Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-10-13

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Oct 13
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
569 head
▼ 208 vs last sale 777▲ 569 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 20▲ 93 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, steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Several high quality consignments on hand but most of the calf offering came to town unweaned. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $420.15/cwt on 87 head, up $3.24 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits −58.99 against this barn's trailing median of $479.14.
Average price
$420.15
▲ 3.24 vs prior sale
87 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,399
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$866
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$110.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.04
vs MO average
−12.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575435.482,50458
Medium 1582410.002,38622
Medium 1-2504325.001,6387thin
One grade step is worth $110.48/cwt here — about $866 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale87 hd
420.15
—
MO average19 barns · 1,894 hd
402.11
+18.04
National average190 barns · 30,929 hd
432.29
−12.14
This barn, trailing median14 sales
479.14
−58.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

14 sales
523477431385median 479.1402/2404/0706/0209/0110/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.37, low $399.14, median $479.14 across 14 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,842182.403,36010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,413121.071,71118
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,319116.221,53218
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,067107.371,14515

Every lot, as filed

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,8626
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned497430.07/cwt428.00–432.002,13725
Steers500–550Medium 1-2Unweaned504325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6387
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573444.80/cwt439.00–449.002,54930
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577425.50/cwt425.50–425.502,45528
Steers550–600Medium 1Unweaned582410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,38622
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,09610
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned673358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,4096
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1696352.72/cwt351.00–354.002,4557
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,6757
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6353
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1888340.97/cwt338.75–343.253,028125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned371402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4934
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned445365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,62414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,6136
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,89210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535350.29/cwt345.00–354.001,87438
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy698316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,2064
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,28721
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement7342,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,67515
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,51021
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement7823,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,05024
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement8352,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6504
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2857305.50/cwt305.50–305.502,6183
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2942306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,88311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2549370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0314
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,656172.44/cwt170.00–175.002,8565
Bulls——2,028192.35/cwt190.00–195.503,9015
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043110.66/cwt107.00–119.001,15410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,114100.78/cwt95.00–112.001,1235
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,266110.29/cwt104.00–113.501,3967
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,352120.00/cwt115.00–130.001,62211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,358113.26/cwt113.00–113.501,5382
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420122.05/cwt115.00–130.001,73316

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.