Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-05-07

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, May 7
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
▼ 116 vs last sale 536▼ 1,227 vs year ago 1,647 · −74.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 425▲ 25 vs year ago 225 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering of feeder cattle, mostly unweaned/short weaned calves sold with moderate demand with no comparisons for a market test. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady to spots 2.00 lower on the high dressing cows. May corn continues to advance gaining near 33 cents this week closing at 7.72, while July corn advanced 59 cents for the week closing at 7.32. Fed cattle trade was mostly 118.00-119.00 for the week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.92/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −119.55 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$128.92
95 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$46.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.44
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475146.506967thin
Medium and Large 1-2526130.9468872
Medium and Large 2577119.1568810thin
Medium 1-2706100.507106thin
One grade step is worth $46.00/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale95 hd
128.92
—
MO average17 barns · 6,263 hd
134.37
−5.44
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−119.55
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—Average1,70797.021,65614
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,84069.321,2763thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47967.3499620
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27764.2782137
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02754.2755732
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,357120.001,6283thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,250116.001,4503thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,417118.121,6749thin
SteersSelectAverage1,254115.001,44210

Every lot

51 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2401161.00/cwt161.00–161.006464
Steers—Medium and Large 2447140.60/cwt140.00–141.006285
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2451155.13/cwt154.00–157.007008
Steers—Medium and Large 1501163.50/cwt163.50–163.5081911
Steers—Large 1-2501130.50/cwt130.50–130.506544
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508159.50/cwt159.50–159.508103
Steers—Large 1-2552130.00/cwt130.00–130.007188
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568141.48/cwt140.00–142.508045
Steers—Medium and Large 2570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 2615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628133.43/cwt127.50–137.0083811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723126.25/cwt126.25–126.259134
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2356147.51/cwt147.00–148.005256
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420138.00/cwt138.00–138.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424145.26/cwt140.00–151.0061623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475146.50/cwt146.50–146.506967
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488130.50/cwt130.50–130.506373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511135.43/cwt130.50–140.506927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy542112.00/cwt112.00–112.006073
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560125.21/cwt125.00–125.507017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy598120.00/cwt120.00–120.007183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620121.00/cwt121.00–121.007504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy631116.14/cwt115.00–117.5073311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy667112.00/cwt112.00–112.007473
Heifers—Medium 1-2Fleshy706100.50/cwt100.50–100.507106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2726116.75/cwt116.75–116.758485
Heifers—Medium and Large 276296.50/cwt96.50–96.507354
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485133.75/cwt132.50–135.506497
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570122.26/cwt120.00–124.506976
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy587115.00/cwt115.00–115.006753
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2616123.98/cwt120.50–125.5076415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733107.50/cwt107.50–107.507884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2786108.50/cwt108.50–108.508534
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,254115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,44210
Steers—Select and Choice1,417118.12/cwt117.00–120.001,6749
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,250116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4503
Heifers—Select and Choice1,357120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6283
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70494.19/cwt89.00–97.001,6058
Bulls——1,710100.80/cwt98.50–105.001,7246
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90333.45/cwt30.00–37.003023
Cows—Lean 85-90%91947.17/cwt43.50–52.004338
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04957.35/cwt54.00–61.0060213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14464.17/cwt62.00–68.007348
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22352.95/cwt50.00–55.506484
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27862.79/cwt59.00–65.5080220
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29370.03/cwt67.50–74.0090513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40558.00/cwt58.00–58.008151
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47063.55/cwt61.00–65.509346
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48969.81/cwt66.50–74.501,03913
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,73371.48/cwt70.50–72.501,2392
Cows—Premium White 65-75%2,05565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,3361

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.