Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2025-04-01

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Apr 1
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
905 head
▼ 660 vs last sale 1,565▼ 175 vs year ago 1,080 · −16.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 91▲ 3 vs year ago 105 · +2.9%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, yearling load lots sold steady to 4.00 higher, steer calves and all weights of heifers 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady. Another smoking hot market this week with a good mix of yearling cattle and grazing calves on offer. 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 $388.93/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −86.92 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$388.93
48 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,106
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+23.71
vs MO average
+19.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541388.932,10648
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 sale48 hd
388.93
—
MO average16 barns · 2,287 hd
365.22
+23.71
National average168 barns · 11,835 hd
369.01
+19.92
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−86.92
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—Average1,757167.682,94610
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,403134.141,88215
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,210131.681,59317
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,082115.501,25012

Every lot

33 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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475414.17/cwt400.00–420.001,96724
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,9415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530401.00/cwt394.00–412.002,12529
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559370.50/cwt370.50–370.502,07119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610350.71/cwt326.00–352.502,13946
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622309.50/cwt309.50–309.501,9256
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679318.13/cwt314.00–319.002,16040
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0975
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,2266
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832279.28/cwt278.00–279.602,32463
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1844291.37/cwt284.00–292.602,459139
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854289.50/cwt289.25–289.752,472125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,1013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1402440.98/cwt436.00–446.001,7736
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523342.39/cwt336.00–344.001,79130
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7363
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1587311.64/cwt309.00–315.501,82917
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1644299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,92613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,9159
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734283.50/cwt283.50–283.502,08118
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement7472,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,30010
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,0429
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement7852,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,37525
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement8122,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3255
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2540328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,77112
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2803216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7344
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,757167.68/cwt163.00–171.002,94610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,032108.75/cwt108.00–110.001,1223
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,099117.75/cwt113.00–127.001,2949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210131.68/cwt128.00–133.501,59317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,240146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,8101
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415133.29/cwt127.50–141.501,88614

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.