Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-01-29

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jan 29
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
988 head
▼ 1,837 vs last sale 2,825▼ 328 vs year ago 1,316 · −24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 240▼ 54 vs year ago 272 · −19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter test this week after last week's heavy offering best test was on steers weighing 600-800 lbs trading steady on last week's active market, 600-700 lbs heifers sold steady to firm, with instances on a pot load weighing 670 lbs and part load weighing 685 lbs selling 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher with the most advance on the boning and lean cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.12/cwt on 478 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −100.58 against this barn's trailing median of $241.70.
Average price
$141.12
478 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$976
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$38.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.17
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592144.8285754
Medium and Large 1704140.89991421
Medium 1862106.009143thin
One grade step is worth $38.82/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale478 hd
141.12
—
MO average15 barns · 9,388 hd
145.28
−4.17
This barn, trailing median23 sales
241.70
−100.58
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—Average1,84089.661,65011
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58960.6596424
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28056.8272725
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08948.5852920
HeifersChoiceAverage1,489110.001,6384thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,28493.751,2047thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,449110.051,5954thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,399105.201,47237
SteersSelectAverage1,307100.361,3124thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378171.00/cwt171.00–171.006466
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470151.52/cwt151.00–152.507129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2505160.00/cwt160.00–160.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 1522168.50/cwt168.50–168.508806
Steers—Medium and Large 1572152.53/cwt152.00–153.5087220
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588147.00/cwt147.00–147.008645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608141.26/cwt140.00–142.0085911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy630140.50/cwt140.50–140.5088516
Steers—Medium and Large 1631144.47/cwt142.00–145.5091230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669132.50/cwt132.50–132.508865
Steers—Medium and Large 1677143.55/cwt140.00–148.2597287
Steers—Medium and Large 1720141.75/cwt139.50–143.251,021184
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732133.27/cwt130.00–136.2597615
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy733135.50/cwt135.50–135.509936
Steers—Medium and Large 1758131.35/cwt131.00–131.5099637
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy822126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,04035
Steers—Medium 1Fleshy862106.00/cwt106.00–106.009143
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442142.84/cwt139.50–148.0063110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462145.00/cwt145.00–145.006703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned465137.50/cwt137.50–137.506395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517136.02/cwt130.00–139.0070324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522140.00/cwt140.00–140.007314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571135.17/cwt130.50–136.0077229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622125.08/cwt120.50–129.5077818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633133.42/cwt133.00–134.7584529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672125.00/cwt125.00–125.008403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674136.86/cwt131.75–138.50922106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy707121.50/cwt121.50–121.508593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780120.50/cwt120.50–120.509405
Heifers—Medium and Large 1808117.52/cwt117.25–118.0095025
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed419168.00/cwt168.00–168.007047
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438154.00/cwt154.00–154.006753
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,307100.36/cwt100.00–101.501,3124
Steers—Select and Choice1,399105.20/cwt101.50–107.501,47237
Steers—Choice1,449110.05/cwt108.00–112.001,5954
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,28493.75/cwt93.75–93.751,2047
Heifers—Choice1,489110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6384
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,83584.22/cwt78.50–88.001,5456
Bulls——1,84796.18/cwt91.00–102.001,7765
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06348.24/cwt41.00–52.0051310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09342.50/cwt42.50–42.504652
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11256.21/cwt54.00–59.506256
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14533.50/cwt33.00–34.003842
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25855.00/cwt51.00–58.0069212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28062.35/cwt59.00–65.0079810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36545.63/cwt39.00–49.006233
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57756.40/cwt52.00–59.5088910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59763.69/cwt61.00–69.001,01714

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.