Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2019-05-24

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, May 24
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,146 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,146▲ 1,146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 300▲ 300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, 400-500 lb steers sold steady on a light test, 500-700 lbs traded steady to firm with spots 2.00-5.00 higher on the 600-650 lb steers a light test of steers over 700 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady on a light offering with 500-750 lb heifers selling steady to 5.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate. Heifer quality was more attractive on heifers weighing 600-750 lbs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.19/cwt on 272 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −83.51 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$158.19
272 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.65
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587165.20969153
Medium and Large 1-2619149.18923119
One grade step is worth $16.02/cwt here — about $47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale272 hd
158.19
—
MO average16 barns · 9,913 hd
158.83
−0.65
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−83.51
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 0–100 lb

23 sales
274251227204median 241.7003/1304/2406/1908/2810/16
Steers 0–100 lb: high $259.77, low $218.18, median $241.70 across 23 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—Average1,80687.791,58613
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,83069.831,2784thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50158.3387625
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26358.2973632
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01052.6353232
HeifersChoiceHigh1,073118.401,2705thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,228119.291,46549
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,161114.141,3258thin

Every lot

52 lots · USDA AMS · Eastern MO Commission Company - Bowling Green, 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379173.12/cwt170.00–175.006568
Steers—Medium and Large 1479175.21/cwt172.00–177.5083923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481161.72/cwt157.00–168.0077818
Steers—Medium and Large 1512176.87/cwt172.00–182.5090637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518157.04/cwt155.00–159.0081316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573154.84/cwt153.00–157.0088712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy575144.25/cwt144.25–144.2582912
Steers—Medium and Large 1576165.93/cwt161.00–169.2595629
Steers—Medium and Large 1627162.49/cwt160.00–164.501,01933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634153.81/cwt152.00–155.0097515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658145.43/cwt140.00–147.5095712
Steers—Medium and Large 1688149.88/cwt149.50–150.251,03115
Steers—Medium and Large 1703148.55/cwt148.00–149.001,0449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2744140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0429
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,0526
Steers—Medium and Large 1827134.51/cwt133.50–137.001,1127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2967114.75/cwt114.75–114.751,1105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,021113.25/cwt113.25–113.251,1566
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2348150.00/cwt150.00–150.005225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369144.03/cwt142.00–146.005316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437153.50/cwt153.50–153.506717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475149.83/cwt149.00–151.0071212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479140.50/cwt140.50–140.506736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1502148.72/cwt147.00–149.5074732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519139.37/cwt135.50–143.0072310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed566153.00/cwt153.00–153.008667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1586147.18/cwt144.50–148.7586238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2594138.50/cwt138.50–138.508235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607146.75/cwt146.75–146.758915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618136.30/cwt134.00–139.0084213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659144.50/cwt144.50–144.5095251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715136.27/cwt131.75–137.7597444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742127.25/cwt127.25–127.259445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2769125.00/cwt125.00–125.009619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2924113.75/cwt113.75–113.751,0517
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635140.00/cwt140.00–140.008895
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,161114.14/cwt112.50–115.001,3258
Steers—Choice1,228119.29/cwt118.00–120.001,46549
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,073118.40/cwt118.25–118.501,2705
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68576.16/cwt75.00–78.001,2833
Bulls——1,75598.96/cwt92.00–104.001,7374
Bulls——1,90186.15/cwt81.00–89.501,6386
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96941.14/cwt36.00–44.503997
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00851.77/cwt46.50–55.0052214
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04061.04/cwt57.50–65.0063511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22351.40/cwt47.50–53.506296
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26356.75/cwt54.00–59.5071715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28564.15/cwt62.00–67.0082411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35051.50/cwt50.50–52.506953
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51562.79/cwt60.00–65.0095110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52756.33/cwt53.00–59.0086012
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,83069.83/cwt67.50–72.501,2784

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.