Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-06-16

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Jun 16
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
523 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 543▲ 523 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 111 vs last sale 155▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 0▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Very few comparisons to the last sale two weeks ago, this week's offering sold mostly 5.00 to 9.00 higher, spots sharply higher on heifers. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Fairly light run ahead of the Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ Sale two weeks from now but buyers were aggressive for the stock that was available. 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 $504.93/cwt on 35 head, up $22.51 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +29.09 against this barn's trailing median of $475.84.
Average price
$504.93
▲ 22.51 vs prior sale
35 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+35.97
vs MO average
+45.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524514.212,69625
Medium and Large 1-2523481.752,51810thin
One grade step is worth $32.46/cwt here — about $178 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale35 hd
504.93
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MO average15 barns · 3,245 hd
468.96
+35.97
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
+45.88
This barn, trailing median13 sales
475.84
+29.09
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—Average1,633220.083,5942thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,506163.292,4597thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,216161.431,9645thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,099154.451,6979thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,035$5,32310

Every lot

31 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,2754
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,2786
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,5307
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519517.51/cwt495.00–530.002,68622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,7593
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,4503
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,6717
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629462.39/cwt436.00–468.002,90866
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,8126
Steers650–700Large 1-2664413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,7428
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677441.64/cwt439.00–450.002,99029
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713412.12/cwt401.00–419.002,9388
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788391.21/cwt390.00–396.003,08319
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1911361.00/cwt361.00–361.003,28933
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,1744
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1496420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0836
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,2357
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,41613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568415.12/cwt410.00–420.002,35820
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned608385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,34111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623410.69/cwt407.00–416.002,55958
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1651390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5394
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,8318
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,633220.08/cwt210.00–230.003,5942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,099154.45/cwt145.00–161.001,6979
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213162.79/cwt160.00–168.001,9754
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,9191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,507163.84/cwt161.00–168.002,4696
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29755,000.00/head5,000.00–5,000.005,0007
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1756,075.00/head6,075.00–6,075.006,0753

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.