Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2025-02-25

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Feb 25
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,195 head
▼ 437 vs last sale 1,632▲ 1,195 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 56▲ 41 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steers mostly steady to 5.00 higher and heifers in a more uneven manner, several dollars either side of steady. Slaughter cows sharply higher, catching up with a steady upswing and trading 12.00 to 17.00 higher. Buyers and sellers were all more than ready to get back to business after some weather related disruptions the past couple weeks. Only a handful of light calves on offer with most of the cattle weighing over 600 lbs. The real highlight of the day was three consignments of replacement heifers from local reputation herds, most sold by the head, that brought some pretty impressive figures. Supply moderate, demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $362.66/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −113.19 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$362.66
73 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,067
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+19.12
vs MO average
+14.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570362.662,06773
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale73 hd
362.66
—
MO average10 barns · 1,446 hd
343.54
+19.12
National average180 barns · 14,929 hd
348.24
+14.42
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−113.19
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

13 sales
523477431385median 475.8403/1004/2106/0209/0110/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $509.37, low $399.14, median $475.84 across 13 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—Average1,950178.103,4737thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,397143.402,00313
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,191136.781,62913
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,075123.101,3232thin

Every lot

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2451354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,5977
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1452386.98/cwt380.00–394.001,74910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1547368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,01311
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574361.71/cwt346.00–379.502,07662
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629295.16/cwt277.00–307.001,85710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630345.00/cwt338.00–354.002,17473
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692296.88/cwt290.50–309.752,054123
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729305.37/cwt303.00–307.752,22696
Steers750–800Large 1-2760260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9766
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,17847
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2394
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881257.80/cwt257.75–257.852,271122
Steers900–950Large 1-2901242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1804
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2909259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,3547
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423342.61/cwt334.00–358.001,4498
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5766
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531318.17/cwt317.50–319.001,68925
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564323.50/cwt323.50–323.501,82514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591288.29/cwt287.50–295.001,70427
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623290.04/cwt288.50–291.501,80774
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,82915
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665290.53/cwt273.00–297.501,93221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement7152,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,37515
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement718277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,98926
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732255.95/cwt255.75–258.001,87493
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement7602,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3005
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement8372,410.27/head2,400.00–2,425.002,41024
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement8662,325.08/head2,260.00–2,400.002,32551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,950178.10/cwt167.00–186.003,4737
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075123.10/cwt122.00–124.501,3232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,183143.94/cwt138.00–150.001,7034
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194133.60/cwt130.00–137.001,5959
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,302135.33/cwt133.00–139.501,7623
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425145.82/cwt138.00–152.002,07810

This sale against other markets

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.