Sale reports / Missouri / Eastern Missouri Commission Company / 2021-07-30

Eastern Missouri Commission Company

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Bowling Green, Missouri · Fri, Jul 30
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1810
Feeder Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 894 vs last sale 1,069▼ 103 vs year ago 278 · −37.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▼ 112 vs last sale 237▼ 62 vs year ago 187 · −33.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering this week of feeders consisting mostly of two pot loads of 960 lb heifers selling steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.82/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −118.65 against this barn's trailing median of $248.48.
Average price
$129.82
125 head · 914 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,187
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$351
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.55
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2649136.6588619thin
Medium and Large 1962128.601,237106
One grade step is worth $8.05/cwt here — about −$351 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 sale125 hd
129.82
—
MO average11 barns · 4,445 hd
146.38
−16.55
This barn, trailing median13 sales
248.48
−118.65
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—Low1,57596.511,5204thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,70182.951,4115thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45776.251,11114
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26073.5392618
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01465.7966715
HeifersChoiceAverage1,128123.501,3932thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,070115.241,23320
SteersChoiceAverage1,318122.001,6082thin
SteersSelectAverage1,258115.281,4505thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668145.00/cwt145.00–145.009693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475157.00/cwt157.00–157.007463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565138.65/cwt135.00–140.507836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673134.70/cwt134.50–135.009075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2829124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy962128.60/cwt128.60–128.601,237106
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2338177.00/cwt177.00–177.005984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435160.00/cwt160.00–160.006963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640139.50/cwt139.50–139.508933
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,258115.28/cwt113.50–116.001,4505
Steers—Choice1,318122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,6082
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,070115.24/cwt114.50–118.001,23320
Heifers—Choice1,128123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,3932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,25092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1501
Bulls——1,49084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2521
Bulls——1,780105.02/cwt101.00–108.001,8692
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98762.97/cwt59.00–66.506229
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03048.00/cwt48.00–48.004941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05874.43/cwt69.00–77.507875
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24977.55/cwt75.00–81.5096910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27170.15/cwt66.00–72.508927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29057.00/cwt57.00–57.007351
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44178.15/cwt76.50–81.001,12610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49671.50/cwt69.00–73.501,0704
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,70182.95/cwt79.50–86.001,4115

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.