Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2020-08-07

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Aug 7
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
437 head
▲ 159 vs last sale 278▼ 448 vs year ago 885 · −50.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
278 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 187▲ 32 vs year ago 246 · +13.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeders this week that sold with a steady to firm undertone with many small packages and singles in the offering. A nice of offering of slaughter cows sold mostly steady. EMC will hold a Special feeder cattle sale next week August 14th..

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.03/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −92.67 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$149.03
94 head · 650 lb average
Value per head Derived
$969
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$9.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.31
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2639149.6795763
Medium and Large 1684148.801,01827
Medium and Large 2598140.508404thin
One grade step is worth $9.17/cwt here — about $117 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 sale94 hd
149.03
—
MO average15 barns · 11,592 hd
148.72
+0.31
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−92.67
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—Low1,822100.581,83225
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52470.051,06723
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26166.2083541
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05458.8462038
HeifersChoiceAverage1,216102.461,24619
SteersChoiceAverage1,345102.861,38325
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21397.401,1816thin

Every lot

41 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450174.00/cwt174.00–174.007833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518156.39/cwt150.00–161.0081014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587155.25/cwt154.00–160.009119
Steers—Medium and Large 2598140.50/cwt140.50–140.508404
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618152.32/cwt152.00–153.5094114
Steers—Medium and Large 1634157.00/cwt157.00–157.009955
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675140.50/cwt140.50–140.509486
Steers—Medium and Large 1692147.11/cwt145.50–153.501,01815
Steers—Medium and Large 1704146.58/cwt144.00–148.501,0327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2823137.50/cwt137.00–138.001,13214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368143.96/cwt143.00–145.005306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432145.26/cwt140.50–148.006289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522140.88/cwt137.50–144.5073519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561141.99/cwt140.50–143.007977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578129.77/cwt125.50–135.5075012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613139.00/cwt139.00–139.008527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665129.02/cwt127.50–130.508589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719131.93/cwt131.50–132.259497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2863117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0105
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2374172.00/cwt172.00–172.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460150.00/cwt150.00–150.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2541145.98/cwt145.00–148.007906
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569140.17/cwt140.00–140.507989
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3573117.50/cwt117.50–117.506736
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2815123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0073
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,21397.40/cwt95.00–99.501,1816
Steers—Choice1,345102.86/cwt101.00–103.751,38325
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,216102.46/cwt102.00–103.001,24619
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3721
Bulls——1,78692.76/cwt86.50–97.501,6579
Bulls——1,858106.25/cwt101.00–112.001,97415
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03350.92/cwt46.00–53.505269
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04957.89/cwt55.00–61.0060720
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08568.85/cwt65.00–74.007479
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24963.84/cwt58.50–67.0079714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25772.09/cwt68.50–77.5090620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29954.07/cwt51.50–57.007027
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47075.51/cwt71.50–80.501,11014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52258.15/cwt57.50–59.008853
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65063.26/cwt60.50–67.501,0446

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.