Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-01-08

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jan 8
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,435 head
▲ 2,009 vs last sale 426▲ 464 vs year ago 1,971 · +23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
350 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 350▼ 17 vs year ago 367 · −4.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test as the last Special three week's ago was a Special Bred Cow sale, 500-600 lb steer calves sold with a steady to firm undertone, with 600-800 lbs steers uneven, with two pot loads of top quality 748 lb steers selling with a firm undertone, other 600-800 lbs steers trading with a weak to lower undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 500-600 lbs sold steady to firm, over 600 lbs were lightly tested as 4 pot loads of yearling heifers weighing 695-980 lbs sold unevenly steady on comparable sales. Slaughter cows sold steady on a nice offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.22/cwt on 870 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −101.48 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$140.22
870 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$18.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.44
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1692142.07983648
Medium and Large 1-2650138.42900166
Medium and Large 2687124.3885441
Large 1-2742123.3291515thin
One grade step is worth $18.75/cwt here — about $68 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 sale870 hd
140.22
—
MO average20 barns · 25,895 hd
143.66
−3.44
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−101.48
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—Low1,85880.711,50015
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59357.7592043
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29950.7866024
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03942.5844222
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240109.001,3523thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,466115.001,6868thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,457111.271,62139
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,409105.231,48334

Every lot

78 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435168.00/cwt168.00–168.007314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469163.54/cwt162.00–165.0076715
Steers—Medium and Large 2490140.50/cwt140.50–140.506884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534158.01/cwt156.00–160.008446
Steers—Medium and Large 1540165.07/cwt162.00–169.0089124
Steers—Medium and Large 1569162.54/cwt160.00–168.0092557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578148.06/cwt140.00–150.5085628
Steers—Medium and Large 2584135.00/cwt135.00–135.0078813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631137.32/cwt133.50–140.5086632
Steers—Medium and Large 1635144.18/cwt142.00–152.5091670
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy661130.00/cwt130.00–130.0085910
Steers—Medium and Large 1673140.50/cwt136.25–145.50946170
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674132.97/cwt132.00–135.0089630
Steers—Medium and Large 1712135.93/cwt135.00–141.0096855
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy718126.13/cwt120.00–130.0090626
Steers—Medium and Large 2719120.00/cwt120.00–120.008639
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731129.76/cwt125.00–133.7594928
Steers—Large 1-2742123.32/cwt113.00–128.5091515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy745116.00/cwt116.00–116.008645
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy748144.35/cwt144.35–144.351,080146
Steers—Medium and Large 1759134.08/cwt130.50–135.501,01844
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy761126.50/cwt126.50–126.5096316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0019
Steers—Medium and Large 2809113.50/cwt113.50–113.5091815
Steers—Medium and Large 1827126.82/cwt125.00–128.501,04930
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2854116.50/cwt116.50–116.509955
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy950107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0174
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373141.00/cwt141.00–141.005263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435131.00/cwt131.00–131.0057012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436143.94/cwt143.00–145.0062813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476143.13/cwt140.00–145.506819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned479123.00/cwt123.00–123.005895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526144.02/cwt140.50–147.5075859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534132.97/cwt130.00–138.5071045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568110.00/cwt110.00–110.006256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579138.24/cwt136.00–140.0080073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582130.67/cwt125.00–135.0076037
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582116.00/cwt116.00–116.006756
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621129.69/cwt126.00–132.0080578
Heifers—Medium 1-2626120.00/cwt120.00–120.007514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628132.74/cwt132.00–133.0083434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674122.63/cwt120.00–126.0082749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1694135.41/cwt135.25–136.0094076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned70090.00/cwt90.00–90.006306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713123.03/cwt121.00–125.0087710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy720122.50/cwt122.50–122.5088215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy725112.44/cwt110.00–115.0081510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757134.85/cwt134.85–134.851,02171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768122.00/cwt122.00–122.009375
Heifers—Large 1-2768107.50/cwt107.50–107.508266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy798111.00/cwt111.00–111.008866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2839108.50/cwt108.50–108.509106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981117.10/cwt117.10–117.101,149106
Heifers—Large 11,137102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,16512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419161.00/cwt161.00–161.006759
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475135.00/cwt135.00–135.006415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2547141.75/cwt141.75–141.7577524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574130.80/cwt125.00–139.0075119
Bulls—Medium and Large 2606114.50/cwt114.50–114.506946
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685119.44/cwt117.00–121.0081817
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,409105.23/cwt103.50–107.751,48334
Steers—Choice1,457111.27/cwt109.25–112.501,62139
Steers—Choice and Prime1,466115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6868
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,240109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,3523
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,84574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3652
Bulls——1,86081.74/cwt78.00–86.001,52013
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90027.49/cwt24.00–30.002473
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04346.06/cwt44.00–50.0048012
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08338.73/cwt35.00–40.004195
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11353.97/cwt53.00–55.006012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28959.49/cwt58.50–60.507674
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29753.68/cwt50.00–56.006969
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30445.23/cwt42.50–48.5059011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58355.38/cwt51.50–59.0087716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58447.48/cwt45.50–50.007527
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60463.25/cwt60.00–69.001,01520

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.