Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2020-10-02

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Oct 2
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
435 head
▼ 486 vs last sale 921▲ 85 vs year ago 350 · +24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 260▼ 15 vs year ago 190 · −7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeder cattle this week, a few weaned calves sold near steady weighing 425-650 lbs. Slaughter cows traded 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.06/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −113.42 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$135.06
113 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$6.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.47
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585135.48792106
Medium and Large 2478128.576157thin
One grade step is worth $6.91/cwt here — about $178 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 sale113 hd
135.06
—
MO average17 barns · 8,276 hd
133.59
+1.47
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−113.42
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

13 sales
277253228204median 248.4803/2005/0806/0507/3110/30
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $262.69, low $218.12, median $248.48 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—Low1,76583.391,47210
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52461.1093122
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28659.0275928
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06153.1756417
HeifersChoiceAverage1,313104.611,3745thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,457105.491,53727

Every lot

44 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310172.00/cwt172.00–172.005333
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned372141.00/cwt141.00–141.005254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned455140.00/cwt140.00–140.006373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485160.51/cwt160.00–161.007786
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508167.00/cwt167.00–167.008483
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2552159.50/cwt159.50–159.508807
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned581141.67/cwt139.50–142.508237
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615147.70/cwt139.50–150.0090824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned682134.50/cwt134.50–134.5091711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705130.50/cwt130.50–130.509203
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390135.50/cwt135.50–135.505283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414157.39/cwt154.00–165.0065210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned433132.00/cwt132.00–132.005723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466137.69/cwt133.50–141.0064210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510136.09/cwt133.50–137.5069418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512126.00/cwt126.00–126.006454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574136.07/cwt133.00–138.5078127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned618116.00/cwt116.00–116.007173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623136.93/cwt136.50–137.508537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678131.93/cwt125.50–135.5089411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2707130.25/cwt130.25–130.259215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2789125.00/cwt125.00–125.009866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2902120.25/cwt120.25–120.251,0856
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390153.00/cwt153.00–153.005973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458154.00/cwt154.00–154.007053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned477140.00/cwt140.00–140.006685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2502137.50/cwt137.50–137.506903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned540130.50/cwt130.50–130.507053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2602130.00/cwt130.00–130.007832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned671112.82/cwt110.50–115.007576
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,457105.49/cwt104.50–106.501,53727
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,313104.61/cwt104.00–104.751,3745
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66475.21/cwt71.00–79.501,2514
Bulls——1,75486.15/cwt83.50–87.501,5114
Bulls——1,99094.21/cwt92.50–96.001,8752
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03046.83/cwt41.50–50.504825
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07454.83/cwt51.50–59.0058910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07560.74/cwt60.00–61.506532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26761.16/cwt57.00–65.0077514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28466.99/cwt65.00–69.008604
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31452.83/cwt48.50–56.0069410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43753.86/cwt52.00–56.507745
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48568.37/cwt67.00–69.001,0153
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56462.13/cwt59.00–65.5097214

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.