Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-09-29

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 29
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
← Sep 15Sep 29latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
777 head
▲ 424 vs last sale 353▲ 777 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 46▲ 20 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 traded 4.00 to 5.00 lower with slim comparisons on other weights. Slaughter cows sharply lower. Several really nice consignments on offer this week including several load and part load lots with nearly all the cattle available long time weaned which will be harder to come by as the fall run approaches. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $416.91/cwt on 14 head, up $17.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −68.82 against this barn's trailing median of $485.73.
Average price
$416.91
▲ 17.77 vs prior sale
14 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,337
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.70
vs MO average
+20.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556429.502,3887thin
Medium and Large 1-2565404.312,2847thin
One grade step is worth $25.19/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 485.7302/1003/2405/0506/1609/29
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 sale14 hd
416.91
—
MO average19 barns · 2,493 hd
399.21
+17.70
National average132 barns · 9,219 hd
396.47
+20.44
This barn, trailing median13 sales
485.73
−68.82
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—Average1,825181.033,3042thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,472121.301,7867thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220120.001,4641thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,098118.791,3043thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850810338.18/cwt338.00–339.002,73971
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700694381.48/cwt379.50–383.502,647162
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600556429.50/cwt429.50–429.502,3887
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724362.72/cwt349.50–370.002,62632
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650628405.37/cwt390.00–406.502,54660
HeifersLarge 1-2950–1000989262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,5968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500462440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0333
Bulls——1,825181.03/cwt175.00–186.003,3042
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,220120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4641
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,472121.30/cwt118.00–129.001,7867
CowsLean 85-90%—1,098118.79/cwt115.00–121.001,3043
SteersLarge 1-2900–950924316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,9207
HeifersLarge 1-21050–11001,087243.50/cwt243.50–243.502,6479
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350326395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800794298.98/cwt295.00–307.002,37415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950902289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,60722
HeifersLarge 1-2900–950913279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,54713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550516308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5894
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950918328.16/cwt326.75–329.003,013188
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565404.31/cwt402.00–407.502,2847
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800771336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,5917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000969309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,9947
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635379.64/cwt367.00–385.002,41116

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.