Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-09-01

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 1
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
577 head
▲ 393 vs last sale 184▲ 577 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 35▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported market four weeks ago, steers and heifers traded sharply lower with the best comparison being load lots of yearling steers selling 20.00 to 25.00 lower. Slaughter cows 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Bulk of the offering consisted of the previously mentioned load lots with the rest of the offering coming in smaller drafts as extreme heat slowed cattle movement. Supply and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $399.14/cwt on 43 head, down $110.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −86.59 against this barn's trailing median of $485.73.
Average price
$399.14
▼ 110.23 vs prior sale
43 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,243
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$128
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$20.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.11
vs MO average
+27.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2508418.002,1233thin
Medium and Large 1566397.722,25240
One grade step is worth $20.28/cwt here — about −$128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales
523477431385median 485.7301/2003/1004/2106/0209/01
Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.37, low $399.14, median $485.73 across 13 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 sale43 hd
399.14
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MO average12 barns · 720 hd
379.02
+20.11
National average157 barns · 5,984 hd
371.39
+27.75
This barn, trailing median13 sales
485.73
−86.59
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—Average1,563184.232,8804thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,210144.001,7427thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,579142.382,2497thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,042137.761,4353thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
HeifersLarge 1-21050–11001,072269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,88410
SteersLarge 1-2700–750748337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,5213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500455420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800754340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5644
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750701323.50/cwt323.50–323.502,26837
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550508418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,1233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950904287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,5948
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550506360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400394400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5768
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650602333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,0056
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570398.35/cwt390.00–400.002,27137
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569324.86/cwt321.00–330.001,8487
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,545140.69/cwt140.00–142.002,1743
CowsLean 85-90%—1,042137.76/cwt134.00–140.001,4353
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,605143.65/cwt142.00–145.502,3064
Bulls——1,563184.23/cwt170.00–200.002,8804
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,155149.05/cwt144.00–155.001,7223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484381.27/cwt370.00–406.001,8459
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,251140.22/cwt138.00–144.001,7544
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0203
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000957313.25/cwt312.25–314.252,998124
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950938316.88/cwt312.50–321.252,972123
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724347.88/cwt345.00–351.002,51919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700685330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2614
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750730322.37/cwt321.75–324.002,35343

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.