Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-04-07

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Apr 7
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
731 head
▲ 184 vs last sale 547▲ 731 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 60▲ 155 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, steers and heifers sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Nice bounce for the local cash trade Tuesday after a few weeks of uncertainty and sideways trade. Supply moderate, demand good to 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 $498.95/cwt on 27 head, up $24.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 13 comparable sales and sits +23.11 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$498.95
▲ 24.55 vs prior sale
27 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.64
vs MO average
+8.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565498.952,82127
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 sale27 hd
498.95
—
MO average19 barns · 2,625 hd
497.31
+1.64
National average167 barns · 10,529 hd
490.83
+8.12
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
+23.11
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 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—High1,853234.484,3449thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,486169.042,51122
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,226166.652,04234
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,056157.131,65916

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed293660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,9343
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,1424
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431512.89/cwt500.00–530.002,2117
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3063
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,5034
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535511.90/cwt510.00–515.002,73914
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1598485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,90013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623470.88/cwt467.50–473.002,93431
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637458.00/cwt458.00–458.002,91712
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,92466
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683409.57/cwt408.00–410.002,79719
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy721380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,7405
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722409.30/cwt401.00–413.502,95547
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,8405
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774381.50/cwt381.50–381.502,95329
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,8953
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884361.75/cwt361.75–361.753,19863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed327585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,9136
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed389550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,14010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424459.80/cwt450.00–474.001,95010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478455.75/cwt432.00–465.002,17826
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1765
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527441.50/cwt430.00–452.502,32721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563462.00/cwt462.00–462.002,6013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569412.47/cwt410.00–417.502,3479
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,36029
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627401.30/cwt398.00–407.002,51645
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5423
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,5039
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2383500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9156
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2494425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1004
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2719372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,6755
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,648211.61/cwt208.00–216.003,4872
Bulls——1,911241.01/cwt235.00–245.004,6067
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056157.13/cwt152.00–161.001,65916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,176166.11/cwt160.00–172.001,95324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265173.94/cwt173.00–176.002,2006
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,464158.98/cwt157.00–160.002,3274
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485168.80/cwt163.00–176.502,50721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,6101

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.