Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-10-27

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Oct 27
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
← Oct 13Oct 27latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
936 head
▲ 367 vs last sale 569▲ 936 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 93▲ 111 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 sharply higher. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Big recovery from two weeks ago for the local cash market with all weights and classes of cattle tacking on significant gains. The bulk of the calves came to town unweaned but few suffered much discount. Supply moderate, demand good to very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $459.44/cwt on 100 head, up $39.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 14 comparable sales and sits −19.70 against this barn's trailing median of $479.14.
Average price
$459.44
▲ 39.29 vs prior sale
100 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,491
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$259
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$64.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+49.60
vs MO average
+24.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539468.462,52686
Medium and Large 1-2561404.002,26614thin
One grade step is worth $64.46/cwt here — about $259 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 sale100 hd
459.44
—
MO average18 barns · 2,454 hd
409.84
+49.60
National average163 barns · 26,594 hd
435.15
+24.29
This barn, trailing median14 sales
479.14
−19.70
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—Average1,834185.793,4074thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,557133.462,07827
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,214122.891,49217
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,037109.651,13711

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433528.01/cwt515.00–560.002,28616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476519.98/cwt507.50–542.502,47519
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476511.00/cwt511.00–511.002,4328
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516486.58/cwt479.00–489.502,51129
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535463.64/cwt459.00–477.502,48031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned561459.50/cwt459.50–459.502,57815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,26614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582446.50/cwt446.50–446.502,59911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628420.77/cwt418.50–427.002,642138
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned633356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,2533
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned667388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,58852
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,7244
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned767314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,4088
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,7334
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1887353.50/cwt353.50–353.503,13660
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1909347.28/cwt344.00–350.753,157124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,6965
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned399472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,8836
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1411470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9328
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,9347
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned498448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,23127
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519409.66/cwt363.00–427.002,12619
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,09415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement577421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,42913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned582327.63/cwt323.00–331.001,9077
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0047
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,3129
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1817334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,72965
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2893300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,67911
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2973275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,6763
Heifers1050–1100Large 1-21,059280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,96520
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,834185.79/cwt175.00–191.003,4074
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02895.03/cwt90.00–101.009773
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040115.13/cwt111.00–119.001,1978
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210123.94/cwt119.00–129.501,50014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233118.00/cwt114.00–121.001,4553
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,402129.30/cwt122.00–134.001,81317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,821140.52/cwt134.50–145.002,55910

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.