Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Pretty slim comparisons to the last sale two weeks ago but steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Pretty light supply this week beyond two straight loads of yearlings and a couple part loads of steers weighing either side of 600 lbs as numbers continue to grow tight. Demand moderat to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.39/cwt on 110 head, up $28.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −9.68 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$474.39

▲ 28.08 vs prior sale

110 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$299

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

$54.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.61

vs MO average

−3.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	481.35	2,696	96
Medium and Large 1-2	562	426.73	2,397	14thin

One grade step is worth $54.61/cwt here — about $299 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 sale110 hd

474.39

—

MO average20 barns · 2,707 hd

480.01

−5.61

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

−3.70

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

−9.68

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	—	High	1,866	236.96	4,422	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	173.00	2,590	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,274	164.58	2,096	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,053	144.78	1,525	6thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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	500–550	505	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,161	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	418.66/cwt	406.00–426.00	2,395	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	496.65/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,662	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,398	6
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	800	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	355.79/cwt	340.00–381.00	2,775	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,357	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	612	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,313	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,805	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,555	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	346.88/cwt	346.25–347.50	3,091	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	453.63/cwt	441.00–457.00	2,894	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,770	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,129	8
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	676	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,616	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,244	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,266	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,213	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	464	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,181	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,065	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	710	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,407	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	534	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,478	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	351.70/cwt	347.00–353.00	2,406	18
Bulls	—	—	2,021	240.58/cwt	235.50–244.00	4,862	6
Bulls	—	—	1,634	231.53/cwt	227.00–235.50	3,783	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	168.92/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,508	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	144.78/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,525	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	170.32/cwt	170.00–171.00	2,010	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	162.12/cwt	158.00–167.00	2,130	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	178.44/cwt	174.00–181.00	2,700	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,152	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	2,126	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,279	6

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 Mar 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 547Last week 413Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 59Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	495.00	495.00
8	450–500	495	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	505	428.00	428.00
3	550–600	562	417.00	417.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	455.00	455.00
7	500–550	538	400.00	400.00
3	600–650	640	350.00	350.00
18	650–700	684	347.00–353.00	351.70
3	750–800	775	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	550	412.00	412.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	515	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	362	620.00	620.00
12	400–450	449	525.00	525.00
6	500–550	548	437.50	437.50
8	550–600	572	406.00–426.00	418.66
6	600–650	607	421.00	421.00
3	700–750	742	374.00	374.00
10	750–800	780	340.00–381.00	355.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	500–550	536	495.00–500.00	496.65
38	550–600	597	464.00	464.00
53	600–650	638	441.00–457.00	453.63
10	650–700	660	425.00	425.00
119	850–900	891	346.25–347.50	346.88
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	676	387.00	387.00
3	800–850	800	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	612	378.00	378.00
7	700–750	710	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	470.00	470.00
7	500–550	534	464.00	464.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	675.00	675.00
6	350–400	383	595.00	595.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,021	235.50–244.00	240.58
4	—	1,634	227.00–235.50	231.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,485	165.00–175.00	168.92
6	—	1,513	174.00–181.00	178.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,053	141.00–149.00	144.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,180	170.00–171.00	170.32
7	—	1,314	158.00–167.00	162.12

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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