Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2025-07-22

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 22
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
976 head
▲ 706 vs last sale 270▲ 197 vs year ago 779 · +25.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 74▲ 8 vs year ago 40 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, load lots of backgrounded yearling steers sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher, other weights not recently tested. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Another hot week at the local barn with prices once again setting record highs. Several stick out prices, including 5 loads of Rockin' R steers, with one load averaging over 2900.00/head. 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 $417.14/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −58.70 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$417.14
57 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,263
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+29.29
vs MO average
+41.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543417.142,26357
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 sale57 hd
417.14
—
MO average12 barns · 1,020 hd
387.86
+29.29
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
+41.40
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−58.70
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—Average1,830200.623,6717thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,483155.122,30010
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,263153.641,9409thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,142146.721,6766thin

Every lot

24 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6974
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1441434.48/cwt432.00–438.001,91612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526424.74/cwt417.00–441.002,23435
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569405.06/cwt395.00–415.502,30522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1602417.35/cwt416.25–425.002,51295
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621391.44/cwt385.00–399.502,43118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664384.62/cwt370.50–388.752,554100
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733337.17/cwt334.50–337.502,47153
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1838330.02/cwt326.25–330.252,76667
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874327.41/cwt325.00–328.752,862322
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,99029
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,9168
Heifers500–550Medium 2502361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,8127
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522362.63/cwt351.00–375.001,8938
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,22616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0795
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608377.36/cwt365.00–383.002,29416
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652371.75/cwt371.75–371.752,42440
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716339.75/cwt339.75–339.752,43312
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,830200.62/cwt193.00–207.003,6717
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,142146.72/cwt144.00–149.501,6766
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263153.64/cwt148.00–160.501,9409
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437146.52/cwt145.00–148.502,1053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,502158.81/cwt151.00–171.002,3857

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.