Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2025-05-27

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, May 27
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,826 head
▲ 224 vs last sale 1,602▲ 1,305 vs year ago 521 · +250.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 104▲ 55 vs year ago 85 · +64.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported market four weeks ago, steers and heifers traded sharply higher, with the exception of load lots of yearling steers selling sharply lower. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 7.00 higher. The lower trend Is less a reflection of the market and more a reminder of some legitimate yet inflated market activity at the previous sale four weeks ago. Overall, the local trade shrugged off bearish industry rumors and the resulting near limit lower futures early (before reversing) and pushed prices higher steadily throughout the day. Supply heavy, 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 $385.54/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −90.30 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$385.54
123 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,161
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$203
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$60.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.47
vs MO average
+11.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551400.232,20693
Medium and Large 1-2589340.002,00330
One grade step is worth $60.23/cwt here — about $203 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 sale123 hd
385.54
—
MO average11 barns · 2,290 hd
387.01
−1.47
National average120 barns · 5,578 hd
374.14
+11.40
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−90.30
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—Average2,038195.263,9792thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,541154.462,38050
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,253142.631,78722
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,098128.001,4057thin

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,8149
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,97030
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515405.88/cwt395.00–424.002,09027
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566397.92/cwt377.50–410.002,25266
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589345.62/cwt342.00–353.002,03624
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned590317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8736
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608391.00/cwt382.00–402.002,37722
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620338.08/cwt333.00–344.002,09664
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy642342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,1965
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661357.00/cwt348.00–363.002,36028
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy680329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,2375
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2698328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,2893
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715331.64/cwt326.00–339.002,37156
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744293.95/cwt291.75–304.002,18728
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2756299.50/cwt299.50–299.502,26417
Steers750–800Large 1-2796272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,1654
Steers800–850Large 1-2808270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1823
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1838298.25/cwt298.25–298.252,49965
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2878281.42/cwt278.50–286.502,47127
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1887296.76/cwt293.75–299.502,632310
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1904294.88/cwt290.50–298.502,666185
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,64455
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414398.65/cwt385.00–416.001,6509
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed437376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,6435
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,7265
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517355.90/cwt340.00–370.001,84042
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530327.56/cwt320.00–335.001,73622
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559306.19/cwt300.00–310.001,7128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566345.44/cwt333.00–358.001,95554
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623326.01/cwt303.00–332.002,03170
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660312.94/cwt306.50–326.002,06550
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,91632
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720307.04/cwt281.50–332.002,21125
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2799270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1578
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1706
Heifers1000–1050Large 1-21,035202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,09116
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,5614
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,038195.26/cwt195.00–195.503,9792
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098128.00/cwt115.00–132.001,4057
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,8045
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265140.75/cwt136.00–146.001,78017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513139.98/cwt135.00–146.502,11812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550159.03/cwt157.00–161.502,46538

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.