Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2025-08-19

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Aug 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
795 head
▼ 181 vs last sale 976▼ 62 vs year ago 857 · −7.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 48▲ 9 vs year ago 33 · +27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 0▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale four weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher. The day really started with a bang, selling several straight pot loads right out of the gate. All weights and classes benefitted from some big gains, the truest comparison being the yearling load lots trading a full 27.00 to 29.00 higher. 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 $452.12/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −23.72 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$452.12
33 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,436
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+38.08
vs MO average
+52.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539452.122,43633
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 sale33 hd
452.12
—
MO average11 barns · 946 hd
414.04
+38.08
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
+52.23
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−23.72
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—Average1,852199.423,6938thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,523159.742,4335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,249155.781,94512
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,068146.161,5616thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,235$2,8007
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$2,4008

Every lot

30 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1402488.00/cwt488.00–488.001,9624
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512463.59/cwt450.00–483.002,37419
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575436.55/cwt436.00–437.002,51014
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1648427.50/cwt420.00–428.002,77077
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1698368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,5696
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,6218
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766369.50/cwt369.50–369.502,83018
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,7836
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1801364.50/cwt364.50–364.502,92066
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821344.50/cwt344.50–344.502,82810
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866355.18/cwt353.60–357.003,076250
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1934339.00/cwt339.00–339.003,16664
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9485
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536397.95/cwt388.00–404.002,13316
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed605377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,2815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,1703
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633346.91/cwt341.00–355.002,1967
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,35011
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829342.02/cwt340.50–342.502,83521
Heifers900–950Large 1-2931303.50/cwt303.50–303.502,8264
Heifers950–1000Large 1996314.00/cwt314.00–314.003,12733
Heifers1150–1200Large 1-21,185271.50/cwt271.50–271.503,2179
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,852199.42/cwt191.00–205.003,6938
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068146.16/cwt141.00–154.001,5616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241156.40/cwt152.00–158.001,94111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,255169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,1211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,9891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,590157.42/cwt150.00–167.002,5034
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2352,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4008

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.