Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2019-07-26

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jul 26
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
723 head
▲ 593 vs last sale 130▲ 723 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 147▲ 223 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers weighing 500-750 lbs all sold with a firm to higher undertone on a light test with few good comparisons. Slaughter cows traded 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good with supply light to moderate. A good offering of slaughter steers and heifers sold in the offering with very good quality hard fed steers and heifers selling with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.87/cwt on 247 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −89.82 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$151.87
247 head · 638 lb average
Value per head Derived
$969
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.66
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1633158.071,000108
Medium and Large 1-2639151.10966115
Medium and Large 2635138.3387915thin
Medium and Large 3697110.007679thin
One grade step is worth $48.07/cwt here — about $233 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 sale247 hd
151.87
—
MO average16 barns · 7,896 hd
149.21
+2.66
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−89.82
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—High1,68197.791,64413
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30265.4585226
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45064.3093310
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07154.6258513
HeifersChoice and PrimeHigh1,194115.761,38243
HeifersChoiceHigh1,195113.901,36118
SteersChoice and PrimeHigh1,279117.071,49710
SteersChoiceHigh1,209114.211,38125
SteersSelectAverage1,162108.991,2668thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411169.20/cwt164.00–172.006957
Steers—Medium and Large 1443180.00/cwt180.00–180.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483164.72/cwt159.00–172.0079612
Steers—Medium and Large 2500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007503
Steers—Medium and Large 1522169.77/cwt167.00–174.5088618
Steers—Medium and Large 1557166.69/cwt166.50–167.0092813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567159.50/cwt155.00–162.5090433
Steers—Medium and Large 2582145.00/cwt145.00–145.008443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613150.16/cwt147.00–154.0092013
Steers—Medium and Large 1621158.94/cwt156.50–161.5098726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663146.00/cwt146.00–146.009688
Steers—Medium and Large 2669130.00/cwt130.00–130.008705
Steers—Medium and Large 1687151.10/cwt148.50–152.001,03827
Steers—Medium and Large 3697110.00/cwt110.00–110.007679
Steers—Medium and Large 1718149.79/cwt148.00–151.001,0755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720144.91/cwt140.50–146.251,04315
Steers—Medium and Large 2734135.00/cwt135.00–135.009914
Steers—Medium and Large 1754146.72/cwt140.00–149.001,10616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785137.95/cwt137.00–138.501,0838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808138.03/cwt137.75–138.501,11511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2864129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,1198
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360159.00/cwt159.00–159.005723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned378154.50/cwt154.50–154.5058414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416146.18/cwt144.00–149.006088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436156.85/cwt156.00–158.006847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468148.50/cwt148.50–148.506954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521140.15/cwt135.00–143.5073023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541143.94/cwt143.50–145.0077910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576143.27/cwt140.50–145.5082525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580140.58/cwt138.00–141.7581515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618138.50/cwt138.50–138.508563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658142.58/cwt142.50–143.0093824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709139.49/cwt138.75–140.5098912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719130.55/cwt130.00–133.0093917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764129.50/cwt129.50–129.509897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2818123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0105
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2346172.24/cwt170.00–173.005964
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429155.25/cwt155.25–155.2566613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531151.98/cwt147.50–155.008075
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2588143.85/cwt141.00–144.7584612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2648134.60/cwt134.00–135.508725
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,162108.99/cwt108.00–111.001,2668
Steers—Choice1,209114.21/cwt112.50–115.751,38125
Steers—Choice and Prime1,279117.07/cwt116.50–117.251,49710
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,194115.76/cwt115.25–116.001,38243
Heifers—Choice1,195113.90/cwt113.00–115.001,36118
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54491.44/cwt88.50–93.501,4126
Bulls——1,799103.24/cwt97.00–114.501,8577
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95855.31/cwt53.00–58.005303
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07145.30/cwt42.50–48.004855
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13963.53/cwt60.00–68.007245
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29167.89/cwt65.00–72.0087617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32260.83/cwt56.50–63.008049
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40867.10/cwt64.00–68.009456
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51460.11/cwt59.00–62.009104

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.