Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-02-05

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Feb 5
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
268 head
▼ 720 vs last sale 988▼ 45 vs year ago 313 · −14.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 218▲ 55 vs year ago 125 · +44.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A very light feeder run this week with most sales small packages and singles with no comparable sales to make a market test. Slaughter cows on a nice offering sold firm to 4.00 higher on and active market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.89/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −120.59 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$127.89
84 head · 618 lb average
Value per head Derived
$791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$356
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.00
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2385135.005203thin
Medium and Large 1-2590128.3875752
Medium and Large 1693126.2787629
One grade step is worth $8.73/cwt here — about −$356 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 sale84 hd
127.89
—
MO average18 barns · 8,522 hd
133.89
−6.00
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−120.59
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—Average1,93991.941,7826thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51462.6594921
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28257.9574347
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11654.5860925
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,43590.001,2923thin
SteersPrimeHigh1,490119.001,7731thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,478114.751,6964thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,380111.701,5416thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,278106.781,3653thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398157.00/cwt157.00–157.006256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472155.00/cwt155.00–155.007323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539149.55/cwt145.00–151.5080610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675134.00/cwt134.00–134.009053
Steers—Medium and Large 1729134.50/cwt134.50–134.509818
Steers—Medium and Large 1821124.74/cwt123.00–126.251,02411
Steers—Medium and Large 1869121.73/cwt121.00–122.501,05818
Steers—Medium and Large 1915124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1353
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325166.00/cwt166.00–166.005403
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385135.00/cwt135.00–135.005203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418142.50/cwt142.50–142.505964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516136.11/cwt134.00–137.5070216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561134.23/cwt133.00–135.507536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578132.28/cwt132.00–132.507657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617125.33/cwt125.00–125.507739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy648115.00/cwt115.00–115.007453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675121.27/cwt120.00–123.008197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729122.00/cwt122.00–122.008897
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy742117.00/cwt117.00–117.008683
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780116.75/cwt116.75–116.759113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820115.25/cwt115.25–115.259456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,0164
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523141.00/cwt141.00–141.007373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577135.50/cwt135.50–135.507823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2747120.00/cwt120.00–120.008963
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,278106.78/cwt106.00–108.501,3653
Steers—Choice1,380111.70/cwt110.75–112.751,5416
Steers—Choice and Prime1,478114.75/cwt114.75–114.751,6964
Steers—Prime1,490119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,7731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,85285.09/cwt80.00–90.001,5763
Bulls——2,02598.79/cwt96.00–103.002,0003
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08653.28/cwt48.50–56.0057910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12860.18/cwt56.00–65.0067911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16042.40/cwt40.00–46.004924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27048.26/cwt47.00–49.006134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27655.70/cwt51.00–58.5071124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29262.84/cwt60.00–66.5081219
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44157.92/cwt55.00–61.508357
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52545.00/cwt45.00–45.006861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55366.55/cwt62.00–74.001,03413
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,43590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2923

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.