Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2026-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Nice bounce for the local cash trade Tuesday after a few weeks of uncertainty and sideways trade. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $498.95/cwt on 27 head, up $24.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 14 comparable sales and sits +14.87 against this barn's trailing median of $484.08.

Average price

$498.95

▲ 24.55 vs prior sale

27 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.64

vs MO average

+8.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	498.95	2,821	27

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

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 sale27 hd

498.95

—

MO average19 barns · 2,625 hd

497.31

+1.64

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+8.12

This barn, trailing median14 sales

484.08

+14.87

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	1,853	234.48	4,344	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,486	169.04	2,511	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	166.65	2,042	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	157.13	1,659	16

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,915	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,675	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,100	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,503	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,360	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,176	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	470.88/cwt	467.50–473.00	2,934	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,917	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	409.30/cwt	401.00–413.50	2,955	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	361.75/cwt	361.75–361.75	3,198	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,503	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	293	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,934	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	2,953	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	327	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,913	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	409.57/cwt	408.00–410.00	2,797	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,924	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	441.50/cwt	430.00–452.50	2,327	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	455.75/cwt	432.00–465.00	2,178	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,900	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,840	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	512.89/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,211	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	511.90/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,739	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	459.80/cwt	450.00–474.00	1,950	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	401.30/cwt	398.00–407.00	2,516	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	389	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,140	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	412.47/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,347	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	721	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,740	5
Bulls	—	—	1,911	241.01/cwt	235.00–245.00	4,606	7
Bulls	—	—	1,648	211.61/cwt	208.00–216.00	3,487	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	157.13/cwt	152.00–161.00	1,659	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	166.11/cwt	160.00–172.00	1,953	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	168.80/cwt	163.00–176.50	2,507	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,610	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	173.94/cwt	173.00–176.00	2,200	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,464	158.98/cwt	157.00–160.00	2,327	4

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 Apr 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 731Last week 547Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 60Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	500.00	500.00
4	450–500	494	425.00	425.00
5	700–750	719	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	489	445.00	445.00
21	500–550	527	430.00–452.50	441.50
3	550–600	563	462.00	462.00
45	600–650	627	398.00–407.00	401.30
9	700–750	707	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	450.00–474.00	459.80
26	450–500	478	432.00–465.00	455.75
9	550–600	569	410.00–417.50	412.47
29	600–650	626	377.00	377.00
3	650–700	687	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	585.00	585.00
10	350–400	389	550.00	550.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	630.00	630.00
3	400–450	435	530.00	530.00
14	500–550	535	510.00–515.00	511.90
13	550–600	598	485.00	485.00
31	600–650	623	467.50–473.00	470.88
66	650–700	666	439.00	439.00
47	700–750	722	401.00–413.50	409.30
29	750–800	774	381.50	381.50
63	850–900	884	361.75	361.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	500.00–530.00	512.89
4	450–500	486	515.00	515.00
12	600–650	637	458.00	458.00
19	650–700	683	408.00–410.00	409.57
5	700–750	730	389.00	389.00
3	800–850	820	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	660.00	660.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	721	380.00	380.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,911	235.00–245.00	241.01
2	—	1,648	208.00–216.00	211.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,056	152.00–161.00	157.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,176	160.00–172.00	166.11
6	—	1,265	173.00–176.00	173.94
4	—	1,464	157.00–160.00	158.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,485	163.00–176.50	168.80
1	—	1,500	174.00	174.00

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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