Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-06-02

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jun 2
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
543 head
▼ 909 vs last sale 1,452▲ 543 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 95▲ 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, including the yearling load lots, traded 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows weak to 5.00 lower. A handful of pot loads of yearling steers made up the bulk of the offering with the most of rest of the feeder offering moving through in very small packages and single head lots. Supply light to moderate, demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $482.43/cwt on 14 head, down $18.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 13 comparable sales and sits +6.59 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$482.43
▼ 18.43 vs prior sale
14 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.85
vs MO average
+23.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500498.002,4903thin
Medium and Large 1-2548478.182,62111thin
One grade step is worth $19.82/cwt here — about −$131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale14 hd
482.43
—
MO average16 barns · 3,675 hd
467.58
+14.85
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
+23.24
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
+6.59
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—Average1,731224.893,89310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,392174.012,42219
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,224171.502,09936
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,049159.181,67016

Every lot

23 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358544.00/cwt544.00–544.001,9483
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496522.00/cwt522.00–522.002,5894
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned500498.00/cwt498.00–498.002,4903
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,7058
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned659400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6369
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668416.32/cwt413.00–419.002,7819
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830369.00/cwt369.00–369.003,0637
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886361.40/cwt358.25–364.253,202307
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,7143
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned497390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9385
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,1217
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622365.21/cwt364.00–366.002,27213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned634355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2519
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3874
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2608410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4935
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,731224.89/cwt209.00–241.503,89310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,049159.18/cwt152.00–167.001,67016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,186180.51/cwt180.00–182.002,1414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227171.22/cwt164.00–179.002,10131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,8361
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,343171.03/cwt167.00–180.002,29713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498180.46/cwt178.00–182.502,7036

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.