Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-07-28

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 28
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
184 head
▼ 2,498 vs last sale 2,682▲ 184 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 21▲ 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported market four weeks ago, steers and heifers sold sharply lower with the load lots trading 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Very light run reflecting the recent heat wave and erratic cattle market. 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 $405.00/cwt on 5 head, down $104.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −70.84 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$405.00
▼ 104.37 vs prior sale
5 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,215
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−24.79
vs MO average
+5.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547405.002,2155thin
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 sale5 hd
405.00
—
MO average11 barns · 599 hd
429.79
−24.79
National average142 barns · 3,877 hd
399.29
+5.71
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−70.84
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—Average1,337209.262,7983thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,010167.001,6871thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average962158.491,52511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,605157.672,5313thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,0173
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,1184
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2547405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2155
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,4585
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,6796
Steers800–850Large 1-2800339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,7126
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913338.13/cwt337.25–339.003,087125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,3806
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4075
Heifers850–900Large 1-2868310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,6918
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,337209.26/cwt200.00–218.002,7983
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960161.64/cwt156.00–166.001,5529
Cows—Lean 85-90%973144.29/cwt141.00–147.001,4042
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,010167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,6871
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,605157.67/cwt157.00–158.002,5313

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.