Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-09-15

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 15
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
← Sep 1Sep 15latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
353 head
▼ 224 vs last sale 577▲ 353 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 35▲ 46 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, yearling load lots sold 15.00 to 17.00 higher, other weights not tested. Slaughter cows steady. Supply light, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $354.57/cwt on 7 head, down $119.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −85.40 against this barn's trailing median of $439.97.
Average price
$354.57
▼ 119.84 vs prior sale
7 head · 652 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,312
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.17
vs MO average
−8.87 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1668366.002,4453thin
Medium and Large 1-2640346.002,2144thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $230 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 600–700 lb

12 sales
488457426394median 439.9701/2003/1004/2106/0206/30
Steers 600–700 lb: high $474.41, low $408.16, median $439.97 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
354.57
—
MO average14 barns · 1,979 hd
383.74
−29.17
National average159 barns · 9,815 hd
363.44
−8.87
This barn, trailing median12 sales
439.97
−85.40
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
Bulls—Low1,648188.673,1097thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,268143.291,8178thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,758140.832,47612
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,131135.801,5365thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,098137.66/cwt135.00–141.001,5123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850811336.42/cwt335.00–337.502,72830
HeifersLarge 1-21000–10501,020275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,80512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,2144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,8003
Bulls——1,420174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4711
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,805140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,52711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,242138.35/cwt137.00–139.001,7183
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,240150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8601
Bulls——1,686191.12/cwt180.00–205.503,2226
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,284146.25/cwt140.00–149.001,8785
CowsLean 85-90%—1,180133.02/cwt131.00–135.001,5702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450402457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,8393
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950918332.48/cwt325.75–335.503,052249
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,4453
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800757338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,5596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800797301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,3996
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650612340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0813

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.