Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2025-07-08

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 8
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
270 head
▼ 2,302 vs last sale 2,572▲ 270 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 58▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 0▲ 72 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, yearling load lots sold 10.00 to 13.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher. A few cow/calf pair consignments were in town as well. Supply light, demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
800–900 lb steers averaged $320.00/cwt on 184 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −40.11 against this barn's trailing median of $360.11.
Average price
$320.00
184 head · 855 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.80
vs MO average
+1.47 vs national

Price by quality 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1855320.002,736184
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale184 hd
320.00
—
MO average9 barns · 1,415 hd
312.20
+7.80
National average87 barns · 6,693 hd
318.53
+1.47
This barn, trailing median11 sales
360.11
−40.11
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 800–900 lb

11 sales
387365344322median 360.1103/2404/2106/0209/2910/27
Steers 800–900 lb: high $372.82, low $336.42, median $360.11 across 11 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—Average1,633196.863,2157thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,441153.892,21810
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,296152.441,97614
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,003143.901,4438thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,150$2,5005
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,260$3,98015
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,268$3,4147

Every lot

8 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855320.00/cwt319.75–320.252,736184
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,633196.86/cwt186.00–207.503,2157
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003143.90/cwt142.00–149.001,4438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,296152.44/cwt146.00–158.001,97614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,441153.89/cwt148.00–160.002,21810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5005
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2603,980.00/head3,700.00–4,050.003,98015
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2683,414.29/head3,350.00–3,500.003,4147

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.