Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher, spots sharply higher. Slaughter cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher. The Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale this week did not disappoint with a top notch offering of calves and yearlings selling on a hot market. The yearling offering featured about 15 straight pot load lots, all from local reputation backgrounders and absorbed by a small number of buyers. The calf trade was just as snappy, particularly for a 600 lb steer, but found more outlets throughout the seats. Calf prices only got higher throughout the day as the quality and condition remained very attractive right to the end. Supply heavy, demand very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $509.37/cwt on 223 head, up $4.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 14 comparable sales and sits +25.29 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$509.37

▲ 4.43 vs prior sale

223 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$29.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.46

vs MO average

+40.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	515.72	2,853	175
Medium and Large 1-2	552	486.23	2,682	48

One grade step is worth $29.48/cwt here — about $171 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 sale223 hd

509.37

—

MO average18 barns · 2,828 hd

474.91

+34.46

National average32 barns · 3,072 hd

468.91

+40.46

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

+25.29

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	1,703	228.82	3,897	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,499	170.99	2,563	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,272	167.31	2,128	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	930	161.00	1,497	1thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	378.43/cwt	365.00–381.00	2,698	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	442.32/cwt	422.00–457.00	2,543	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	470.12/cwt	469.00–475.00	2,501	26
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	460	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,323	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	623	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,461	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	654	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,845	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	668	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,732	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,548	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,816	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	356.34/cwt	352.50–360.25	3,278	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	384.16/cwt	383.75–384.75	3,096	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,342	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	484.08/cwt	474.00–490.00	2,299	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	536.00/cwt	536.00–536.00	2,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	434.03/cwt	405.00–446.00	2,934	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	575	433.83/cwt	430.00–444.00	2,495	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	3,022	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	746	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,686	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	393.15/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,650	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	3,040	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	385.09/cwt	372.00–392.00	2,761	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	457.94/cwt	454.00–472.00	2,803	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	457.57/cwt	450.00–462.00	2,425	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	579.51/cwt	550.00–614.00	2,422	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,955	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	513.55/cwt	506.00–520.00	2,655	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	566	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,683	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	420.59/cwt	406.00–436.00	2,389	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	599	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,336	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	379.50/cwt	379.50–379.50	2,865	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,318	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	549.51/cwt	545.00–557.00	2,715	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	430.54/cwt	421.50–432.50	3,147	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	528.74/cwt	515.00–555.00	2,797	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	500.25/cwt	486.00–519.00	2,911	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	416.45/cwt	410.00–424.00	2,674	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	463.50/cwt	435.00–472.00	3,124	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	503.27/cwt	492.00–509.50	3,105	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,619	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	367.11/cwt	365.25–369.00	3,234	373
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	505	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,209	7
Bulls	—	—	1,703	228.82/cwt	219.00–235.00	3,897	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,497	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	170.99/cwt	165.00–174.50	2,563	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,036	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	172.97/cwt	169.00–176.50	2,171	2

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 Jun 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,682Last week 523Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 44Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	532	469.00–475.00	470.12
85	550–600	575	422.00–457.00	442.32
70	600–650	642	410.00–424.00	416.45
7	650–700	663	395.00	395.00
113	700–750	713	365.00–381.00	378.43
24	750–800	755	379.50	379.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	505	437.50	437.50
8	600–650	623	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	475	474.00–490.00	484.08
25	500–550	530	450.00–462.00	457.57
59	550–600	568	406.00–436.00	420.59
38	650–700	674	390.00–395.00	393.15
9	750–800	772	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	599	390.00	390.00
35	700–750	746	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	566	474.00	474.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	460	505.00	505.00
7	650–700	654	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	478	485.00	485.00
11	550–600	575	430.00–444.00	433.83
5	650–700	668	409.00	409.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	536.00	536.00
5	450–500	464	535.00	535.00
20	500–550	517	506.00–520.00	513.55
17	550–600	577	488.00	488.00
27	600–650	612	454.00–472.00	457.94
131	650–700	676	405.00–446.00	434.03
9	700–750	717	372.00–392.00	385.09
24	750–800	788	375.00	375.00
6	800–850	829	364.50	364.50
12	850–900	855	355.50	355.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	418	550.00–614.00	579.51
16	450–500	494	545.00–557.00	549.51
95	500–550	529	515.00–555.00	528.74
80	550–600	582	486.00–519.00	500.25
262	600–650	617	492.00–509.50	503.27
112	650–700	674	435.00–472.00	463.50
103	700–750	731	421.50–432.50	430.54
111	800–850	806	383.75–384.75	384.16
373	850–900	881	365.25–369.00	367.11
124	900–950	920	352.50–360.25	356.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	478	490.00	490.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,703	219.00–235.00	228.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	161.00	161.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,499	165.00–174.50	170.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	156.00	156.00
2	—	1,255	169.00–176.50	172.97

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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