Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2020-11-20

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Nov 20
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
677 head
▼ 735 vs last sale 1,412▼ 616 vs year ago 1,293 · −47.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
350 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 270▲ 100 vs year ago 250 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves were lightly tested with last week's special with most of the calves unweaned and very few having vaccination shots, yearlings were scarce with steers and heifers weighing over 650 lbs were calves. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower with bulk of the cows average to low dressing cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.93/cwt on 194 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −120.55 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$127.93
194 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$315
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.42
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628132.0282945
Medium and Large 1-2580127.60740139
Medium and Large 2451114.0051410thin
One grade step is worth $18.02/cwt here — about $315 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 sale194 hd
127.93
—
MO average19 barns · 11,104 hd
133.34
−5.42
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−120.55
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—High1,69078.611,32817
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56256.2587935
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29454.2570242
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10946.4251529
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32385.321,12923
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,169100.471,17414
HeifersSelectAverage1,11692.151,02810
SteersChoiceAverage1,393104.251,4525thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,388100.941,4018thin
SteersSelectAverage1,32493.751,24125

Every lot

67 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372177.00/cwt177.00–177.006583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2447157.37/cwt156.00–159.0070311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476155.96/cwt155.00–158.007429
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned512141.73/cwt140.00–143.507266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530146.14/cwt141.00–153.507757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579140.49/cwt135.50–145.0081317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610135.30/cwt135.00–135.5082510
Steers—Medium 1-2Fleshy618100.00/cwt100.00–100.006183
Steers—Medium and Large 2620119.00/cwt119.00–119.007383
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy632122.94/cwt120.00–125.007775
Steers—Medium and Large 1642135.50/cwt135.50–135.5087010
Steers—Medium and Large 1661136.65/cwt136.50–137.0090313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676134.00/cwt134.00–134.009065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned696120.00/cwt120.00–120.008359
Steers—Medium and Large 1706135.00/cwt135.00–135.0095317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy846105.00/cwt105.00–105.008886
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2355126.00/cwt126.00–126.004473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386154.43/cwt151.00–159.0059612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405148.38/cwt146.00–150.006015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned407153.00/cwt153.00–153.006235
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448115.50/cwt115.50–115.505174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned482127.54/cwt125.00–130.006156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487143.43/cwt142.50–146.0069911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned522125.66/cwt124.50–127.0065610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528139.06/cwt136.00–140.0073416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned550100.00/cwt100.00–100.005503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557133.00/cwt133.00–133.007415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573127.37/cwt125.50–130.5073024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576118.16/cwt110.00–120.5068116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy610132.00/cwt132.00–132.008059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615134.50/cwt134.50–134.508274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2635123.00/cwt123.00–123.007813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned668112.59/cwt110.00–117.5075219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688125.50/cwt125.50–125.508636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy710127.00/cwt127.00–127.0090216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned761107.25/cwt107.25–107.258168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2929111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,0369
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2323169.43/cwt168.00–171.005476
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432155.50/cwt155.00–156.006726
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462146.53/cwt141.50–150.0067710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2502148.00/cwt148.00–148.007433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518130.50/cwt130.50–130.506765
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2558134.51/cwt133.00–136.507517
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned561125.09/cwt124.50–125.5070210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2642122.50/cwt122.50–122.507868
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned646115.00/cwt115.00–115.007437
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2749105.00/cwt105.00–105.007864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750105.50/cwt105.50–105.507913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2814109.50/cwt109.50–109.508915
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,32493.75/cwt90.00–97.001,24125
Steers—Select and Choice1,388100.94/cwt100.00–103.001,4018
Steers—Choice1,393104.25/cwt104.25–104.251,4525
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,11692.15/cwt90.00–93.501,02810
Heifers—Select and Choice1,169100.47/cwt98.50–102.501,17414
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53669.59/cwt64.00–75.001,0696
Bulls——1,76293.36/cwt91.00–95.001,6453
Bulls——1,77879.85/cwt76.00–84.001,4208
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07560.00/cwt60.00–60.006451
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07843.01/cwt38.50–46.0046415
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14849.31/cwt47.00–53.0056613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27659.97/cwt59.50–61.507657
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29548.70/cwt45.50–51.5063113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30055.71/cwt52.00–58.5072422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50649.11/cwt46.00–52.507408
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54755.79/cwt53.00–58.5086318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64263.51/cwt60.00–67.001,0439
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,32385.32/cwt85.00–87.001,12923

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.