Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2025-03-18

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Mar 18
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,565 head
▲ 370 vs last sale 1,195▲ 1,565 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 41▲ 91 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 and heifers of all weights sold sharply higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. The local cash feeder trade had some catching up to do after no activity the last three weeks but had no trouble doing so with most classes trading 15.00 to 25.00 higher and hitting some bewildering prices along the way. Lots of buying power was in the seats, all eager to own cattle as numbers continue to grow tighter as grass time nears. Supply moderate, demand 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 $367.07/cwt on 104 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −108.78 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$367.07
104 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.32
vs MO average
+9.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556367.072,041104
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 sale104 hd
367.07
—
MO average15 barns · 2,689 hd
356.75
+10.32
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
+9.91
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−108.78
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—Low1,877164.843,0939thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,404133.861,87914
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,281127.151,62916
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,052116.851,22912

Every lot

43 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,5874
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5933
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,7714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454402.17/cwt390.00–408.001,82622
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8553
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525371.12/cwt345.00–403.001,94837
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573364.83/cwt336.00–386.002,09067
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608368.24/cwt362.00–370.002,23927
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633341.88/cwt320.00–361.002,164139
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659343.10/cwt341.00–346.502,26134
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721313.24/cwt304.00–315.752,258130
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739286.54/cwt282.00–287.252,11859
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766295.50/cwt295.50–295.502,26417
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816287.79/cwt287.50–288.752,34877
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872289.02/cwt286.00–293.602,520250
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2884274.50/cwt274.50–274.502,42710
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2921254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,3398
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1942274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,58157
Steers950–1000Large 1-2969240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,32618
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed388388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,5054
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440363.44/cwt350.00–372.001,59911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481344.72/cwt331.00–360.001,65833
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy498270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3453
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7346
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5203
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571318.73/cwt305.50–322.501,82054
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612305.62/cwt293.50–312.001,87029
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,6976
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,9507
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7627
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733277.88/cwt264.50–286.002,03792
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8085
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,0645
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,10010
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,0504
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2487380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8515
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,850152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,8121
Bulls——1,880166.44/cwt161.00–171.003,1298
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,020108.90/cwt105.00–112.001,1113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062119.50/cwt115.00–123.001,2699
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,279118.08/cwt115.00–121.001,5105
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,282131.27/cwt123.00–140.001,68311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,404133.86/cwt124.00–140.501,87914

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.