Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-03-12

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Mar 12
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,549 head
▲ 903 vs last sale 646▲ 359 vs year ago 1,190 · +30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
220 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 200▼ 35 vs year ago 255 · −13.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last special two weeks ago, steers weighing 500-700 lbs sold steady to firm, with 750-800 lbs trading firm to 4.00 higher, over 800 lbs were not well tested. Feeder heifers weighing 500-750 lbs sold steady to firm, spots 3.00 higher on the 650-700 lb heifers. Slaughter cows sold weak to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate. Quality was good on the feeders weighing 550-750 lbs selling with the best demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.65/cwt on 488 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −110.82 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$137.65
488 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$841
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$0
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$17.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.19
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1612141.67868298
Medium and Large 1-2601133.26801148
Medium and Large 2580125.1972622
Large 1700124.0086820
One grade step is worth $17.67/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale488 hd
137.65
—
MO average17 barns · 13,815 hd
136.47
+1.19
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−110.82
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—Average1,76082.251,44719
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56558.5691725
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26854.9769724
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04545.3047332
HeifersChoiceAverage1,293113.671,4708thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305111.321,4539thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,212108.901,3206thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,363114.791,56513
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,377112.381,5475thin
SteersSelectAverage1,255107.671,3513thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2352176.00/cwt176.00–176.006203
Steers—Medium and Large 1378196.51/cwt196.00–197.007438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467166.51/cwt163.00–169.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 1486177.76/cwt175.00–180.0086412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528165.88/cwt165.00–167.0087615
Steers—Medium and Large 1539174.46/cwt169.00–183.0094015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559153.27/cwt149.00–155.0085732
Steers—Medium and Large 1582161.49/cwt157.50–165.5094029
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy589138.00/cwt138.00–138.008137
Steers—Medium and Large 1623157.02/cwt150.00–160.5097878
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633146.09/cwt142.00–152.5092512
Steers—Medium and Large 1677150.92/cwt145.50–155.501,02253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686138.22/cwt135.50–141.009488
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3687119.00/cwt119.00–119.0081811
Steers—Large 1695140.25/cwt140.25–140.2597511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy719128.00/cwt128.00–128.009207
Steers—Medium and Large 1742141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,0503
Steers—Medium and Large 1756142.44/cwt138.50–144.001,07798
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2757126.50/cwt126.50–126.509583
Steers—Large 1801127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,01713
Steers—Medium and Large 1865126.67/cwt124.50–127.101,09636
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy868122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0594
Steers—Medium and Large 2883115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,01514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348165.00/cwt165.00–165.005743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed378178.00/cwt178.00–178.006734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430149.00/cwt149.00–149.006413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437157.12/cwt155.00–160.006877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469144.85/cwt138.00–148.0067923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470161.00/cwt161.00–161.0075710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2486125.00/cwt125.00–125.006084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed509158.00/cwt158.00–158.0080412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530148.58/cwt143.00–155.0078717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537128.80/cwt125.50–130.506929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539140.88/cwt139.00–142.5075911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570142.43/cwt141.00–146.0081271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574133.62/cwt130.50–138.0076734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625130.25/cwt124.00–135.5081443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633140.31/cwt139.50–145.5088872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2643122.00/cwt122.00–122.007843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666126.40/cwt125.00–127.5084216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675121.50/cwt121.50–121.508206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679135.98/cwt133.00–139.5092364
Heifers—Large 1700124.00/cwt124.00–124.0086820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy701126.00/cwt126.00–126.008839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733132.03/cwt131.50–132.7596829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733126.75/cwt126.75–126.759295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787122.60/cwt121.75–124.0096513
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed437177.75/cwt177.75–177.7577712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525155.00/cwt155.00–155.008145
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2592137.00/cwt137.00–137.008118
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2627138.78/cwt137.50–142.5087015
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,255107.67/cwt107.00–108.001,3513
Steers—Choice1,363114.79/cwt113.75–117.001,56513
Steers—Select and Choice1,377112.38/cwt111.75–112.751,5475
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,212108.90/cwt108.00–109.751,3206
Heifers—Choice1,293113.67/cwt113.00–114.751,4708
Heifers—Select and Choice1,305111.32/cwt110.75–112.001,4539
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58177.00/cwt73.00–80.001,2176
Bulls——1,84284.67/cwt81.00–93.001,56013
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00332.85/cwt30.00–37.003295
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01142.95/cwt40.00–47.5043414
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09451.77/cwt47.00–57.0056611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12357.26/cwt57.00–57.506432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24346.63/cwt45.00–48.005803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26460.64/cwt60.00–62.007664
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27455.11/cwt52.00–58.0070217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50155.74/cwt52.50–59.0083712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56045.00/cwt45.00–45.007021
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63062.52/cwt60.50–65.501,01912

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.