Sale reports / Missouri / Unionville Livestock Market LLC / 2026-09-15

Unionville Livestock Market LLC

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Unionville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 15
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1237
Feeder Cattle receipts
353 head
▼ 224 vs last sale 577▲ 353 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 35▲ 46 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, yearling load lots sold 15.00 to 17.00 higher, other weights not tested. Slaughter cows steady. Supply light, demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $354.57/cwt on 7 head, down $119.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −78.43 against this barn's trailing median of $433.01.
Average price
$354.57
▼ 119.84 vs prior sale
7 head · 652 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,312
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$230
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−29.17
vs MO average
−8.70 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1668366.002,4453thin
Medium and Large 1-2640346.002,2144thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $230 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
354.57
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MO average14 barns · 1,979 hd
383.74
−29.17
National average163 barns · 10,010 hd
363.27
−8.70
This barn, trailing median12 sales
433.01
−78.43
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 600–700 lb

12 sales
488438387336median 433.0103/1004/2106/0209/2910/27
Steers 600–700 lb: high $474.41, low $349.87, median $433.01 across 12 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—Low1,648188.673,1097thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,268143.291,8178thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,758140.832,47612
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,131135.801,5365thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2402457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,8393
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,2144
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,4453
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6803
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811336.42/cwt335.00–337.502,72830
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918332.48/cwt325.75–335.503,052249
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,8003
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,5596
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2797301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,3996
Heifers1000–1050Large 1-21,020275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,80512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2612340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0813
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,420174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4711
Bulls——1,686191.12/cwt180.00–205.503,2226
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098137.66/cwt135.00–141.001,5123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180133.02/cwt131.00–135.001,5702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,240150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8601
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242138.35/cwt137.00–139.001,7183
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,284146.25/cwt140.00–149.001,8785
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,805140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,52711

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.