Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-01-20

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jan 20
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,700 head
▲ 1,078 vs last sale 1,622▲ 2,700 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 60▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers under 800 lbs steady to 10.00 higher, yearling load lots 14.00 to 16.00 lower. Heifers under 550 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower, heavier weights steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Even though the trade was somewhat up and down throughout the day there was lots of buyer interest, especially for any grazing type cattle. Quality was very attractive for the entire sale, mostly weaned and with a proven health history. A very large offering resulted in some wide prices spreads by the end of the day. Supply heavy, demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $468.63/cwt on 199 head. That ranks 6 of 13 comparable sales and sits −7.22 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$468.63
199 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.28
vs MO average
+3.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549480.952,642141
Medium and Large 1-2564438.682,47358
One grade step is worth $42.27/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale199 hd
468.63
—
MO average20 barns · 4,768 hd
459.35
+9.28
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
+3.30
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
−7.22
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—Average2,080200.004,1601thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,270140.771,7882thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,293136.461,7655thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,021131.631,3448thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2348600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0885
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436544.16/cwt540.00–550.002,37314
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2449475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1335
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1497505.47/cwt477.50–530.002,51215
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530491.16/cwt473.00–510.002,60365
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532477.49/cwt476.00–482.002,54012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566472.21/cwt461.00–480.002,67376
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572428.55/cwt408.00–436.002,45146
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620438.44/cwt419.00–460.002,718206
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644411.12/cwt408.00–413.002,64821
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1654410.75/cwt399.50–426.002,686129
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672403.41/cwt391.00–417.002,71180
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723360.58/cwt342.00–374.002,60765
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727386.28/cwt373.50–395.252,808228
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767366.65/cwt360.50–376.502,81293
Steers750–800Large 1-2768366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,8116
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787360.40/cwt359.50–365.002,836114
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818353.60/cwt349.00–354.002,89252
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,88433
Steers850–900Large 1-2864330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8514
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1889359.25/cwt359.25–359.253,19463
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900360.50/cwt360.50–360.503,24564
Steers900–950Large 1910356.00/cwt356.00–356.003,24011
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2919330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,03318
Steers900–950Large 1-2925337.00/cwt337.00–337.003,11710
Steers950–1000Large 1-2951322.00/cwt322.00–322.003,0629
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned360422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,5213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,71113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477422.60/cwt417.00–437.502,01616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2494409.56/cwt401.00–415.002,02326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518387.26/cwt375.00–398.002,00617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522406.19/cwt400.00–428.002,12031
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576393.71/cwt376.00–412.002,268142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581379.36/cwt374.00–398.002,20430
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,1407
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633379.62/cwt359.00–395.002,403187
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676342.69/cwt325.00–351.002,31784
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679363.93/cwt359.00–379.002,471164
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728329.87/cwt329.50–330.252,40171
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1744339.75/cwt339.75–339.752,52870
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761329.44/cwt322.00–330.502,50756
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement773390.00/cwt390.00–390.003,01518
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy825302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,4923
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2912296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,7003
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,080200.00/cwt200.00–200.004,1601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015133.09/cwt122.00–139.001,3516
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040127.23/cwt124.00–130.001,3232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268139.79/cwt138.00–141.501,7732
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,270140.77/cwt140.00–141.501,7882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310134.24/cwt131.00–138.001,7593

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.