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Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Name: Unionville Livestock Market LLC livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Dec 16

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237

← Nov 25Dec 16Jan 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

447 head

▼ 1,615 vs last sale 2,062▲ 412 vs year ago 35 · +1,177.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

39 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 110▼ 13 vs year ago 52 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, a very light run of steers and heifers traded sharply higher. Slaughter cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Supply light, demand good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $438.80/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −37.04 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.

Average price

$438.80

43 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$33.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.63

vs MO average

−5.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	445.05	2,397	35
Medium and Large 1-2	560	411.47	2,304	8thin

One grade step is worth $33.58/cwt here — about $92 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale43 hd

438.80

—

MO average19 barns · 4,066 hd

429.18

+9.63

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−5.30

This barn, trailing median13 sales

475.84

−37.04

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,900	187.59	3,564	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	149.16	2,163	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,219	148.14	1,806	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	146.00	1,518	3thin

Every lot

40 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,966	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,915	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,145	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	448	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,128	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,316	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	460.55/cwt	460.00–462.00	2,395	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	449.95/cwt	440.00–452.00	2,493	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	411.47/cwt	405.00–422.00	2,304	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,144	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	605	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,287	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	402.26/cwt	394.00–428.00	2,550	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	379.61/cwt	374.00–383.00	2,407	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	371.29/cwt	370.00–373.00	2,499	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	380.36/cwt	375.00–386.00	2,590	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	728	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,490	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,526	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	791	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,563	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	367	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,541	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,753	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,896	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,944	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	398.83/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,042	18
Heifers	500–550	Large 2	535	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,766	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,066	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	587	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,843	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	589	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,844	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	599	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,091	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	608	317.26/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,929	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,959	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	331.93/cwt	318.00–339.00	2,098	12
Heifers	600–650	Large 2	644	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,125	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,129	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,187	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,297	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	719	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,283	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,900	187.59/cwt	185.00–191.00	3,564	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,518	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	149.34/cwt	142.00–159.00	1,813	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,745	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,450	149.16/cwt	144.00–159.00	2,163	6

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Unionville Livestock Market - Unionville, MO

Tue Dec 16, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 447Last week 2,062Year ago 35

Slaughter CattleReceipts 39Last week 110Year ago 52

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, a very light run of steers and heifers traded sharply higher. Slaughter cows 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Supply light, demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,214	142.00–159.00	149.34
1	—	1,260	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,450	144.00–159.00	149.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,040	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,900	185.00–191.00	187.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	330.00	330.00
10	600–650	644	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	367	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	589	313.00	313.00
6	600–650	608	312.00–320.00	317.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	412.50	412.50
5	450–500	485	391.00	391.00
18	500–550	512	390.00–405.00	398.83
4	550–600	551	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	719	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	385.00	385.00
9	550–600	599	349.00	349.00
12	600–650	632	318.00–339.00	331.93
3	650–700	673	325.00	325.00
11	700–750	708	324.50	324.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	587	314.00	314.00
3	650–700	653	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	620	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	500.00	500.00
8	550–600	560	405.00–422.00	411.47
19	600–650	634	374.00–383.00	379.61
13	650–700	673	370.00–373.00	371.29
5	700–750	745	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	540.00	540.00
4	400–450	440	487.50	487.50
4	450–500	485	477.50	477.50
18	500–550	520	460.00–462.00	460.55
12	550–600	554	440.00–452.00	449.95
18	600–650	634	394.00–428.00	402.26
28	650–700	681	375.00–386.00	380.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	568	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	605	378.00	378.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	791	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	728	342.00	342.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.