs MO average
+20.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515465.912,39935
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 sale35 hd
465.91
MO average20 barns · 1,579 hd
419.16
+46.75
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
+20.06
This barn, trailing median14 sales
484.08
−18.17
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
BullsAverage1,764200.133,5304thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,306154.262,01510
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,198149.451,79014
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,043144.591,5085thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800769354.25/cwt354.25–354.252,72461
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750734373.05/cwt370.00–379.502,73843
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700669396.42/cwt395.00–397.502,65260
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800783362.37/cwt362.25–362.502,83725
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623413.22/cwt407.50–428.002,574108
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,04320
CowsLean 85-90%1,043144.59/cwt140.00–148.001,5085
Bulls1,764200.13/cwt194.00–206.503,5304
CowsBoner 80-85%1,199151.12/cwt146.00–154.001,81211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,235162.50/cwt162.50–162.502,0071
CowsBoner 80-85%1,192143.33/cwt141.00–146.501,7083
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455460.81/cwt436.00–486.002,09710
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515465.91/cwt450.00–474.002,39935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650613343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,1036
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550545407.12/cwt405.00–414.002,21921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700671350.87/cwt346.00–358.002,35412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,314153.34/cwt149.00–162.002,0159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500493372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,8349
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700694386.50/cwt386.50–386.502,6824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715356.24/cwt346.00–370.002,5477
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850824355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,92550
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,6169
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850832364.70/cwt360.50–366.753,034435

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.