Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher with several weights of steers trading sharply higher. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Very few yearlings on offer but several strings of reputation calves found plenty of outlets to new homes. Supply moderate, demand very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $457.79/cwt on 252 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −26.29 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$457.79

252 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$21.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.10

vs MO average

−0.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	459.46	2,636	232
Medium and Large 1-2	549	438.40	2,407	20

One grade step is worth $21.06/cwt here — about $229 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 sale252 hd

457.79

—

MO average17 barns · 2,193 hd

428.69

+29.10

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−0.35

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

−26.29

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	1,568	187.50	2,939	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	163.21	2,039	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,489	157.54	2,346	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	142.48	1,596	29

Every lot, as filed

28 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	157.54/cwt	152.00–166.00	2,346	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	142.48/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,596	29
Bulls	—	—	1,845	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	3,708	1
Bulls	—	—	1,290	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,245	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	160.15/cwt	154.00–168.00	2,063	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	171.63/cwt	169.00–178.00	1,962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	463.59/cwt	425.00–485.00	1,910	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	427.89/cwt	425.00–434.00	2,174	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	378.43/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,214	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	397.70/cwt	396.00–400.00	1,881	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	417.41/cwt	386.00–434.00	2,780	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	673	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,490	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	597	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,090	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	748	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,543	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	457.95/cwt	435.00–476.00	2,661	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,571	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,984	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	447.95/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,750	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	367.10/cwt	367.10–367.10	3,234	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,413	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	556	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,391	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	379.87/cwt	378.00–381.00	2,218	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	441.65/cwt	432.50–448.00	2,177	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	524.99/cwt	517.50–540.00	2,536	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	644	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,763	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	525.02/cwt	502.50–537.50	2,315	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	466.94/cwt	460.00–477.50	2,512	39

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 Oct 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 961Last week 1,220Year ago 1,514

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 65Year ago 55

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,489	152.00–166.00	157.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,120	140.00–157.00	142.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,288	154.00–168.00	160.15
4	—	1,143	169.00–178.00	171.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	201.00	201.00
1	—	1,290	174.00	174.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	440.00	440.00
11	400–450	412	425.00–485.00	463.59
49	450–500	493	432.50–448.00	441.65
28	500–550	508	425.00–434.00	427.89
35	550–600	584	378.00–381.00	379.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	473	396.00–400.00	397.70
16	500–550	522	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	585	375.00–382.00	378.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	597	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	441	502.50–537.50	525.02
57	450–500	483	517.50–540.00	524.99
39	500–550	538	460.00–477.50	466.94
193	550–600	581	435.00–476.00	457.95
25	600–650	614	435.00–460.00	447.95
45	650–700	666	386.00–434.00	417.41
63	850–900	881	367.10	367.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	556	430.00	430.00
16	650–700	673	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	644	429.00	429.00
5	700–750	748	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	546	442.00	442.00
21	650–700	681	377.50	377.50

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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