Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2020-11-06

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Nov 6
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
▼ 144 vs last sale 309▼ 1,226 vs year ago 1,391 · −88.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
492 head
▲ 244 vs last sale 248▲ 217 vs year ago 275 · +78.9%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light offering and test of feeder calves were mostly unweaned but good quality calves sold with a firm undertone weighing 400-650 lbs. Slaughter cows traded steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.00/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −97.70 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$144.00
122 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$10
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.13
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1586145.5285277
Medium and Large 1-2610141.4086245
One grade step is worth $4.12/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale122 hd
144.00
—
MO average19 barns · 7,561 hd
143.87
+0.13
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−97.70
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—Average1,78979.511,42219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56358.4191322
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27656.0071514
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10549.7455011
Dairy SteersSelectLow1,29465.008417thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,453101.771,47922
SteersSelectAverage1,69094.001,5893thin

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned401172.50/cwt172.50–172.506924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420171.00/cwt171.00–171.007183
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned464158.74/cwt158.00–159.507378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471163.42/cwt161.50–165.007707
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524154.66/cwt150.00–156.008106
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned539153.00/cwt153.00–153.008256
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned570146.92/cwt142.25–150.5083723
Steers—Medium and Large 1608145.00/cwt145.00–145.008823
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned626139.07/cwt135.50–142.7587120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626137.25/cwt137.25–137.258597
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned655135.50/cwt135.50–135.508888
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677133.57/cwt130.50–135.509048
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy690125.50/cwt125.50–125.5086611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy769129.50/cwt129.50–129.509965
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780122.75/cwt122.75–122.759573
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1398165.00/cwt165.00–165.006573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2412147.50/cwt147.00–148.006086
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435135.00/cwt135.00–135.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468146.58/cwt145.00–148.506869
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483139.32/cwt139.00–139.506738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned491141.00/cwt141.00–141.006924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2503132.00/cwt132.00–132.006643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530135.21/cwt130.50–139.507179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned539138.50/cwt138.50–138.507479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy569117.50/cwt117.50–117.506695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571133.04/cwt130.50–137.5076017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy631120.58/cwt119.50–122.507618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy659128.00/cwt128.00–128.008444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2773118.50/cwt118.50–118.509163
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426161.14/cwt155.00–165.506867
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519140.25/cwt136.00–145.5072811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned582125.50/cwt125.50–125.507306
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585135.35/cwt135.00–135.5079210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605137.50/cwt137.50–137.508323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2662120.50/cwt120.50–120.507983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy686111.42/cwt111.00–112.007647
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2816107.00/cwt107.00–107.008734
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,453101.77/cwt100.00–103.001,47922
Steers—Select1,69094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,5893
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63382.87/cwt79.00–89.001,3537
Bulls——1,81597.75/cwt97.50–98.001,7742
Bulls——1,89373.51/cwt68.50–78.001,39210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08954.09/cwt51.50–57.505896
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12444.51/cwt40.00–48.005005
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19551.62/cwt48.50–53.506173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23563.00/cwt63.00–63.007781
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30556.61/cwt54.00–58.5073910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52152.93/cwt48.50–54.508058
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58664.23/cwt61.00–66.501,0198
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58857.94/cwt55.00–60.009206
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,29465.00/cwt65.00–65.008417

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.